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- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Nov 2018)
Michael Creed: -----at the earliest possible date.
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Nov 2018)
Michael Creed: The Deputy is straying far from County Kerry.
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Nov 2018)
Michael Creed: I am not sure whether the Deputy asked a question on promised legislation or the programme for Government-----
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Nov 2018)
Michael Creed: -----but I do not accept his premise that rural Ireland is in some way deliberately being disadvantaged by the Department - far from it. As he is aware, the thrust of Government policy in Project Ireland 2040 and investment will be to skew investment in favour of the regions. It follows on the policy we pursued in the context of the Action Plan for Jobs which saw employment growing in all...
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Nov 2018)
Michael Creed: If the treatment plant had not been built, the Deputy would be on his feet to demand that it be built.
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Nov 2018)
Michael Creed: When we celebrate the fact that a Kerry Minister of State has delivered, the Deputy should have the good grace to acknowledge his contribution.
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Nov 2018)
Michael Creed: I appreciate the difficulties a TB outbreak can bring in terms of farm income. The current scheme has been designed to recognise such challenges and reflects how the Department might respond in the most appropriate way. I do not have any plan on my desk to immediately review the structure of the scheme, but I will take on board the Deputy's observations. I engage regularly with the farm...
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Nov 2018)
Michael Creed: As the Deputy will be aware the Oireachtas committee considered the Bill and came to the conclusion that it did not believe it was appropriate for that Bill to proceed.
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Nov 2018)
Michael Creed: The House subsequently overturned that decision - I am aware of that - but the Bill has not progressed since. The Government has taken a twin-track approach to this, as the Deputy will be aware. Products with tetrahydrocannabinol are subject to licence where the applicant has a medical consultant who is leading the request. To the best of my knowledge none of those applications has been...
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Nov 2018)
Michael Creed: I appreciate the Deputy's concerns in this area. I acknowledge that the community in Roscommon has previously extended a céad míle fáilte to people in direct provision centres. That has to be acknowledged. I am not aware of the specific case raised by Deputy Murphy but I will arrange to bring it to the attention of the relevant Minister and ask him to communicate directly...
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Nov 2018)
Michael Creed: I wish to draw the attention of the Deputy to the fact that in the context of post office closures the record of Deputy MacSharry's party is far more-----
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Nov 2018)
Michael Creed: I represent a rural constituency. There are post offices closures within that constituency.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Nov 2018)
Michael Creed: My understanding is that the public service pay agreement and the pay commission’s review of recruitment and retention will deliver significant benefits for up to 10,000 members of the nursing profession. There is evidence of goodwill in respect of what was an independent analysis of the issues around retention and recruitment undertaken within the auspices of the public service pay...
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Nov 2018)
Michael Creed: I appreciate that it is political to twist what the Taoiseach said to suit a political narrative.
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Nov 2018)
Michael Creed: I was here yesterday, as was Deputy Martin.
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Nov 2018)
Michael Creed: I appreciate that the Deputy has a particular narrative that he is anxious to spin, and that is fine, but the Taoiseach did not blame doctors or nurses.
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Nov 2018)
Michael Creed: He said it was appropriate that there should be a critical mass of doctors and nurses on duty and support services, including laboratories, should be available at the most challenging time for the health service. That is not an unreasonable point to make.
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Nov 2018)
Michael Creed: With regard to-----
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Nov 2018)
Michael Creed: I appreciate that.
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Nov 2018)
Michael Creed: What the Taoiseach was doing was challenging HSE management to make sure-----