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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Standards of Care, Related Practices and Oversight in Nursing Homes: Discussion (18 Jun 2025)

Michael Cahill: Chair, going forward, when it is such an important issue around the neglect of our elderly - the care of our elderly cannot be emphasised strongly enough - we should be given more time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Standards of Care, Related Practices and Oversight in Nursing Homes: Discussion (18 Jun 2025)

Michael Cahill: I acknowledge the Minister of State's swift engagement with HIQA following the RTÉ broadcast. I welcome the interim report he requested. However, these events have exposed long-standing weaknesses in both oversight and accountability. I have the following five questions. First, regarding independent oversight, will the Government now commit to independent to commissioning a full...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Standards of Care, Related Practices and Oversight in Nursing Homes: Discussion (18 Jun 2025)

Michael Cahill: I thank the Minister of State. The scandal since the "RTÉ Investigates" programme has left many of us shaken. Constituents are coming to us and increasingly asking about home care, even though they know they will not even be able to manage. I want to emphasise that we have great nursing homes. In my own county, I was on the board of management for the St. Joseph's home in Killorglin...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (24 Jun 2025)

Michael Cahill: 17. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health will next meet. [33567/25]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (24 Jun 2025)

Michael Cahill: The national immunisation programme should include a vaccination for shingles free of charge for all our citizens. A vaccine to prevent shingles would be of great benefit to the entire population but would particularly benefit older people who are more susceptible to viral disease. Shingles can be quite painful and debilitating and these effects are more pronounced in older people. The...

Nursing Homes and Care for Older Persons: Statements (Resumed) (24 Jun 2025)

Michael Cahill: Since the airing of the "RTÉ Investigates" programme on national television, families feel terrified. They do not know what way to turn. My constituency office in Killarney, County Kerry, is inundated with queries about home care. Those queries are asking what is available to families to look after their loved ones at home. Many of these would be under extreme pressure to be able...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (26 Jun 2025)

Michael Cahill: I want to raise an urgent and deeply concerning issue regarding a DEIS school in my constituency, Scoil Saidhbhín in Cahersiveen, County Kerry. It has just had its appeal against a cut of two mainstream teachers and one English as an additional language, EAL, post rejected. This is despite an ongoing surge in enrolment, including more than 40 Ukrainian pupils and recent IPAS...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Road Projects (26 Jun 2025)

Michael Cahill: The town of Killarney is choked with traffic almost daily. This is causing mass frustration for residents, local businesses and visitors alike. Members of the public are missing trains and buses, along with GP, dental and hospital appointments, and many others, because of the gridlock. Killarney in County Kerry is the capital of tourism in Ireland and is the main reason for visiting this...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Road Projects (26 Jun 2025)

Michael Cahill: Killarney is the best town in Ireland for a town of its size. It is also the best town in Europe for a town of its size. Everyone goes to Killarney. I cannot emphasise strongly enough how important this project is. It is in the making for quite a number of years but it has come to the point where action is required right now. It should be at the very top of the political priority...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Grant Payments (25 Jun 2025)

Michael Cahill: 13. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will urgently address the long delays, currently over two years, in SEAI grant processing times in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34882/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Disability Services (25 Jun 2025)

Michael Cahill: 176. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an update on the progress made in providing respite at a location in County Kerry (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34873/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Pharmacy Services (25 Jun 2025)

Michael Cahill: 215. To ask the Minister for Health the strategies that are in place to ensure the continuous supply of prescription drugs to pharmacies throughout the country which have been negatively impacted by Brexit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34805/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (25 Jun 2025)

Michael Cahill: 216. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be provided to upgrade University Hospital Kerry to Model 4 Hospital status, thus enabling staff to administer radiotherapy treatment to patients who currently have to make the long daily round trips to Cork city hospitals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34806/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (25 Jun 2025)

Michael Cahill: 217. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider providing medical cards in Budget 2026 to all those qualifying for an old age pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34807/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (25 Jun 2025)

Michael Cahill: 218. To ask the Minister for Health if an initiative will be considered whereby a subsidisation of fees for medical students in return for a set period practising in rural Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34828/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Greenways Provision (24 Jun 2025)

Michael Cahill: 113. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the south Kerry greenway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34045/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (24 Jun 2025)

Michael Cahill: 124. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will take into consideration the huge demand for, and interest in, a new Local Link bus route in County Kerry by providing a service from Beaufort via St. Mary of the Angels, Whitefield onto Killorglin, and vice versa; if he will request the National Transport Authority to examine this proposal carefully (details supplied); and...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (24 Jun 2025)

Michael Cahill: 321. To ask the Minister for Finance to address inheritance tax anomalies (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34319/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (24 Jun 2025)

Michael Cahill: 423. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to take into consideration the circumstances of a school in County Kerry (details supplied); to provide a third temporary autism class for the school for the academic year 2025-2026 only; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34038/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Data (24 Jun 2025)

Michael Cahill: 497. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if will address an issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33791/25]