Results 141-160 of 22,678 for speaker:Charlie McConalogue
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Apr 2024)
Charlie McConalogue: I believe GSOC has notified the Nkencho family of their entitlement under the Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Act 2017 to a summary of reasons from the DPP for her decision not to prosecute as well as their statutory entitlement to request a review of the decision. I understand GSOC will continue to engage with the Nkencho family in the context of coronial proceedings and any other...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Apr 2024)
Charlie McConalogue: We put that-in place to create a new source of supply. It applies to homes have been out of circulation for the past few years.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Apr 2024)
Charlie McConalogue: An additional 28,000 staff have been employed across the health service. It is particularly important to ensure that we resource the provision of dental services. We accept the importance of early intervention.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Apr 2024)
Charlie McConalogue: We absolutely do. As already outlined, we are putting additional funding in place to address backlogs. We want the backlogs to be addressed and the service improved.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Apr 2024)
Charlie McConalogue: Across the board-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Apr 2024)
Charlie McConalogue: -----there has been a significant increase of 50% in funding for the health service-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Apr 2024)
Charlie McConalogue: -----generally over the past four or five years under this Government. We want to ensure the health service is as strong as possible.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Apr 2024)
Charlie McConalogue: In the context of dental healthcare services, we are putting additional investment in place. Some 900 additional staff were employed within the service as recently as last December in order to improve the service further.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Apr 2024)
Charlie McConalogue: I thank Deputy Bacik for raising what is the most pressing issue facing the Government. It is the key, number one priority that this Government has been working to deliver. We all wish that delivering in this regard could be dealt with as easily as setting a target.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Apr 2024)
Charlie McConalogue: At its recent conference, the Labour Party set targets without providing any plan as to how they might be delivered.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Apr 2024)
Charlie McConalogue: The Government will continue to assess evolving need in terms of medium- and long-term targets. There will be a full assessment in the context of updating those targets. What we are absolutely focused on is increasing delivery and capacity and making a real difference. We are not in any way taking the foot off the throttle in doing as much as possible regarding new housing supply. While...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Apr 2024)
Charlie McConalogue: I assure Deputy Bacik that we are not delaying anything when it comes to delivering and building new houses.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Apr 2024)
Charlie McConalogue: I have just outlined that the target for last year was 29,000 and that we exceeded it and reached 33,000. Our ambition this year is to also exceed the targets in place and build as many houses as possible. No house that can be built will be left unbuilt. We want to see more homes as well as more homeowners and more availability in the rental sector. All of the issues, in particular...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Apr 2024)
Charlie McConalogue: I thank Deputy Doherty for raising this matter. This is a really important service and a really important issue. It is important we get the dental service children need at a young age. That is why it is in the school system. It is also a key priority for the Government. We have been investing over €200 million annually in the provision of oral healthcare, targeting, in particular,...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Apr 2024)
Charlie McConalogue: We are recruiting staff.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Apr 2024)
Charlie McConalogue: Obviously, we have to work within the budgetary envelope-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Apr 2024)
Charlie McConalogue: -----that is provided. However, a record number of staff have been employed across the health service during the lifetime of this Government.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Common Agricultural Policy (25 Apr 2024)
Charlie McConalogue: Deputy Murphy likes to portray that. He peddles the story that somehow Irish agriculture is industrial and not the family farm as we portray it. That is totally false.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Common Agricultural Policy (25 Apr 2024)
Charlie McConalogue: The reality has been-----
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Common Agricultural Policy (25 Apr 2024)
Charlie McConalogue: If the Deputy had been paying any attention to what I have been doing as Minister over the past five years-----