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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Crime Prevention (1 Feb 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: As a small aside, it is a bit peculiar to make reference to districts given that the new operating model is based on the divisional model, as the Minister of State has mentioned. The districts are not really the metric any more. Making a comparison with 2015, which was the lowest point, is something of a distraction. In any event, we are focused on a particular part of the district, which...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Crime Prevention (1 Feb 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I ask the Minister of State to listen carefully and to take note. I await his answer with interest. I hope we see some positive news in it but even if we do not, the crucial thing is that this message is relayed back to the Department, the Garda Commissioner and the Minister for Justice, Deputy Simon Harris. Carrigaline, for those familiar with it, is a large town of some 15,000 people....

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: Motion [Private Members] (31 Jan 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: The situation in Cork and Kerry is as bad and perhaps worse than in most places. There are 857 children waiting, the largest number in any CHO. Some 296 children have been waiting longer than a year. In recent days, we heard worrying news from SIPTU about serious staffing issues at the Aislinn inpatient unit at Bessborough where only 58% of nursing posts are filled. This has a knock-on...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (31 Jan 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: The Taoiseach will be familiar with the situation regarding the drug Cariban. There was an announcement of a reimbursement fund, which was welcomed. I have been contacted by many constituents about this, and I know the Taoiseach commented on it before Christmas. Women who are struggling with hyperemesis have the choice between suffering with this debilitating condition or finding...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Textbooks (31 Jan 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 470. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the free schoolbooks scheme for primary school children will commence in September 2023. [4726/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (31 Jan 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 471. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the Covid cleaning grant for schools will be continued for term 2; and when the payment schedule will issue. [4727/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Briefing on Current and Future Plans for the School Building Unit: Department of Education (31 Jan 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I thank Mr. Loftus for his presentation. I also thank him and his colleagues for coming before the committee. The appendix Mr. Loftus has provided is quite useful. My first question relates to an issue I raised previously with the planning and building unit. It has to do with the provision of school halls. Approximately 10% of post-primary schools do not have a hall. I have come...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Briefing on Current and Future Plans for the School Building Unit: Department of Education (31 Jan 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: What I am hearing is that a school building project needs to pass a certain threshold and if a school might need a complete retrofit, the Department is not at the moment looking at a hall. I will give three examples. I will not name them because I do not have permission to do so. It will give a sense of the kinds of situations we are talking about. I am thinking of a city centre school...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Briefing on Current and Future Plans for the School Building Unit: Department of Education (31 Jan 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Is it not possible to give an overall figure?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Briefing on Current and Future Plans for the School Building Unit: Department of Education (31 Jan 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I thank Mr. Loftus.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Briefing on Current and Future Plans for the School Building Unit: Department of Education (31 Jan 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I agree very much with the points made by the Deputies from the east Cork area and the pressures that exist there. I do not require a response on my next point, which is on patronage. It is something we will really have to consider. It is very clear that the process for identifying new patrons creates difficulties for Irish medium schools. If we rely on new schools to do so we will not...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Jan 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: The Minister should look around himself.

Inshore Fishing: Motion [Private Members] (25 Jan 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I support the motion that has been brought forward by Deputy Michael Collins and his colleagues. I commend the work that is going on and the work of our spokesperson, Deputy Mac Lochlainn. It does not require intimate knowledge of the fishing industry to understand the injustice that has long been foisted on fishing communities across the State and the missed opportunities that exist,...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Residential Institutions (25 Jan 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I thank the Minister. Before I continue I want to clarify something. The response may have been drafted late last year given that this Topical Issue matter was to be taken last year, which is fair enough, and it might just be an error. The response states that the consultative forum's report was submitted late last year. I would say that should state "in late 2021" because I have a...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Residential Institutions (25 Jan 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Mar is eol don Aire, baineann scéal fada leis na daoine óga a bhí tráth sna scoileanna cónaithe, leis an bhforéigean a rinneadh orthu, leis an obair gan rogha a bhí ann, leis an saol deacair a bhí ann agus leis an dualgas atá ar an Stát feabhas a chur ar a gcuid coinníollacha sa lá atá inniu ann. The Minister is familiar...

Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Bill 2022: Second Stage (24 Jan 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Ar an gcéad dul síos, glacaim an deis, mar aon leis an Teachta Paul Murphy, labhairt faoi chás Dháithí Mac Gabhann agus is mór an trua go bhfuil páirtí amháin ag seasamh sa tslí le go rachadh Stormont ar ais agus an reachtaíocht sin a chur tríd na Tithe sin. I take this opportunity to mention the case of Dáithí Mac...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Public Sector Pensions (24 Jan 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 196. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the Telecom Éireann pension fund; and if former Telecom Éireann workers will see an increase due to them under the pension scheme. [3307/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (24 Jan 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 293. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider raising the income thresholds for joint applicants for the local authority home loan (details supplied); and if he will consider raising this given the variations in income levels and rising house prices. [2786/23]