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Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (30 May 2024)

Catherine Connolly: We are not having an interaction. We will have a question and a response.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (30 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: It is difficult to respond if we do not have clarity on what the Deputy is asking. The Government has allocated increased funding for road maintenance and will be allocating additional sums for road maintenance as well. There should not be an issue.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (30 May 2024)

Martin Kenny: It is in black and white.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (30 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: I know. Different lobby groups come in. The local authorities, TII and so on are there to engage with groups. There has been inflation, which has eaten into a lot of projects and increased their cost, but overall the allocation has increased substantially, both for TII projects and road maintenance.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (30 May 2024)

Pauline Tully: There is a huge problem with medical card holders accessing dental services. Dentists are not taking on medical card holders and people cannot afford to pay for dental treatment privately. If people cannot have their teeth taken care of, there are long-term consequences for their general health and appearance. A review of the scheme was promised two years ago by the Minister for Health....

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (30 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: As the Deputy will be aware, the Minister allocated additional funding in the interim period to try to deal with the challenges in the public dental health services. There will continue to be challenges there. I will talk to the Minister in respect of the timeline around the review and where that is at present.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (30 May 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: The Tánaiste recently visited Lebanon, a country in danger of further escalation due to the genocidal slaughter by Israel in Gaza. The recognition of Palestine by Ireland and other countries is very positive and needs to be followed up with real sanctions on Israel. I ask for an update on the quest for justice for Private Seán Rooney following the Tánaiste's interactions with...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (30 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: I met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lebanon in respect of the case. Also present was a lawyer from the department of defence in Lebanon because the Minister was in hospital with Covid. The lawyer was very conversant with the case. I made clear in no uncertain terms our grave concern at the delay in the progress on the case and certain aspects of it. Notwithstanding the...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (30 May 2024)

Brendan Griffin: Bus Éireann, as the Tánaiste may be aware, does not allow drivers aged over 70 to operate on its school routes or passenger services. Other private operators can do this safely. In the area I come from, we have many companies operating school services on behalf of Bus Éireann which are having difficulty finding drivers, yet we have many people aged 70 or slightly older who...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (30 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: I agree with the Deputy. I have spoken to the Minister for Transport on this. Bus Éireann has not facilitated it. It would cite medical issues. I put forward the idea that perhaps we should have an independent reference point from the medical world, for example, in the geriatric world, and people could give us an informed opinion on the point the Deputy made about those aged 70, 71,...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (30 May 2024)

Bernard Durkan: I raise again reports of antisocial behaviour that seems to primarily target women or households where women are the head of the household. In some cases, the family, the victim, has to leave the home, sometimes into homelessness. Will the Tánaiste try to ascertain the full extent of this problem throughout the country, maybe through the local authorities? The issue affects both...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (30 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: I thank the Deputy for raising the question. I visited the area and met with many residents. It is quite shocking what the residents in this area have gone through. It is an awful pity that the pipeline, which was 60% completed, was not enabled to go the full distance because a human disaster continues to unfold for the residents of that area. It was heart-rending to see. Even as we...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (30 May 2024)

Joan Collins: I was asked to ask this question by representatives of the Dublin-Monaghan bombings group. On 21 May 1975, the then Deputy Tom J. Fitzpatrick replied to a question in the Dáil and when speaking of an An Garda Síochána investigation into the Dublin-Monaghan bombings said: "They have no positive information or evidence that would clearly identify the culprits." We know there...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (30 May 2024)

Catherine Connolly: Go raibh maith agat.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (30 May 2024)

Joan Collins: This is my question, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle. The Government security committee was briefed by the Garda on the investigations into the bombings, during which members of the Garda briefed that security committee that it had no suspects. Will the Tánaiste hand over this information to the relatives when he meets them after the local elections? That is the information they are looking for.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (30 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: There are a number of steps to this. I was at the commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary, which was very poignant and sad. Without question, we need to get answers for the relatives here, and it has to be done through a structured format. I met recently with Sir Iain Livingstone of Operation Denton, who took over from Mr. Jon Boucher. The publication of Operation Denton is important in...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (30 May 2024)

Catherine Connolly: I thank the Tánaiste.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (30 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: The Barron report identified that there was missing documentation from the British Government, which rendered it impossible to be conclusive in respect of it.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (30 May 2024)

Joan Collins: This was a question about the Government security committee.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (30 May 2024)

Catherine Connolly: We are way over time.