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- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (20 Jun 2024)
Bernard Durkan: I raise the question of anti-social behaviour, which is increasing to an alarming extent, with all-female and lone-occupant households being particular victims. This type of bullying takes various forms, for instance, playing loud music long into the night when people who have been at work during the day expect to be able to relax and get a night’s sleep. I ask that local authorities...
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (20 Jun 2024)
James Browne: I thank the Deputy for this question. The anti-social behaviour forum that I established in the Department of Justice is considering such behaviour within housing estates and how we can strengthen laws around that core issue.
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (20 Jun 2024)
Bernard Durkan: I thank the Minister of State.
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (20 Jun 2024)
Pa Daly: Everything that is wrong with long-term nursing care in the State was brought home to me recently when a man from Kerry with complex needs who required a nursing home was refused acceptance by every private nursing home in the county. His son, who visited him for the 100 days he was in hospital, now has to drive one hour and 40 minutes if he wants to visit him at a nursing home in Cork....
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (20 Jun 2024)
Micheál Martin: I thank the Deputy for raising this question. Following a HIQA report some years ago, the Government has invested significantly in the district hospital network across the country with a view to consolidating them and ensuring they are brought up to standard. This was done because of the issue the Deputy raised. One often hears the private nursing home sector complaining about the...
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (20 Jun 2024)
Violet-Anne Wynne: As the Tánaiste can tell, a number of us attended yesterday’s briefing by primary school principals. It was one of the most intense briefings I have attended since my election. Principals are at breaking point. They relayed a number of issues to us, but I will focus on SET allocations. The principals pointed to the fact that these allocations were based on historical data...
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (20 Jun 2024)
Micheál Martin: When one meets school principals, some have different views about the allocation models for special education in particular. There is ongoing engagement between the Department, the NCSE, schools and school principals. I will raise these issues with the Minister. She is in touch with the primary school sector and all stakeholders as regards how schools are resourced and various allocation...
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (20 Jun 2024)
Micheál Martin: A diagnosis of cancer is a very difficult one for a person and for that person's family to receive. Every effort should be made to make the journey of care as stress-free as possible. The Government has significantly reduced healthcare costs in terms of hospital inpatient charges, extending GP card coverage and things like that. In terms of car parking charges, that is something we will...
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (20 Jun 2024)
Ivana Bacik: I acknowledge that today is United Nations World Refugee Day when we stand in solidarity with those fleeing war and persecution. It is all the more timely, then, to raise today the ongoing failure by the Government to provide accommodation for those who have come here seeking refuge. In recent weeks, I have repeatedly raised the plight of those international protection applicants left with...
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (20 Jun 2024)
Micheál Martin: Well over 1,000 people seeking asylum have been accommodated since the Government's strategy was announced and published some weeks ago. The Deputy must also acknowledge the unprecedented increase in the number of people seeking asylum in this country in the last three to four years. We have moved from having about 3,500 people per annum seeking asylum in 2019 to a situation this year where...
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (20 Jun 2024)
Ivana Bacik: No answer.
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (20 Jun 2024)
Cian O'Callaghan: I wish to ask the Tánaiste about yesterday's CSO report showing house prices are continuing to rise. The cost of buying a home is now 10% higher than at the peak during the Celtic tiger years. In Dublin now, first-time buyers face median prices of nearly €450,000. Is it any wonder home ownership rates are at their lowest level in more than 50 years? People on average incomes...
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (20 Jun 2024)
Micheál Martin: Absolutely not. The price of houses is a problem for those seeking to buy or rent houses at affordable prices. There is an issue, and we want prices to come down and to moderate. It is all about supply, though, and I respectfully suggest that the proposals put forward by the Deputy's party would dampen it. We need more supply. This Government has already, in the context of its policies,...
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (20 Jun 2024)
Catherine Connolly: I thank the Tánaiste. We are over time.
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (20 Jun 2024)
Micheál Martin: We want to increase this trend and through the help-to-buy scheme and other supports, we will continue to help people to buy houses at affordable rates.
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (20 Jun 2024)
Richard Boyd Barrett: On behalf of Sophie Cole, I ask the Tánaiste to have the assault leave scheme amended urgently. I do not know if the Tánaiste knows Sophie. She is a former SNA who was assaulted and injured in the course of her work in November 2022. She has been left with lifelong injuries and in excruciating pain. The financial implications of this situation have seen Sophie and her husband...
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (20 Jun 2024)
Catherine Connolly: I thank the Deputy.
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (20 Jun 2024)
Richard Boyd Barrett: It is shocking that someone can be left with lifelong injuries-----
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (20 Jun 2024)
Catherine Connolly: The Tánaiste, to respond, please.
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (20 Jun 2024)
Richard Boyd Barrett: -----while working for the State and suffer dire financial consequences, as well as the medical impact suffered.