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Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (29 May 2024)

Mick Barry: 7. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health will next meet. [22817/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (29 May 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: 8. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health will next meet. [23653/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (29 May 2024)

Christopher O'Sullivan: 9. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health will next meet. [23895/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (29 May 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 10. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health will next meet. [24104/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (29 May 2024)

Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1 to 10, inclusive, together. The Cabinet committee on health last met on 12 February 2024 and is scheduled to next meet on 1 July. In addition to the meetings of the full Cabinet and of Cabinet committees, I meet Ministers on an individual basis to focus on different issues. I meet regularly with the Minister for Health to discuss progress and challenges...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (29 May 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I have raised this issue with the Taoiseach before but I would like to repeat it so that action follows.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (29 May 2024)

Simon Harris: I am listening.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (29 May 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is the issue of medical evidence being provided to local authorities on the question of medical priority housing allocation. Something needs to be done about this. Medical adjudicators are second-guessing specialists, whether they are consultants, OTs, psychologists or psychiatrists. They are often people who do not have these specialties but they are second-guessing them and putting...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (29 May 2024)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I raise the issue of nursing homes. I was contacted recently by a nursing home because residents who need to see a doctor to have their ears syringed are being charged €35. These residents have medical cards and they are on the fair deal scheme. They must also pay for a taxi which costs between €65 and €75 and, furthermore, the nursing home has to get a member of staff...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (29 May 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I read an article last month which reported that the European Commission is considering giving pharmaceutical companies financial incentives and enhancing their market exclusivity in the way they produce drugs, particularly in the niche area of orphan drugs and rare diseases. I found the article welcome but in another way it was amusing in the context of the access patients here have to...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (29 May 2024)

Paul Murphy: I raise a particular issue related to the health of those who live in the shadow of the Aughinish Alumina plant in Limerick. It dates back to 1989 when animals began dying on farms in the area, after which there were increased incidences of serious human health problems, including increased rates of fatal foetal abnormalities, cancer, upper respiratory tract issues, eye inflammation and so...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 May 2024)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I know it is very serious, but keeping the time here is very serious. Resume your seat.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 May 2024)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am raising a genuine concern.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 May 2024)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I know you are.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 May 2024)

Danny Healy-Rae: These people will build the houses-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 May 2024)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Will you let the Taoiseach answer?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 May 2024)

Danny Healy-Rae: ----- if they get planning permission.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 May 2024)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Deputy, you are out of order.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 May 2024)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am sorry.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 May 2024)

Simon Harris: I thank the Deputy for raising an important issue with passion. It is an important issue, as is planning reform. Everyone on this side of the House, like everyone on that side of the House, wants people to be able to live in this country and wants young people to know that their future is in this country. That is why we are working so hard on housing and why we are seeing 350 new homes go...