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- Estimates for Public Services 2024 (29 May 2024)
Votes put and agreed to.
- Presentation of Estimates: Motion (29 May 2024)
- Presentation of Estimates: Motion (29 May 2024)
Paschal Donohoe: I move: That, notwithstanding Standing Order 215 of the Standing Orders of Dáil Éireann relative to Public Business or the Resolution of the Dáil of 13th December, 2023, the following Further Revised Estimates for Public Services for the year ending 31st December, 2024, be presented to the Dáil on 29th May, 2024, being a date later than that prescribed for the...
- Presentation of Estimates: Motion (29 May 2024)
Question put and agreed to
- Health Act 1970: Motion (29 May 2024)
- Health Act 1970: Motion (29 May 2024)
Mary Butler: I move: That Dáil Éireann approves the following Regulations in draft: Health Act 1970 (Section 45(3)) (Classes of Persons) Regulations 2024, copies of which have been laid in draft form before Dáil Éireann on 16th May, 2024, in accordance with Section 45(4) of the Health Act 1970.
- Health Act 1970: Motion (29 May 2024)
Question put and agreed to.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 May 2024)
Simon Harris: I thank the Deputy for raising the issue of Newpark School of Music. I am pleased that there will be time in the Dáil for a topical issue debate on it tomorrow. The Deputy has been constructive in flagging it with me today and I will certainly ask, in advance of that debate, relevant line Ministers and agencies to see what role the State may have in this, in order to be able to give...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 May 2024)
Michael Lowry: The fall in the number of taxis is having a detrimental impact on towns and villages across rural Ireland. In County Tipperary, according to the most recent figures, there has been a drop to just 220 taxis, despite a population growth of more than 4,000. This has an obvious negative impact on hospitality and retail services. Pubs and restaurants are struggling as people are forced to stay...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 May 2024)
Simon Harris: I thank the Deputy for raising this important issue. I will get him a specific answer from the Minister for Transport on this but the Government is very eager to take steps to increase the number of taxis and hackneys available nationally, particularly in rural areas. For a variety of reasons, these steps have not yielded the numbers so further actions are planned and some are under way. I...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 May 2024)
Thomas Pringle: As the Taoiseach can imagine, many young constituents in County Donegal go on to study in the North given its close proximity to home and given the housing shortage in Dublin at the moment. At the beginning of this yea,r it was announced that funding would be made available for 25 additional medical students qualifying to study medicine in Queen's University from September 2024 and that, as...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 May 2024)
Simon Harris: I thank the Deputy. This is a great initiative. It is great for the island of Ireland, for the north west in particular, for medical education and for opportunities for young people. The Minister for further and higher education is in Ulster University, on the Magee campus in Derry, today. We are willing to expand this. Obviously, there has to be two partners and a willingness to do it,...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 May 2024)
Thomas Gould: A young man, Seán, came into my office last week. He works full time, is separated and has two children. He has a good job but is living with his parents because he cannot afford to buy a house. He has saved every penny he can and has substantial savings. He applied and was accepted for an affordable housing scheme run by Cork County Council but even with all of his savings, a gift...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 May 2024)
Simon Harris: I am sure what the Deputy definitely does not tell Seán is that if Sinn Féin was in government it would get rid of the help-to-buy scheme for first-time buyers-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 May 2024)
Thomas Gould: It would be affordable. Our scheme would be affordable. That is the difference.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 May 2024)
Simon Harris: -----and the first home scheme as well. I am sure he did not mention that to Seán. It is very hard to comment on the floor of the Dáil without knowing people's specific financial situations but this Government is seeing, every week, 500 people buying their first home. Every working day we are seeing 350 new homes being built. That is the progress we are making. That is what I...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 May 2024)
Thomas Gould: I will.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 May 2024)
Simon Harris: -----I would be very happy to come back to him with more comprehensive reply for his situation.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 May 2024)
James O'Connor: I wish to raise an issue that is very important to people across the north Cork area including in Fermoy and Mitchelstown. Unfortunately, I am meeting a huge number of people who are retired or who have complicated healthcare needs and who want access to GP services across the north Cork area. In north Cork, we have two primary care centres but they are under serious pressure because of a...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 May 2024)
Simon Harris: I thank the Deputy for making that important point for his constituents in north Cork in terms of access to GP services. I will certainly discuss the matter with the Minister for Health and the HSE. We are now seeing a very significant increase in the number of training places for GPs. We are also now looking at other pathways that we can put in place in universities but I do recognise...