Results 61-68 of 68 for speaker:Peter Roche

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Youth: Education for Children with Special Educational Needs: Discussion (2 Jul 2025)

Peter Roche: I welcome the witnesses. I commend them on the outstanding contribution that they are making to society in support of all of those children we are talking about today in terms to access to education. Somebody mentioned the right to thrive. What the witnesses have done is compelling. It almost feels like a bit of burden to have to listen to the woes and deficits there are that should not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Youth: Education for Children with Special Educational Needs: Discussion (2 Jul 2025)

Peter Roche: It was mentioned that, once a need was established, be it for a building or whatever, the length of time it took to be met meant that the student had often finished with national school. Therein lies a crisis. I am more enlightened after today's contribution from the witnesses. It just proves the body of work that the Department has to do. It is as simple as that. There are deficits and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Youth: Education for Children with Special Educational Needs: Discussion (2 Jul 2025)

Peter Roche: I thank Ms Walsh and Mr. Kearney for being here and for their statement. I had an experience recently where a student had been identified as someone who would need a special needs resource in a school in east Galway. Internally, the school did exactly what we would expect it to do, which was to make an application for the resource, but it was refused. It should not have been, but it was,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Management of Hospital Waiting Lists and Insourcing and Outsourcing of Treatment: Discussion (2 Jul 2025)

Peter Roche: First, Mr. Gloster and his staff are welcome. It has not been long from the establishment of the committees until we have found them before this committee. I welcome that. I am not going to, under any circumstances, add to their grief or put any undue pressure on them. My first contribution this morning is one of good news. I had a good reason to spend some time in hospital visiting a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Management of Hospital Waiting Lists and Insourcing and Outsourcing of Treatment: Discussion (2 Jul 2025)

Peter Roche: My second point, while not bad news, relates to waiting times. They are a challenge in every hospital. I represent east Galway where the main hospital, like all of County Galway, is University Hospital Galway, as well as Merlin Park hospital just down the road. One of the problems I see and have encountered, especially for those who have to visit these hospitals regularly, is the maxed-out...

Select Committee on Social Protection, Rural and Community Development: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 42 - Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht (Revised) (2 Jul 2025)

Peter Roche: I welcome the Minister and the Minister of State. I thank them and their officials for being with us. I have a contribution to make rather than a question to ask. It is based on my experience. I happen to be part of the board of Galway Rural Development of which I have been the chairperson for quite some time. The Minister may have met our CEO in recent times. Extraordinary things...

Select Committee on Social Protection, Rural and Community Development: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 42 - Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht (Revised) (2 Jul 2025)

Peter Roche: I thank the Minister of State. The Minister said the funding is intended to address deprivation. How is that measured in the overall context?

Select Committee on Social Protection, Rural and Community Development: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 42 - Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht (Revised) (2 Jul 2025)

Peter Roche: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire.