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Report of the Joint Committee on Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Motion (2 May 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

David Stanton: ...training and skills in health and safety, enterprise and electrical work are all needed. What also came across very well today was the importance of the environment and ensuring that what we do does not have a negative impact on the environment. That was stressed again and again, as were the relationship with the fishers and the role they play. This is not simple stuff. It is...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Business Supports (2 May 2024)

Chris Andrews: ...across the city, such as Ernesto's, not crushing them. Reducing and waiving these fees partially is not just going to support the businesses; it is also going to support the city and, God knows, the city needs help. Does the Minister of State support these extortionate fees? Will the fees per square metre of footpath be waived? An ad hoc announcement in an election year, which will...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (2 May 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

Dara Calleary: ...original review. The new engineer's conditional report will be assessed. The Minister has committed to Deputy O'Sullivan that she will have the meeting and discuss this issue. I think this issue does need to be explored. To Deputy Barry, I say that statistics are very important because this reflects the number of classes being stood up. I refer to the number of new classes and the...

Defence (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (2 May 2024) See 7 other results from this debate

Dara Calleary: ...the Bill will allow the Tánaiste to progress this matter. There has been commentary that there was insufficient consultation with stakeholders on the draft legislative proposals. The Tánaiste feels that such commentary does not reflect the engagement that has taken place in recent months. Following approval by the Government of the general scheme of the Bill, the...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (2 May 2024) See 6 other results from this debate

Verona Murphy: The Tánaiste does not understand the question.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 May 2024) See 8 other results from this debate

Micheál Martin: .... We need to transform the counties that were affected the most by the removal of peat-fired power stations and so on. Most people in the region agree that they were never going to be the future but the area does require and deserve replacement investment and industries.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Development Plan (2 May 2024)

Michael Moynihan: On the funding that was allocated on the capital programme last year, does much of that, if any, remain unspent?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flood Risk Management (2 May 2024) See 2 other results from this debate

Kieran O'Donnell: ...to Ring on County Cork's coastline. Cork County Council has since appointed consultants to conduct this study, who have prepared an inception report that is currently under review by OPW. The Womanagh river does not form part of an arterial drainage scheme under the Arterial Drainage Acts of 1945 and 1995. Therefore, the OPW has no responsibility for the maintenance of the river....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Budget Process (2 May 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: ...he was never placed on the sex offenders register because the Department of Justice, although being aware of it, never informed him. Is this due to incompetence within the Department of Justice? Does the Department of Justice have a sufficient budget to ensure it makes such serious decisions and informs the public of these serious issues?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Ethics in Public Office (2 May 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: ...by the review's outcome. When will the general scheme of this proposed legislation be progressed? I heard the answer the Minister gave to the similar question from Deputy Shortall previously. Does he have anything to add to it?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Legislative Measures (2 May 2024)

Róisín Shortall: ...lapdog at this stage because of the failure of successive Governments to give it the powers it so desperately needs. In its annual report every year, SIPO identifies all the areas where it simply does not have the powers to do the job it should be doing. The Minister will also be aware that over the term of this Government, there have been a number of instances where it was shown that...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Sector Pensions (2 May 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: ...the full rate of SPC is not payable, a supplementary pension may be payable up to value of the full State pension, subject to eligibility, by the public service employer. Where a public service employee does not qualify for the SPC or qualifies for a social insurance benefit at less than the value of the State pension, they may be entitled to a supplementary pension, subject to certain...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Health Services Staff (2 May 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: What the Minister has just read out does not tally with the request for the meeting that has been sent to him. The Donegal branch of Diabetes Ireland has said that the situation with patient safety at the hospital is "beyond critical". There is currently no endocrinologist in the hospital and there are three vacant posts. There are no advanced nurse practitioners. Two posts were not...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Dental Services (2 May 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: ...with a diagnosis of autism. She needs particular treatment relating to an abscess in her teeth and jaw. She thought she had found a solution through the cross-Border initiative in April but she does not have it at this point. I will give the details to the Minister. This is someone in severe pain. We have made representations to the HSE.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Medical Aids and Appliances (2 May 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: ...the issue that blew up inside this Chamber and on the Joe Duffy show on radio. I was contacted by Alison McCabe from Breastcare by Alison. I met her at her home and can see the great work she does with women in a really difficult set of circumstances. I know the Minister has made promises so this is just about making sure we follow through on them and provide the supports people require.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Charitable and Voluntary Organisations (2 May 2024)

Joan Collins: Where does the funding come from to pay these workers, if not the HSE?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Dental Services (2 May 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: There is currently no orthodontic treatment service available in Carlow. When does the Minister expect this service to be provided and when will it be implemented?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Nursing Homes (2 May 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

Mary Butler: I thank the Deputy for his question. I also congratulate the Minister of State, Deputy Colm Burke, as I know the Minister, Deputy Donnelly, also does, on sitting here beside us answering questions on public health and drugs. On the Deputy's question, voluntary organisations form an essential and integral part of the overall health and social care system. Historically, the voluntary...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Child Protection (2 May 2024) See 2 other results from this debate

Annie Hoey: ..., taking lengthy and expensive legal actions against the survivors of abuse carried out by its members. It seems that the Minister is providing funding because St. John's Ambulance Ireland perhaps does not have its own funds. How, then, is it able to take the legal cases to which I refer? Is the Minister aware of these legal cases and the cost involved? If he is, why is he providing...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 May 2024) See 2 other results from this debate

Paddy Burke: ..., but they are taken because of their close proximity to the routes designed. Those houses could be put back into use. I would like to know what the Department of Transport is doing with those houses. Does the local authority acquire those houses on behalf of the Department of Transport? I know there is a number of them lying idle around the country. We have a housing crisis. Those...