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Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Fire Stations (16 Feb 2022)

Seán Kyne: I welcome the Minister of State and thank him for attending. I acknowledge the important and life-saving role carried out by our fire personnel in Galway city and county, and across the country. Whether it involves fires, road traffic accidents or river rescues, it is vital life-saving work and sometimes, unfortunately, recovery. I know that fire personnel see some harrowing scenes in...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Fire Stations (16 Feb 2022)

Seán Kyne: I thank the Minister of State for his positive reply. I am sure that on his next visit to Galway city and county, he will be happy to meet the relevant personnel to discuss a fire service facility for Galway. I invite him to do so. The Minister of State mentioned the project consideration stages. When they are all listed we can see that it is a long process to get a new building...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Feb 2022)

Seán Kyne: On behalf of the Fine Gael group, I welcome the ambassador to the Seanad Chamber. We offer solidarity to a fellow small country and fellow European Union member. These are worrying times in eastern Europe with all that is going on and possible threats between Russia and Ukraine, so we offer solidarity from a small country that has a long history with foreign powers. I join in...

Seanad: Report of Joint Committee on Agriculture and the Marine: Motion (16 Feb 2022)

Seán Kyne: The Minister of State is welcome. I welcome also the committee Chair, Deputy Cahill. I thank him and all the members of the committee for their work and endeavours in the important area of forestry as part of the Oireachtas joint committee and for the publication of the report. I know that all committees are extremely busy. To have picked this subject shows the importance the committee...

Seanad: Report of Joint Committee on Agriculture and the Marine: Motion (16 Feb 2022)

Seán Kyne: I will hand over to Senator Burke.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Oversight of Sláintecare: Discussion (16 Feb 2022)

Seán Kyne: I welcome Mr. Reid, Mr. Watt and the teams from the HSE and the Department of Health. Obviously, GPs play a pivotal role in the delivery of Sláintecare. They were before the committee a number of weeks ago and one of the issues they had related to the need for an establishment grant or a tax relief to establish practices. Do Mr. Reid and Mr. Watt believe this and will they lobby for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Oversight of Sláintecare: Discussion (16 Feb 2022)

Seán Kyne: If a shortage of GPs is an issue in delivery of Sláintecare, why would Mr. Watt not take on board the issues they raise?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Oversight of Sláintecare: Discussion (16 Feb 2022)

Seán Kyne: A Commencement debate was taken by the Minister of State, Deputy Rabbitte, and she undertook to bring this back to the Department. It is certainly an issue in the Saolta area but across the country, as well. With regard to delays in the lodging of planning applications for the Galway emergency department, ED, and the whole saga of elective and acute beds in Merlin Park, there is still a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Oversight of Sláintecare: Discussion (16 Feb 2022)

Seán Kyne: I apologise. There are only a number of us here on the committee. I am here from Galway. A number of Deputies and Senators are here from Limerick. Of course, I will raise an issue from Galway that I have raised before. This frustrates me. It was the same when the Minister appeared here. I was told there was no information and he would have to come back to the committee. One should...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Oversight of Sláintecare: Discussion (16 Feb 2022)

Seán Kyne: I find it hard to believe that with the full team there, the Department or the HSE do not have information on vital projects such as this. We can talk about delivery of Sláintecare, which is very important, but all projects are vital with regard to delivery of services. Do they not have any information on acute beds in Galway or the saga of a €3 billion to €4 billion...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Oversight of Sláintecare: Discussion (16 Feb 2022)

Seán Kyne: The delivery of acute beds in Galway goes back to the whole division in Galway, as far as I can see, within the Saolta hospital group over where things should progress and whether our ED should be in Merlin Park. The people of Galway are caught in that debate. No acute beds were provided under the winter plan, which was highlighted and was unbelievable considering we had the highest number...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Oversight of Sláintecare: Discussion (16 Feb 2022)

Seán Kyne: This comes back to the debate: they cannot find a site because they do not know whether they should look for it in UHG or in Merlin Park. I have said this umpteen times: there is no need for the births, deaths and marriages clinic, which is right beside the hospital, to be there. That service could be delivered elsewhere. That is a prime site for the delivery of acute beds for Galway or...

Seanad: Electricity Costs (Domestic Electricity Accounts) Emergency Measures Bill 2022: Second Stage (15 Feb 2022)

Seán Kyne: I welcome the Minister, Deputy Eamon Ryan, to the Chamber. I welcome the Bill before us, which relates to the cost of living and energy costs for Irish householders. It will have a hugely beneficial and real immediate impact once it can be processed.The electricity cost emergency benefit scheme is welcome. A sum of €100 was announced before Christmas, which is to be amended to...

Seanad: Report of Joint Committee on the Carbon Budget: Motion (15 Feb 2022)

Seán Kyne: Tomorrow morning at 10.30 a.m.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Pension Provisions (9 Feb 2022)

Seán Kyne: I thank the Cathaoirleach's office for selecting this Commencement matter. I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Rabbitte, particularly as I am raising a west of Ireland issue, the Saolta Hospital Group, although it may be something that is relevant to other hospital groups as well. I am not sure about that. We all appreciate and accept the sacrifices that front-line healthcare workers...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Pension Provisions (9 Feb 2022)

Seán Kyne: I thank the Minister of State for her official reply and also her frankness on this issue. It is not good enough and I think she will accept that. She has admitted it is not good enough. Why is it happening in the HSE? Is it not happening in any other organisation? Is it happening in the Department of Education, for example? I have not heard that it is. Yes, there was a cyberattack....

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Pension Provisions (9 Feb 2022)

Seán Kyne: I am sure Mr. Watt knows what his pension entitlements are.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Feb 2022)

Seán Kyne: I too would like to raise the issue of the Galway city ring road. I have supported this project and its precursor, the Galway city bypass, for all of my political career. It is regrettable that two judicial reviews have been lodged as of now, with perhaps more to come. The one from Galway city race committee makes clear that the committee supports the road but has issues with the planning...

Seanad: Uyghur Tribunal: Motion (9 Feb 2022)

Seán Kyne: I took the Order of Business the day Senator McDowell raised this issue before Christmas. I saw the motion on the Order Paper and suggested in good faith that we have a fuller debate because I had not seen light of or, indeed, read the report, and I was sure other Members had not seen it either.I thank Senator McDowell for providing a copy of the report. I am not clear from the report when...

Seanad: Uyghur Tribunal: Motion (9 Feb 2022)

Seán Kyne: The language and the descriptions used in the report are graphic and upsetting. We rightly acknowledge and commemorate the anniversary of the Holocaust and we read in our history books all that has happened throughout the world in different places. In our own living memory, we know what happened in the Balkans. We can look back on some of the documentaries, including "The Death of...