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Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (8 Jul 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: ...of the National Immunisation Advisory Committee (NIAC). The committee's recommendations are based on the prevalence of the relevant disease in Ireland and international best practice in relation to immunisation. It makes recommendations on vaccination policy to my Department. The ages at which vaccines are recommended in the immunisation schedule are selected, where possible, in order to...

Ministers and Secretaries (Attorney General) Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (3 Jul 2025) See 2 other results from this debate

Ivana Bacik: ...should have declared my interest at the start. As a practising barrister, I represented both the State and individuals suing the State. I have had some experience on both sides of the courtroom and have worked for and with Attorneys General on defending litigation against the State, so I know the way this works. I am disappointed, frankly, that the Government has taken this "Dr. No"...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Tourism Industry (3 Jul 2025) See 2 other results from this debate

Peter Burke: I am happy to work closely with Deputy Butterly on that. Another area I am actively working on is expanding the remit of Fáilte Ireland. One of the first things I did was to take a deep dive of the legislation that underpins the State agency. I want to include a restaurant sector. It is key as regards developing its model. Fáilte Ireland has focused on hotels but if we look...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Enrolments (3 Jul 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: I want to raise with the Minister of State a really urgent and time-sensitive issue. As he is well aware, Wicklow town and Rathnew have seen a huge population increase in recent years. We have probably had 800 to 1,000 new homes built there. Very many of them are family homes for young families. We have seen people coming from other counties into the area. I was made aware last week...

European Union Regulations on International and Temporary Protection: Motions (3 Jul 2025) See 1 other result from this debate

Michael Collins: I speak to the Minister today not just as leader of Independent Ireland or on behalf of my constituents, but on behalf of the tens of thousands of people across this country who feel ultimately betrayed by a Government that has wilfully ceded Irish sovereignty, ignored countless opinion polls and placed the interest of Brussels and bureaucracy above the basic needs of its own citizens. The...

Organisation of Working Time (Leave for Health Screening Purposes) Bill 2025: First Stage (3 Jul 2025)

Duncan Smith: I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to provide for a period of paid leave in order to enable employees to participate in health screening programmes; for that purpose to amend the Organisation of Working Time Act 1997; to extend the protection against unfair dismissals conferred by the Unfair Dismissals Acts 1977 to 2015; to provide for the consequential...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (3 Jul 2025)

Paul Murphy: As the Minister will know, there is a two-tier system in place in respect of homeless HAP. Those who entered the scheme after July 2022 are able to access a higher rate than those who entered before that time. This has resulted in an unjust situation where people are faced with the prospect of renewed homelessness in order to be able to access the higher rate. I will give an example from...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Farm Household Incomes (3 Jul 2025)

Martin Heydon: TAMS has been hugely positive, so when the Deputy suggests that the Government is failing, I disagree with that. TAMS has seen a massive ramp-up and uptake and drawdown of money, and I continue to support that. It is important that the message go out there that if a farmer is considering buying equipment beforehand, he or she is not guaranteed that it will be covered if ranking and...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Animal Diseases (3 Jul 2025)

Martin Heydon: If a badger is examined and tested and is found to have TB, then for its own sake it needs to be culled as well as to stop the spread of the disease to other badgers, bovines and others within the community. Vaccination has a role to play but the vaccination process we have used to date has not worked to the same extent. I will be very clear. There are three causes of the spread of this...

Ceisteanna Eile (Atógáil) - Other Questions (Resumed): Joint Policing Committees (3 Jul 2025)

Jim O'Callaghan: I note what the Deputy has said about the JPCs, which did a lot of good work. Like me, the Deputy is a former member of a local authority. At stages, they could become very formulaic, with many gardaí, including senior gardaí, sitting there and just engaging directly with local elected councillors on very specific issues. Many of the issues raised at JPCs were issues the Garda...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Fishing Industry (3 Jul 2025)

Timmy Dooley: As the Deputy knows, Rockall is a small, uninhabitable rock located approximately 160 nautical miles west of the Scottish islands of St. Kilda, and 230 nautical miles to the north west of Donegal. As the Deputy is aware, Ireland has not sought to claim sovereignty over Rockall. The UK claimed sovereignty over Rockall in 1955 and sought to formally annex it as part of Scotland under its 1972...

Ceisteanna Eile (Atógáil) - Other Questions (Resumed): Work Permits (3 Jul 2025)

Colm Brophy: I thank the Deputy for his question. As he mentioned, legal migration plays an essential and very positive role in Ireland's society and economy. Legal pathways are vital to addressing labour shortages in the economy. I have been working closely with the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment to ensure that Ireland's legal employment pathways are efficient and as convenient as...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Naturalisation Applications (3 Jul 2025)

Noel McCarthy: I thank the Minister of State for his response. It is clear that the volume of applications has greatly increased over the last five years while processing times continue to fall year on year. This is very encouraging. The work of the Minister and his Department must be acknowledged in this regard. I appreciate that the Minister of State may not have the figures at hand. Does he have an...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Legislative Measures (3 Jul 2025)

Jim O'Callaghan: I thank Deputy Ward for asking this question. He will recall that about six weeks ago, during the last round of oral questions to the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration, his colleague, Deputy Ó Snodaigh, raised a similar question. During the course of an exchange between me and Deputy Ó Snodaigh, I stated that we should look to see if there is some mechanism of...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Deportation Orders (3 Jul 2025)

Matt Carthy: ...notified the authorities with the appropriate documentation within three days of having voluntarily left? Could he give a breakdown differentiating between those who made their own arrangements to leave and those who received assistance from the voluntary returns unit? This is fundamental. There are three distinct issues within the international protection system that clearly have not...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Jul 2025) See 2 other results from this debate

Chris Andrews: Last week, it was announced that Penneys was making 100 of its Dublin staff redundant as part of a plan to outsource many of its roles to India. This decision was taken not out of necessity but out of a desire to maximise profits for the bosses and shareholders. Penneys is not a company that is struggling and it has been expanding rapidly across Europe, North America and Asia. Penneys made...

Seanad: EU Regulations: Motions (3 Jul 2025) See 2 other results from this debate

Jim O'Callaghan: Every time I come in here, there seems to be a local constituency group, so I thank the Cathaoirleach for that. I stand here to ask the Seanad to approve these motions to opt in to these three proposals in the field of international and temporary protection. As the Cathaoirleach knows, Ireland is committed to supporting and advancing the development of a common European system of asylum...

Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Jul 2025) See 2 other results from this debate

Mr. Stephen Kelly: I do not appreciate it at all. I am a citizen. I have come here. I was invited to come here. I did not have to. I was invited. I took the day off work. I do not like the implication you need to run for election to have an opinion on something. The TDs are there to serve the public.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Children's Health Ireland
Financial Statements - National Treatment Purchase Fund (3 Jul 2025) See 4 other results from this debate

Grace Boland: I found the idea of insourcing and the prolonged use of it baffling. It took me a while to get my head around the fact that we were paying people in the HSE not just overtime rates but going around the system and using HSE facilities to pay them a huge premium to do work at the weekends or through the NTPF. I would like to see the insourcing model phased out over the next couple of years....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (3 Jul 2025)

Jim O'Callaghan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 18 and 61 together. I am acutely aware of capacity restraints in our prisons, and challenges faced by those who work and live in our prisons as a result. The current Programme for Government commits to increasing the capacity of our prisons by 1,500 spaces. The Irish Prison Service have already begun work to achieve this. Since January 2022, capacity...