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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 May 2023)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Time is up, Deputy, please.

Visit of Malawian Delegation (23 May 2023)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Before Leaders’ Questions, I ask Members to join me in extending a very warm céad míle fáilte to our Malawian counterparts, Her Excellency Ms Catherine Gotani Hara, Speaker of the National Assembly of Malawi, who has joined us in the Distinguished Visitors Gallery. Speaker Gotani Hara is leading a delegation of members of the Parliamentary Service Commission from the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Care Services (23 May 2023)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: How many were attending the place before it was closed?

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Care Services (23 May 2023)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Was that on a daily basis?

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Care Services (23 May 2023)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Where did they go?

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Work Permits (23 May 2023)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Please, Deputy Barry.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Work Permits (23 May 2023)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Deputy, if you do not let the Minister of State finish, it will be the end of the matter.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Work Permits (23 May 2023)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: The Deputy can talk to the Minister offline. This is not the Minister of State's baby, as it were, at the end of the day. I ask the Deputy to approach the relevant Minister. If she needs assistance, my office will help.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Work Permits (23 May 2023)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: In the next Topical Issue debate, Deputies Joan Collins and Mick Barry will discuss the situation facing a group of nurses, mainly from India, who are working as healthcare assistants under a work permit scheme.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Work Permits (23 May 2023)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I call Deputy Barry. I nearly called him Minister Barry. The Deputy will be upset by that.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Work Permits (23 May 2023)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: It is the Minister of State, Deputy James Browne, who is dealing with this matter.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Work Permits (23 May 2023)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Notwithstanding the points the Deputies make, we can all agree that Indian professional healthcare workers are making a huge contribution to the Irish healthcare service and that without them, we would be in serious difficulty.

Dog Welfare Report: Motion (18 May 2023)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I thank Deputy Kerrane for that comprehensive overview of the report.

Dog Welfare Report: Motion (18 May 2023)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Take a drink of water.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (18 May 2023)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I compliment the Deputies and public representatives in south Kildare on the success they are achieving in terms of their special needs children. I want to make one point in absolute support of what Deputy Lawless said. It is a phenomenon in County Kildare that young children are being sent by special educational needs officers, SENOs, all over the county well outside their catchment areas....

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (18 May 2023)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Boards of management have to step up to the mark on this as well.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (18 May 2023)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Anyway, well done to Deputy Lawless for raising that matter.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Family Law Cases (18 May 2023)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: It seems Deputy Durkan's persistence is beginning to pay off.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Family Law Cases (18 May 2023)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I understand we have agreement to take the third item next. The one I have selected is from Deputy Lawless.

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters (18 May 2023)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 37 and the name of the Member in each case: Deputy Verona Murphy - to discuss the challenges presenting to south east community healthcare to ensure a sustained delivery of disability services. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan - to discuss the recently published UN special rapporteur...