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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Invasive Species Policy (1 May 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: ...from Scotland, my Department announced the first finding of the Monterey pine engraver beetle (Pseudips mexicanus) in the Cratloe area of Co. Clare. Scientific research and information supported by DNA analysis indicate this beetle is a species of North and Central America and in this case has specifically identified Mexico as the origin of this bark beetle. It is not a species which...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (1 May 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: ...advice used by the European Commission in proposing Total Allowable Catches (TACs). I am advised that the ICES stock assessment for Pollack has been thoroughly evaluated and there is no indication that there is a problem with the data. I am further advised that the process leading to the advice for Pollack was as accurate as possible, within the process that was established for...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (1 May 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: The data available to DCEDIY indicates that early learning and childcare capacity is increasing. It is important to note the complexity and nuance involved in analysing capacity. At the most basic level, not all early learning and childcare places are the same – they may be offered for varying number of hours per day, weeks per year and for different age groups of children....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (1 May 2024)

Mary Butler: ...about the process and place any documentation on hse.ie/northkerrycamhsreview. In terms of the Compensation Scheme, the latest information available to the Department of Health as of 12 April 2024 indicates: Applications to the Scheme : 202 applications to the Scheme have taken place with initial payments made to 197 applicants, following an applications’ verification...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Gender Recognition (1 May 2024)

Paul Murphy: ...Question No. 1290 of 9 April 2024, that given the response stated there is no clear evidence, if he will commit to a correction being issued for the statements made on the radio which had indicated otherwise. [19597/24]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: UN Sustainable Development Goals: Discussion (1 May 2024) See 2 other results from this debate

.... We also want to raise concerns regarding the brief of the next European Commission. The also leaked draft briefing book published by the Department for International Partnerships, DG INTPA, indicates a pivot away from human-centred commitments to sustainable development and a move towards prioritising competition, trade and the interests of the EU to the detriment of the interests of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Defective Concrete Blocks: Discussion (1 May 2024) See 3 other results from this debate

...of this issue must be appropriately considered. The completion of this review is both essential and urgent, especially given the requirement of engineers employed by the Housing Agency to address an “indication of the potential for future deterioration of retained blocks in their current state” within their reports on recommended remedial options. Engineers Ireland is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges Relating to the Provision of Dentistry Services: Discussion (1 May 2024) See 4 other results from this debate

.... They cannot be seen because of the problems in Connolly Hospital. There is a real sense of uncertainty within the public dental service right now, especially given the Minister for Health's statement indicating his desire to develop a scheme which would see dental care for children up to seven years of age provided by private dentists. We welcome the commitment to improve access to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Our Rural Future and Town Centre First Policies: Discussion (1 May 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I thank the witnesses for their detailed opening statements. I invite members to discuss and remind any members participating online to use the raise hand feature to indicate if they wish to contribute.

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...