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Prelude (22 May 2024)

Prayer and Reflection.

Prelude (22 May 2024)

Paidir agus Machnamh.

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters (22 May 2024)

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters (22 May 2024)

Catherine Connolly: 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 Brian Stanley - To discuss funding for youth services in Laois and Offaly. Deputy Darren O'Rourke - To discuss the need for improved support and oversight of the heat pump roll-out programme. Deputy Michael Ring - To discuss...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate (22 May 2024)

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Accommodation (22 May 2024)

School Accommodation

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Accommodation (22 May 2024)

Michael Ring: Before I raise the issue, I wish to ask who will be taking it.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Accommodation (22 May 2024)

Colm Burke: I am.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Accommodation (22 May 2024)

Michael Ring: Which Department are you in?

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Accommodation (22 May 2024)

Catherine Connolly: We will not have a question and answer session now. With any Topical Issue, Deputies have a choice not to go ahead with it if the Minister is not here.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Accommodation (22 May 2024)

Michael Ring: I wish to express my view and then I will make a decision whether I will or will not proceed. I am very disappointed. This is the third time I put down a Topical Issue debate and the senior Minister has not come in. People want to be elected to this House, and when they get elected, they want to become Ministers. When they become Ministers, it is like that thing we used to have in the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Accommodation (22 May 2024)

Colm Burke: I am taking this on behalf of the Minister for Education. I thank the Deputy for raising the matter as it gives me, on behalf of the Minister for Education, the opportunity to provide an update to the House on the current position regarding the major school building project for Holy Trinity National School in Westport, County Mayo. The major building project for Holy Trinity is to...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Accommodation (22 May 2024)

Michael Ring: This has been going on since 2010. I will simplify it for the Minister of State, that he might bring it back to the Department. The first thing I will do today is write to the Comptroller and Auditor General about why taxpayers' money is going to be wasted. The school has been abandoned in recent years but the Department is going to put taxpayers money into it now. Holy Trinity is the...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Charities (Amendment) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (22 May 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: That is important and I agree with it.

Select Committee on Social Protection: Charities (Amendment) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (22 May 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: In the past, we had social amendments to the primary legislation, even on small issues such as these. Time erodes money, as we saw in the past few years. When there is a sudden hike in inflation, it erodes money very fast. Since the beginning of Covid there has been a 20% decrease in the value of money. It is therefore good to have the provision. I understand that the Minister of State...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Charities (Amendment) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (22 May 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I thank the Minister of State for taking on board the recommendations of the committee.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Departmental Funding (21 May 2024)

Colm Burke: I am dealing with this matter on behalf of the Minister for Health. I thank the Deputy for raising the matter of funding for East Galway and Midlands Cancer Support, which is based in Ballinasloe, County Galway. The need to address survivorship care for those living with and beyond cancer is now recognised internationally. Groups such as East Galway and Midlands Cancer Support emphasise...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Departmental Funding (21 May 2024)

Claire Kerrane: I acknowledge the announcement of the one-off €3 million in funding that will roll out this year. I have no doubt that East Galway and Midlands Cancer Support will attain full membership of that alliance. However, that does not guarantee it X amount out of that €3 million and therein lies the problem. I reiterate that this a is a cancer centre in the heart of Ballinasloe...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Departmental Funding (21 May 2024)

Colm Burke: I very much agree with her in respect of the number of people diagnosed with cancer who have come through treatment. They need support. The Department of Health and the NCCP are committed to working with cancer support services. This will ensure that various programmes and services are appropriately developed and made more widely available to those who need them. The current National...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Departmental Funding (21 May 2024)

Cuireadh an Dáil ar athló ar 11.12 p.m. go dtí 9.10 a.m., Dé Céadaoin, an 22 Bealtaine 2024. The Dáil adjourned at at 11.12 p.m. until 9.10 a.m. on Wednesday, 22 May 2024.