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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Medical Cards (20 Jun 2024)

Jack Chambers: I thank the Ceann Comhairle and Deputy Browne for their kind wishes. I also thank Deputy Browne for raising this important issue. Eligibility for a medical card is primarily based, as the Deputy knows, on a financial assessment, which is conducted by the HSE in accordance with the Health Act 1970. The HSE assesses each medical card application on a qualifying financial threshold. This...

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters (20 Jun 2024)

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters (20 Jun 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 Réada Cronin – to discuss the egregious situation at Shannonside Foods, Straffan. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire – to discuss the need for additional electric trains for the Cork metropolitan train network....

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate (20 Jun 2024)

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Regeneration Projects (20 Jun 2024)

Regeneration Projects

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Regeneration Projects (20 Jun 2024)

Patrick Costello: I rise to discuss the Government's failure regarding the regeneration of social housing communities. This is a major, ongoing issue. It does not just concern the current Government because it is a wider issue. It is highlighted by several key issues and problems that have manifested themselves in my constituency. In recent days, residents in Dolphin House have begun a process of complaint...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Regeneration Projects (20 Jun 2024)

Jack Chambers: I thank Deputy Costello for raising this issue, which I am taking on behalf of the Minister for housing. I am glad to have the opportunity to discuss Dublin City Council's redevelopment plans for social housing complexes. The Department of housing is committed to ensuring that tenants in social housing are provided with adequate housing that meets the standards most recently laid down in...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Regeneration Projects (20 Jun 2024)

Patrick Costello: While I thank the Minister of State for his reply, I believe some of the facts he has offered highlight the very problem I am talking about. With respect to Dolphin House, 100 social units have been completed and a further 28 are in preparation, but that amounts to 128 out of 750, as the Minister of State mentioned. Community amenities, including a community centre and community park, are...

Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Jun 2024)

Question put and agreed to.

Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Jun 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: I thank the Deputies for their kind remarks to me and their very detailed and considered contributions to this debate today and yesterday. Childminding happens in Blanchardstown and all over Dublin. It is a phenomenon that happens all over the country. Childminders support so many families and children. Deputy Fitzmaurice is right that some of is because of the pressure on services....

Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Jun 2024)

Catherine Connolly: I alert Members that we are working quickly through Second Stage of the Bill. I will call the last speaker and then go to the Minister.

Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Jun 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I wish the Minister well in throwing his hat into the ring. As regards the Minister, Deputy Eamon Ryan, while I had many a chat with him in the Chamber over the past number of years since 2016, I could talk to him very well. We get on sound. I might not agree with his policies, but I will draw a separate political line between the man and the ball, as we say in the country. I also wish...

Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Jun 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: I also wish the Minister well in his endeavours in the near future. I also pass on my best wishes to the Minister, Deputy Eamon Ryan, who has always been approachable. There is probably still an issue or two I could do with the Minister getting across the line before he finishes. He spoke about future plans and the impact of politics on family. I pass on those best wishes. This Bill...

Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Jun 2024)

Seán Canney: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this subject, which has an impact on all families. As I listened to the debate yesterday, and again today, I thought back to my own time, when our children were small. We were lucky enough to be able to build a house in rural Ireland beside my parents and brother. Childminding was not as big an issue then because we had family support around us when...

Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Jun 2024)

Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Jun 2024)

Question again proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."

Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Jun 2024)

Bríd Smith: I wish the Minister, Deputy O'Gorman, good luck in his campaign for the leadership of the Green Party. I will start by referring to the Bill digest the Library and Research Service gave us on this legislation, which is very useful. It refers to the Childminding in Ireland survey results 2024, which were published on 10 June. This is an annual survey of childminders. The report states...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (20 Jun 2024)

Johnny Guirke: A few weeks ago the Minister, Deputy Humphreys, and her Department announced €164 million in rural regeneration and development fund funding. Meath County Council submitted three projects for funding. A total of 19 counties received funding. The three projects in Meath were in Athboy, Oldcastle and Dunshaughlin and not one of them was funded. The three projects combined would cost...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (20 Jun 2024)

Micheál Martin: As to why three projects were not funded under the RRDF, basic criteria are attached. These are issues the Minister will be in a position to respond to. I will raise it with the Minister for rural development.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (20 Jun 2024)

Johnny Guirke: I wrote to her.