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Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Cybersecurity Policy (8 May 2024)

Alan Dillon: I thank the Senator for raising this issue and for giving me the opportunity to address it. I will take the questions he has raised today back to the Minister and departmental officials. As I outlined previously, the HSE has implemented additional controls to monitor and manage threats to the HSE network, including additional staff training and a strengthening of identity and access...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Hospital Facilities (8 May 2024)

Alan Dillon: I thank the Senator for the opportunity to respond on behalf of the Minister for Health on this important issue for the people of the mid-west region. He recognises that there are significant pressures at UHL. He and the Government have undertaken sustained investment in this hospital and in capacity across the entire mid-west region's health system. There are currently two MRI scanners...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Hospital Facilities (8 May 2024)

Alan Dillon: I thank Senator Garvey and recognise the concerns she has raised on behalf of people in the mid-west region who are trying to access these essential services. I will bring the questions she raised back to the Minister for Health, Deputy Donnelly, and his officials. As already advised, significant capital investment has been made by the Government to expand the radiology department at...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Immigration Policy (8 May 2024)

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Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Immigration Policy (8 May 2024)

Alan Dillon: I thank Senator Keogan for raising this matter, which I am taking on behalf of the Minister for Justice, Deputy McEntee. As the Senator will be aware, the Attorney General provides legal advice to the Government and this advice is subject to legal professional privilege in the same way as the legal advice provided to a private client by any solicitor or barrister. The proper operation of...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Immigration Policy (8 May 2024)

Alan Dillon: I thank Senator Keogan. I appreciate the points she raised. On behalf of the Minister, I assure her that the Irish Constitution requires that the pact will come before both TDs and Senators, and that is exactly what is going to happen. There will be full debates in the Dáil and Seanad and it will also be discussed at the joint committee. As with all new legislation, the Bill will be...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (8 May 2024)

Alan Dillon: I thank Senator Gallagher for bringing this Commencement matter before the House. I am taking it on behalf of the Minister for Justice, Deputy Helen McEntee. A central element of delivering on the zero tolerance goal of the third national strategy is the establishment of a statutory domestic, sexual and gender-based violence, DSGBV, agency, and the Minister, Deputy McEntee, was delighted...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (8 May 2024)

Alan Dillon: I thank the Senator. The core, overarching goal of the zero-tolerance strategy is to ensure that everyone who needs a refuge space will get one, and we continue to work towards that. The Senator will be aware of the Tearmann Domestic Violence Services based in Monaghan, and he mentioned Siobhán McKenna and her team, who provide the services in counties Cavan and Monaghan. That has now...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Public Transport (8 May 2024)

Alan Dillon: I thank Senator Dolan for raising this important topic. I know how passionate she is about advocating for the best interests of the local communities in Galway and Roscommon. I am taking this Commencement matter on behalf of the Minister, Deputy Ryan. The Minister for Transport has responsibility for policy and overall funding of public transport but neither the Minister nor his...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Public Transport (8 May 2024)

Alan Dillon: I will convey the Senator's frustration, disappointment and anger back to the Minister, Deputy Eamon Ryan, on this very important issue. I wish to reassure the Senator that the Department of Transport, the NTA and the operators will work to ensure they optimise deployment of resources across the public transport network to match changing passenger demand patterns. This will be reviewed and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Sites (8 May 2024)

Alan Dillon: Under the vacant site levy provisions contained in the Urban Regeneration and Housing Act 2015 (the Act), planning authorities were empowered to apply a vacant site levy of 3% of the market valuation of relevant properties which were listed on local authority vacant site registers in 2018, which relevant owners were liable to pay in January 2019. The rate of the levy increased to 7% for sites...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (8 May 2024)

Alan Dillon: My Department provides Exchequer funding to local authorities to administer the suite of Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability, which support older and disabled people living in private houses to adapt their home to meet their needs. The grants include the Housing Adaptation Grant for People with a Disability, the Mobility Aids Grant and the Housing Aid for...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (9 May 2024)

Alan Dillon: My Department provides Exchequer funding to local authorities to administer the suite of Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability, which support older and disabled people living in private houses to adapt their home to meet their needs. The grants include the Housing Adaptation Grant for People with a Disability, the Mobility Aids Grant and the Housing Aid for...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Grant Payments (14 May 2024)

Alan Dillon: I propose to take Questions Nos. 362, 363 and 380 together. My Department provides Exchequer funding to local authorities to support the suite of Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability which support older and disabled people living in private houses to adapt their home to meet their needs. The grants include the Housing Adaptation Grant for People with a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (15 May 2024)

Alan Dillon: My Department provides Exchequer funding to local authorities to administer the suite of Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability, which support older and disabled people living in private houses to adapt their home to meet their needs. The grants include the Housing Adaptation Grant for People with a Disability, the Mobility Aids Grant and the Housing Aid for...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Election of Leas-Chathaoirleach (15 May 2024)

Alan Dillon: Thank you very much. My first act as Leas-Chathaoirleach is to propose that the committee go into private session to consider correspondence and other matters. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Housing for All: Statements (Resumed) (21 May 2024)

Alan Dillon: I thank all Members of the House for their input to this afternoon's statements. I welcome the opportunity to add to the Minister, Deputy O'Brien's, opening statement and to highlight some of the key achievements. There is no silver bullet when addressing something as complex as the housing crisis. Through the Housing for All plan, we are confronting these challenges head on and we have...

Housing Situation: Motion [Private Members] (21 May 2024)

Alan Dillon: I move amendment No. 1: To delete all words after "Dáil Éireann" and substitute the following: "notes: — that Housing for All - a New Housing Plan for Ireland, now in its third year of implementation, sets out a comprehensive suite of actions aimed at addressing affordability in the housing sector and that supply, which is critical to achieving this, has increased...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (21 May 2024)

Alan Dillon: 333. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to provide an update on a sports capital grant for (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22429/24]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (21 May 2024)

Alan Dillon: 335. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of a sports capital grant application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22929/24]