Results 121-140 of 1,504 for in 'Dáil debates' speaker:Martin Kenny

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (26 Oct 2023)

Martin Kenny: The roll number is on the letter.

Health Service Funding: Motion [Private Members] (24 Oct 2023)

Martin Kenny: The situation we have in health and the reckless underfunding of the health budget this year will have an effect the length and breadth of the country, nowhere more so than in my constituency of Sligo-Leitrim. As we know, the hospitals all along the western seaboard from Donegal to Limerick and including Sligo are those that have some of the highest rates of people waiting on trolleys to be...

Investment in Healthcare: Statements (19 Oct 2023)

Martin Kenny: The attitude of the Government seems to be that successful people do not need a health service. It is simply not good enough.

Investment in Healthcare: Statements (19 Oct 2023)

Martin Kenny: The budget and the huge underfunding in the HSE affects us all in every constituency around the country. The previous speaker mentioned that all of us are constituency Deputies. We all work with communities that are struggling, trying to survive and trying to manage. The head of the HSE, Bernard Gloster, recently made it plain that they simply cannot be expected to deliver an effective and...

Investment in Healthcare: Statements (19 Oct 2023)

Martin Kenny: If they do not have a family to do it, what are they going to do? Should they sit in the cold? That is what the Minister of State is telling people; to sit in the cold if they cannot light a fire because nobody going to do it for them. It is absolutely ridiculous. That is the reality for people I know. A man in his nineties was told that if he could not light the fire, that was too bad....

Driving Test Waiting Times: Motion [Private Members] (18 Oct 2023)

Martin Kenny: We will be supporting this motion. I thank the Rural Independent Group for tabling it. Driver testing delays are affecting people all over the country. I am sure every Deputy from every constituency, rural and urban, has been contacted by people about huge delays and the huge difficulties faced by family members in getting tests. We had the representatives of the RSA and various...

Driving Test Waiting Times: Motion [Private Members] (18 Oct 2023)

Martin Kenny: New subheads do not cut it. The tragic reality is that people are dying on our roads and the Government is not doing enough to make roads safe and keep them safe for people. We recognise that the measures the Government talks about regarding road safety, such as decreasing speed limits, may be appropriate in some cases. However, there is too much emphasis on decreasing the speed limits....

An tOrd Gnó (Atógáil) - Order of Business (Resumed) (17 Oct 2023)

Martin Kenny: I also raise the issue of road safety. We have had many tragedies on our roads in recent weeks, and particularly last weekend. It seems the Government's main effort is around reducing speed limits, which is something that certainly needs to be looked at. However, as a colleague raised earlier, enforcement is the problem. We have seen road policing numbers cut by one third. When I look at...

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (12 Oct 2023)

Martin Kenny: One of the key problems with this budget that most people have recognised is the predominance of one-off measures being the way of dealing with particular issues, particularly when it comes to energy and all these things. They are all being presented to the public as one-off measures or payments they are going to get in three instalments, which will be very easy to take away in the future....

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Financial Resolution No. 1: Mineral Oil Tax (10 Oct 2023)

Martin Kenny: In the two minutes that are left, I will mention VAT on fuel and electricity in respect of Financial Resolution No. 2. While it is welcome that the rate will stay at 9%, both of these commodities, which people need in order to live, are priced far too high at the moment, particularly for people with commercial premises. I was speaking to the owner of a bakery recently where the electricity...

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Financial Resolution No. 1: Mineral Oil Tax (10 Oct 2023)

Martin Kenny: I will leave it to the Minister to respond.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Bus Services (5 Oct 2023)

Martin Kenny: For 8 o'clock in the morning.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Bus Services (5 Oct 2023)

Martin Kenny: I cannot even get a train.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Road Projects (5 Oct 2023)

Martin Kenny: I am aware that the Department is making some progress in respect of the A5 and that much of the delay is on the northern side of the Border. That being said, it needs to be recognised that this stretch of road is a vital connection from Donegal and the north-west through Tyrone and into the South. It needs to be prioritised by Governments on both sides of the Border. Unfortunately, as the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Road Projects (5 Oct 2023)

Martin Kenny: Yes, it was.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Road Projects (5 Oct 2023)

Martin Kenny: I understand that and it is a great frustration to everyone, bar the DUP, that the Executive is not up and running. We need to see it up and running, working and delivering for people. The delivery of this road project is vital. It is reflection of one of the idiosyncrasies of the planning process on both sides of the Border, particularly in the North, that, unfortunately, a small number...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Road Projects (5 Oct 2023)

Martin Kenny: This road is used by people every day to come and go to work. They need to have an appropriate road in place.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Road Projects (5 Oct 2023)

Martin Kenny: Hear, hear.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Road Projects (5 Oct 2023)

Martin Kenny: But the roads the Minister has approved-----

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Road Projects (5 Oct 2023)

Martin Kenny: 5. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on any engagement he or his officials have had with stakeholders in relation to the A5/N2 upgrade plans. [43065/23]