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Taoiseach a Ainmniú - Nomination of Taoiseach (18 Dec 2024)

Liam Quaide: I am really honoured to be making this address today as a Social Democrat TD for Cork East in the Thirty-fourth Dáil. I thank the people who placed their trust in me in the election. I also owe a huge debt of gratitude to the party members, relatives and friends who put heroic efforts into my campaign. Ireland is a great place to live with a flourishing economy, yet so many of the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Ukraine War (22 Jan 2025)

Liam Quaide: 1271. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will reconsider the decision to move the women and children currently staying at a location (details supplied) to a new location; if not, whether he will outline the specific measures that will be put in place to ensure they obtain accommodation as close as possible to their current location; and if he...

Situation in Palestine: Motion [Private Members] (5 Feb 2025)

Liam Quaide: I thank Sinn Féin for tabling the motion. The time for enacting the occupied territories Bill was six years ago, when it was introduced to the Dáil by Deputy Niall Collins, fully supported at the time by his Fianna Fáil colleagues - a very stark contrast with the scene of desertion on the Fianna Fáil benches this evening. The vote in 2019 was a resounding success with 78...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Legislative Measures (5 Feb 2025)

Liam Quaide: 31. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will reconcile his comments around the lifting of the money message obstruction from the Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018 in November 2024, prior to the general election, with more recent comments from the Taoiseach suggesting that the Bill will be replaced with new legislation; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Road Network (5 Feb 2025)

Liam Quaide: 147. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the project to upgrade the R624 Cobh Road; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2249/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Transport Policy (5 Feb 2025)

Liam Quaide: 179. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if current budgetary allocations for the Cork Metropolitan Area Transport Strategy (CMATS) 2040 are sufficient to proceed with the development of the new train stations that are part of CMATS or are limited to maintaining existing train services. [2591/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Taxi Regulations (5 Feb 2025)

Liam Quaide: 180. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider an extension to the maximum permissible age of taxis under the Taxi Regulation (Small Public Service Vehicle) Regulations 2015 for vehicles who reach their ten-year limit in the first half of 2025, given the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on the income of taxi drivers; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (5 Feb 2025)

Liam Quaide: 251. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to apply a reduced rate of VAT to bottled water; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2255/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Schemes (5 Feb 2025)

Liam Quaide: 319. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if eligibility for the individual property protection scheme for east Cork will be extended to include property owners who narrowly averted flooding on 18 October 2023 by being home on the day and able to erect makeshift barriers to keep flood waters out of their properties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2594/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (5 Feb 2025)

Liam Quaide: 639. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will provide a timeline for legislation to give entitlement to unmarried cohabitants to a widow’s, widower’s or surviving civil partner’s contributory pension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2257/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Emergency Accommodation (5 Feb 2025)

Liam Quaide: 958. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will consider a temporary pause on the decision to move the beneficiaries of temporary protection currently staying at a location (details supplied) to new accommodation until after the end of the 2024-2025 school year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2648/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Emergency Accommodation (5 Feb 2025)

Liam Quaide: 959. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will reconsider the decision to no longer allow the beneficiaries of temporary protection currently staying at a location (details supplied) and who have been told they will be moved to new accommodation, to accommodate their pets with them; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2649/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (5 Feb 2025)

Liam Quaide: 984. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth her plans to ensure that international protection applicants who avail of temporary accommodation as part of cold weather initiatives are not expected to sleep rough once the cold weather passes to prove and demonstrate their need for accommodation before being referred to alternative emergency accommodation;...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (5 Feb 2025)

Liam Quaide: 985. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth her plans to address the lack of childcare facilities in Youghal, County Cork; her plans to build and or purchase State-owned childcare facilities to address the unmet capacity needs in the local Youghal area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2945/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (5 Feb 2025)

Liam Quaide: 1062. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a timeline for the roll out of the free HRT scheme; to outline the engagement her Department has had with a union (details supplied) in relation to the scheme in relation to the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2245/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (5 Feb 2025)

Liam Quaide: 1139. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide a breakdown of palliative care services nationally, by regional health area, with an outline of the type and duration of service offered, and, in each instance, the funding commitment and the population size served by the service, in tabular form. [2590/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Eating Disorders (5 Feb 2025)

Liam Quaide: 1140. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide a breakdown of eating disorders services, including regional team staffing levels and inpatient bed numbers, in the south west regional health area, in tabular form; and how this provision corresponds to or falls short of the HSE's Model of Care for Eating Disorder Services. [2592/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (5 Feb 2025)

Liam Quaide: 1141. To ask the Minister for Health the number of psychology posts advertised within the south west regional health area primary care services since 1 July 2024; the contract type (fixed-term or permanent; full- or part-time) in each case; and the number of posts filled to date since. [2595/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (5 Feb 2025)

Liam Quaide: 1142. To ask the Minister for Health if redeployment of psychologists to primary care services in the south west regional health area will be pursued by the HSE to address critical waiting lists there; if she has engaged with unions regarding the potential impact of this workforce strategy on retention of psychologists as well as on the services from which psychologists will be redeployed;...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (5 Feb 2025)

Liam Quaide: 1143. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the commencement of works on the new mental health service on the grounds of the Owenacurra Centre, Midleton, which was projected by local management to be completed by Q1 of 2025; the reason that flood risk is being cited as rationale for the delay in HSE media briefings, given that this issue was addressed in the planning application...