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Haulage Costs for SMEs: Statements (20 Nov 2025)

Cormac Devlin: I welcome the opportunity to speak on haulage costs for SMEs. If you run a small business in this country, nothing reaches your customer without a truck somewhere along the line. Every pallet into a supermarket, every consignment into a chemist and every online order delivered to a home in Dún Laoghaire depends on a haulier who is watching diesel, tolls, insurance and wages every day....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Mental Health Services (20 Nov 2025)

Cormac Devlin: 83. To ask the Minister for Health the funding being provided for mental health crisis supports and suicide prevention in 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64090/25]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cross-Border Co-operation (19 Nov 2025)

Cormac Devlin: I thank the Taoiseach for the reply and in particular the announcement of €50 million for the new projects, which is very welcome. We need to see more of the practical people-focused projects like those. The Taoiseach mentioned the Dublin-Derry link among other initiatives. The Enterprise rail link between Dublin and Belfast has proven very popular. I ask that it be considered to...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cross-Border Co-operation (19 Nov 2025)

Cormac Devlin: 19. To ask the Taoiseach for a report on the work of the shared island unit. [50000/25]

Ukraine: Statements (18 Nov 2025)

Cormac Devlin: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to these statements on Ukraine as we approach the fourth winter since Russia launched its full-scale illegal invasion. I again acknowledge the Ukrainian ambassador, H. E. Larysa Gerasko, and community representatives, who are very engaged with all of us in the House. I put on record our solidarity with them, rooted in the principles of the UN Charter...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: All-Island Cancer Research Institute: Discussion (18 Nov 2025)

Cormac Devlin: On behalf of the committee, I welcome Professor Frank Casey, consultant paediatric cardiologist and clinical professor of paediatric cardiology. Professor Casey is accompanied by Professor Paul Oslizlok, consultant paediatric cardiologist and chair of the All-Island Congenital Heart Disease Network board. I also welcome: Professor William Gallagher, co-lead of the All-Island Cancer Research...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: All-Island Cancer Research Institute: Discussion (18 Nov 2025)

Cormac Devlin: Thank you very much, Professor Casey, for those opening remarks and insight into cross-Border health. I now call on Professor Oslizlok to make your opening remarks, please.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: All-Island Cancer Research Institute: Discussion (18 Nov 2025)

Cormac Devlin: Dr. Oslizlok mentioned the outcomes for infants and children which have been recognised in world-class results. Well done for that. I call Professor Gallagher to make his opening remarks.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: All-Island Cancer Research Institute: Discussion (18 Nov 2025)

Cormac Devlin: I thank Professor Gallagher. I welcome the All-Island Cancer Research Institute back to the committee. That concludes the opening statements. We will move to questions from members. As I said, it is between five and seven minutes for each member, which includes the responses of witnesses.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: All-Island Cancer Research Institute: Discussion (18 Nov 2025)

Cormac Devlin: I thank the witnesses for their responses to the various questions from members. Today's discussion has been extremely valuable because as a committee we have focused in on healthcare and an all-island approach to healthcare. Professor Smith said earlier that we engaged only on Friday in the North-South Inter-Parliamentary Association. That was beneficial. What I take away from each of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: All-Island Cancer Research Institute: Discussion (18 Nov 2025)

Cormac Devlin: I know there was a review of the MOU in 2021. What is the next iteration? Will there be another review shortly? What is the trajectory for that now?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: All-Island Cancer Research Institute: Discussion (18 Nov 2025)

Cormac Devlin: I thank Ms Gaynor for that insight.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: All-Island Cancer Research Institute: Discussion (18 Nov 2025)

Cormac Devlin: There are different systems even within the same hospital group and it is ludicrous. Do members of the committee have any other contributions prior to us thanking the witnesses? No. I thank members and the witnesses for their time today, for sharing their insights, information and experiences with us. We might engage again in the next little while but I thank them for their time.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (18 Nov 2025)

Cormac Devlin: 784. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons who applied for international protection in the State from 2015 to date in 2025, by year, by country of origin, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63532/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (18 Nov 2025)

Cormac Devlin: 785. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons who have been granted temporary protection in the State from 2015 to date in 2025, by year, by country of origin, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63533/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (18 Nov 2025)

Cormac Devlin: 786. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality in respect of applicants for international protection who claimed to be under 18 years-of-age, the number in each of the years 2015 to date in 2025, b for whom minor status was accepted, rejected or remained under determination at year end, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63534/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (18 Nov 2025)

Cormac Devlin: 787. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of international protection applicants in each of the years 2015 to date in 2025 whose claimed minor status was referred to, or appealed to, medical or other expert reviewers for the purposes of age assessment; the outcome of those referrals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63535/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (18 Nov 2025)

Cormac Devlin: 788. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current arrangements in place for assessing the age of persons who claim to be minors when seeking international protection or temporary protection, including the role of his Department, the International Protection Office and Tusla; whether these arrangements are under review; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (18 Nov 2025)

Cormac Devlin: 789. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department has examined the age-assessment model in operation in Denmark, including the use of medical imaging and other scientific methods, with a view to speeding up age assessments in Ireland; if any analysis, advice or reports have been prepared on this option; if any novel testing methods such as qPCR or droplet...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Ministerial Responsibilities (18 Nov 2025)

Cormac Devlin: 790. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a matter (details supplied) has been brought to his attention; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63546/25]