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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (15 May 2024)

Alan Dillon: My Department provides Exchequer funding to local authorities to administer the suite of Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability, which support older and disabled people living in private houses to adapt their home to meet their needs. The grants include the Housing Adaptation Grant for People with a Disability, the Mobility Aids Grant and the Housing Aid for...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Election of Leas-Chathaoirleach (15 May 2024)

Alan Dillon: Thank you very much. My first act as Leas-Chathaoirleach is to propose that the committee go into private session to consider correspondence and other matters. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Grant Payments (14 May 2024)

Alan Dillon: I propose to take Questions Nos. 362, 363 and 380 together. My Department provides Exchequer funding to local authorities to support the suite of Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability which support older and disabled people living in private houses to adapt their home to meet their needs. The grants include the Housing Adaptation Grant for People with a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (9 May 2024)

Alan Dillon: My Department provides Exchequer funding to local authorities to administer the suite of Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability, which support older and disabled people living in private houses to adapt their home to meet their needs. The grants include the Housing Adaptation Grant for People with a Disability, the Mobility Aids Grant and the Housing Aid for...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Disability Services (8 May 2024)

Alan Dillon: I again thank both Deputies for raising this important matter and reiterate the full commitment of the Minister of State, her Department and the HSE to pursuing every avenue to ensure access to school-based therapies for children with disabilities in Cork and throughout the country. As the Deputies will be aware, the Taoiseach has convened a new Cabinet committee to deal with children's...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Water Services (8 May 2024)

Alan Dillon: I once again thank Deputy Stanton for raising this issue. I acknowledge the patience and co-operation of the residents and businesses in the Whitegate area who have been affected. Certainly, the points Deputy Stanton raised tonight are very valid. This is a huge inconvenience for the residents in the local area. The point regarding any compensation measures will be a decision for Uisce...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Disability Services (8 May 2024)

Alan Dillon: I thank Deputies Ó Laoghaire and Gould for raising this really important discussion. My colleague, the Minister of State with responsibility for disability, Deputy Rabbitte, is fully committed to the continued development and enhancement of children’s disability services through the implementation of the progressing disability services roadmap for service improvements from 2023...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Accommodation (8 May 2024)

Alan Dillon: I thank Deputy Crowe for his engagement and passion to see that this project is delivered in a timely manner. I can confirm that Tubber National School is due to receive a capital grant approval in the coming days for the initiation of the delivery phase. The next step in the process will be for the school authorities to again engage with the consultant and with the approved appointed...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Water Services (8 May 2024)

Alan Dillon: I thank the Deputy for raising the Whitegate boil water notice issue. The issue of safe drinking water has national and local importance. I appreciate Deputy Stanton's concerns for the communities affected. The Deputy will appreciate that the operation of Whitegate regional public water supply is a matter for Uisce Éireann, which has statutory responsibility for all aspects of water...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Accommodation (8 May 2024)

Alan Dillon: I again thank Deputy Nolan for raising this important matter on behalf of Charleville National School and for giving me the opportunity again to reassure the House that the Department of Education is committed to the accelerated provision of this modular accommodation to meet the urgent school accommodation needs. It is important that the officials in the Department of Education continue to...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Accommodation (8 May 2024)

Alan Dillon: Go raibh maith agat. I thank the Deputy for raising this important matter and for providing the opportunity to outline to the House the current position with Tubber National School on behalf of the Minister, Deputy Foley. Deputy Crowe has been a real advocate in relation to the concerns and issues raised in his own constituency in County Clare. I refer to the current position of an...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Accommodation (8 May 2024)

Alan Dillon: I thank the Deputy for raising this matter as it provides me with the opportunity to outline to the House on behalf of the Minister for Education, Deputy Foley, the current position relating to a capital project to deliver additional accommodation for Charleville National School under the Department’s special educational needs, SEN, reconfiguration and modular accommodation programme....

Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (8 May 2024)

Alan Dillon: I want to acknowledge and thank all those who have contributed to this evening's debate. I want to echo the comments made earlier by the Minister, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, and reassert the Government's commitment to tackling the challenge in the housing sector. We know the challenges are having a real impact on people's lives and on the nation as a whole. We understand the urgency and the...

Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (8 May 2024)

Alan Dillon: More than 7,700 grant applications were made with some 4,600 already approved and 300 issued. Deputy Ó Broin knows better than most that the grant is paid upon completion of work. That is a critical point. The Deputy knows that the local authorities conduct a final property visit to ensure the works have been completed in line with the grant applications approved. It is imperative...

Planning and Development (Street Furniture Fees) Regulations 2024: Motion (8 May 2024)

Alan Dillon: I move: That Dáil Éireann approves the following Regulations in draft: Planning and Development (Street Furniture Fees) Regulations 2024, a copy of which has been laid in draft form before Dáil Éireann on 16th April, 2024.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Recycling Policy (8 May 2024)

Alan Dillon: Thank you very much, a Chathaoirligh. I also thank Senator Burke for his warm welcome. I look forward to working with them and their colleagues in Seanad Éireann. This is an important matter and I welcome the opportunity to outline the current position on behalf of the Minister of State, Deputy Ossian Smyth. Over the past two decades Ireland has made significant progress in moving...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Recycling Policy (8 May 2024)

Alan Dillon: I thank the Senator. The points he has made about ownership and which Department is most responsible and most effective in the implementation of this are very valid. The Department of the Environment, Climate and Communication has run a circular economy innovation grant scheme for a number of years. I understand an announcement is expected shortly regarding this year’s call for...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Cybersecurity Policy (8 May 2024)

Alan Dillon: First, I thank Senator Byrne for raising this matter and I welcome the opportunity to address the current position on behalf of the Minister for Health, Deputy Donnelly. The Senator is, of course, referring to the criminal ransomware attack on the HSE in May 2021. The cost of the response and recovery from the cyberattack to the taxpayer in 2021 was to the tune of €102 million. It...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Cybersecurity Policy (8 May 2024)

Alan Dillon: I thank the Senator for raising this issue and for giving me the opportunity to address it. I will take the questions he has raised today back to the Minister and departmental officials. As I outlined previously, the HSE has implemented additional controls to monitor and manage threats to the HSE network, including additional staff training and a strengthening of identity and access...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Hospital Facilities (8 May 2024)

Alan Dillon: I thank the Senator for the opportunity to respond on behalf of the Minister for Health on this important issue for the people of the mid-west region. He recognises that there are significant pressures at UHL. He and the Government have undertaken sustained investment in this hospital and in capacity across the entire mid-west region's health system. There are currently two MRI scanners...