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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Treatment of Children with Dysplasia and Scoliosis and Related Matters: Discussion (19 Jun 2025)
Pádraig Rice: We are over time and due to take a break. There are six members remaining and there will be ten minutes each if they want to come back in. We will be strict on the time limit for the break. We will take a five-minute break after which the six remaining members will have ten minutes each.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Treatment of Children with Dysplasia and Scoliosis and Related Matters: Discussion (19 Jun 2025)
Pádraig Rice: I thank Dr. Henry. The next slot is Fine Gael.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Treatment of Children with Dysplasia and Scoliosis and Related Matters: Discussion (19 Jun 2025)
Pádraig Rice: This has to be the final question. The Deputy's time is-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Treatment of Children with Dysplasia and Scoliosis and Related Matters: Discussion (19 Jun 2025)
Pádraig Rice: Very briefly. We are over time.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Treatment of Children with Dysplasia and Scoliosis and Related Matters: Discussion (19 Jun 2025)
Pádraig Rice: The Deputy is over time now.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Treatment of Children with Dysplasia and Scoliosis and Related Matters: Discussion (19 Jun 2025)
Pádraig Rice: The Deputy is over time now. Does Ms Nugent have a number?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Treatment of Children with Dysplasia and Scoliosis and Related Matters: Discussion (19 Jun 2025)
Pádraig Rice: I thank Ms Nugent. We have just 30 minutes left. We have a hard deadline because the Joint Committee on Key Issues Affecting the Traveller Community will be meeting in this room at 12.30 p.m., so we need to vacate it. We have a number of members remaining. I propose to take Senators Ryan and Clonan. We have a Fine Gael slot left. Deputy Boyle had been here, but he offered his time to...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Treatment of Children with Dysplasia and Scoliosis and Related Matters: Discussion (19 Jun 2025)
Pádraig Rice: That is the intention. It is going to be a struggle to get contributions from all the members in the time remaining. There will be one more Fine Gael slot if the relevant members want to decide who is going to take that one.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Treatment of Children with Dysplasia and Scoliosis and Related Matters: Discussion (19 Jun 2025)
Pádraig Rice: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Treatment of Children with Dysplasia and Scoliosis and Related Matters: Discussion (19 Jun 2025)
Pádraig Rice: We have two ten-minute slots left. The Fine Gael members have not spoken.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Treatment of Children with Dysplasia and Scoliosis and Related Matters: Discussion (19 Jun 2025)
Pádraig Rice: Senator Clonan will have the final slot.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Treatment of Children with Dysplasia and Scoliosis and Related Matters: Discussion (19 Jun 2025)
Pádraig Rice: I ask the witness to be very brief as we have one more speaker.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Treatment of Children with Dysplasia and Scoliosis and Related Matters: Discussion (19 Jun 2025)
Pádraig Rice: Senator, the witnesses will need time to respond.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Treatment of Children with Dysplasia and Scoliosis and Related Matters: Discussion (19 Jun 2025)
Pádraig Rice: There are just 30 seconds remaining.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Treatment of Children with Dysplasia and Scoliosis and Related Matters: Discussion (19 Jun 2025)
Pádraig Rice: Thank you, Senator. We are out of time on that slot. There are a number of unanswered questions there. The witnesses might write to the committee to answer some of the questions we did not get answers to, if that is agreeable.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Treatment of Children with Dysplasia and Scoliosis and Related Matters: Discussion (19 Jun 2025)
Pádraig Rice: I think the committee will agree that we will engage again with CHI on this issue in the near future to get answers to some of the other questions. I thank CHI, the HSE and the Department of Health for engaging with the committee on this issue. The committee remains concerned about these serious issues and we will consider the matter further. As I said, I expect we will be in touch...
- Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Funding Strategy for Traveller-Specific Accommodation: Discussion (19 Jun 2025)
Pádraig Rice: It is my firm assessment that this State is in violation of the human rights of Travellers. That is not just my assessment. The European Roma Rights Centre published an article, entitled "Council of Europe raps Ireland for continued violations of Travellers' rights". A headline in The Irish Times stated "Travellers' right to accommodation not in line with European Social Charter". An...
- Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Funding Strategy for Traveller-Specific Accommodation: Discussion (19 Jun 2025)
Pádraig Rice: Domestic and international human rights bodies are saying we are in violation of the rights of Travellers as regards accommodation commitments, but we think we are spending enough money. That does not add up.
- Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Funding Strategy for Traveller-Specific Accommodation: Discussion (19 Jun 2025)
Pádraig Rice: Mr. O'Sullivan stated there was a low preference for halting sites. Does he think this could be to do with the conditions on those sites?
- Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Funding Strategy for Traveller-Specific Accommodation: Discussion (19 Jun 2025)
Pádraig Rice: On spending, it was said that local authorities stated they did not need to spend the full allocation. Is that the attitude in local authorities regarding budgets and their allocations? Do they come back to the Department saying they do not need to spend that full allocation or the money?