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Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No. 2) Bill 2024: Second Stage (14 May 2024) See 4 other results from this debate

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: ...Bill gives new enforcement powers to the Chief Inspector of Social Services, including the power to issue compliance notices to enhance compliance with regulation in residential care homes and further protect residents. That is very important. The Bill is about further protecting residents. The new amendments to the Health Act 2007 are a response to several key recommendations in the...

Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Second Stage (14 May 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

Timmy Dooley: ...see horses being flown from Ireland to the UK every week and horses being flown here for race meetings. Surely we should be looking at this as a whole rather than in isolation if we are to ensure we protect the sector while, at the same time, protecting the most vulnerable, which we all recognise is important. The simple game of bingo is under pressure as a result of the proposals the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council, UN Matters and Individually Tailored Partnership Programme with NATO: Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs (14 May 2024)

James Lawless: ...for granted anywhere in this country or in the EU. We are seeing a pattern whereby some of the hostile actors, including hostile states, are weaponising our own systems against us in terms of our human rights protections, judicial systems and systems of litigation. We have put many instruments in place to defend human rights to protect vulnerable citizens but they are being weaponised...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (14 May 2024)

Eamon Ryan: ...and accelerate the output of free energy upgrades provided under this important scheme. Last year the SEAI launched a new online application service in partnership with the Department of Social Protection (DSP). This online portal provides immediate confirmation of eligibility for homeowners who meet the eligibility criteria. Homeowners can also still apply through a paper-based...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electricity Generation (14 May 2024)

Eamon Ryan: In March ACER published their 2024 Market Monitoring Report which contains data through to the end of 2023. It provides a good overview of trends. Link to the report: www.acer.europa.eu/sites/default/files/documents/Publication s/ACER_2024_MMR_Key_developments_electricity.pdf Link to the data: aegis.acer.europa.eu/chest/category/36/list Ireland is a price taker on international energy...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Offences (14 May 2024)

Jack Chambers: ...part of the development of this strategy, the TII-led working group will consider if any legislative amendments are required and make recommendations in this regard. This consideration will include data protection issues, and could lead to a data impact assessment if necessary. At this stage, neither my Department nor the Road Safety Authority has carried out a data impact assessment on...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Authority (14 May 2024)

Jack Chambers: ...research and analysis functions are not explicitly called out in the legislation, they are the essential and logical underpinning of the RSA’s roles under these provisions in particular. Furthermore, and subject to the agreement of the Data Protection Commissioner, it is my intention to issue a Ministerial Order to the Authority under Section 8 of the Act to further specify the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Data (14 May 2024) See 1 other result from this answer

Helen McEntee: ...is responsible for examining an asylum application. The Dublin Regulation is based on the principle that the first Member State to facilitate entry to the EU should be responsible for examining the protection application. In practice, and in keeping with the experience of all Member States, the Dublin III Regulations have not been effective in Ireland. The Eurodac database enables the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (14 May 2024)

Helen McEntee: ...substantially decreases the average waiting times. Bearing in mind that there are various factors that can contribute to the length of time an individual might be waiting to access services, the data presented below is an average of waiting times (in days) for all categories, excluding triage assessments, across each institution since 2015. Average waiting time (in days) to access...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (14 May 2024)

Helen McEntee: ...advised by the Garda authorities that there are fewer than 10 Garda members attached to the Public Service Vehicle Inspector Unit within Mayo/Roscommon/Longford Division. I am also advised that data is not released by An Garda Síochána for counts less than 10 for data protection reasons.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (14 May 2024)

Helen McEntee: ...I am advised by the Garda authorities that there are fewer than 10 Garda Forensic Collision Investigators (FCI) attached to Carlow-Kilkenny Division on the 7 May 2024. I am also advised that data is not released by An Garda Síochána for counts less than 10 for data protection reasons. I am further informed that Carlow/Kilkenny Division is also served by Garda Forensic...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (14 May 2024)

Helen McEntee: I propose to take Questions Nos. 458 and 466 together. My Department takes all necessary steps to manage the international protection process efficiently and effectively, while ensuring the integrity of those processes is maintained at all times. Making sure that applications are processed quickly means those who need our protection are given the opportunity to re-build their life in...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Penalty Points System (14 May 2024)

Helen McEntee: ...Southern Region 106 58 86 233 Grand Total 539 350 477 531 * Figures less than 10 have been amalgamated for data protection reasons. An Garda Síochána has further advised that they are not in a position to report on accurate totals of penalty points issued, as penalty points can be issued in a...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (14 May 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: The data requested by the Deputy is not available. In relation to service providers contracted by the International Protection Accommodation Service (IPAS) to provide accommodation and related services to International Protection (IP) applicants, the Department publishes reports on all payments over €20,000. These are published, once per quarter, on gov.ie ...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (14 May 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: The data requested by the Deputy is not available. The Department does not rent accommodation, but enters into a contract to provide accommodation related services for International Protection (IP) applicants. Payment information is not collated by accommodation type in the manner outlined by the Deputy. In relation to service providers contracted by the International Protection...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Community Employment Schemes (9 May 2024)

Joe Flaherty: I appreciate the Minister of State, Deputy Smyth, standing in for the Minister for Social Protection, Deputy Humphreys, who is unavoidably absent this evening but I ask that the senior Minister would respond to me directly in the fullness of time on the important points I will raise. She, like the Minister of State, is passionate about rural Ireland and appreciates more than most the huge...

Challenges Facing the Childcare and Nursing Home Sectors: Motion [Private Members] (9 May 2024)

Mary Butler: ...families, currently by 25 per cent on average and by 50 per cent on average from September; — the roll-out of the ECCE programme, which enjoys uptake rates in excess of 95 per cent and has removed barriers to accessing pre-school education, with data from Growing Up in Ireland showing that more than 60 per cent of low income families would not have been able to send their child to...

Progressing Special Education Provision: Statements (9 May 2024)

Thomas Pringle: ...place and definitely before they need a secondary school place. It amazes me how the system seems to be surprised by children in an area needing supports. I do not believe there would be any data protection issues at play here that would prevent agencies from talking to each other and planning ahead. Instead, we have seen the HSE change the requirements to make sure it does not have to...

Residential Tenancies (Illegal Evictions) (Amendment) Bill 2024: First Stage (9 May 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: ...for the creation of an offence of the forcible ending of a tenancy; to provide for a power to award exemplary damages where an illegal eviction has been found to have occurred; to provide for data exchange between Board and Property Services Regulatory Authority and the Revenue Commissioners in order to establish the identity of landlord of a particular dwelling; for those purposes to...

Seanad: Europe Day: Statements (9 May 2024)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: ...seek out different ways of amplifying our voice. It gave us the impetus to strengthen our own human rights record, to drive forward civil and social rights, to introduce gender equality legislation, to improve protection of workers’ rights and rights of minorities, and to become a much more tolerant, kinder and inclusive country than the Ireland of 1972. The people of Ireland...