Results 81-100 of 438 for speaker:Martin Daly

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Management of Hospital Waiting Lists and Insourcing and Outsourcing of Treatment: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Oct 2025)

Martin Daly: I thank the Minister and her teams from the HSE and the Department of Health for attending and for giving us their report. My comments will be on the issues of capacity, productivity and digitalisation. Insourcing and outsourcing reflect a lack of capacity in our system that is understandable because our population has grown by 1.2 million in the past 20 years. However, the public needs to...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Health Services (30 Sep 2025)

Martin Daly: 3. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Health will next meet. [46852/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (30 Sep 2025)

Martin Daly: 469. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to review and increase the capitation grant for national schools in Budget 2026, in light of rising operational costs and the financial pressures faced by school communities. [51585/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (30 Sep 2025)

Martin Daly: 470. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will confirm whether plans are in place to implement the commitment set out in the Programme for Government to reduce class sizes in primary schools to 20 pupils or fewer. [51587/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (30 Sep 2025)

Martin Daly: 637. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will review the income thresholds for single occupancy households applying for the fuel allowance, in view of the increased cost of living and the fact that two-person households benefit from a higher threshold; and if he will consider raising the income limits for single person households to ensure equitable access...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Development (25 Sep 2025)

Martin Daly: 19. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for an update on the IDA's application for planning permission for a factory on its green-field site at Creagh, Ballinasloe; the expected timeline for approval and any works to make the site investment-ready; and the further steps being planned to attract enterprise investment once permission is secured. [50752/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (25 Sep 2025)

Martin Daly: 132. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will extend illness benefit to self-employed workers, recognising that illness can prevent them from earning a livelihood in the same way as PAYE workers; if he will outline plans under consideration to address this gap in social protection; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50825/25]

Use of Vapes and Nicotine Products by Young People and Adolescents: Statements (24 Sep 2025)

Martin Daly: As both a legislator and a doctor, I cannot overstate my concern at the rise of vaping among young people in Ireland. What began as a tool to help adults to quit smoking has been transformed into a product designed to recruit a new generation of nicotine users. The industry has succeeded in making vapes appear harmless, fashionable and accessible and the result is a surge in adolescent...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Key Issues Relating to the Health Service: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)

Martin Daly: I welcome Mr. Watt and Mr. Gloster. I will start with a critical situation in my area, which is Portiuncula University Hospital maternity services in Ballinasloe. The only thing we should be concerned about is the safety and welfare of women and children. That is the fundamental issue. Many things, though, make up that safety. There is deep concern in the Ballinasloe area that the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services (23 Sep 2025)

Martin Daly: I wish to draw the Minister's attention to the lack of a policy framework and service infrastructure for rehabilitation supports for children with a neurological condition. She will be aware that the national neurorehabilitation strategy only applies to people over 18 years of age and there is no equivalent of community neurorehabilitation teams for children. That means there is extremely...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services (23 Sep 2025)

Martin Daly: As the Minister of State will know, in Ireland, 450 children suffer a moderate or traumatic brain injury each year yet the CNDTs do not have the capacity to provide neurorehabilitation. Moreover, the children's disability network teams cannot cater for children with complex neurological disability in areas such as spasticity management, orthotics, gait analysis, feeding issues, assistive...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services (23 Sep 2025)

Martin Daly: I welcome the announcement of additional services in the community. We need to point out that there are gaps in the current system. Children are discharged from pediatric, neurology and neurodisability services in hospital at 16 years of age. Adult disability services, including day services, accept clients from 18 years and over and therefore there is a gap there. There is also a clear...

School Transport: Statements (23 Sep 2025)

Martin Daly: I acknowledge the Minister of State's exceptional commitment to his brief since he was appointed and his approachability at all times to help us solve problems in our constituencies. School transport is not a luxury. It is a necessity for thousands of families, including many in my constituency. Every school day, 180,000 children rely on the service, which is one of the largest logistical...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Disabilities Assessments (23 Sep 2025)

Martin Daly: 38. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children in Roscommon currently awaiting an assessment of needs under the Disability Act 2025; the number of those waiting more than three months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50143/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: United Nations (23 Sep 2025)

Martin Daly: 65. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the action she is taking to implement the optional protocol of the UNCRPD. [50142/25]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Energy Infrastructure (18 Sep 2025)

Martin Daly: 114. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government for an update on the action he is taking following the unprecedented power outages caused by storm Éowyn, which exposed critical vulnerabilities arising from unmanaged vegetation and commercial forestry close to electricity infrastructure. [48975/25]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Energy Infrastructure (18 Sep 2025)

Martin Daly: 143. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will report on implementation of the ESB Networks Winter 2025 Grid Resilience Plan. [48976/25]

National Human Rights Strategy for Disabled People 2025-2030: Statements (17 Sep 2025)

Martin Daly: Equal voices, equal actions, equal futures. I welcome the publication of the National Human Rights Strategy for Disabled People 2025-2030, which is shaped by people who live with disability. This is a landmark moment. This is the first national strategy since Ireland ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. It commits this Government to a whole-of-government...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (17 Sep 2025)

Martin Daly: Housing is the singular issue of this Dáil and this generation. The new planning framework has gone to the local authorities. What has been the response from the local authorities and what initiatives will the Government take to ensure its instructions to increase the rezoning of land will be carried through at a local level? The development of wastewater treatment plans, and...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (17 Sep 2025)

Martin Daly: 5. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing will next meet. [46854/25]