Results 21-32 of 32 for speaker:Manus Boyle

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Apr 2025)

Manus Boyle: I raise an issue I also raised several weeks ago, which is benefit-in-kind for the National Ambulance Service. I spoke to the Minister for Health, Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill, about it. She told me it comes under the remit of the Minister for Finance and involves the Revenue Commissioners. That was nearly a month ago. Will the Leader give me an update from Revenue on where the issue...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Apr 2025)

Manus Boyle: After the last contribution, I should thank Jim McGuinness and the Donegal team for seeing off Down.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Apr 2025)

Manus Boyle: We will be waiting for you. I raise the issue of defective concrete blocks in Donegal, which has been raised here a couple of times. On behalf of the Fine Gael councillors in Donegal, Jimmy Kavanagh, Martin Harley and Michael Boyle, I express deep concern regarding the defective blocks scheme. Numerous homeowners face real financial hardship. The delay in the implementation of the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 May 2025)

Manus Boyle: I will again talk about the National Ambulance Service. I will keep bringing this up until somebody listens. On Saturday, 26 April, an 86-year-old man fell outside his home in Kilcar. His daughter called 999 at 11.02 and was told there were no ambulances available in County Donegal on the day. That is hard to believe for a county of that size. The only ambulance that was available was in...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 May 2025)

Manus Boyle: I raise a planning issue concerning the N56, in particular, the lack of access to the N56, which remains a serious challenge for the communities in south-west Donegal. At present, many people living at home and away want to come home and build on their local farm or along the N56, but they cannot get planning permission along the road. This is totally wrong. We need the Government to...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Road Safety (14 May 2025)

Manus Boyle: I welcome the Minister of State. I have submitted a Commencement matter about Dunkineely National School. I am not sure if the Minister of State knows Dunkineely. It is built on the N56. I would also like to mention Keeloges and Killaghtee national schools, which also have a problem with the N56. The priority today is Dunkineely. It is built on a hill. If you come from Donegal town or...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Road Safety (14 May 2025)

Manus Boyle: I thank the Minister of State for coming in to answer the question. It is disappointing to hear that no money will be made available until 2026. This has been going on since 2023. I ask that the Department pay a visit to the school, along with me, to see the problem. I am here to try to help the people of my area. I hear about this weekly from parents and grandparents. They ask why this...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 May 2025)

Manus Boyle: I express my sincerest condolences to the families of the two young boys who drowned in Buncrana over the weekend. It was yet another tragedy in Donegal. I send my heartfelt apologies to the families. I stand here again to speak, like a broken record, about the National Ambulance Service. On Saturday, I got a phone call from a mother in Portnoo, Ardara. On Wednesday evening, her son...

Seanad: Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad: Road Safety (15 May 2025)

Manus Boyle: I thank the Minister of State for coming in today. I am asking the Minister to provide funding for the low-cost accident scheme or a capital funding scheme to address a serious speeding issue in the village of Fahan in County Donegal. Fahan is on the Inishowen Peninsula, which is a beautiful part of Donegal. It is a seaside town with a beautiful view over Lough Swilly Over the years there...

Seanad: Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad: Road Safety (15 May 2025)

Manus Boyle: I thank the Minister of State. It is one of the issues that keeps coming up all the time with people phoning from Fahan about the speeding issue, so we decided that we would raise it. It is on the peninsula and it is very close to Derry so there is a lot of traffic going and coming, especially on the weekends as there are a lot of holiday homes on the peninsula Anything we can do to help...

Seanad: Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad: Road Safety (15 May 2025)

Manus Boyle: I have it.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 May 2025)

Manus Boyle: I want to raise an issue I feel really strongly about. A couple of weeks ago my daughter fell and I took her to an accident and emergency unit. We arrived at the unit on a Sunday afternoon about 4 o'clock and there was a lady there with severe disabilities. My daughter and I were there for the guts of ten hours. I am not giving out about the wait as it was a busy place but that poor woman...