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Seanad: Rights-Based Care Economy: Motion (27 Sep 2023)

Fiona O'Loughlin: ...recent years, respite provision has fallen and does not address the latent unmet need which the Disability Capacity Review to 2032 suggests requires an investment of €16 to €20m annually; - the Disability Capacity Review to 2032 also estimates up to 3,900 extra residential places are needed by 2032, costing €550 million annually; however, because of the crisis...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Mental Health Supports in Schools and Tertiary Education: Discussion (18 Oct 2022)

Fiona O'Loughlin: ...need to look after the mental health of teachers. It is important that we acknowledge that there has been a shift. The Minister for Education, Deputy Foley, sought and received funding of €5 million for a pilot scheme for a programme of counselling supports for children. That is ground-breaking in the development of school counselling. Those supports offer an opportunity for...

Seanad: Brain Health and Dementia: Statements (9 Mar 2022)

Fiona O'Loughlin: ...in last September's budget for this year on enhancing community-based services to enable older people to continue living in their homes with dignity and independence for as long as possible. The €150 million funding secured in 2021 for 5 million additional hours of home support has been maintained for this year. In addition, the proportion of these new home support hours that will...

Seanad: Peat Harvesting: Statements (13 Oct 2021)

Fiona O'Loughlin: ...about this. We know the Irish horticultural industry makes a very significant contribution to the Irish economy, apart from all of those who are employed within it. The farm gate value was €437 million in 2018 and exports were worth €239 million. I imagine they are conservative figures. We are not talking about a huge amount of peatland. Under 5% of Irish peatlands are...

Seanad: Carer's Allowance: Motion (10 May 2021)

Fiona O'Loughlin: ...a highly ambitious plan to greatly increase home care. Home support is vital to enable older people to remain in their own home for as long as possible and to support family carers. An additional 5 million home care hours will be provided this year. What is also being introduced is an assessment tool to ensure that the services provided are matched to the needs of every individual. I...

Seanad: Covid-19 (Aviation): Statements (26 Feb 2021)

Fiona O'Loughlin: I thank the Minister of State for being here to engage on this important topic. While level 5 restrictions have caused all sorts of issues and challenges for our economy, it has been particularly difficult in the aviation sector and for those employed in it. Many years ago, a job with an airline was always thought to be the best one could get. My aunt was one of the first Aer Lingus air...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Feb 2021)

Fiona O'Loughlin: I raise the matter of how we reimagine how we will live post Covid. We have all learned many lessons over the last 12 months about how we live our lives, including within our own 5 km. Our priorities have changed. The closeness of family is acutely important. There is an ongoing process in many of our counties, not least my own county, Kildare, regarding county development plans. We are...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Horticulture Sector (8 Dec 2020)

Fiona O'Loughlin: ...both within and soon to be outside Europe. The Minister of State knows the Irish horticultural industry makes a very significant contribution to the Irish economy, with a farm gate value of €437 million in 2018, an employment value of €497 million and exports of €239 million. An estimated 6,600 people work within the industry and there are another 11,000 jobs in...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Dec 2019)

Fiona O'Loughlin: Yesterday, I met pharmacists in Kildare representing 74 different pharmacies. Those pharmacies received 2.5 million visits last year. We all know the value of pharmacies in local communities. In addition to the medicines and prescriptions they dispense, the interactions they provide in smaller rural areas are very important. The proposed cuts announced on 25 October to pharmacists are...

Rural and Community Development: Statements (Resumed) (29 May 2019)

Fiona O'Loughlin: ...recovery is centralised. The Minister for Rural and Community Development has described Ireland as "imbalanced”, which is a de factoacknowledgment that the Government is failing rural Ireland. More than 50% of IDA Ireland site visits are still in the greater Dublin area. Family, friends and constituents living in rural Kildare and other rural areas have an aversion to the talk of...

Situation in Syria: Motion [Private Members] (5 Dec 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: ...of Aleppo demonstrated what happens when we fail to uphold international norms. All member states of the UN, including Russia and China, signed up to the responsibility to protect protocol in 2005, according to which individual states bear the primary responsibility to protect their own people from mass atrocity crimes. If a state fails to uphold this responsibility, as the Syrian...

Other Questions: School Completion Programme (28 Mar 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: ...as DEIS schools. On the funding cuts which I mentioned earlier, while I accept they were before the Minister's time, there has been a substantial cut in funding. In 2010, funding was €30 million and it was down to €24.7 million last year. There has been €5 million cut. Will the Minister fight to get that funding back in to the school completion programme?

Questions on Promised Legislation (28 Feb 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: My question is also about promised legislation. It is 39 years since Louise Brown, the first test-tube baby was born. Since then, more than 5 million babies have been born through IVF and have given much joy and delight to their parents. It is more than a year since the then Minister for Health said legislation would be introduced to help support the many women in this country who suffer...

Mental Health Services Funding: Motion [Private Members] (15 Nov 2016)

Fiona O'Loughlin: ...24. Funding is urgently required for Lakeview, the psychiatric unit in Naas hospital, which is an antiquated area designated for people suffering with acute mental illness. We desperately need €5 million. I will hand over to my colleague.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Report of the Expert Group on Future Funding for Higher Education: Discussion (10 Nov 2016)

Fiona O'Loughlin: ...about the sector's future plans to expand this access. You spoke about the institutes assisting regional development and being engaged in collaborative research with industry. Research income of €68.5 million is generated and €5 million is generated from industry-funded research. Given the valuable role of the sector in providing research opportunities, the €5...