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- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (24 Mar 2022)
Paschal Donohoe: It is not a matter of the Government putting pressure on the HSE. The HSE will be well aware of the importance of dental care and, in particular, the importance of young girls and boys getting the help and support they need early in life to look after their teeth and their dental needs. I will follow up to see why no further engagement is planned, as the Deputy has just suggested. I...
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (24 Mar 2022)
Paschal Donohoe: The Deputy's support of, and work for, Shannon Airport and the Shannon Group are well known to me and to all in the Shannon Group and in the airport. Like the Deputy, I acknowledge the massive progress the airport has made after a very difficult 2020 and 2021, with services and transatlantic access very positive news. Of course, for any group to lose a person of the calibre of Mr. Ó...
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (24 Mar 2022)
Paschal Donohoe: -----800 new beds are now open, with a further 300 acute beds due to open.
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (24 Mar 2022)
Paschal Donohoe: Some 22.9 million hours of home care are being made available to help with those-----
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (24 Mar 2022)
Paschal Donohoe: -----who are going to our hospitals at the moment to give them care elsewhere.
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (24 Mar 2022)
Paschal Donohoe: A Leas-Cheann Comhairle, I am answering-----
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (24 Mar 2022)
Paschal Donohoe: I thank Deputy Cairns very much for raising this issue. I am aware how important the issue of access is for the constituents the Deputy represents. I will contact the Minister for Transport, Deputy Eamon Ryan, who is involved with this issue to see if any further help can be given. I know that his Department is aware of this and is trying to help. Equally, however, I know that some of the...
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (24 Mar 2022)
Paschal Donohoe: I genuinely acknowledge the interest of Deputy Boyd Barrett in raising matters on the taxi sector for so long, particularly during the pandemic, and I know that they have had a very hard time. I cannot give the Deputy the commitment he is looking for. The reason we brought in the particular measure referred to was because of the impact that would have resulted from the haulage sector not...
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (24 Mar 2022)
Paschal Donohoe: I am sure the Deputy is aware that the Minister of State, Deputy Rabbitte, is doing major work in this area and will be bringing forward an autism innovation strategy to respond to the diversity that the Deputy has outlined there, particularly among younger children. The issue the Deputy has raised on waiting lists is the reason the Government has made a significant commitment to try to...
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (24 Mar 2022)
Paschal Donohoe: I thank the Deputy very much for raising this matter. Much of the material that was used in the “RTÉ Investigates” programme last night is made available through the Local Government Audit Service. Some of the issues covered last night were based on findings that have come out from the audits of local government. To answer the Deputy’s question on how transparency...
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (24 Mar 2022)
Paschal Donohoe: I thank the Deputy for raising this matter. We are well aware of the impact that the increasing number of Covid cases is having on hospitals that were already extremely busy. We are also aware of the impact the virus is having on the health of many at the moment. At all times in the Government's response to the huge challenge of the pandemic we were guided by public health advice. We were...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Mar 2022)
Paschal Donohoe: The Deputy made reference to a number of really important sectors within our economy and society. He made reference to where we stand with regard to the haulage sector and the pressures farmers are facing. The Government has responded in respect of each of those sectors in recent weeks. We bought forward an excise reduction because it is a tax reduction and change that helps the business...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Mar 2022)
Paschal Donohoe: How much would that cost?
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Mar 2022)
Paschal Donohoe: How much would it cost?
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Mar 2022)
Paschal Donohoe: How much would it cost?
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Mar 2022)
Paschal Donohoe: How much would it cost?
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Mar 2022)
Paschal Donohoe: I am just asking the Deputy a simple question to which he clearly does not have the answer.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Mar 2022)
Paschal Donohoe: He is bringing forward a proposal. How much would it cost?
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Mar 2022)
Paschal Donohoe: We are in a very different world to where we were in 2016.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Mar 2022)
Paschal Donohoe: The Deputy is bringing forward a proposal. He does not even know the cost of it.