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An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Feb 2023)

Willie O'Dea: I am seeking an assurance the 26 students in Limerick who were not offered a secondary school place will be accommodated, and that this will happen shortly. I also bring to the Taoiseach's attention the fact the selection system in Limerick is badly broken. Imagine the psychological impact on an 11- or 12-year-old of not being offered a school place and getting not fewer than 11 letters of...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Feb 2023)

Willie O'Dea: I ask the Taoiseach for an update on the surgical hub, which the Government has committed to provide in the Limerick area. This is a vital facility due to continuing capacity problems in University Hospital Limerick, UHL. I ask the Taoiseach or the Minister for Health, if he wishes to respond, to consider locating this hub in the grounds of St. John's Hospital in Limerick. Can I get an...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Foreign Conflicts (31 Jan 2023)

Willie O'Dea: 73. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he supports calls for a special tribunal to prosecute Russian war crimes in Ukraine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4334/23]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (31 Jan 2023)

Willie O'Dea: I am sure the Taoiseach will agree that the dedicated mortgage advisers employed by the Money Advice and Budgeting Service, MABS, do a tremendous job at very little cost to the taxpayer, but is he aware that they have no security of tenure? Their contract is simply renewed annually and the practice is to tell them only at the last moment whether or not their contract will be renewed....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defective Building Materials (26 Jan 2023)

Willie O'Dea: 88. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government with regard to the scheme for the remediation of defects in apartments and duplexes, the procedures that are in place if a homeowner wants to undertake remediation works but other homeowners in a housing complex do not; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3534/23]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Jan 2023)

Willie O'Dea: I thank the Taoiseach for his attendance at a recent meeting concerning University Hospital Limerick. It was much appreciated. Arising from the proceedings of that meeting, will the Taoiseach provide an approximate timescale within which the 303 beds which have been deemed necessary to stabilise the hospital will be in use? When will the elective hub committed to by the Government become...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Transport (19 Jan 2023)

Willie O'Dea: 7. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if discussions have taken place between his Department and transport services regarding safety and public order onboard their services. [2229/23]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Nov 2022)

Willie O'Dea: Just under two years ago a company called Rehab Logistics in Raheen in Limerick, which provided sheltered employment for vulnerable people, went out of business and made its 38 staff members redundant. At the time, a redundancy package was agreed between the workers and Rehab Ireland and both parties signed off on that. That agreement was subsequently endorsed by the Labour Court and the...

Social Welfare Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2022)

Willie O'Dea: I am glad that is all cleared up now. The Ceann Comhairle is welcome back. I am delighted to see him. I strongly support the remarks of Deputy Joan Collins in respect of community welfare officers. The net effect of the administrative changes that have been made in that regard has been to make the poor poorer. That is my day-to-day experience of how those changes have worked. I am...

Social Welfare Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2022)

Willie O'Dea: I was not blaming the Ceann Comhairle.

Social Welfare Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2022)

Willie O'Dea: I am blaming a flawed system.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Northern Ireland (22 Nov 2022)

Willie O'Dea: 84. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he expects a resolution in respect of the current difficulties with the Northern Ireland protocol; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57643/22]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Nov 2022)

Willie O'Dea: The recent Supreme Court ruling in the Ruth Morrissey case held that women who are suffering from terminal cancer as part of the CervicalCheck fiasco can no longer seek financial provision for their children during their lifetime. They can seek it for themselves but not for their children. The children must bring a separate case after the parent has died. The difficulty lies in section...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Nov 2022)

Willie O'Dea: It could be amended to be specific to these types of cases.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Nov 2022)

Willie O'Dea: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle for enabling the House to commemorate the life and work of the late Vicky Phelan. It is much appreciated. The budget provided for a once-off €500 payment for certain categories of social welfare recipients. All those social welfare recipients can do training courses, short courses lasting three or four months, under the aegis of SOLAS to enable...

Finance Bill 2022: Second Stage (25 Oct 2022)

Willie O'Dea: This is substantial legislation. I welcome the Finance Bill, of course, which is a detailed and substantial piece of legislation. I will not get to say much about it in my allotted three minutes. I am sympathetic to the remarks made on various sides of the House about the benefit-in-kind scheme. I do not know if that has been properly thought through. I urge the Minister to look at it...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Oct 2022)

Willie O'Dea: Ireland has a very high level of unaddressed hearing loss. Almost one in ten of the adult population has significant hearing loss and needs audiology intervention. In 2021, the World Health Organization recommended that national governments in each country establish a national hearing plan for their populations and demonstrated in its report that this would represent excellent value for...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Health Services Staff (20 Oct 2022)

Willie O'Dea: 84. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children's disability network teams, CDNTs, in both community healthcare organisation area 3, CHO 3, and community healthcare organisation area 5, CHO 5; the locations in which each team is based; the numbers of staff in whole-time equivalent, WTE, terms approved for each team; the numbers currently assigned to each team; the number of vacant...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Garda Reserve (20 Oct 2022)

Willie O'Dea: 4. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on the development and implementation of the Garda Reserve strategy 2021-2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52413/22]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Oct 2022)

Willie O'Dea: As the Taoiseach will be aware, this country has a long and honourable tradition of military neutrality. It is a policy enshrined in the Constitution and it has served the country well, particularly in the context of the regard and respect that Irish peacekeeping troops enjoy all over the world. It is also important from a diplomatic point of view as the country is seen as an honest broker...