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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

Dara Calleary: ...both at home and abroad, and they will. Many of these companies were featured as case studies in the Powering Prosperity document. XOCEAN of Louth is completing survey and data collection work as far afield as the USA and Australia using its incredibly innovative autonomous vessels. I had the pleasure of visiting the company last year. Exceedence Limited was successfully spun out of...

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

Chris Andrews: ...about helping. I cannot help but think is a bit cynical given that it is during an election year, and it is only until the end of the year. There needs to be some respite given to businesses. One business not too far from here, Mamma Mia pizza restaurant, is a small, locally run business that adds to the local community. It is on Grattan Street, right next to Mount Street. It has...

Defence (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (2 May 2024) See 4 other results from this debate

Thomas Gould: ...and conditions of their husbands, partners and loved ones in the Defence Forces because they did not have the ability to do it themselves. I know that is the core of this Bill but it does not go far enough. Members of the Defence Forces must be listened to and involved. How will the Government sort out recruitment and retention if it does not have the Defence Forces at the core of this...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (2 May 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

Fergus O'Dowd: ...living in the town and at least 40,000 more living in the surrounding area. We have no driving test centre. We need the Minister to get onto the Road Safety Authority to do its job because so far it is neglecting our town. There are 41 driving test centres around the country. Some are in GAA clubs and hotels. There is even one in Mallow race course, I think. Why can we not have one...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: ...very significant and will benefit Offaly in terms of the investment in Bord na Móna, which is quite substantial. I think the Deputy mentioned the EU allocation. As she is aware, there has been far wider investment. I do not have a breakdown of the totality of investments around the area of decarbonisation in terms of investment in the community more generally in Offaly. There...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Development Plan (2 May 2024) See 2 other results from this debate

Paschal Donohoe: ...The second relates to the continued challenges we have with cost-price inflation. We are not seeing the surges in the delivery of projects that we saw in recent years. The cost of projects is now far higher than it was before inflation surged, which creates challenges in the delivery of projects. I expect the further €2.25 billion that we have allocated will go a long way towards...

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

Marian Harkin: ...or work, they will have no entitlement. I am pleased to hear, therefore, that the Minister is hoping to have an outcome by the summer because we absolutely need it. As I said, this matter has dragged on for far too long. We simply want a reasonable way to deal with this situation so those who have served their full time can receive their pensions in a fair manner.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 May 2024)

Robbie Gallagher: ...screening advisory committee was set up in 2019 but unfortunately, in the intervening five-year period, only one new test has been delivered, which is very disappointing. Developments appear to be far too slow. Newborn screening directly impacts the lives of every child born in this country. It is estimated that approximately 200 babies' lives could be saved if we had a comprehensive...

Seanad: Employment (Collective Redundancies and Miscellaneous Provisions) and Companies (Amendment) Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages (2 May 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

Dara Calleary: ...be funded from the sale of assets or State funding via the Social Insurance Fund, or both. I appreciate the intention behind this amendment and know where it is coming from but I am concerned that far-reaching implications and potentially significant unintended consequences may arise if it is accepted. Any change to the carefully balanced order of distribution in a liquidation requires...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Hospital Services (2 May 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

Stephen Donnelly: .... We have to fix it and fix it permanently. That is what this dedicated spinal unit is going to do. The team in CHI are meeting other international providers this week. I have told them that as far as I am concerned they have full authority to go and secure this on behalf of the children. On the second opinion, I will get a more detailed note but I understand the families who were...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Transport Authority (2 May 2024) See 11 other results from this debate

...of both the NTA and the transport operating companies whose resilience had been tested during the pandemic. Government objectives that were announced for 2022, such as the 20% reduction on all PSO fares and the introduction of the young adult card which reduced fares for younger people in the 18 to 24 age group by 50% on PSO and commercial services, were implemented by the NTA during the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Hospital Services (2 May 2024)

David Cullinane: The tragedy of all of this is that most of those beds have come far too late. There is no reason those beds should not have been funded years ago. Everybody knows that when the decision was made to close Ennis and Nenagh emergency departments, additional capacity was needed in Limerick. It was promised that it would be a centre of excellence. It has not been able to perform as that centre...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Cannabis for Medicinal Use (2 May 2024)

Gino Kenny: ..., otherwise, it will become redundant. If that happens, people will either go to the black market or go without. There is a huge amount of frustration with the limitations of the programme thus far.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Staff (2 May 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: ...will serve to align services and practices that can be delivered by pharmacists, and pharmacies, with the needs of the health service and patients. This Taskforce has been very successful so far. The first report and set of recommendations were published in early November 2023, with the Taskforce recommending a change to the maximum validity of prescriptions. A prescriber is now...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund (2 May 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: The Government and I recognise that acute hospital scheduled care waiting lists are far too long, and that many patients are waiting an unacceptably long time for care. As part of efforts to address this, the Waiting List Action Plan (WLAP) multi-annual approach, was initiated in September 2021. The WLAP approach encompasses a combination of short-term actions to increase capacity and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Schemes (2 May 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: ...funding of €2 billion the review of the NDP in 2021 extended the URDF to 2030. To date, there have been three rounds of funding provided under the URDF with more than €1.9 billion allocated so far. While Call 1 and 2 was for specific proposals, the latest round of funding (Call 3) is supporting a programme of acquisitions in each local authority to address long term...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Law Cases (2 May 2024)

Helen McEntee: ...the guardianship or custody of, or access to, any child, the best interests of the child shall be the paramount consideration. The Article requires that provision be made by law for securing, as far as practicable, that in all such proceedings in respect of any child who is capable of forming his or her own views, the views of the child shall be ascertained and given due weight having...

Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 May 2024) See 4 other results from this debate

James Browne: ...to be some element of balance and promotion to an industry that we are not actually banning. We are protecting vulnerable people but to take the step suggested by the Deputy would be a step too far and is not something we have done in many other areas. It is something that can be amended down the line but the regulator will have the power to bring further recommendations and tighten it...

Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 May 2024) See 4 other results from this debate

Ruairi Ó Murchú: ...society and left on the periphery. They had no power. That is why it has taken so long, in some cases, to have any level of rectification in respect of the wrongs that were done. We need to get far better at this. We would also be far better if we could deal with the issues in front of us. If we tackle those difficulties, we will avoid creating situations whereby in 20 or 30 years'...

European Union Migration and Asylum Pact: Motion [Private Members] (1 May 2024) See 7 other results from this debate

Mattie McGrath: ...juncture, as the Government's gross incompetence in addressing immigration has become an international embarrassment, making headlines worldwide. We have initiated this debate because the Government has, thus far, prevented it from taking place in the Dáil, referring it instead to the obscurity of committee hearings where, as the Minister knows, the Government has a contrived...