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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Power Plant Closures (12 Nov 2019)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: ...2020. The impacts on them, local businesses, communities and the local authority mean we will all have significant challenges to manage. This day was flagged for at least two decades, resulting 15 years ago in the closures of Ferbane and Rhode power stations. Then the ESB provided €3 million to each community. While I welcome the €5 million commitment to be added to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Supporting a Just Transition: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Nov 2019)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: ...this hearing. What are the ESB's plans for the buildings? As Bord na Móna also has many assets, Mr. Donnellan might elaborate on its plans for those assets. How did the ESB arrive at the €5 million contribution to the just transition fund? When Ferbane power station closed a number of years ago, €3 million was provided to the community. Likewise €3 million...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Obesity Strategy (10 Nov 2016)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: The Obesity Policy provides an opportunity to work across Government, sectors of society and communities. As part of the increased health budget, 5 million Euros will be allocated to the Healthy Ireland Fund which will provide for projects in a variety of settings such as education, workplaces and communities. This will support actions taken across a number of sectors including education,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Obesity Strategy (25 Oct 2016)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: ...to work collectively, across Government, in different sectors, from the national level and down to community actions to support healthy lifestyles and reduce obesity. The Healthy Ireland Fund of 5 million euro will provide for projects in a variety of settings including education, local authorities, workplaces and communities. This will support actions taken across the education,...

Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Facilities (25 Jan 2017)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: ...waiting lists in 2017. Acknowledging the challenges in scheduled care provision, budget 2017 makes specific provision for the treatment of longest-waiting patients. An allocation of €20 million is set aside for the National Treatment Purchase Fund, NTPF, in 2017, rising to €55 million in 2018. In December, my colleague, the Minister for Health, granted approval to the NTPF...

Topical Issue Matters (7 May 2015)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: ...impact assessment; (3) Deputy Seán Kenny - the need for Irish Water and Dublin City Council to tackle the problem posed by the presence of lead water piping at St. Anne’s estate, Raheny, Dublin 5; (4) Deputies Anthony Lawlor and Bernard J. Durkan - the need to increase Garda resources in north-west Kildare, given the escalation of intimidation against gardaí and residents...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Promotion (30 May 2017)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: In July 2016 Government approved the creation of a Healthy Ireland Fund and subsequently provided an initial allocation of €5 million in Budget 2017 to kick-start its establishment. The Healthy Ireland Fund will help drive the cross-governmental approach as set out in the Healthy Ireland Framework to improve the mental and physical health and wellbeing of the population. The main...

Financial Resolutions 2019 - Financial Resolution No. 9: General (Resumed) (10 Oct 2019)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: ...will be appointed shortly. Engagement with all stakeholders, workers, companies, communities and local authorities, particularly Offaly County Council, will be vital to ensure correct usage of the €6 million just transition fund targeted at the midlands to support retraining and reskilling of workers and to assist local communities and businesses adjust to the low-carbon...

Topical Issue Debate: Hospice Services Provision (7 Dec 2016)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: ...have access to a specialist bed within seven days. Specialist palliative care is now provided in 11 locations countrywide and the number of specialist palliative care beds will reach 217 once all 15 beds in Kerry Hospice are open. The successful development of palliative care service in Ireland has been based on a long-standing tradition of positive engagement between the voluntary and...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Hospital Waiting Lists (26 Jan 2017)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: ...treatment purchase fund to ensure that they implement measures to reduce waiting times. Budget 2017 makes specific provision for the treatment of those waiting the longest. In this regard, €20 million has been allocated to the national treatment purchase fund, rising to €55 million in 2018. In December, the Minister, Deputy Harris, granted approval to the national...

Financial Resolutions 2018 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (19 Oct 2017)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: ...lessons from the reckless financial management of the past which brought us to the brink of bankruptcy. To that end, I welcome the establishment of the rainy day fund with an investment of €1.5 billion. I also welcome the capital plan which is crucial to the delivery of key priority projects in social housing, roads and schools and will be critical as we move to develop our 2040...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Peatlands Restoration and Rehabilitation: Discussion (23 Oct 2019)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. The plan to restore the 1,800 ha of protected raised bogs in 2020 was referred to in connection with an additional budget allocation of €5 million. How much carbon is envisaged being stored over that five-year period? Does the Department use any other agencies to support its planting or the work it does on rehabilitation, restoration or...

Seanad: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2016: Second Stage (1 Feb 2017)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: ...and occasional smokers and 8% of our ten to 17 year olds smoke. While the reduction in these figures over the past number of years is significant and welcome, we are a long way from reaching our 5% prevalence rate set out in our Tobacco Free Ireland policy. Nearly 6,000 Irish people are killed annually by smoking. The human cost of smoking in Ireland today is overwhelming. In the...

Seanad: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2016: Committee and Remaining Stages (7 Feb 2017)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: ...or occasional smokers. Some 8% of our ten to 17 year olds smoke. While the reduction in these figures over the past number of years is significant and welcome, we are a long way from reaching our 5% prevalence rate set out in our Tobacco Free Ireland policy. Almost 6,000 Irish people are killed annually by smoking. The human cost of smoking in Ireland today is overwhelming. Less...

Competition (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Nov 2011)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: ...will have the protection of legislation to investigate and prosecute them. To this end, I welcome the increase in fines proposed in the Bill, including those for hard core offences, from €4 million to €5 million; the doubling of the sentence on conviction of an offence to ten years; the possibility that the costs of investigation and court proceedings could be paid by a body convicted...

Topical Issue Debate: Community Care (23 Mar 2017)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: ...for the grant to the individual organisation and requirements regarding standards of care. In 2017, as part of the overall service arrangement which the HSE community health care organisation No. 5 has with Cheshire Ireland, a funding allocation of €1.965 million will be provided to Carlow-Kilkenny community services. The Carlow-Kilkenny disability manager and finance manager...

Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services Provision (31 Jan 2017)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: ...experience mild emotional difficulties, which are often transient and do not require specialist intervention, but require support from other services. The HSE's national service plan provides €5 million to address psychology services in primary care. This allocation aims to support services to work more effectively through increased resources and the development of new ways of...

Seanad: Commencement Matters (Resumed): Psychological Services (4 Oct 2016)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: ...to his or her development, social, emotional and behavioural functioning. The total number of patients on the primary care psychology service treatment waiting list in August was 1,124, of whom 523 had been waiting for longer than 52 weeks. The CHO has an approved complement of 12 whole-time equivalent staff. There are eight whole-time equivalents in place and recruitment of the...

Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Services (17 Nov 2016)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: ...is going to take a relentless management focus from the HSE in the coming winter period to sustain the improvement. Patient attendances at emergency departments to the end of September have been 5% higher this year when compared with the same period last year. Notwithstanding this increased demand, there has been a decrease of approximately 3% in the number of patients who have had to...

Topical Issue Matters (10 Jul 2014)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: ...for Irish Water to develop a communications strategy; (3) Deputy Marcella Corcoran Kennedy - the need to ensure sexual and reproductive health and rights are included as a central goal of the post 2015 sustainable development goals; (4) Deputy Sean Fleming - the need for funding for the school meals local projects scheme for Scoil Bhride, Portlaoise, County Laois; (5) Deputy Robert...