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Progress on the National Parks and Wildlife Service: Statements (6 Jul 2023)

Réada Cronin: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this important topic. We have just completed a Citizens' Assembly on Biodiversity Loss, and the general consensus was that while the Government has declared a biodiversity crisis, there is little evidence it is being taken seriously. I welcome the Minister of State's remarks on wildlife crime and An Garda Síochána becoming involved when crimes...

Ceisteanna - Questions: National Economic and Social Council (5 Jul 2023)

Réada Cronin: In its report, Understanding the Irish Economy in a Time of Turbulence, the NESC recommends transposing the European Union directive on adequate minimum wages in order to do two things, namely, to strengthen the national system of collective bargaining and to increase collective bargaining coverage. The research shows that countries with high collective bargaining coverage tend to have a...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Programmes (5 Jul 2023)

Réada Cronin: As the Taoiseach knows, over the past two years my party leader, Deputy McDonald, and others have been raising the alarm about the decision by the Department of Health to effectively shut down the north inner city drugs and alcohol task force. It is a mystifying move given the task force is so badly needed. Unfortunately, the Taoiseach's most recent written response on this to Deputy...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (5 Jul 2023)

Réada Cronin: Homelessness is increasing all of the time.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (5 Jul 2023)

Réada Cronin: The housing crisis has changed to a housing disaster, as the rocketing rents and record homelessness figures show. We have reached a watershed in this country where having a job and going to work no longer guarantees you a roof over your head, whether to rent or buy. The social contract is not the only thing broken; the people coming to my constituency office are broken too. In the past...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (5 Jul 2023)

Réada Cronin: It feels like Groundhog Day when I have to raise again here the case of my constituent, Graeme Meehan, as I did a few weeks ago. Raising his case on the floor of the Dáil - with the Minister of State, Deputy Rabbitte, actually taking the trouble to act on it - still has not been enough to get the HSE to do its job by contacting Mr. Meehan's mother, Maura, to get the ball rolling to give...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (5 Jul 2023)

Réada Cronin: 135. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to examine, with urgency, a situation (details supplied). [33069/23]

Matters Arising in RTÉ: Statements (4 Jul 2023)

Réada Cronin: Like most people, I have watched the RTÉ crisis with dismay and disappointment. Unlike most people, I had a sneak preview of how the public duty of the national broadcaster was at complete odds with its commercial devotion to its advertisers and sponsors. At a meeting of the Joint Committee on Environment and Climate Action last December, RTÉ did not seem to be able to join the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Pharmacy Services (4 Jul 2023)

Réada Cronin: 638. To ask the Minister for Health whether, given the criticality of our pharmacies to community health, he has or will conduct a review of pharmacy dispensing fees and the extent of service provision by community pharmacists; if he has or will engage with an organisaion (details supplied) on the matter, and the dates on which he has or will engage; if he will establish a review which...

Energy (Windfall Gains in the Energy Sector) (Temporary Solidarity Contribution) Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Jun 2023)

Réada Cronin: I will open my short contribution by saying that when we consider the situation in the upper echelons of RTÉ and Horse Racing Ireland, not to mention the national children's hospital, it shows how valuable clarity is and how often it is best noted by its absence. The Bill before us also lacks that clarity on how the proceeds of this windfall tax are to be distributed and used. We in...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (27 Jun 2023)

Réada Cronin: 67. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform whether his Department is developing a financial strategy to deal with the impact of long Covid on society in the medium to long term; if so, the details of same; whether it is earmarking funds for use by the relevant Departments such as the Departments of Health and Education, to assist public servants who contracted Covid in the line...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (27 Jun 2023)

Réada Cronin: 152. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his Department will examine an issue in relation to persons working as civilians within the Defence Forces (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31168/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Air Services (27 Jun 2023)

Réada Cronin: 171. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department can assess any flight-path changes and frequency of same in aircraft using Dublin Airport, given the new aircraft noise-pollution problems reported by persons in residential areas of north Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31148/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (22 Jun 2023)

Réada Cronin: 267. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will examine a case (details supplied). [30316/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Trade Data (21 Jun 2023)

Réada Cronin: 79. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide a list of the countries to which alumina refined at Aughinish is exported; the proportion of same to each country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29952/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (21 Jun 2023)

Réada Cronin: 83. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will move with all alacrity on the matter of a school (details supplied), given the long delays are having a major, negative impact on the school itself, the students attending and the position of An Ghaeilge culturally and linguistically within society and the education system; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (21 Jun 2023)

Réada Cronin: 84. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether a school (details supplied) has applied for and been approved-sanctioned for two special needs classes; if so, when this was done; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29888/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (21 Jun 2023)

Réada Cronin: 86. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether a school (details supplied) has applied for relevant training, accommodation and IT grants for special classes; if so, when and if these have been approved by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29890/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (21 Jun 2023)

Réada Cronin: 87. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether a section 37A notice has been issued to a school (details supplied); if not, the reason; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29891/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (21 Jun 2023)

Réada Cronin: 85. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) has asked for the DES section dealing with school capital appraisals to assist it; if so, if she will provide a copy of any report issued to the school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29889/23]