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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Oct 2022)

Seán Kyne: I thank the Deputy Leader. I welcome the Government's decision to re-designate four voluntary hospice providers from section 39 organisations to section 38 organisations. This will be hugely important for these centres, including Galway Hospice, St. Francis Hospice, Milford Care Centre, and Marymount Care Centre. The section 38 designation will now provide a defined level of service on...

Seanad: VAT Rate for Tourism and Hospitality Sectors: Statements (19 Oct 2022)

Seán Kyne: I welcome the Minister. I acknowledge the range of supports the Government has provided for the hospitality sector, going back to 2020, as the Minister outlined, but back in 2011 as well, when this VAT rate was first reduced to give a kick-start to the tourism and hospitality sector. This is an area that was identified as being prime for growth, and the incentive we are discussing protected...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Oct 2022)

Seán Kyne: I am a great believer in process and allowing processes to run their course. It was a great disappointment that last Friday in Galway, while at a very positive event with Genesys opening its new office at Bonham Quay in the heart of the city, word began to filter through that An Bord Pleanála had decided not to defend the legal action being taken against the Galway city ring road....

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Education and Training Boards (13 Oct 2022)

Seán Kyne: I thank the Cathaoirleach's office for choosing this Commencement debate. I welcome the Minister of State to the Chamber. As the Minister of State is aware, the education and training boards, ETBs, came into being in 2013 and will celebrate ten years in existence on 1 July 2023. They follow on from the vocational educational committees, VECs. In total they have about 32,000 staff...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Education and Training Boards (13 Oct 2022)

Seán Kyne: I thank the Minister of State for the response from the Department. The Department states in the response that in the period since 2015, it has increased the number of approved posts in head offices by 29% across the sector. Of course that is because of the lifting of the moratorium so they are getting back to where they were. The point is that the ETBs had this autonomy and independence...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Education and Training Boards (13 Oct 2022)

Seán Kyne: That is not what we are being told.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Oct 2022)

Seán Kyne: I welcome the Acting Leader and the Smith family, who are here on behalf of their son, Stephen, to the Chamber. I congratulate the Leader, Senator Doherty, and Senator Seery Kearney on the Bill they have proposed. I look forward to supporting it. Today, I remember a colleague, the former city councillor, John Mulholland, from Galway city. He was mayor of Galway city twice, from 1986 to...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Oct 2022)

Seán Kyne: I join with the Leader and others in the tributes to the tragedy last week in Creeslough, Donegal. It puts everything else into perspective. Our thoughts and prayers go to all of the families involved who are bereaved. The Leader is very familiar with the school meals programme and the hot school meals that are provided. Indeed, in her former life, she was involved in that programme,...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Oct 2022)

Seán Kyne: The Order of Business is No. 1, Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021 – Second Stage, to be taken at 1.30 p.m. and to adjourn at 3 p.m., if not previously concluded, with the time allocated to the Minister's opening speech not to exceed ten minutes, group spokespersons not to exceed eight minutes and all other Senators not to exceed five minutes, with the Minister to be given no less than...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Oct 2022)

Seán Kyne: I thank the Senators for their contributions. We started and finished with Senators Chambers and Lombard, respectively, regarding school transport issues. Both request a debate with the Minister, Deputy Foley, on this. We welcome the €13 million additional funding in the budget for school transport. I agree that there are many children and parents not knowing where they stand....

Seanad: Passport Office: Motion (5 Oct 2022)

Seán Kyne: I thank Sinn Féin for tabling this motion. I support it and its aims. We have had several debates on passport issues in the last year. The concerns and negativity evident in the first two debates are not as apparent today because things have improved in this regard. This is not to say there have not been difficulties this year, but there has been a sea change in delivery and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Construction of the National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)

Seán Kyne: I welcome the witnesses and thank the board for facilitating us in July on the visit to the campus. As others have said, I was hugely impressed with the scale and size and what the project can and will be. As I said at the committee previously, a picture paints 1,000 words, and a site visit paints another 1,000 or 10,000. Well done to all involved. I am proud to part of the Government...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Construction of the National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)

Seán Kyne: The point I was making on EWSS or TWSS is if it was delayed but being compensated, as it would be entitled to given many hundreds and thousands of businesses were, that would just be-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Construction of the National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)

Seán Kyne: Mr. Gunning is not in a position to say what-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Construction of the National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)

Seán Kyne: Okay. The facility will be the amalgamation of the three existing hospitals. Perhaps this not a question for the board but more so for the Department. What level of staffing over and above the existing staffing complement would be anticipated in this facility? Is that budgeted for? Is recruitment starting or when is that envisaged?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Construction of the National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)

Seán Kyne: I refer to something that came up in the tour. Deputy Cullinane asked the question of when procedures will take place. I think it was said during the tour that the busiest time in the existing children hospitals would be the winter period. I am not sure whether it is the post-Christmas winter period in particular. Therefore, in terms of the transfer of patients, it would not be during...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Construction of the National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)

Seán Kyne: The Department’s opening statement said that the children’s hospital ought to be a centre for learning, with school facilities for the children, which is very welcome, including third level teaching spaces and a 300-seat lecture theatre. Is that in conjunction with the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, RCPI, or schools of medicine? How is it envisaged that would operate?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Construction of the National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)

Seán Kyne: During the debate on the original move and plans, the issue of accommodation for staff was discussed. Is there any provision or plan for an accommodation block for nursing staff, particularly those on lower salaries?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Construction of the National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)

Seán Kyne: It would make perfect sense to have a facility that could be used and available. International recruitment is necessary and there are huge recruitment challenges in all areas of the country. The lack of accommodation will, we hope, change over the coming years but in a capital city with an influx of people, it would make perfect sense to look at accommodation options. On inflation, there...