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- Committee on Disability Matters: Progressing the Delivery of Disability Policy and Services: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jun 2025)
Maurice Quinlivan: I am not disagreeing with the Senator but he can come in in a few minutes. Senator Murphy O'Mahony has six minutes.
- Committee on Disability Matters: Progressing the Delivery of Disability Policy and Services: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jun 2025)
Maurice Quinlivan: Do any of the witnesses want to come back to that? I understand that they might not be able to answer that specific question.
- Committee on Disability Matters: Progressing the Delivery of Disability Policy and Services: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jun 2025)
Maurice Quinlivan: We are well over time.
- Committee on Disability Matters: Progressing the Delivery of Disability Policy and Services: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jun 2025)
Maurice Quinlivan: I request the witnesses to come back to the committee with a note about who designed it.
- Committee on Disability Matters: Progressing the Delivery of Disability Policy and Services: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jun 2025)
Maurice Quinlivan: Before we move on to round two, I want to ask a quick question. In her opening statement, Dr. Hartney stated that the ratification of the protocol is very welcome but that its purpose is to serve as a point of escalation once all national remedies have been exhausted. What did she mean by the phrase "national remedies have been exhausted"? She also said that it is likely to be too early...
- Committee on Disability Matters: Progressing the Delivery of Disability Policy and Services: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jun 2025)
Maurice Quinlivan: If it was a workplace complaint and the person went to the WRC, we all know how long it can take to get to the WRC and then for the determination to be made by that body. In the absence of getting a response, would the person still have to wait?
- Committee on Disability Matters: Progressing the Delivery of Disability Policy and Services: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jun 2025)
Maurice Quinlivan: It could be up to four years before a person got to-----
- Committee on Disability Matters: Progressing the Delivery of Disability Policy and Services: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jun 2025)
Maurice Quinlivan: There are no cases at the moment before the UN. Is that correct?
- Committee on Disability Matters: Progressing the Delivery of Disability Policy and Services: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jun 2025)
Maurice Quinlivan: Without breaching confidentiality, would the NDA be aware when they are going through? For instance, if there were 12, would the NDA know there were 12?
- Committee on Disability Matters: Progressing the Delivery of Disability Policy and Services: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jun 2025)
Maurice Quinlivan: Are we aware as to whether the backlog includes any Irish cases?
- Committee on Disability Matters: Progressing the Delivery of Disability Policy and Services: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jun 2025)
Maurice Quinlivan: We will move on to round two. The first speaker is Deputy Liam Quaide of the Social Democrats, who has six minutes.
- Committee on Disability Matters: Progressing the Delivery of Disability Policy and Services: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jun 2025)
Maurice Quinlivan: Before the witnesses answer, I should say that I understand they might not be aware of the full details of this issue. I do not expect them to be. The witnesses can answer this question in broad terms if they prefer. The Deputy's concern is that this project is going ahead with no local services. I think that would be more accurate.
- Committee on Disability Matters: Progressing the Delivery of Disability Policy and Services: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jun 2025)
Maurice Quinlivan: If Dr. Hartney wishes to answer, I ask her to be brief.
- Committee on Disability Matters: Progressing the Delivery of Disability Policy and Services: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jun 2025)
Maurice Quinlivan: Senator, in fairness, you have asked the question a number of times. The answer you got is-----
- Committee on Disability Matters: Progressing the Delivery of Disability Policy and Services: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jun 2025)
Maurice Quinlivan: I thank the Senator and I agree 100% with what he said. Dr. Hartney might not have been expecting that question, in fairness, from the Senator.
- Committee on Disability Matters: Progressing the Delivery of Disability Policy and Services: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jun 2025)
Maurice Quinlivan: I thank the Deputy. Before we finish and before I thank everybody for coming in, I have just a quick comment. In the opening statement it was said that the National Disability Authority is a statutory agency to provide guidance and advice to the Government . Without pre-empting what the committee might decide later, I imagine that all the members are practically and really concerned about...
- All-Island Strategic Rail Review: Statements (2 Jul 2025)
Maurice Quinlivan: Fittingly, the all-island strategic rail review contains 32 recommendations across six headings. I welcome the all-Ireland nature of the document and its commitment to increasing rail coverage across the island. I commute to Leinster House most weeks on the Dublin to Limerick train. I acknowledge the staff who service Colbert Station in Limerick city on this route. They are always...
- Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Departmental Funding (1 Jul 2025)
Maurice Quinlivan: 652. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will confirm that the promised uplift of the community neurorehabilitation team in the mid west region will take place in 2025, as committed to by the HSE; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35728/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Departmental Funding (1 Jul 2025)
Maurice Quinlivan: 653. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when the community neurorehabilitation team in the mid west region, which provides critical therapies including physiotherapy, speech and language, psychology and so on to neurological patients, will be funded to increase the number of posts from 6 to 12, as stipulated in the national neurorehabilitation strategy and in the Action...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (2 Jul 2025)
Maurice Quinlivan: 231. To ask the Minister for Health when an appointment will be made for a person (details supplied) who has been referred for cataract surgery at University Hospital Limerick; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36268/25]