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Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (20 Jun 2024)

Martin Kenny: Is there a timeframe?

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (20 Jun 2024)

Micheál Martin: Hopefully, it is nearing completion and I will come back to the Deputy on that.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (20 Jun 2024)

Joe Flaherty: As the Tánaiste knows, the escalation of decarbonisation brought forward the closure of the Lough Ree power plant in Lanesborough, County Longford to 2020, resulting in a five-year loss of rates in the region of €1.2 million per annum to Longford County Council. Thankfully, in each of the four budgets since, central government stepped into the breach and provided €1.2...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (20 Jun 2024)

Micheál Martin: The Deputy has raised a very important issue and we will be very positive in this respect. I do not like pre-empting the Ministers for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform, and Finance but just transition is very important for the midlands and Longford County Council and others. Deputy Flaherty has taken a huge interest in this and I would like to think we...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (20 Jun 2024)

Mattie McGrath: No value for money.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (20 Jun 2024)

Micheál Martin: -----and we are committed to that investment.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (20 Jun 2024)

James O'Connor: I will take this opportunity to congratulate Jack Chambers on his appointment as deputy leader of Fianna Fáil. I wish to ask about the N25 scheme in my constituency. The Tánaiste will know that it is important to my home town of Youghal, given the local need to have a bypass built for Castlemartyr and Killeagh. We have had three years of paperwork being passed around and...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (20 Jun 2024)

Jack Chambers: I thank the Deputy for his kind words. This is an important project in the national development plan and I have met the Deputy and many other colleagues about advancing it. It is being funded this year with Cork County Council. I will provide the Deputy a detailed update from Transport Infrastructure Ireland on the project’s progress. It is central to the national development plan...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (20 Jun 2024)

Frank Feighan: I also congratulate Deputy Chambers on his appointment as deputy leader of the Fianna Fáil Party. He has many links in Dublin, but also in the west, and I wish him well. There is a backlog in the devolved section of the Department of Education as regards modular units for many schools around the country. One school that I am interested in is my local school of Scoil Ursula,...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (20 Jun 2024)

Micheál Martin: I thank the Deputy for raising this question. I will speak to the Minister about the issue – I understand the Deputy is referring to modular builds – and revert to him on it.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (20 Jun 2024)

Johnny Mythen: The basic income for artists was introduced in 2022. It was designed as a pilot scheme for a period of three years. Since its inception, it has added greatly to the culture of the State and has financially sustained many talented artists, whom we are lucky to have, from musicians to poets and writers, to name but a few. This scheme has given many of our citizens the ability to pursue their...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (20 Jun 2024)

Micheál Martin: The Minister for arts and tourism, Deputy Catherine Martin, has reported to the Government on a healthy evaluation of the basic income for artists scheme. It was an initiative that the Minister took and the Government supported and it has had a beneficial impact. It has been evaluated and I have no doubt but that the matter will be progressed further. The Minister will revert on it.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (20 Jun 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Educational outcomes at third level and beyond are often determined in primary education. As has been mentioned, schools are facing a cost crisis due to inflation, insurance costs, etc., but the capitation grant of €200 is basically at the same level it was 13 years ago. I am not looking for a firm commitment today, but will the Tánaiste confirm whether an increase in the...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (20 Jun 2024)

Micheál Martin: I believe that capitation was restored to pre-2011 levels for the first time in this year's budget. At approximately €81 million, it is not at the same level. I addressed this matter earlier, so it is fresh in my mind. We will consider capitation in the context of the forthcoming Estimates and budget because it has to be acknowledged that there has been a cost-of-living increase....

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (20 Jun 2024)

Bernard Durkan: I raise the question of antisocial 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 antisocial 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...