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Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (23 May 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: I understand.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (23 May 2024)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Please.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (23 May 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: I will raise the point the Deputy raised directly with the Minister, Deputy Donnelly. Everyone understands that in order to fill posts across the sector can take some time because, effectively, we have full employment.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (23 May 2024)

Mattie McGrath: It is 70 posts.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (23 May 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: I will bring the matter up with the Minister, Deputy Donnelly, and I will ask him to respond directly to the Deputy because he has raised an important point. We want to make sure staff safety and patient safety is paramount. I will raise it with the Minister, Deputy Donnelly.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (23 May 2024)

Michael McNamara: I wish to raise again Francis Street development in Ennis. These are the six houses that were purchased with a view to knocking them down and eventually building a mixed-use development. On 23 March last year, I raised the matter with the leader of Fianna Fáil, the Tánaiste, Deputy Micheál Martin, who stated: "we should be making those houses fit for habitation and allocate...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (23 May 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: Clare County Council is the housing authority for County Clare. I am familiar with this case. Thankfully, Clare County Council is building many more homes than heretofore. I have always told all local authorities to use existing stock where they can to house people. We are doing that across the country. The decision taken in respect of that specific scheme was taken by Clare County...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 May 2024)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Thank you, Minister. Deputy Pringle, please.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 May 2024)

Verona Murphy: We are haemorrhaging staff from the Defence Forces.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 May 2024)

Thomas Pringle: A lot of change is taking place in the health services, as the Minister knows. Of the most recent changes taking place, the new health regions are a key to the future health of citizens. However, according to the Royal College of Surgeons and the national doctors training and planning board, the model 3 hospitals are critical in delivering the new model of healthcare. Model 3 hospitals,...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 May 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: I thank the Deputy for raising this important point relating to Letterkenny general hospital. He asked about an implementation group to make sure the resourcing that is required there will be put in place, and I will certainly raise that matter directly with the Minister for Health and relay that to him. It is important we look at the overall context of where we are with health delivery and...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 May 2024)

Thomas Pringle: I thank the Minister for his response. Letterkenny general hospital is one of the hospitals that face these issues but this report, which was compiled by the HSE, the Royal College of Surgeons and the training bodies within them, states that for level 3 hospitals, this has to be done. The statistics I outlined apply to all level 3 hospitals, relating to non-permanency, the age profile of...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 May 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: I will raise the matter directly with the Minister for Health. It is not a question of just throwing money at it but is about getting improved health outcomes for our people, and I have given the Deputy just some examples of that where life expectancy and other rates have improved over the course of a few years. In respect of Letterkenny, since January 2020, there has been an increase in...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (23 May 2024)

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (23 May 2024)

Pearse Doherty: The credit union consumer sentiment survey has shown this week the impact families are under as a result of the cost-of-living pressures. Some of those pressures have been brought on by the Government. Last month, it increased the price of petrol and diesel and it plans to do that twice more after the local elections. Insurance prices are increasing at an alarming rate, while the insurance...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (23 May 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: The matter of insurance reform is a really important one for the Government and we have been embarking on that further reform. We want to make sure consumers get proper value for money and that cost reductions are passed on to them. That is why the Minister of State, Deputy Richmond, recently met representatives of the insurance sector again and they are to report back to him within two...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (23 May 2024)

Ivana Bacik: I again raise the plight of thalidomide survivors. They have been waiting more than 60 years for justice and have become desperately frustrated. They are urgently seeking a Government commitment to re-engaging with them to achieve a resolution to seek a State apology and a compensation package, a fair deal. I have been raising this consistently for some time. The Minister met Finola...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 May 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: The targets themselves do not build homes and the Deputy knows that. We are continuing to deliver homes at a scale we have not seen in more than 15 years. Not everybody is feeling that yet. It is a significant challenge. I meet people across this country, in my own constituency and everywhere else, who are getting the keys to their forever homes at a rate we have not seen for 15 years....

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 May 2024)

Ivana Bacik: It is a drop in the ocean.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 May 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: We need to do more. I will answer the question about the Planning and Development Bill. It is really important legislation. It needs to pass by this summer. I am open to amendments, and we debated this on Committee Stage. I will be looking at further amendments on Report Stage.