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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Public Transport (19 Sep 2024)

Duncan Smith: Nobody understands timetables and public transport efficiency than the users themselves. I am aware of the operational issues on Monday and Tuesday and there has been an increase in correspondence to my office since the Monday change as well, notwithstanding those operational issues. Connolly Station has always been congested and it is getting worse. There are issues right down to Grand...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Public Transport (19 Sep 2024)

Thomas Byrne: I assure the Deputy that the Minister for Transport and I recognise that transport connectivity is hugely important for people who live and work in Ireland. What happened is unfortunate and it is not acceptable. There have been some improvements since the timetable changes on 16 September and I have listened to what the Deputy said. With regard to the restrictions between Drogheda and...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Control of Dogs (19 Sep 2024)

Control of Dogs

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Control of Dogs (19 Sep 2024)

Michael Creed: The next topical issue is in the names of Deputies Hourigan and Andrews who will have two minutes each.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Control of Dogs (19 Sep 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: This is less of a speech than a plea and some questions and the plea would be that the Government delays the XL bully dogs ban because to implement it in the outlined timeline would be very dangerous. We are 12 days from the beginning of the XL bully dogs ban and not one local authority has received the full regulations; not one. They have not been sent them or emailed them. They have not...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Control of Dogs (19 Sep 2024)

Chris Andrews: Today I met representatives of Working Animal Guardians, which is a dog rescue group. They are not saying everything the Minister is doing is wrong. They agree with a lot of what the Minister is doing but believes the ban is completely unfair. Working Animal Guardians is a very committed, compassionate group, is very reasonable and has a huge amount of experience with dogs and with XL...

Disability and Special Needs Provision: Motion [Private Members] (19 Sep 2024)

Seán Canney: I thank all Deputies for their co-operation.

Disability and Special Needs Provision: Motion [Private Members] (19 Sep 2024)

Question put and agreed to.

Disability and Special Needs Provision: Motion [Private Members] (19 Sep 2024)

Bríd Smith: Problem solved.

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters (19 Sep 2024)

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters (19 Sep 2024)

I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 37 and the name of the Member in each case: Deputy James O'Connor - To discuss flood relief measures in the east Cork region. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan - To discuss the lack of bus infrastructure in housing estates across Limerick. Deputy Pat Buckley - To discuss the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate (19 Sep 2024)

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Public Transport (19 Sep 2024)

Public Transport

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Public Transport (19 Sep 2024)

Duncan Smith: I raise the shambles of the timetable change in the northern commuter line implemented by Irish Rail in two stages over the past three weeks. We, the commuters of north County Dublin, Fingal and indeed some of the Minister of State's constituents, are not happy. They are experienced commuters used to timetable changes throughout the years. This has been an absolute shambles for a number of...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Public Transport (19 Sep 2024)

Thomas Byrne: I thank Deputy Duncan Smith for raising this topic. I am taking this Topical Issue on behalf of the Minister for Transport, Deputy Eamon Ryan. Deputy Smith is right; quite a number of my constituents who use Laytown, Drogheda, Stamullen and Gormanston stations are affected by this. The Minister for Transport has responsibility for policy and overall funding in relation to public...

Disability and Special Needs Provision: Motion [Private Members] (19 Sep 2024)

Bríd Smith: I thank those in the Gallery who have come here today and who consistently campaign for their children, all our children and all of us with the work they do. I congratulate Greg from Ballymun and his missus, Celine, because they have fought like tigers in Finglas and got their son a place when, up to the last minute, he had not got one. Likewise, to Nicola O'Dea. I do not think she is here...

Disability and Special Needs Provision: Motion [Private Members] (19 Sep 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: One hundred and ten thousand.

Disability and Special Needs Provision: Motion [Private Members] (19 Sep 2024)

Bríd Smith: Let me come to that. She does not address how she is going to engage the 375 extra clinicians that the HSE says we need to clear that waiting list for assessment of need. There is not a word about that. Nor do we hear, as Deputy Boyd Barrett pointed out there, about the 110,000 children waiting for therapies. There is a 30% overall void in the number of therapists available. The Minister...

Disability and Special Needs Provision: Motion [Private Members] (19 Sep 2024)

Paul Murphy: I thank everybody who has participated in the debate. I have sat through many debates like this in the Dáil and heard the Minister of State's responses in the past. I have heard about the pilot schemes, the task forces and the marginal improvements in a horrendous situation. It is still horrendous. If you go from waiting six years for an intervention that your child needs to waiting...

Disability and Special Needs Provision: Motion [Private Members] (19 Sep 2024)

Seán Canney: Next, I think, we are back to a Government slot. I am sorry; my apologies to Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne.