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An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Sep 2024)

Catherine Connolly: That information has not reached me. The Deputy may go ahead.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Sep 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle. People are absolutely furious, rightly so, about the debacle, and the waste of money, that is the Leinster House bike shed. The mission statement of the Department of public expenditure and reform is "to serve the public interest through sound governance of public expenditure". As senior Minister with responsibility for the OPW, Deputy Donohoe is...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Sep 2024)

Catherine Connolly: To clarify regarding the administration of our business, the Deputy's name was not on my list. Somebody else's name is here.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Sep 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: I was to be No. 7 on the list.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Sep 2024)

Catherine Connolly: Okay.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Sep 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: I have engaged with the Minister of State with responsibility for this area. Neither he nor I played any role in the decision on the bike shed. It was made at official level. I entirely understand and appreciate the anger in regard to it. No Ministers were involved in that particular decision. On our receipt of a report the chairman of the OPW is preparing on this issue, we will look at...

Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions: Motion (24 Sep 2024)

Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions: Motion (24 Sep 2024)

Neale Richmond: I move: That, notwithstanding anything in the Order of the Dáil of 29th March, 2023, setting out the rota in which Questions to members of the Government are to be asked, Questions for oral answer, following those set down to the Minister for Transport shall be set down to Ministers in the following temporary sequence: Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage Minister for...

Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions: Motion (24 Sep 2024)

Question put and agreed to.

Sittings and Business of the Dáil: Motion (24 Sep 2024)

Sittings and Business of the Dáil: Motion (24 Sep 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: I move: That, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, or in the ordinary routine of business as contained in Schedule 3 to Standing Orders, and unless the Dáil shall otherwise order, the following arrangements shall apply in relation to the sittings of the Dáil on 1st, 2nd and 3rd October, 2024: (1) (a) in relation to the times of sittings, the suspension of the sitting and...

Sittings and Business of the Dáil: Motion (24 Sep 2024)

Question put and agreed to.

Thirty-Second Report of the Standing Committee of Selection and Appointment of Committee Cathaoirligh: Motion (24 Sep 2024)

Thirty-Second Report of the Standing Committee of Selection and Appointment of Committee Cathaoirligh: Motion (24 Sep 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: I move: That Dáil Éireann, pursuant to Standing Order 34, and with effect from 25th September, 2024— (1) approves the Thirty-Second Report of the Standing Committee of Selection, copies of which were laid before Dáil Éireann on 20th September, 2024, and appoints members to Committees accordingly, and (2) appoints— (a) Deputy Alan Farrell to be...

Thirty-Second Report of the Standing Committee of Selection and Appointment of Committee Cathaoirligh: Motion (24 Sep 2024)

Question put and agreed to.

Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (24 Sep 2024)

Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (24 Sep 2024)

Helen McEntee: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." Although short in length, the Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2024 is very significant legislation. It addresses important constitutional infirmities in law that were recently identified by the High Court. The High Court ruled that a person who commits murder as a child but turns 18 years of age before he or she is sentenced cannot be...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Sep 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: I thank Deputy McGrath. I will follow up on that particular case again. I have weekly meetings with the NCSE to ensure children with additional needs have an appropriate school place. I reassure the Deputy that where section 67 powers need to be applied - when schools are asked to take in particular children - we have done so across the country. We do not want to be a position of having...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Sep 2024)

Catherine Connolly: When people apply for a primary medical certificate and it is refused, they have to go to the appeals board. The Minister will be aware that the appeals board was not sitting for quite some time. In my office it has been lately brought to my attention that there is a waiting list of more than two years for people with serious disabilities applying to the Disabled Drivers Medical Board of...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Sep 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: I understood the board had been reconstituted.