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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces (3 Oct 2023)

Réada Cronin: I accept that. The workers who work in the Curragh fire station are extremely experienced individuals. Munitions are also kept in the Curragh Camp in Kildare and it is important that we have a fire service there. I went to have a look at the facility. When you lose something like that, it is gone and it is hard to get it back. Apart from the monitoring of munitions, every six months...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces (3 Oct 2023)

Réada Cronin: I would be delighted if that is the case.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces (3 Oct 2023)

Réada Cronin: 74. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will prioritise, as a matter of urgency, the retention of the fire station at the Curragh, its services being critical not only to our Defence Forces on-site, but also to the wider community, where frequently they are the sole fire service available, with such services being staffed and provided by highly skilled, committed, valuable...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces (3 Oct 2023)

Réada Cronin: I would like to ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he will prioritise, as a matter of urgency, the retention of the fire station at the Curragh Camp, its services being critical not only to our Defence Forces on-site, but also to the wider community, where frequently they are the sole fire service available, with such services being staffed and provided by highly skilled,...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces (3 Oct 2023)

Réada Cronin: I thank the Tánaiste for his answer although I am a little bit perturbed that this would - I know he was working overseas at the time but it is a bit perturbing----

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces (3 Oct 2023)

Réada Cronin: It is a bit perturbing to hear that the first the Tánaiste heard about this was in the media. That is upsetting. I have met with a few of the families of the people who are working in the fire station there in the Curragh. Since I joined the Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence, I am really struck by the great sense of duty of the people who come in to talk to us, members of...

School Transport 2023-2024: Statements (3 Oct 2023)

Réada Cronin: I wrote a couple of pages on this issue but I could have written a book on the state of school transport in north Kildare. The Minister knows how often I have been in touch with her about this, particularly about the 41 children from Rathcoffey and Straffan who are trying to get to school in Celbridge and Maynooth. She knows how often I have stopped her in the Chamber to tell her about the...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Reports (3 Oct 2023)

Réada Cronin: 84. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when the report on the Consultative Forum on International Security will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42552/23]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Bodies (3 Oct 2023)

Réada Cronin: 123. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will provide details on the structure and operations of the Civil-Military Defence Women's Network set up in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42553/23]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Naval Service (3 Oct 2023)

Réada Cronin: 160. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the current establishment figure of the Naval Service and that proposed under Level of Ambition 2 of the Report on the Commission of the Defence Forces; the current strength of the Naval Service; the current strength of the naval fleet and if he will report on the fleet replacement programme. [42851/23]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (3 Oct 2023)

Réada Cronin: 166. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to outline his investment plans for the adequate funding of the Defence Forces, that is, the Army, Naval Service and Air Corps, to meet the State’s defence and security needs in the 21st century and the capacity to provide appropriate intervention and assistance State-wide in situations of extreme weather and disruption caused by...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Schemes (3 Oct 2023)

Réada Cronin: 547. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department can clarify the situation, whereby some persons funded for a 24/7 residential service, are still funded to attend a day service, while others are informed they cannot, on the basis they cannot be "double-funded" (details supplied); whether his Department will move immediately to correct any...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (3 Oct 2023)

Réada Cronin: 696. To ask the Minister for Health to examine the case of a person (details supplied). [42746/23]

Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Agency Bill 2023: Second Stage (28 Sep 2023)

Réada Cronin: I am happy to speak on this Bill and my party will be supporting its passage to Committee Stage. I wish to mention Teach Tearmainn in County Kildare, which is a refuge that offers free, confidential and invaluable support to women and children across County Kildare and parts of County Wicklow. It also offers refuge when women and their children are ready for it and they have the confidence...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (28 Sep 2023)

Réada Cronin: 174. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children in north Kildare who are without a designated secondary school place at present and in each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41932/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (28 Sep 2023)

Réada Cronin: 182. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what can be done to assist a child (details supplied) in finding a designated place in secondary school in north Kildare, as this child is missing out so much of the vital social aspect of school and learning; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42036/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (28 Sep 2023)

Réada Cronin: 256. To ask the Minister for Health if he can confirm whether children were automatically tested for SARSCoV2 on their arrival to ED and for admission at Crumlin Children's Hospital, Tallaght Children's Hospital and Temple Street in the past eight weeks; if so, the positivity rate for both sectors; how many children have been hospitalised for Covid-19; how many subsequently became...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (28 Sep 2023)

Réada Cronin: 257. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department is satisfied that all hospitals and public-health facilities are operating to the required statutory standard of ventilation; to publish the audits his Department has undertaken to establish same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41892/23]

Historic and Archaeological Heritage and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (27 Sep 2023)

Réada Cronin: I will speak about amendments Nos. 35 and 36. I commend my colleague on the wording because it echoes back to the words of the Proclamation in the hall outside about the right of the people to the ownership of Ireland. I will speak about two issues in my constituency, Kildare North, involving two key heritage sites, one of which is Connolly's Folly. I am raising this issue as I was once a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Equipment (27 Sep 2023)

Réada Cronin: 143. To ask the Minister for Health whether it is the policy of his Department that a patient who has been on long-term palliative care and whose fragility puts them at particular risk of bedsores and dermatological breakdown, cannot have access to an airbed in hospital, despite relying on one at home; the reason, given that such a bed would need to be rented by the HSE; and if he will make a...