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Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (19 Jun 2024)

Fergus O'Dowd: More than 9,278 citizens have died from Covid-19. Each and every one of those deaths leaves broken hearts and shattered lives. In many cases, relatives never got to say goodbye to their loved ones. What is happening to the inquiry which has been long promised? It is four years since we had our first deaths from Covid-19. I wish to know what is happening in this regard. We need to...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (19 Jun 2024)

Helen McEntee: I agree that we need more gardaí. I want more gardaí. The Deputy wants more gardaí. I commend the work of the gardaí we have. Many of the actions I am taking in the Department are to make sure we can attract and retain more gardaí: increasing the retirement age, increasing the age at which people can join, increasing the allowance they have in college and making...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (19 Jun 2024)

Catherine Connolly: I am glad the Minister for Justice is here because I am returning to the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2017. The Department and the Government were under statutory duty to have an independent review of it in 2020. Four years later, that review has not been carried out and since then a decision has been made to depart from an independent review and have the Department's data and...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (19 Jun 2024)

Helen McEntee: I appreciate that this has gone on longer than anybody would like. We are on track to have this done by autumn. The report will be published in time. The reason we had to move it back to officials within the Department is because of the changes that had to take place. The independent person who had been appointed was not finishing it. There was then a tender set out to look at other...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (19 Jun 2024)

Cathal Crowe: At a time of disharmony, protest and even, sometimes, the horrible burning of accommodation facilities, I have something unique here: a petition signed by 500 people in Shannon, County Clare, asking the Government to keep Phoenix House, a Ukrainian war refugee centre, open and to extend the contract beyond this Friday. It has been a wonderful home to almost 200 Ukrainian refugees for the...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (19 Jun 2024)

Joe O'Brien: I echo the Deputy's acknowledgment of the community's efforts and the community's backing of the Ukrainians living there. We see this across the country. It does not get coverage. Maybe in situations such as this it does, but this is the story across the country. There are compliance issues. We have to take them very seriously. That said, we have been cognisant of the fact that people...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (19 Jun 2024)

Patrick Costello: I want to raise the issue of public health nurse, PHN, shortages. There is a general problem with a lack of public health nurses in many areas, but in my constituency, the public health centre on Old County Road has issued a letter that it is suspending developmental checks. Developmental checks conducted by PHNs are an incredibly important part of early intervention and of identifying...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (19 Jun 2024)

Mary Butler: I thank the Deputy for raising this really important issue, which has been raised previously on the floor of the Dáil. Public health nurses for young people, young babies and older people are hugely important the length and breadth of the country. We have been challenged, especially in areas of County Dublin and the city, in being able to facilitate the employment of public health...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (19 Jun 2024)

Pauline Tully: I want to raise the issue of school transport. There are a number of schools in my area, in Cavan, including a DEIS school in Cavan town, St. Clare's, with no school transport system in place. Yet some students live quite a distance from the school and require transport. They are being told they are not eligible because they live too close to the school or are not attending the nearest...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (19 Jun 2024)

Helen McEntee: I think we can all see this in our constituencies, particularly over the summer months. I refer to the challenges and the parents who get on to us because of a lack of space or because of their inability to get their children on the school buses. The Deputy is right that changes are being proposed to take away some of the distance requirements and other measures. I will have to come back...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (19 Jun 2024)

Chris Andrews: As a State, we are miles behind our EU counterparts in supporting the development of domestic football. Our League of Ireland academies lack funding, lack modern facilities and lack full-time staff. Irish football academies have just ten full-time staff covering them. In comparison, Portugal has 315 staff dedicated to its academies. It is little wonder Portugal is sixth in FIFA rankings....

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (19 Jun 2024)

Helen McEntee: I think we would all like to see our men's and women's teams do well, but there could not be any suggestion that this Government does not support sporting organisations. Hundreds of millions of euro have been invested in sporting organisations the length and breadth of the country, including soccer clubs or football clubs overall. As regards investing specifically in individual...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (19 Jun 2024)

Christopher O'Sullivan: Garda recruitment is an issue that keeps cropping up. I want to talk specifically about community gardaí and the need for extra resources in that area. I know the Minister visited west Cork recently and in my constituency, the Clonakilty community garda covers an area which includes Clonakilty, Dunmanway and Skibbereen. That is a huge geographical area. The same can be said for the...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (19 Jun 2024)

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (19 Jun 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: According to the NTA report just published, complaints of antisocial behaviour on the Luas have more than doubled in the last year and are now at their highest level in a decade. The number of complaints about antisocial behaviour made to the call centre rose from 1,001 in 2022 to 2,159 last year, which is an increase of 116%. The figures show that commuters feel unsafe around Luas stops in...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (19 Jun 2024)

Helen McEntee: As the Deputy will be aware, it is the Commissioner who is responsible for delegating the resources that he or potentially she has at his or her disposal. The Commissioner has been clear in saying that additional resources have been allocated within the Dublin region, specifically regarding the Luas, train stations and areas where there have been problems. Additional gardaí have been...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (19 Jun 2024)

Ivana Bacik: I want to return to the issue of disability rights and autism services. As the Minister knows, Deputy Alan Kelly, our Labour Party colleagues and I have been working for some time with the amazing young autism campaigner, Cara Darmody, and her family. Indeed, we put down a motion in Private Members’ time last year on the need to address the appalling delays in assessments of need for...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (19 Jun 2024)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank the Deputy for the question on the autism innovation strategy. It is in its final stages and we hope to have it published within the next three weeks. It is not just within the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth but the autism innovation strategy takes a cross-government approach. I look forward to having it launched and to sharing it with Cara,...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (19 Jun 2024)

Gary Gannon: It was in September of last year that the Minister launched the community safety partnership for Dublin's north inner city. Contained in that document were 51 action points, one of which was a strong Garda presence in the area, and we all accept that has failed. Another was keeping public spaces safe. To see the evidence of the success of this, I would ask the Minister to go to the...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (19 Jun 2024)

Helen McEntee: First, this is a plan that has been drawn up by the community. The whole basis for the community partnerships is that it is not just focused on gardaí when it comes to safety, but the people in the community who know the community and understand the needs of the community come together with the local authority, with the Garda, with education, with the HSE and with supports more broadly...