Results 81-100 of 184 for speaker:Peter Roche

Joint Committee on Social Protection, Rural and Community Development: Embracing Ireland's Outdoors - National Outdoor Recreation Strategy 2023-2027: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)

Peter Roche: I apologise, Chair. We have a health committee meeting next door so that is my reason for being late and my reason for exiting early. My apologies but I really welcome the presentation.

School Transport: Statements (23 Sep 2025)

Peter Roche: I, too, have been listening to this debate for a number of hours. I will acknowledge that the Minister, Deputy McEntee, and the Minister of State, Deputy Moynihan, have only been in office since last January. From engaging with both of them on these issues, I know of the gallant efforts being made to resolve them. As I said, I listened to the debate. Like most others, the problems are...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Disability Services (23 Sep 2025)

Peter Roche: 27. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the CDNTs with the longest average waiting times for first contact commencement of therapy; the actions being taken to address these geographic inequities, particularly for children in rural and under-served areas; whether targeted measures such as mobile clinics, cross-team redeployment, or temporary therapy panels are being...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Early Childhood Care and Education (23 Sep 2025)

Peter Roche: 41. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the steps being taken to ensure that early childhood care and education providers are adequately resourced and supported to fully include children with additional needs; if additional funding, staff training, and inclusion supports are being provided to meet the commitments set out in the Joint Oireachtas Committee's 2024 report;...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Funding (18 Sep 2025)

Peter Roche: 163. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the breakdown of the €27 million funding announced for the acceleration of the circular economy transition, by county; and the timeline for when these funds will issue. [49370/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (18 Sep 2025)

Peter Roche: 168. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the type of ancillary benefits available to members of the Defence Forces, such as healthcare; if there are any plans to expand these benefits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49368/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Air Corps (18 Sep 2025)

Peter Roche: 169. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if steps have been taken to address the shortage of people and facilities for the training of pilots in the Air Corps. [49369/25]

National Human Rights Strategy for Disabled People 2025-2030: Statements (17 Sep 2025)

Peter Roche: I welcome the publication of the strategy and give credit to the Minister for bringing it to the Chamber. For too many families in Ireland, strategies and promises have come and gone, so to speak. Sometimes what remains is a very real sense of letdown. I do not speak today in abstract as a member of my staff is the mother of a lovely ten-year-old girl with Down's syndrome. For those ten...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (17 Jul 2025)

Peter Roche: My question is on carers. I acknowledge, as most of us do from time to time, the outstanding work Family Carers Ireland and carers in general do in our communities. I also acknowledge the increase in the income threshold in the assessment. As part of the programme for Government, there is a commitment to abolish the means test. I am anxious to know the timelines in this respect.

Health (Amendment) Bill 2025: Second Stage (16 Jul 2025)

Peter Roche: I support the Second Reading of the Health (Amendment) Bill 2025. The Bill is timely and necessary and fundamentally about one thing: accountability in how we plan, manage and deliver healthcare in Ireland. The central purpose of the legislation is to ensure the Health Service Executive operates under the highest standards of prudent and effective financial management. It replaces the old...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Youth: School Transport Scheme: Discussion (16 Jul 2025)

Peter Roche: I have received apologies from Deputy Ryan O'Meara. Everyone is most welcome. I ask all who are attending remotely to mute themselves when not contributing so that we do not have any background noise or feedback. I remind all those attending to ensure their mobile phones are on silent mode or switched off. Members attending remotely are reminded of the constitutional requirements that in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Youth: School Transport Scheme: Discussion (16 Jul 2025)

Peter Roche: I thank Mr. Ó Ruairc. That was very efficient. I call Mr. Kent.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Youth: School Transport Scheme: Discussion (16 Jul 2025)

Peter Roche: I welcome the witnesses. I have a scenario that I want to put to Mr. Kent. We all have individual cases, demands and representations. In my neck of the woods, east Galway, there is a young child who is moving on to secondary school. For all of his childhood years attending national school, he was collected at a point 2.8 km from his family home. The parents applied for school transport...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Youth: School Transport Scheme: Discussion (16 Jul 2025)

Peter Roche: This would not be a home pick-up. It would be 2.8 km from the home.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Youth: School Transport Scheme: Discussion (16 Jul 2025)

Peter Roche: I can send the detail to Ms Flynn.

Select Committee on Health: Health Information Bill 2024: Committee Stage (16 Jul 2025)

Peter Roche: I wish the Minister and her officials a good morning. I am excited about the prospect of this. It is a move in the right direction. We are in the digital age now and whether we like it or not, it is fair to suggest or for me to think it is worth bringing all the systems together and channelling or filtering that information about one's file such that wherever an accident or emergency might...

Select Committee on Health: Health Information Bill 2024: Committee Stage (16 Jul 2025)

Peter Roche: "Reluctance" is probably a better word. It could be from hospitals or individuals. Of course, if individuals resist, the chances are they are cutting off their nose to spite their face.

Select Committee on Health: Health Information Bill 2024: Committee Stage (16 Jul 2025)

Peter Roche: It is.

Select Committee on Health: Health Information Bill 2024: Committee Stage (16 Jul 2025)

Peter Roche: All I will say in conclusion is well done and the best of luck with it. I am excited about the prospect, I must admit.

Select Committee on Health: Health Information Bill 2024: Committee Stage (16 Jul 2025)

Peter Roche: Excellent. What about timelines? The Minister mentioned how long it took Denmark. When does she anticipate this will be live or will be enacted?