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Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Road Network (24 Apr 2024)

Maria Byrne: I welcome the Minister for Transport, Deputy Eamon Ryan.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Road Network (24 Apr 2024)

Maria Byrne: Before I call the Minister, I would like to welcome Deputy Brendan Griffin from Kerry, along with his brother Mike, sister-in-law Kelly, nephew Conor and niece June. They are very welcome. Enjoy your visit here today.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: School Funding (24 Apr 2024)

Maria Byrne: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Colm Burke. I congratulate him and wish him the very best in his new role. He is certainly no stranger to this Chamber and we look forward to working with him.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Health Services (24 Apr 2024)

Maria Byrne: I thank the Minister of State for coming to the House to discuss this important issue. I am a member of the Oireachtas all-party committee to do with diabetes. It is an area I have a special interest in because I know many people who are patients under the diabetic services, and I hear from them regularly. While I note there were isolated cases in Mullingar hospital recently, there is a...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Health Services (24 Apr 2024)

Maria Byrne: I thank the Minister of State for his comprehensive reply. I welcome that funding was provided for the start of the national diabetic register because it certainly is something for which I have asked here in the past. It is needed because it shows the roadmap as to where the issues are and how people are being dealt with. It is important that we move to a model whereby everybody, where...

Seanad: Research and Innovation Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed) (30 Apr 2024)

Maria Byrne: Amendments Nos. 44, 77, 79, 91 and 92 are related. Amendment No. 44 is consequential on amendment No. 91. Amendment No. 92 is a logical alternative to amendment No. 91. Amendments Nos. 44, 77, 79, 91 and 92 may be discussed together by agreement. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Research and Innovation Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed) (30 Apr 2024)

Maria Byrne: Is the Senator withdrawing the amendment?

Seanad: Research and Innovation Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed) (30 Apr 2024)

Maria Byrne: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Research and Innovation Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed) (30 Apr 2024)

Maria Byrne: Amendments Nos. 57 to 60, inclusive, are related and may be discussed together. Is that agreed? Agreed. Amendments Nos. 58 and 59 are physical alternatives to amendment No. 57.

Seanad: Research and Innovation Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed) (30 Apr 2024)

Maria Byrne: Amendments Nos. 58 and 59 are physical alternatives to amendment No. 57. Amendments Nos. 57 to 60, inclusive, may be discussed together.

Seanad: Research and Innovation Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed) (30 Apr 2024)

Maria Byrne: We are on amendments Nos. 57 to 60, inclusive.

Seanad: Research and Innovation Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed) (30 Apr 2024)

Maria Byrne: As it is 7 p.m. I ask the Senator to report progress.

Seanad: Research and Innovation Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed) (30 Apr 2024)

Maria Byrne: When is it proposed to sit again?

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 May 2024)

Maria Byrne: I welcome the announcement yesterday from the Minister, Deputy Donnelly, and Mr. Bernard Gloster, CEO of the HSE, that a new team is being put in to look at the running of University Hospital Limerick. This is something I have been consistently raising here. I have been looking for fresh eyes to be brought to bear on the problem. Ms Grace Rothwell, the national director of acute hospitals,...

Seanad: Research and Innovation Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 May 2024)

Maria Byrne: Yes, amendments Nos. 74 and 75 are related.

Seanad: Research and Innovation Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 May 2024)

Maria Byrne: Does the Minister of State wish to respond?

Seanad: Research and Innovation Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 May 2024)

Maria Byrne: Amendment No. 78 is in the names of Senators Higgins, Ruane, Black and Flynn. Amendments Nos. 78, 81 and 83 to 85, inclusive, are related and may be discussed together. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Research and Innovation Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 May 2024)

Maria Byrne: The grouping is amendments Nos. 78, 81 and 83 to 85, inclusive.

Seanad: Research and Innovation Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 May 2024)

Maria Byrne: Before I call Senator Dolan, I welcome Professor Daniel Carey of NUIG, who is the guest of Senator Clonan, to the Public Gallery. I hope Professor Carey enjoys his experience.

Seanad: Research and Innovation Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 May 2024)

Maria Byrne: Amendments Nos. 82 and 86 to 88, inclusive, are related and may be discussed together.