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Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (18 Jun 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: 5. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on EU and international affairs will next meet. [25960/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (18 Jun 2024)

Seán Haughey: 6. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on EU and international affairs will next meet. [26038/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (18 Jun 2024)

Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1 to 6, inclusive, together. The Cabinet committee on EU and international affairs oversees the implementation of programme for Government commitments and considers policy matters relating to the European Union and international issues. The committee generally meets in advance of meetings of the European Council to discuss the agenda for these meetings....

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (18 Jun 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I note that at the summit there was a lot of talk about adherence to international law, which is right. There is no doubt the atrocities that Putin has carried out are horrendous and that it was a bloody and indefensible invasion, occupation and war. However, it is difficult to credit the claims of adherence to international law or the desire for peace when, at the same time that all of...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (18 Jun 2024)

Paul Murphy: I want to raise the issue of Palestinian third level students who are going to be here as a consequence of the genocide that their families are experiencing in Gaza. Perhaps they are able to flee, have already fled or are going to be fleeing here over the next period. I was in touch with the Taoiseach and his office previously when he was Minister for higher education regarding a particular...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (18 Jun 2024)

Mick Barry: An Associated Press investigation has identified at least 60 Palestinian families where 25 family members or more were killed by Israeli bombing between October and December. In some cases, four generations of one family were wiped out. Israeli bombing has destroyed homes, buildings and infrastructure to the point that there is now 37 million tonnes of rubble in Gaza. It is estimated that...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (18 Jun 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: A meeting of EU leaders in Brussels yesterday evening failed to endorse Ursula von der Leyen for a second term as the European Commission President. This should be welcomed by all right-thinking people. Through her offer of unconditional support for Israel, she provided political cover for the genocide that continues to unfold in Gaza. By continuing to block a review of Israel's human...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (18 Jun 2024)

Seán Haughey: As expected, there was a shift to the right across Europe in the recent European Parliament elections, with migration and the response to climate change emerging as key issues during the campaign. However, it seems the centrist coalition has held, by and large. The coalition is made up of the European People's Party, the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats and Renew Europe, and...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (18 Jun 2024)

Paul Murphy: Who is being elevated?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (18 Jun 2024)

Simon Harris: I am not sure the Tánaiste would. Under our coalition agreement, the Tánaiste will bring a name to Cabinet for consideration. What Deputy Haughey said about the importance of timeliness is a statement of fact in this regard, and I and the Tánaiste share that view. I should say that the process is as the Deputy said. The European Council last night took stock of the European...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Jun 2024)

Simon Harris: I thank Deputy Ó Laoghaire. I will. I am aware of that recommendation from the commission and the importance of the issue that the Deputy highlighted. I will certainly ask the Minister for housing to respond to the Deputy formally in respect of it, but I will also see what we can do in the forthcoming budget.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Jun 2024)

Willie O'Dea: I also wish to be associated with the tributes paid to the Minister, Deputy Eamon Ryan. I am sure the Taoiseach will agree with me that this country derives significant benefit from the work done by carers. Unfortunately not all carers are treated equally. In many cases, the backup or ancillary services for carers depend on where you live. There are some parts of the country where such...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Jun 2024)

Simon Harris: I am sorry. I was not talking over the Deputy. Rather, I was talking to the Minister of State, Deputy Butler, on this important issue to get the most up-to-date information. The short answer is “Yes”. It is our intention, and the Minister of State, Deputy Butler’s intention, to implement that recommendation in the programme for Government. This week, I will meet...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Jun 2024)

Matt Carthy: Several times, I have raised the Government’s failure to adequately provide services for children with special needs in County Monaghan. Many families are in crisis because of the lack of services. In Monaghan, we have no overnight respite care and no special school, we have a shortage in occupational therapy and speech and language therapy, and we have lengthy delays in assessments...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Jun 2024)

Simon Harris: I will meet them. I will not be able to meet them tomorrow, so I do not want to mislead them, but if the Deputy wants to contact my office, I am happy to arrange to meet them with him and other Oireachtas colleagues from Cavan-Monaghan. I am aware of the issues that the Deputy and other Deputies have raised in the House. Perhaps I will ask the relevant Ministers to attend as well. We...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Jun 2024)

David Stanton: Will the Taoiseach outline the Government’s policy on the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, CETA, between the EU and Canada? Does the Government intend to make changes to the Arbitration Act, as was suggested by the Supreme Court, and if so, is there a timescale for that?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Jun 2024)

Simon Harris: I thank Deputy Stanton very much for raising this important issue. The Government remains very supportive of free trade and free trade agreements. Obviously, the Government needs to reflect on the court’s ruling. I will ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Deputy Peter Burke, to revert to the Deputy directly in terms of timelines, as I am not across that matter.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Jun 2024)

Carol Nolan: In order to prevent a shortage of school bus drivers this August or, as it may be in some cases, September when schools reopen, I call on the Government to intervene immediately with Bus Éireann and the RSA, which advises on policy, to try to deal with the current policy whereby people cannot remain on as drivers after reaching 70 years of age. The policy is discriminatory and...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Jun 2024)

Simon Harris: I instinctively agree with the Deputy. I know this causes a lot of issues in many constituencies and counties, including my own, where there is someone who is willing and able to drive the bus but is told that, because of an arbitrary age on his or her birth certificate, he or she cannot drive the bus. It is offensive to those individuals and is problematic for our constituents who are...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Jun 2024)

Matt Shanahan: I have often raised the issue of University Hospital Waterford, which is the least funded of our model 4 hospitals and has the lowest ratio of healthcare practitioners to beds in such hospitals. I wish to discuss the stroke unit today, though. University Hospital Waterford receives more than 1,000 stroke patients every year, yet it has only five stroke unit beds and two single rooms. One...