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Investment in Healthcare: Statements (19 Oct 2023)

Martin Kenny: The budget and the huge underfunding in the HSE affects us all in every constituency around the country. The previous speaker mentioned that all of us are constituency Deputies. We all work with communities that are struggling, trying to survive and trying to manage. The head of the HSE, Bernard Gloster, recently made it plain that they simply cannot be expected to deliver an effective and...

Investment in Healthcare: Statements (19 Oct 2023)

Martin Kenny: If they do not have a family to do it, what are they going to do? Should they sit in the cold? That is what the Minister of State is telling people; to sit in the cold if they cannot light a fire because nobody going to do it for them. It is absolutely ridiculous. That is the reality for people I know. A man in his nineties was told that if he could not light the fire, that was too bad....

Investment in Healthcare: Statements (19 Oct 2023)

Martin Kenny: The attitude of the Government seems to be that successful people do not need a health service. It is simply not good enough.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Research Arena Event in April 2024: Discussion (18 Oct 2023)

Martin Kenny: I second the proposal.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Research Arena Event in April 2024: Discussion (18 Oct 2023)

Martin Kenny: Please continue.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Research Arena Event in April 2024: Discussion (18 Oct 2023)

Martin Kenny: I thank Mr. McCarthy. Several of our Senators are away voting, so Deputy Lowry is first on the list to ask questions or make comments.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Research Arena Event in April 2024: Discussion (18 Oct 2023)

Martin Kenny: None of the Senators are back and Deputy Dillon is no longer here so I will ask a few short questions. Most people, when they think of transport, think of buses and trains and it is obviously much more than that. In the context of our ports and the potential of offshore wind and developments around that, particularly off the west coast, will segments of the conference deal with those types...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Research Arena Event in April 2024: Discussion (18 Oct 2023)

Martin Kenny: Yes. Looking to the future, there will have to be developments in our transport systems, including the electrification of rail, charging points for cars, etc. What developments or best practice are we looking at from other countries in that respect?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Research Arena Event in April 2024: Discussion (18 Oct 2023)

Martin Kenny: I understand from what I have read that 4,000 attendees are expected at the TRA conference, which is a large attendance. I expect a large proportion of them will be from overseas.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Research Arena Event in April 2024: Discussion (18 Oct 2023)

Martin Kenny: Have reservations been made for hotels in Dublin?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Research Arena Event in April 2024: Discussion (18 Oct 2023)

Martin Kenny: That is one of the first problems.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Research Arena Event in April 2024: Discussion (18 Oct 2023)

Martin Kenny: The other issue I will focus on is aviation. Being an island, we are conscious that we will always need aviation. The fuels we use for aviation are obviously changing very slowly. Will there be a segment in the conference dealing with where those developments are taking us?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Research Arena Event in April 2024: Discussion (18 Oct 2023)

Martin Kenny: Will the conference also look at regulations around the use of drones for delivering goods to houses and all sorts of other things happening now that we would not have thought of ten years ago? Drone delivery is just one example. As more of that happens, regulatory controls will need to be put in place. I am sure there are other things we have not even thought of yet. To what extent will...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Research Arena Event in April 2024: Discussion (18 Oct 2023)

Martin Kenny: It is tremendous that Ireland is hosting the conference. It is really good for the country and I wish the best of fair winds to all the efforts involved.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Research Arena Event in April 2024: Discussion (18 Oct 2023)

Martin Kenny: I have two brief points. Are the research papers that the Department has accessible? Can people look at them for free? Are they on the Department's website and available for people? Secondly, how much does it cost for an individual or a company to go to the conference?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Research Arena Event in April 2024: Discussion (18 Oct 2023)

Martin Kenny: I am just thinking of schools.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (19 Oct 2023)

Martin Kenny: 136. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline the number of completed apprenticeships across counties Sligo, Leitrim and Donegal per year between 2018 to 2022 and to date in 2023; the support mechanisms that are in place to keep apprentices within the system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45639/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (19 Oct 2023)

Martin Kenny: 159. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if Atlantic Technological University, Sligo has been approved for purpose-built student accommodation funded by his Department; if he will outline the process of a Higher Education Institution receiving approval to build student accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45638/23]