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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (9 May 2024)

Réada Cronin: 113. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to outline the distinct actions his Department is taking to ensure the enactment of the Occupied Territories Bill 2018, given the all-out slaughter taking place in Gaza, the harassment and assassination of Palestinians by settlers, the raids by security forces on communities across the occupied West Bank and the blocking of medical...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (9 May 2024)

Réada Cronin: 207. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the interim remediation scheme for fire safety defects in apartments and duplexes will be operational, given the scheme was announced in 2023 to be implemented by the Housing Agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21032/24]

Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (8 May 2024)

Réada Cronin: The words "affordable" and "housing" rarely go together when discussing north Kildare. In north Kildare, workers are either beggaring themselves to pay extortionate rents, living at home with their parents if they are lucky, or house sharing into their 30s and 40s, with all the personal and social issues that come with that, for example, a lack of privacy and personal space, the inability to...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Middle East (8 May 2024)

Réada Cronin: 136. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will allow the use of Ireland's flag for the freedom flotilla carrying aid to Gaza; an urgent and practical measure which would have an immediate humanitarian impact; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20675/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Compulsory Purchase Orders (8 May 2024)

Réada Cronin: 281. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will issue a compulsory purchase order for the lands at Castletown House; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20541/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (8 May 2024)

Réada Cronin: 627. To ask the Minister for Health to outline any future plans for Maynooth Health Centre in Leinster Street; what plans are in place for a primary care/health centre unit in Maynooth suitable for the needs and expectations of the community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20808/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Services (8 May 2024)

Réada Cronin: 628. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to amalgamate the Maynooth and Leixlip health services; and if so, if these services will be located in Leixlip; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20809/24]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Challenges Facing the Bus and Coach Industry: Discussion (8 May 2024)

Réada Cronin: I thank the Cathaoirleach for allowing me in. I am not a member of this committee so I appreciate that. I am a TD in Kildare North so part of my consitituency would be within Dublin Bus. We also have private services and Bus Éireann. There will always be a certain number of complaints around lateness, buses not showing up, buses being too full - particularly the Bus Éireann...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Challenges Facing the Bus and Coach Industry: Discussion (8 May 2024)

Réada Cronin: Maynooth passengers were taken and Kilcock passengers were left for two hours.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Challenges Facing the Bus and Coach Industry: Discussion (8 May 2024)

Réada Cronin: It has improved because one would get reports every day.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Challenges Facing the Bus and Coach Industry: Discussion (8 May 2024)

Réada Cronin: On Dublin Bus, Kilcock used be served by Dublin Bus many years ago. The reason Kilcock was taken off Dublin Bus was because the double-deck found it difficult to negotiate the corner in Maynooth town. Since then, the 115 has become a double-deck bus. I have written and spoken to Dublin Bus about it. Does Dublin Bus have any thoughts around bringing the C spine out to Kilcock?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Challenges Facing the Bus and Coach Industry: Discussion (8 May 2024)

Réada Cronin: That was one of the reasons.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Challenges Facing the Bus and Coach Industry: Discussion (8 May 2024)

Réada Cronin: Kilcock is a thriving town. It is only a couple of miles from Maynooth. Due to the cost of renting in Maynooth now, a lot of people live in Kilcock. Students rent in Kilcock to attend Maynooth University. It would be worth extending the C spine out to Kilcock. At present, one has to give 24 hours' notice if one is a wheelchair user to use Bus Éireann. When does Bus Éireann...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Challenges Facing the Bus and Coach Industry: Discussion (8 May 2024)

Réada Cronin: Is Bus Éireann making sure that any new fleet it is buying is wheelchair-friendly so that there will come a day when there will not be a 24-hour request?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Challenges Facing the Bus and Coach Industry: Discussion (8 May 2024)

Réada Cronin: Has Bus Éireann not a year envisioned?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Challenges Facing the Bus and Coach Industry: Discussion (8 May 2024)

Réada Cronin: Okay. I thank Mr. Parker.

Defence (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (2 May 2024)

Réada Cronin: -----while providing the minimum permissible Dáil debate on those topics. The Tánaiste published this Bill prior to the Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence having published its pre-legislative scrutiny report. He has no basis for excluding certain posts from membership of representative associations, and, as he dropped it as a legislative initiative, I ask him now to...

Defence (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (2 May 2024)

Réada Cronin: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the Bill, which sets out to rebuild and restructure our Defence Forces as a modern, confident entity that reflects our modern, confident State. Being straightforward, procedural at times and administrative in nature, the matters within it would ordinarily preclude extensive discussion or debate. Regrettably, the non-straightforward approach means this...