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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Heritage Sites (23 May 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: I note Deputy Durkan's utter commitment in this area. I think everyone is of a common bond, which is that we want to see Castletown House reopened and want the estate back to normal functioning hours. The overlying thing is that it remains the strategic objective of the OPW to acquire the remaining lands to reunite all the lands at the former estate. I gave a commitment to the working...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Heritage Sites (23 May 2024)

Bernard Durkan: Including the opening of the gates, as per September last. The gates will open for pedestrians and Lime Avenue will open for pedestrians.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Heritage Sites (23 May 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: There is an issue with Lime Avenue, as Deputy Durkan is well aware. I have a fiduciary duty to staff in the OPW as well. We have had discussions with the unions. There are issues we need to deal with, including health and safety, and I want the report we are doing to be a common basis for discussion. Ultimately, we want to get Castletown House and the grounds fully reopened. There is a...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Heritage Sites (23 May 2024)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I thank Deputy Durkan and all the Members who submitted Topical Issues and the Ministers of State for being here to deal with them.

Report of the Joint Committee on Education, Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Motion (23 May 2024)

Report of the Joint Committee on Education, Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Motion (23 May 2024)

Paul Kehoe: I move: That Dáil Éireann shall take note of the Report of the Joint Committee on Education, Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science entitled "Mental Health Supports in Schools and Tertiary Education", copies of which were laid before Dáil Éireann on 25th January, 2023. I am grateful to the House for providing the opportunity to debate this...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Post Office Network (23 May 2024)

Mary Butler: The Deputy will appreciate that the Minister cannot intervene in matters which the Oireachtas has given An Post a statutory responsibility to fulfil. An Post has an independent board that has a clear mandate. I accept that the Deputy is not happy that the post office is being converted. However, I am thankful that it is not proposed that the post office be closed. I encourage everyone...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Heritage Sites (23 May 2024)

Heritage Sites

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Heritage Sites (23 May 2024)

Bernard Durkan: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy O’Donnell. This is the first time that the line Minister of State has come to the House to address this question. This is probably the 20th or 22nd time it has been raised in the House, so I thank the Minister of State for recognising its importance. The issue relating to Castletown House in Celbridge dates back to September of last year....

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Heritage Sites (23 May 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: I thank the Deputy. I felt it was important for me to be here for the debate. I thank the Deputy for his long-standing interest in Castletown House and estate. The Deputy has made ongoing representations through parliamentary questions and Oireachtas committees with regard to Castletown House and estate. He and his fellow representatives of Kildare are valued members of the Castletown...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Nursing Homes (23 May 2024)

Gino Kenny: I thank the Minister of State.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Post Office Network (23 May 2024)

Post Office Network

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Post Office Network (23 May 2024)

Paul Murphy: The people of Tallaght are up in arms about the plan to close the post office in the Square, Tallaght, to privatise it and to reopen a smaller post office with fewer services in a different location. Almost 2,000 people have signed a petition that was delivered to the GPO last week, where An Post informed the campaigners that it intends to proceed. I have been doing a lot of work on this...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Post Office Network (23 May 2024)

Mary Butler: I thank the Deputy for raising this really important issue and I welcome the opportunity to outline the position on the matter on behalf of the Minister, Deputy Eamon Ryan and the Minister of State, Deputy Chambers. Both the Minister and the Minister of State are aware of the impact that decisions relating to changes in An Post operations have on communities and individuals, in both rural...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Post Office Network (23 May 2024)

Paul Murphy: Yes.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Post Office Network (23 May 2024)

Mary Butler: -----and it is what they have always done. Losing a post office in a local community is very distressing. Money claimed locally is spent locally. Maybe in 30 or 40-years’ time that whole generation will have passed on and post offices will not be as important. Yet, as Minister of State with responsibility for older people, I can understand how important post offices are to the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Post Office Network (23 May 2024)

Paul Murphy: I agree entirely. A very high proportion of those who are signing the petition or who are getting involved in the campaign are older people. It is a community focal point for many people who go to the post office on a weekly basis to get their bits and pieces done, and to meet and chat with people. Again, everyone speaks so highly of those workers, who are now being put in a very difficult...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Nursing Homes (23 May 2024)

Nursing Homes

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Nursing Homes (23 May 2024)

Gino Kenny: I hope the Minister of State will be able to shed some light on what is happening with Lucan Lodge Nursing Home. There is a lot of uncertainty about its future. The 73 residents and 85 staff have been told recently that the nursing home might close down. This is having an effect on the relatives of the residents. There is a great deal of stress about what is happening. I understand...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Nursing Homes (23 May 2024)

Mary Butler: I thank Deputy Kenny for raising this issue. I remain deeply concerned to learn that HIQA had to cancel the registration of Lucan Lodge Nursing Home. The focus at this time is ensuring the welfare of the 70 residents in this private nursing home during this difficult time. Lucan Lodge Nursing Home is situated in a residential area in Lucan. The provider was registered as a designated...