Results 41-60 of 681 for speaker:Liam Quaide

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (14 Oct 2025)

Liam Quaide: 827. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the works undertaken at the site of the former Owenacurra Centre, Midleton, since construction barriers were erected on 6 August 2025; and the timeline for the completion of the new build facility at that location. [54736/25]

World Mental Health Day: Statements (9 Oct 2025)

Liam Quaide: I thank the Minister of State for being here. I commend Deputy Roche on his heartfelt and powerful testimony. I thank him for sharing it with us. In response to the mental health allocations in the budget, I want to be constructive and fair. I welcome the crisis support cafés that were announced, the focus on suicide prevention and the increase in CAMHS inpatient bed capacity....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Schemes (9 Oct 2025)

Liam Quaide: 69. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on the new health diversion scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53734/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Data Protection (9 Oct 2025)

Liam Quaide: 73. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he is satisfied with the safeguards contained in the EU's chat control proposal in respect of privacy and data protection; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53733/25]

Financial Resolutions 2025 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (8 Oct 2025)

Liam Quaide: I note that the Environmental Protection Agency received additional funding in yesterday's budget. That is welcome, but we know from recent events that it is not all about funding when it comes to its powers. It is also about the willingness of the EPA to impose serious consequences on entities or individuals that cause damage to our natural world. The Minister will be aware of the...

Committee on Disability Matters: Inclusive Education for Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Oct 2025)

Liam Quaide: I thank the panel for being here today. In the context of inclusive education and upholding the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, does the National Disability Authority have a position on suspensions of children from special schools? Has the authority’s attention been drawn to patterns of concern in particular settings? The reason I raise this is that my...

Committee on Disability Matters: Inclusive Education for Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Oct 2025)

Liam Quaide: I appreciate that but if we only talk in the abstract, there is limited meaning-----

Committee on Disability Matters: Inclusive Education for Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Oct 2025)

Liam Quaide: I know that. I am just trying to give some real-world context and I think that is fair enough when we have done that previously. There was a report in the Irish Examiner on 21 September that highlighted the fact there have been 18 suspensions from Carrigaline Community Special School since 2022. The school was set up in 2021 and to give context, it is a school where the children range in...

Committee on Disability Matters: Inclusive Education for Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Oct 2025)

Liam Quaide: The other issue that has been highlighted is what the parents term de facto suspensions, which is being asked repeatedly to pick their child up early from school because of behaviours that, again, are linked with the child’s disability or emotional dysregulation, and that being a source of chronic stress for those families. Is there any focused study being undertaken on this...

Committee on Disability Matters: Inclusive Education for Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Oct 2025)

Liam Quaide: My concern is that it compromises the quality and continuity of care of HSE services.

Committee on Disability Matters: Inclusive Education for Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Oct 2025)

Liam Quaide: The problem is that recruitment restrictions are being applied to the very same services. We could have 453 years' worth of the annual starting salary of an occupational therapist for €20 million.

Committee on Disability Matters: Inclusive Education for Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Oct 2025)

Liam Quaide: I am going to mention a particular issue - I am not expecting the witnesses to be familiar with it - to illustrate the broader question. I have been working with a campaign group in Youghal in County Cork, Bridging the Gap, which was set up by parents of children with additional needs to address the very serious shortfall in secondary level additional needs placements in Youghal and the...

Committee on Disability Matters: Inclusive Education for Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Oct 2025)

Liam Quaide: Does the NDA advise the Government or critically analyse the Government in respect of additional needs education provision? What is its analysis of the current level of provision nationally of appropriate school placements for children with additional needs? I am particularly interested in the location of those placements and whether they are in the child's community. How far are we, as a...

Committee on Disability Matters: Inclusive Education for Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Oct 2025)

Liam Quaide: If the action plans for that strategy are not implemented, does the NDA have any role in holding the Government to account?

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wastewater Treatment (8 Oct 2025)

Liam Quaide: 122. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the work of the multistakeholder group under his Department in respect of developer provided wastewater treatment plants, commonly called DPI, in housing estates that are not in the charge of local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53725/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (8 Oct 2025)

Liam Quaide: 170. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will engage with Bus Éireann to address the limited public transport provision serving Cloyne, County Cork; if consideration will be given to extending the Ballinacurra service to loop through Cloyne, particularly given the town’s growing population and new housing developments; if he will further examine how enhanced...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (8 Oct 2025)

Liam Quaide: 171. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will engage with Bus Éireann and the National Transport Authority to address the limited public transport provision serving towns and rural areas in east Cork, including Cloyne, Ballycotton, Ladysbridge, Garryvoe, Shanagarry and their surrounding hinterlands; if consideration will be given to extending existing services,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Misuse of Drugs (8 Oct 2025)

Liam Quaide: 313. To ask the Minister for Health the rationale behind the proposed project to test wastewater to measure the levels of illicit drugs and their metabolites excreted in urine; the means by which she expects this project will inform policy and local responses; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54062/25]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (7 Oct 2025)

Liam Quaide: 5. To ask the Taoiseach for an update on his engagements at the seventh summit of the European Political Community. [53917/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Contracts (7 Oct 2025)

Liam Quaide: 63. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his Department will exclude Israeli companies from participating in future procurement processes that seek to replace and enhance capabilities relating to unmanned aerial systems or drones deployed across the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53630/25]