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Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport (Arms Embargo) Bill 2024: Second Stage (29 May 2024)

Seán Kyne: The combined opening speeches of the proposer and seconder shall not exceed 16 minutes; all other Senators have six minutes; the Minister has 15 minutes; and the proposer has five minutes to reply. I understand that Senators Higgins and Ruane are sharing their time. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Future Ireland Fund and Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund Bill 2024: Committee Stage (29 May 2024)

Seán Kyne: I wish to refer, briefly, to section 20 and the designated environmental projects. It states that a Minister of the Government may designate a project. Is that what is called additionality rather than substituting for projects that were proposed? I apologise if this may have been discussed during pre-legislative scrutiny as I am standing in for Senator Byrne. I presume it is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges Facing Community-based Cancer Support Services: Discussion (29 May 2024)

Seán Kyne: I thank the witnesses for that. Mr. Flaherty is the CEO of Cancer Care West in Galway. The €3 million is obviously hugely important as once-off funding and the aim is to maintain and increase that. How important was that for the services for this year? What difference has it made and what more can the organisation do because of that funding?

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Road Projects (23 May 2024)

Seán Kyne: ...the Minister of State, Deputy Butler, to the House. I wish to raise the matter of a relief road for Claregalway. I can go back to 2008 to when my then colleagues, Pádraic McCormack, former TD, and Fidelma Healy Eames, who was a Member of this House, both raised this matter with the Department of Transport. At that stage, the bypass at Claregalway was being talked about in the...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Road Projects (23 May 2024)

Seán Kyne: I welcome the fact a funding application has been made by Galway County Council. Unfortunately, we heard the same thing in 2008 and on numerous occasions since then. I am concerned this is another stalling position and after the series of elections will still have made no progress. The people of Claregalway need to know this will progress, go to TII and be funded. The concern is we hear...

Seanad: Employment Permits Bill 2022: Committee Stage (22 May 2024)

Seán Kyne: Amendments No. 1 is a Government amendment. Amendments Nos. 1, 2, 17 to 26, inclusive, and 35 to 37, inclusive, are related and may be discussed together by agreement. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Employment Permits Bill 2022: Committee Stage (22 May 2024)

Seán Kyne: Amendments Nos. 3, 10, 11, 13 to 15, inclusive, 38 and 39 are related and may be discussed together. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Employment Permits Bill 2022: Committee Stage (22 May 2024)

Seán Kyne: Before I move to amendment No. 7, I welcome the staff and students of the Central Technical Institute, Raheen College, in Tipperary, who are the guests of Deputy Lowry. I hope they enjoy the rest of their day.

Seanad: Employment Permits Bill 2022: Committee Stage (22 May 2024)

Seán Kyne: Before we move on, I want to take this opportunity to welcome the second group of students and staff from the Central Technical Institute in Clonmel who are guests of Deputy Michael Lowry. I also want to acknowledge Senator Garret Ahearn who is working hard on their behalf today.

Seanad: Employment Permits Bill 2022: Committee Stage (22 May 2024)

Seán Kyne: Amendments Nos. 28 to 30, inclusive, and 32 to 34, inclusive, are related and may be discussed together by agreement. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Waste Management: Statements (22 May 2024)

Seán Kyne: ..., perfect. I welcome the Minister of State. I thank the Labour Party for tabling this motion on the very important issue of waste collection, which has gone through a myriad of different regimes and changes over the years. Whether we have an ideal system or not I cannot say. I come from Galway and waste collection is not an issue that has exercised people for a number of years but the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Neurology and Neurorehabilitation Healthcare Strategies: Discussion (15 May 2024)

Seán Kyne: Neurology services in Mayo are effectively non-existent. Would it be a case that marginal cases, who maybe in a hospital with a full service would be referred and seen, are now just being left without even a referral because there is deemed to be no point because of the waiting lists elsewhere? I am talking in particular about the elderly who have neurological conditions. I assume that for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Neurology and Neurorehabilitation Healthcare Strategies: Discussion (15 May 2024)

Seán Kyne: This is probably also a question for specialists. What is the nature of the illnesses and conditions presented for referral? If a patient has head trauma, unexplained seizures, severe headaches or other neurological symptoms, would they be referred as a matter of urgency? I am trying to find out if people of a certain age, for example, are being left unattended?

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 May 2024)

Seán Kyne: ...1, statements to mark Europe Day 2024, to be taken at 12.15 p.m. with time allocated to the opening remarks of the Minister not to exceed ten minutes, that of all Senators not to exceed ten minutes and the Minister to be given no less than ten minutes to reply to the debate.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 May 2024)

Seán Kyne: I thank all Senators for their contributions here today. Senator O’Loughlin spoke on a number of issues including the Alzheimer Society of Ireland having a worthy fundraising event today at the coffee dock. I encourage people to go down to that. It is important to support the worthy cause of dementia support. She spoke about the importance of young people being aware of the issue...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (8 May 2024)

Seán Kyne: I welcome Mr. Watt and the team from the Department and Mr. McCallion and the team from the HSE and thank them for their comprehensive updates, which have many positives, as well as many challenges. On a general health issue, given the weather that we are having and the particularly cold start to the year, has an increase in respiratory issues been evident across the health system?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (8 May 2024)

Seán Kyne: I thank Dr. Ní Bhriain. Yesterday there were 56 people on trolleys in University Hospital Galway and 107 people on trolleys in University Hospital Limerick, with UHL having the worst trolley numbers and UHG having the second worst. All the figures and statistics are very positive but it does not make any difference to those people who are on trolleys. In the medium and short term,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (8 May 2024)

Seán Kyne: I will not say I am none the wiser because that all sounds great, but, as I said yesterday, 56 people are still on trolleys and the district hospital in Clifden has been closed since February because of staffing issues. We cannot recruit. That is a shame. It is not good enough considering the distances from Clifden to Galway city and further to Merlin Park in bad traffic. We have loved...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (8 May 2024)

Seán Kyne: The Minister of State visited last year and indicated to us that there would be no embargo on recruitment. Now Mr. Canavan says that the sanction for those posts was only received in recent weeks.