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Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Agency Bill 2023: Second Stage (28 Sep 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

Ruairi Ó Murchú: ...Department of Justice, the scope to deal with the huge scourge of domestic violence. We were not exactly shocked by recent, disastrous statistics on violence against women, in particular, but the data on the huge increase in domestic violence during the Covid period were striking. We all have an understanding of how people, even more than usual, were trapped in what should be their place...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (28 Sep 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

Pearse Doherty: ...the other side of these challenges was the Department. When the scandal broke, it was claimed that there was nothing untoward in the Department's actions. We now know that is not the case. The Data Protection Commission, DPC, has found that the State was engaged in unlawful practice against vulnerable people. At the centre of all of this are vulnerable children and their families. In...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Air Quality (28 Sep 2023)

Ossian Smyth: National air quality monitoring stations are operated, maintained and monitored by the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, under the ambient air quality monitoring programme. My Department has provided funding for a significant upgrade to the network in recent years and the number of monitoring stations has increased from 29 in 2017 to 114 today. The expansion will be complete when the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Spinal Surgery Issues at Children's University Hospital Temple Street: Children's Health Ireland (28 Sep 2023)

Dr. Allan Goldman: The point I would like to get across was that it was really important we did a very robust investigation. Initially, we had to get our general data protection regulation, GDPR, right with Boston in terms of data protection in that agreement. BCH staff were involved from March until June and we got the report in July. They visited us in May. Six clinicians came over -...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (28 Sep 2023)

Eamon Ryan: ...x20ac;8 billion to 2030. In February 2022 the Government approved a package of significantly enhanced supports to make it easier and more affordable for homeowners to undertake home energy upgrades. Data from the SEAI shows that since the launch of the new measures, demand across the retrofit schemes has been exceptionally high. Almost 30,000 home energy upgrades were completed to...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (28 Sep 2023)

Eamon Ryan: ...Re-use 3. Recycling 4. Recovery 5. Disposal While Ireland is currently meeting its recycling target for plastic packaging, national waste statistics published recently by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) show that less than a third (28%) of plastic packaging is being recycled and that many recyclable plastic items are still being put in the general waste bin, which means...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Policies (28 Sep 2023)

Micheál Martin: The Naval Service, as the State's principal sea-going agency, is tasked with a variety of defence and other roles. While the main daily tasking of the Naval Service is to provide a fishery protection service in accordance with our obligations as a member of the EU, it also carries out a number of other non-fishery related tasks including contraband interdiction duties, search and rescue, and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (28 Sep 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: Maximum rent limits for the Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) were set for each housing authority area in 2016, in conjunction with the Department of Social Protection (DSP). In reviewing rent limits, my Department worked closely with DSP and monitored data gathered from the Residential Tenancies Board and the HAP Shared Services Centre. In prescribing these limits, household size and...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (28 Sep 2023)

Heather Humphreys: ...secondary in nature. The Living Alone Increase (LAI) is one of those secondary payments. It is not a scheme or a stand-alone payment in itself, but rather it is a supplement to a primary social protection payment of €22 per week, for those who are in receipt of certain social welfare payments and who are living alone. For those aged 66 or over, qualifying payments for the Living...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mortality Rates (28 Sep 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: ...(CSO) publishes official statistics on mortality in Ireland and publishes quarterly and yearly statistics on registered deaths through their Vital Statistics publications. The latest published data is for deaths registered in Quarter 1 2023 and data is provisional. Data on total deaths registered per year and the crude death rate per 1,000 population is attached. [CSO_Deaths_Rate_year]...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Technological Universities (28 Sep 2023)

Simon Harris: ...to support our Technological Universities (TUs) in the development of a feasibility study to ascertain student accommodation needs on a local, regional and national level. This study will include data analysis and engagement with local authorities and other key stakeholders to determine the level and potential sources of student accommodation together with the corresponding supply and...

Gas (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Sep 2023)

Mattie McGrath: ...Kerry and Tipperary the next day. Where are the customs officials? Where are the VAT inspectors? Every day of the week, we come upon RSA inspectors on the road. There is the Garda, the RSA, Revenue and the Department of Social Protection. There is a whole clutter of them. Why are these people not being flagged? This fuel is being brought in here illegally and it is wiping sole...

Gas (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (27 Sep 2023)

Ivana Bacik: ...decision-makers. For us in the Labour Party, as the party of the trade union movement, that is absolutely the case. It is vital that things like pay, pensions and workers' rights more generally are protected, and transitions of this sort must be seamless. That the Bill makes specific provision to ensure workers’ remuneration and superannuation are protected is also a welcome...

Seanad: Road Safety: Statements (27 Sep 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

Lynn Boylan: ...on vulnerable road users like pedestrians and people on bikes. Campaigns by the likes of the Road Safety Authority are framed in terms of responsibility for those vulnerable cyclists and pedestrians to protect themselves. There is a whiff of victim-blaming by some of the campaigns. Cyclists are told to wear helmets, reflective gear and to be aware. The campaigns are rarely about the...

Seanad: Crime and Policing: Motion (27 Sep 2023)

Aisling Dolan: ...in her motion around safety in community areas. In rural areas, it is really important that we support our estates in our towns and that people walking around our towns feel safe. However, that CCTV scheme has to be in line with the general data protection regulation, GDPR, requirements here. We have to look at who is holding the data, be it the local authority or the Garda...

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

Fiona O'Loughlin: ...Gender Equality.’ further acknowledges: - delivery of the ‘Carers’ Guarantee’ proposal will allow Family Carers Ireland to deliver a core basket of services to family carers across the country, regardless of where they live; - Government spending on social protection schemes, public services and taxation which broadly contribute to the Care Economy has...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety: Discussion (27 Sep 2023) See 2 other results from this debate

..., we could potentially see 192 people killed by the end of this calendar year. While it is not yet possible for An Garda Síochána to verify the primary contributing factors to recent fatal collisions, our data show that weekends, late nights and early mornings have been high-risk periods. Almost half of fatalities this year occurred between Friday and Sunday. The highest...

Reversal of Planned Fuel Price Increases: Motion [Private Members] (26 Sep 2023)

Thomas Pringle: ...is to reduce our dependence on fossil fuels and to prioritise decarbonisation in this country but there has to be a just transition. We have to ensure that people’s livelihoods, homes and well-being are protected in our attempts to combat climate change, protect biodiversity and shift towards sustainability. People deserve to live a life of dignity. They deserve to have a roof...