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An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Apr 2024)

Carol Nolan: The Restaurants Association of Ireland has raised serious concerns about the fact that 212 restaurants have closed. This equates to a loss of €288 million to our economy. The Irish Hairdressers Federation has also expressed serious concern and raised the need for the VAT rate to be reduced to 9% again. This would protect jobs in restaurants in our small towns and villages and in...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Apr 2024)

Simon Harris: I appreciate the seriousness of the issue the Deputy raised and the pressure small businesses are under. I intend to work with Government colleagues to see how we can support small businesses. The budget will be published in October. The budget conversations seem to start earlier every year, but I take on board the seriousness of the matter the Deputy raised and I am happy to engage with...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Apr 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: From one Wicklow TD to another, I wish the Taoiseach the absolute best in his new role. I feel like a broken record when I address this issue. The Taoiseach is familiar with it. It is the 20 or so students in Greystones who do not have a secondary school place yet for September. We have been repeatedly told that a solution will be found for them. We are only five or six weeks away...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Apr 2024)

Simon Harris: I thank Deputy Whitmore for raising this issue that she raises regularly, as she rightly should. It is a stressful issue for people in Greystones, for parents and specifically for the young people who are wondering what the name of their school will be. I spoke with a school principal in Greystones about this yesterday and to the Minister for Education directly today. We need an urgent...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Apr 2024)

Paul Murphy: This Saturday will see an important protest in Tallaght to save the post office at The Square. There are similar campaigns to save post offices in Phibsborough, Rathmines, Roscommon, New Ross and Tipperary. These are the post offices next up for privatisation by An Post. In the case of Tallaght that means the current post office will close and a new post office will open at a different...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Apr 2024)

Simon Harris: I thank Deputy Murphy for raising the issue. I will seek an update for him from the Minister and the CEO of An Post.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Apr 2024)

Mattie McGrath: I am very concerned about any plans to pause or review plans for ASD classes in rural areas. In a response to a parliamentary question the Minister for Education stated that, due to falling demographics at primary level, the Department "considers it prudent to maximise the use of existing spare accommodation capacity ... in the first instance, before considering any applications for further...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Apr 2024)

Simon Harris: I will seek an update on that situation. The Government's perspective is that it wants to increase autism classes. I do not mean this in relation to Deputy McGrath's comments but we should not just use the term "ASD" because autism is obviously not a disorder. The Government is committed to increasing the number of autism classes. I will ask the Minister of State, Deputy Naughton, and the...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Apr 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Some 150 children attend Mullingar regional hospital for diabetes treatment. It covers counties Offaly, Longford, Westmeath and surrounding areas. The weekly clinic and nurse on-call service are now gone. That is critical. I have spoken to parents with babies aged from two or three months to six months old. These are children who are not talking yet and cannot tell their parents how they...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Apr 2024)

Simon Harris: I will, and I have because this is an important issue. There is a scarcity of specialist-trained paediatric nursing staff. This has posed significant challenges to the continuity of paediatric services at the regional hospital in Mullingar in recent years. My understanding is that the hospital has maintained the provision of existing services catering to more than 12,000 children. I think...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Apr 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: There is no clinic today.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Apr 2024)

Simon Harris: -----needs - hang on one second - and avoid any impact on paediatric diabetes patients and their families. I will keep a close eye on this. I will talk directly to the Minister for Health and come back to Deputy Fitzmaurice directly.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Apr 2024)

Cathal Crowe: I congratulate the Taoiseach and wish him the very best in his new position.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Apr 2024)

Simon Harris: I thank the Deputy.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Apr 2024)

Cathal Crowe: I raise the inability of thousands of people in County Clare to get flood insurance for their homes and businesses. I recall when, in 2009, the lower River Shannon spilled its banks and flooded streets, pitches and many areas. However, only two homes in the whole county of Clare actually took water inside the front door that winter. Yet, the response of the insurance industry has been risk...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Apr 2024)

Simon Harris: I thank Deputy Crowe for his good wishes and for highlighting the issue of flood insurance and the challenge in accessing it for his constituents. I know this is a very real and sensitive issue in his part of the country and a number of other parts as well. Just last week, I appointed Deputy Richmond as Minister of State at the Department of Finance with responsibility for insurance. I...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Apr 2024)

Brian Leddin: I congratulate the Taoiseach on his elevation to his office and wish him well in his time in that office. I also congratulate my county compatriot, Deputy O'Donovan, on his elevation to Minister. My question also relates to flooding in County Clare. I see Deputy Crowe has left the Chamber. It is about the flooding of the railway line between Galway and Limerick just south of Ennis at...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Apr 2024)

Simon Harris: I certainly will. I have been listening to reports on this issue in the media in recent weeks. I know it is an extraordinarily frustrating situation for people relying on accessing the railway line from Galway to Ennis and Limerick. I will ask the Minister of State, Deputy O'Donnell, to keep a close eye on the issue and to encourage the stakeholders to get on with the plan. I will come...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Apr 2024)

Chris Andrews: For months, the Government has watched Mount Street turn into a tented city. Fine Gael's neglect of the inner city continues. Many residents do not feel safe around Mount Street or, indeed, anywhere in the city. Small local businesses next to Mount Street are on the brink of closing down because of the shambles this Government has created. The people I represent are sick of this...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Apr 2024)

Simon Harris: What Deputy Andrews will not do is slur my home town. We should not be divisive on these issues. There are real challenges regarding Mount Street; the Deputy is quite correct. There are real challenges concerning international protection, the International Protection Office being located in the vicinity of Mount Street. The Government is working around the clock to try to find alternative...