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Committee on Disability Matters: Inclusive Education for Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Oct 2025)

Martin Daly: It cannot simply be a matter of exclusion because that does not solve the problem.

Committee on Disability Matters: Inclusive Education for Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Oct 2025)

Martin Daly: We can make the case that even children who do not have special needs need attention too. Suspension does not solve the problem. It just stores the problem further down the line and has lifelong consequences for the young people’s lives. I thank Dr. Tamming for her answer. I appreciate it.

World Mental Health Day: Statements (9 Oct 2025)

Martin Daly: Tomorrow marks World Mental Health Day, a moment to pause and reflect on our nation’s mental well-being. I welcome the Government’s sustained commitment to improving mental health services right across the country. Next year, the total allocation for mental health will reach €1.6 billion, representing an increase of more than 50% since 2020. This is a remarkable...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Ambulance Service: Discussion (8 Oct 2025)

Martin Daly: I thank Mr. Healy for his very comprehensive presentation. I recognise that the transformation of the National Ambulance Service in the past 20 to 25 years has been unbelievable. I am a community GP and have seen the move from ambulances essentially being driven by drivers to a case where we now have a fully professionalised service providing a whole suite of services in the emergency arena...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Ambulance Service: Discussion (8 Oct 2025)

Martin Daly: I thank the witnesses.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Ambulance Service: Discussion (8 Oct 2025)

Martin Daly: To follow on from Deputy Kerrane's questions about Roscommon, I looked at the response times nationally and, as regards the purple life-threatening cardio and respiratory arrest response, 75% of such calls were within 18 minutes, and there is a target of 45% for the reds, but it appears that there may be variation nationally. Are there figures for the Roscommon, Galway and west-north west...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Ambulance Service: Discussion (8 Oct 2025)

Martin Daly: Is that variation due to staffing in the Roscommon-Galway area or is to do with turnaround times in hospitals?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Ambulance Service: Discussion (8 Oct 2025)

Martin Daly: I have been told of a four-to-five hour turnaround time for Castlebar Hospital. That is pretty unacceptable. That affects a region that extends from Roscommon to east Galway.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Ambulance Service: Discussion (8 Oct 2025)

Martin Daly: But Mr. Healy has agreed it is a particular issue in the west and north west.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Ambulance Service: Discussion (8 Oct 2025)

Martin Daly: On the west-north west compared to the rest of the country, Mr. Healy did concede in response to my first question-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Ambulance Service: Discussion (8 Oct 2025)

Martin Daly: I was not given time to expand on that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Ambulance Service: Discussion (8 Oct 2025)

Martin Daly: What variation is there? Is it significant or marginal?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Ambulance Service: Discussion (8 Oct 2025)

Martin Daly: I am talking about the Mayo-Galway-Roscommon area.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Ambulance Service: Discussion (8 Oct 2025)

Martin Daly: What lessons can we learn from Limerick that could be applied to Castlebar and Galway?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Ambulance Service: Discussion (8 Oct 2025)

Martin Daly: Finally, regarding the response times for the purple and red, I notice a paragraph that states that if one misses the target time, one could be waiting one to two hours, and these are life-threatening situations. Are there variations nationally? Is the Roscommon-Galway, the west and the north west, region suffering because it does not have those resources?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Ambulance Service: Discussion (8 Oct 2025)

Martin Daly: So there is no variation between Galway-Roscommon and the rest of the country.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Ambulance Service: Discussion (8 Oct 2025)

Martin Daly: Would it be possible to get figures to me directly on that? I thank the witnesses.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Disability Services (7 Oct 2025)

Martin Daly: 527. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of people with disabilities in receipt of home support hours in each LHO area as of 1 October 2025 or latest date available; the number of people currently on the waiting list for same in each LHO area; the number waiting 0-3 months, 3-6 months, 6-12 months; and the number waiting 12 months plus, in tabular form. [53638/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Disability Services (7 Oct 2025)

Martin Daly: 528. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of people with disabilities in receipt of personal assistance hours in each LHO area as of 1 October 2025 or latest date available; the number of people currently on the waiting list for same in each LHO area; the number waiting 0-3 months, 3-6 months, 6-12 months and the number waiting 12 months plus, in tabular form....