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Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 May 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

James Browne: ...user-generated content on the website or application, (b) generate content on the website or software application that can be viewed by other users of the service, or (c) communicate with other users of the service; “video-sharing platform service” has the same meaning as it has in section 2(2) and (3) of the Act of 2009.” I indicated on Committee Stage that I...

Seanad: Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (1 May 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

Rónán Mullen: ...'s attention that this right to the free expression of ideas, so important at third level, could well be compromised unless there is a saver clause in this legislation. The Minister has not to date indicated a desire to consider that problem and to make provision for it. Notwithstanding the caution in the wording in my amendment, which I stress is modest and suggests that to be protected...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (1 May 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: ...get a loan of €1,600 just for an autism assessment. If any further assessments need to be done after that, she will have to pay an additional €1,600. The response to a parliamentary question indicated that once-off funding was made available. I note the word "was" was used - as in the past tense. Is that funding now gone? How many were able to secure an assessment of...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 May 2024)

Simon Harris: ...the next few weeks. The hope of Government is that it is due this month. The fact that the former most senior judge, a former Chief Justice, is carrying out that report I hope gives the Deputy an indication of how seriously we take this issue. The Deputy has heard colleagues talk about and question me on this today, and there is an issue around bed capacity in the mid-west. That is...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 May 2024)

Jerry Buttimer: An amendment to the Order of Business has been proposed by Senator Malcolm Byrne: "That No. 8 be taken before No.1." It has been seconded by Senator Casey and the Leader has indicated she is prepared to accept the amendment. Is that agreed? Agreed.

European Union Migration and Asylum Pact: Motion [Private Members] (1 May 2024)

James Browne: ..., we have direct and unhindered access to the EU Single Market. Being at the heart of the European Union has driven the growth in Ireland's economy and seen Ireland move to the top end of the international indices of economic and social well-being. Cutting ourselves off from the benefits of European Union membership makes no sense whatsoever. Equally, as participation in Europe has...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Primary Care Centres (1 May 2024)

Colm Burke: ...be completed in 2020 or 2021. The Department is aware of the frustration this has caused the people of the town. Unfortunately, the preferred provider of the new primary care centre in Ballyhaunis has indicated a potential issue regarding the viability of the project. Subsequently, engagement has taken place between the HSE and the developer to understand the nature and extent of the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Schools Building Projects (30 Apr 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

Darren O'Rourke: ...and early 2025". I understand this project is coming towards the end of stage 2B. I hope that process is to conclude soon. I would appreciate it if the Minister of State could come back with an indicative timeline for when it will move to tender stage. The big issue that needs a push from Government Deputies in County Meath and from all of us, and the school community will not be found...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Childcare Services (30 Apr 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: I thank the Deputy. Ensuring high-quality early learning and childcare is affordable and accessible is a policy priority. The range of data available to my Department indicates that supply of early learning and childcare is increasing but I also recognise there are parts of the country where there are real capacity challenges. The latest early years sector profile survey showed that,...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Disability Services (30 Apr 2024)

Anne Rabbitte: ...and delivering real and tangible solutions to enhance disability services to better support children with special needs and their families across Ireland. The most recent figures available indicate that the staff vacancy rate for the Enable Ireland team in Cavan is currently 58% with a total of 11.96 whole-time equivalent staff in situ. The staff vacancy rate for the HSE team in...

Petrol and Diesel Excise Rate Increases: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (30 Apr 2024)

Marian Harkin: ...the average numbers of kilometres driven each year, we see that the national average is 16,300 km whereas the average in Sligo and Donegal is 17,500 km and that in Leitrim and Roscommon is 19,000 km. This indicates that the price increases hit those in rural areas harder. While I agree that improvements have been made in public transport, they are not resulting in a cutting back on...

Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (30 Apr 2024)

Thomas Gould: ...available for survivors of these institutions to access State services. This must include social housing. I wrote to the Minister about this lady on 15 September 2023. I received a response indicating that nothing can be done by the Minister or her Department about housing for this lady. I believe it is shameful and disgraceful that a lady has gone through such trauma, including the...

Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse Bill 2024: Second Stage (30 Apr 2024)

Gary Gannon: ...a poor state at this point. It is the for same bones. Osteoporosis, due to a bad diet as children, equals poor bones in adult life. It is a well established fact from literature that, across every indicator, survivors are not doing great and are probably doing less well than others in society of the same age. None of the recommendations in the report was plucked from thin air....

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Apr 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: ...living there. Many apartments and houses are being built and millions of euro of public money has gone into it but Hines, the wealth asset management company and main developer, has given clear indications to the council that it will not build the town centre. It will have made huge profits from the development, but it is indicating that it is not going to build the town centre. The...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (30 Apr 2024)

Seán Fleming: ...of technology has to be dealt with. It is so pervasive and is everywhere in our lives. It even affects us when driving in our cars. I often wonder how the various map systems can tell us where there is a red spot indicating traffic delays on a road.I gather it is done through all the technology on the phones in the region, so it is known where there is a pile-up. Every movement is...

Seanad: Flooding on Lough Funshinagh: Statements (30 Apr 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

Kieran O'Donnell: ..., however. While the cyclical nature of this turlough suggests that water levels will decrease over the summer months, the excessive rainfall this year, some 130% above average levels recorded since 1952, is an indicator of the risk of an even worse situation occurring next winter. This is what we want to address. Hence, since taking office I have been trying to find a solution, with...

Seanad: Research and Innovation Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed) (30 Apr 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

Niall Collins: ...we retain our research talent into the future. However, the agency has no remit with regard to researchers' careers and the Bill is not the appropriate for this. Therefore, we are not accepting the amendment, as I previously indicated.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Circular Economy: Discussion (30 Apr 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

Ossian Smyth: ...textiles have on our environment, especially in terms of carbon emissions and water use. The recent waste characterisation survey showed that 9% of household waste bin consists of textiles, so this is clearly a problem. Recent research indicates that textile waste is estimated to be 170,000 tonnes per year, which equates to 35 kg per person per year, a quite staggering amount. The...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: European Year of Skills 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Apr 2024)

...One in ten adults in Ireland, that is, approximately 423,000 people, were engaged in apprenticeships, constructions skills schemes or other FET activities last year. These figures give us a strong indication that FET is delivering not only for individuals but also for communities and societies and is achieving its ambition of becoming a major driver of both economic development and social...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: National Cultural Institutions (30 Apr 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...on the development of a detailed project plan including timelines for development, with a number of Government departments and agencies acting in partnership. As the planning phase progresses, an indicative timeline for the project will be made available.