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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Appointments (5 Mar 2024)

Maurice Quinlivan: 517. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there are plans to recruit an animal welfare inspector for Limerick city, appreciating the high number of wandering horses and unaccompanied dogs within the city; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10326/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Emergency Departments (5 Mar 2024)

Maurice Quinlivan: 745. To ask the Minister for Health the number of days per year that the full capacity protocol has been utilised at University Hospital Limerick for the period 2011 to 2024, tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10586/24]

An Bille um an Aonú Leasú is Daichead ar an mBunreacht (An Comhaontú maidir le Cúirt Aontaithe um Paitinní), 2024: An Dara Céim - Forty-first Amendment of the Constitution (Agreement on a Unified Patent Court) Bill 2024: Second Stage (29 Feb 2024)

Maurice Quinlivan: I am delighted to have the opportunity to speak on this Bill. As the Minister of State, Deputy Richmond, referenced, as Chairperson of the Joint Committee on Enterprise, Trade and Employment, I was pleased to facilitate an examination of the Unified Patent Court, UPC, in 2022. In selecting that topic, the committee was keenly aware that Ireland was well behind many other countries in Europe...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Overcrowding (29 Feb 2024)

Maurice Quinlivan: 52. To ask the Minister for Health about the record number of patients being treated on hospital trolleys at University Hospital Limerick, and the immediate, medium- and long-term steps being taken to address this crisis. [7905/24]

Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2023: From the Seanad (28 Feb 2024)

Maurice Quinlivan: We will see. I thank the Minister of State, Deputy O'Donnell, for getting this over the line. We disagreed on some of it but, as Deputy Leddin said, this is a historic day for Limerick and I hope this is something we will all be proud of in the years ahead. I put on record my thanks to the former Minister of State, Deputy John Paul Phelan, who initiated the Bill back in 2023, and to the...

Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2023: From the Seanad (28 Feb 2024)

Maurice Quinlivan: We spoke earlier about the role of the mayor and why we submitted those amendments. We were concerned that the mayor would potentially be a celebrity-type mayor who is elected and devolves a great many of the powers to the CEO, and could take on a second job. We tried to stop that. Those amendments were defeated. We believe this is a new position that should be a beacon across the State....

Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2023: From the Seanad (28 Feb 2024)

Maurice Quinlivan: Can I speak to amendment No. 5?

Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2023: From the Seanad (28 Feb 2024)

Maurice Quinlivan: I will speak to this amendment and a number of other amendments. We tabled a number of amendments ourselves.

Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2023: From the Seanad (28 Feb 2024)

Maurice Quinlivan: I am sticking with amendment No. 5.

Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2023: From the Seanad (28 Feb 2024)

Maurice Quinlivan: Can I speak on the Bill itself?

Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2023: From the Seanad (28 Feb 2024)

Maurice Quinlivan: As part of amendment No. 5.

Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2023: From the Seanad (28 Feb 2024)

Maurice Quinlivan: Yes, and that amendment talks about the functions-----

Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2023: From the Seanad (28 Feb 2024)

Maurice Quinlivan: I want to talk about the lack of functions in the entirety of the Bill.

Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2023: From the Seanad (28 Feb 2024)

Maurice Quinlivan: The amendments from the Seanad-----

Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2023: From the Seanad (28 Feb 2024)

Maurice Quinlivan: The amendment is about the functions that are there or not there.

Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2023: From the Seanad (28 Feb 2024)

Maurice Quinlivan: Okay, I will not speak on it then.

Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2023: From the Seanad (28 Feb 2024)

Maurice Quinlivan: Can I speak or not speak? There are two hours for this debate.

Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2023: From the Seanad (28 Feb 2024)

Maurice Quinlivan: I will not take two hours, in fairness. I wanted to make some comments on the Bill. We have been through this for a number of years. We have been waiting for it for almost five years so it is not remiss of me to ask for a couple of minutes to speak on the Bill. I wanted to speak on a couple of amendments, but I can condense it all to one amendment here. As I have said, we believe the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Operation and Resourcing of Coimisiún na Meán: Digital Services Commissioner (28 Feb 2024)

Maurice Quinlivan: I remind members who are participating remotely that they need to do so from within the Leinster House complex only. I did not receive any apologies. Today we will engage with Dr. John Evans, digital services commissioner, to discuss the operation and resourcing of the new Coimisiún na Meán. As members will be aware, Coimisiún na Meán was established further to the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Operation and Resourcing of Coimisiún na Meán: Digital Services Commissioner (28 Feb 2024)

Maurice Quinlivan: I thank Dr. Evans. I will invite members to contribute. As they know, we have a rota in place. First is Deputy O’Reilly of Sinn Féin.