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Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (26 Sep 2024)

Mairead Farrell: Hear, hear.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (26 Sep 2024)

Micheál Martin: I agree that we need action with respect to the provision of therapy services and assessment of need. A child does not require a diagnosis to access therapy services. The delays in accessing assessments of need are extremely frustrating. In my view, legislation will be required following the court decision some time back, which upended, if one likes, the HSE's approach to assessments of...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Sep 2024)

Micheál Martin: The affordable housing schemes are making progress. A total of 21 local authorities are now actively planning, developing and delivering sustainable affordable purchase schemes with the support of the affordable housing fund. Across the board, a concept that really has only begun in the last number of years has gained traction and momentum and will continue to do so. Do not forget that...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Sep 2024)

Richard O'Donoghue: Yesterday I attended a presentation in the audiovisual room from the Scoliosis Advocacy Network and a spina bifida advocacy group. It was one of the most packed audiovisual room presentations in the five years I have been here. When their stories were told, there was not one dry eye in the room. There were parents with their children in wheelchairs. There were people there on crutches...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Sep 2024)

Micheál Martin: I thank Deputy O'Donoghue for raising this issue, which is causing immense anxiety, stress and trauma-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Sep 2024)

Mattie McGrath: And pain.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Sep 2024)

Micheál Martin: -----for many families, particularly to the children who require surgery and treatment in a timely manner. This is being prioritised in the Government. It has been prioritised. Funding is not an issue from the Government's perspective. Additional staff have been recruited. As Deputy O'Donoghue knows, there have been issues in respect of some aspects of it over the past two years. There...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Sep 2024)

Richard O'Donoghue: I thank the Tánaiste. He mentioned CHI, the HSE and advocates. These are the same people who have been heading this since 2015 except with a new name. Nothing has changed. The same people from that system have a new name with new positions but they are the same people. The one thing the Tánaiste left out in his contribution when he mentioned anxiety for people was the main...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Sep 2024)

Micheál Martin: It is about capacity. In 2019 approximately 380 procedures were done. Last year approximately 464 were done. A higher number were done in 2022 with 509 spinal procedures. The hiring of more healthcare professionals has happened in Crumlin and Temple Street children's hospitals and at Cappagh. A fifth theatre in Temple Street was opened in October of last year. An additional magnetic...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Sep 2024)

Gerald Nash: I thank the Tánaiste. I disagree with him. The problem is a lack of ambition and a lack of vision. That has been the consistent pattern here from what I describe as a very conservative coalition. Ireland is a rich country, but the Government presides over on that continues to feel poor. I want to put one key question to the Tánaiste on the status of the residential zoned...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Sep 2024)

Micheál Martin: It was this Government that introduced the RZLT legislation.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Sep 2024)

Gerald Nash: It has not introduced an actual tax.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Sep 2024)

Micheál Martin: Unless I have mistaken the Labour position, I think all parties in the House were of the view that productive farmers, people who were actively working their land, should not be captured by the RZLT. I do not know if that is Labour's position.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Sep 2024)

Gerald Nash: They can have the land rezoned.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Sep 2024)

Micheál Martin: It certainly is the position of the three party leaders. The mechanisms devised to enable farmers not to be covered have not worked; that is the reality. Therefore, discussions are under way. They are being led by the Minister for Finance. The three party leaders have been apprised of that proposal, the objective of which is to exclude active farmers, people who did not seek rezoning or...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Sep 2024)

Gerald Nash: Will it be resolved?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Sep 2024)

Micheál Martin: Yes.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Sep 2024)

Seán Canney: I want to follow on with the subject of housing and, in particular, the issue of affordable housing for first-time buyers in this country. A number of things could help with the delivery of affordable houses. The Tánaiste spoke about wastewater treatment plants. In many villages and towns in my constituency and throughout the country, people cannot build houses because there are not...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Sep 2024)

Micheál Martin: I thank the Deputy for raising this issue. I accept the basic point he has put forward. There is an issue with water treatment in many towns and villages across the country. The population is increasing, which a positive in terms of the progression of Ireland. From a demographic point of view, we are finally turning around the decline that occurred from the Famine era onwards in the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Sep 2024)

Seán Canney: Wastewater.