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- 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...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Nursing Homes (23 May 2024)
Gino Kenny: This is a set of extraordinary circumstances. Googling this operator, it claims to be a multibillion dollar health provider in the United States. It is not some makeshift provider by any means. It has enormous assets behind it. Alarm bells are ringing about its very rudimentary fire compliance both in Sally Park and Lucan Lodge nursing homes. There are very serious questions to be asked...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Nursing Homes (23 May 2024)
Mary Butler: The Deputy is right that this is a complicated issue. It is an evolving situation. As I mentioned, all options are being explored. I wrote to the HSE last Friday and asked it to explore all options. Regular engagements are taking place between the Department of Health, the HSE and HIQA. Before this nursing home is registered again, only one organisation can register it and it will only...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Defective Building Materials (23 May 2024)
Mary Butler: I thank Deputy Doherty for raising this matter and giving me the opportunity to respond on behalf of the Minister, Deputy O'Gorman. When I read the script before coming to the House, I was struck by the fact that not long ago we had a similar discussion about Raphoe counselling services. Thankfully, they have been secured which is a positive outcome. I hope we can provide the same positive...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Defective Building Materials (23 May 2024)
Pearse Doherty: That is simply not acceptable. I ask the Minister of State to put herself in the shoes of the parents or the staff. She talked about helping the children to find suitable alternative placements if no accommodation can be found. No one knows where those placements are. The staff do not know if there will be jobs for them after September. She previously said that one strand of the...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Defective Building Materials (23 May 2024)
Mary Butler: To clarify, a temporary location is currently being reviewed for suitability. I cannot be clearer than that. The Department has informed Pobal that if it becomes a feasible option for the service, relocation supports and other accommodations, such as a four-day, 41-week ECCE scheme contract will be supported. As the Deputy said, we all have to acknowledge that not only the children and...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate (23 May 2024)
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Defective Building Materials (23 May 2024)
Defective Building Materials
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Defective Building Materials (23 May 2024)
Pearse Doherty: I am sure the Minister of State is aware that the defective concrete block crisis has ravaged my county of Donegal and other counties. It has destroyed people's homes, farm buildings and businesses but it is also affecting community organisations across the county. Some of these community organisations are technically being classed as commercial buildings, including organisations like the...