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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Educational Disadvantage (6 Mar 2024)

Maurice Quinlivan: I thank the Minister of State for her response, but she has not given any comfort to the children, parents or school staff who are listening to this. I know a few of them will be tuning in. The Minister of State referenced that three Departments are responsible for the services I am talking about, but the problem is they do not seem to be co-ordinating and Le Chéile National School has...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Educational Disadvantage (6 Mar 2024)

Maurice Quinlivan: I recently had the pleasure of visiting Le Chéile National School in Limerick. During the visit, I met with senior staff at the school who highlighted a number of major concerns regarding the absence of supports being made available to the children of the school. It is not a small school. It was built as part of the Limerick regeneration programme. It serves families from Southill...

Supporting People with Disabilities and Carers: Motion [Private Members] (5 Mar 2024)

Maurice Quinlivan: This motion is about providing for those with disabilities and their carers. They deserve so much better than they are getting at the moment. They deserve the quick delivery of the services and support they need. There are more than 500,000 family carers across the State. They are tremendous people who have made great sacrifices in their own lives to care for a family member. They are...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (5 Mar 2024)

Maurice Quinlivan: 173. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when Moyross rail station will be opened and operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10335/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (5 Mar 2024)

Maurice Quinlivan: 174. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide the list of new rail stations to be opened under the Limerick Shannon Metropolitan Area Transport Strategy; when work will commence on each; when each will be opened and operational in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10336/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Appointments (5 Mar 2024)

Maurice Quinlivan: 517. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there are plans to recruit an animal welfare inspector for Limerick city, appreciating the high number of wandering horses and unaccompanied dogs within the city; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10326/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Emergency Departments (5 Mar 2024)

Maurice Quinlivan: 745. To ask the Minister for Health the number of days per year that the full capacity protocol has been utilised at University Hospital Limerick for the period 2011 to 2024, tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10586/24]

An Bille um an Aonú Leasú is Daichead ar an mBunreacht (An Comhaontú maidir le Cúirt Aontaithe um Paitinní), 2024: An Dara Céim - Forty-first Amendment of the Constitution (Agreement on a Unified Patent Court) Bill 2024: Second Stage (29 Feb 2024)

Maurice Quinlivan: I am delighted to have the opportunity to speak on this Bill. As the Minister of State, Deputy Richmond, referenced, as Chairperson of the Joint Committee on Enterprise, Trade and Employment, I was pleased to facilitate an examination of the Unified Patent Court, UPC, in 2022. In selecting that topic, the committee was keenly aware that Ireland was well behind many other countries in Europe...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Overcrowding (29 Feb 2024)

Maurice Quinlivan: 52. To ask the Minister for Health about the record number of patients being treated on hospital trolleys at University Hospital Limerick, and the immediate, medium- and long-term steps being taken to address this crisis. [7905/24]

Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2023: From the Seanad (28 Feb 2024)

Maurice Quinlivan: We will see. I thank the Minister of State, Deputy O'Donnell, for getting this over the line. We disagreed on some of it but, as Deputy Leddin said, this is a historic day for Limerick and I hope this is something we will all be proud of in the years ahead. I put on record my thanks to the former Minister of State, Deputy John Paul Phelan, who initiated the Bill back in 2023, and to the...

Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2023: From the Seanad (28 Feb 2024)

Maurice Quinlivan: We spoke earlier about the role of the mayor and why we submitted those amendments. We were concerned that the mayor would potentially be a celebrity-type mayor who is elected and devolves a great many of the powers to the CEO, and could take on a second job. We tried to stop that. Those amendments were defeated. We believe this is a new position that should be a beacon across the State....

Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2023: From the Seanad (28 Feb 2024)

Maurice Quinlivan: Can I speak to amendment No. 5?

Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2023: From the Seanad (28 Feb 2024)

Maurice Quinlivan: I will speak to this amendment and a number of other amendments. We tabled a number of amendments ourselves.

Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2023: From the Seanad (28 Feb 2024)

Maurice Quinlivan: I am sticking with amendment No. 5.

Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2023: From the Seanad (28 Feb 2024)

Maurice Quinlivan: Can I speak on the Bill itself?

Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2023: From the Seanad (28 Feb 2024)

Maurice Quinlivan: As part of amendment No. 5.

Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2023: From the Seanad (28 Feb 2024)

Maurice Quinlivan: Yes, and that amendment talks about the functions-----

Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2023: From the Seanad (28 Feb 2024)

Maurice Quinlivan: I want to talk about the lack of functions in the entirety of the Bill.

Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2023: From the Seanad (28 Feb 2024)

Maurice Quinlivan: The amendments from the Seanad-----

Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2023: From the Seanad (28 Feb 2024)

Maurice Quinlivan: The amendment is about the functions that are there or not there.