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Capacity in the Health Services: Motion [Private Members] (18 Jan 2023)

Seán Sherlock: I welcome the motion, which we support. I also acknowledge the bona fides of the Ministers opposite in trying to fix a perennial problem. I read the Minister's speech carefully but feel that there is much more that can be done to increase capacity. The Minister refers to the investment in diagnostics and primary care in particular. It is all well and good to state that the HSE has...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy: Dublin Airport Authority (18 Jan 2023)

Duncan Smith: How did Ms Gubbins feel when she saw that? I was at the vast majority of those public consultations. We were intimately familiar with the noise contours and they basically went east to west, with the waves either side, but they did not go that way. Would Ms Gubbins accept there is a huge breach of trust with the residents of those communities that will be very hard to repair because of...

Seanad: Local Government (Maternity Protection and Other Measures for Members of Local Authorities) Bill 2022: Second and Subsequent Stages (15 Dec 2022)

Rebecca Moynihan: I have a few questions that have been passed on to me by councillors around the country but I will first make a point about other women who do not get access to maternity leave because I sometimes feel this debate can be very focused on politicians. When I tell people I am going on maternity leave they say that, as a politician, I do not get access to maternity leave and support. The...

Planning and Development and Foreshore (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (14 Dec 2022)

Gerald Nash: ...to clear the debt they owe on public land they bought at the height of the Celtic tiger. One such local authority is Louth, in my constituency. It is important that the Minister has done that but I do not understand why he feels he needs to change Part 8 so fundamentally. It is a system that has worked very well over the years. I was a councillor for 12 years and it was a section of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Recruitment, Retention and Manpower Planning Issues: Irish College of General Practitioners (14 Dec 2022)

Annie Hoey: ...If we do not get people to stay we will not deal with the pressure in the system. The witnesses put forward proposals specifically regarding GP practice and how they would close the loop. Do they feel there is political will to support this? They have come before the committee and we are supportive but do they think there is a genuine will or interest to deal with this? This comes up...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (13 Dec 2022)

Ivana Bacik: ...plan due to be brought before Cabinet next week after the Dáil has risen. I reiterate the concern I expressed earlier in the delay in the publication of this climate action plan. Indeed, it feels like Groundhog Day because the sectoral emissions ceiling earlier this year were not published until the Dáil had risen for the summer recess. There seems to be almost a strategy of...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2022)

Marie Sherlock: ...themselves but the common areas. The role of director of an OMC is a thankless job. Many apartment blocks have enormous challenges as it stands, particularly in dealing with construction and fire defects. They now feel left out in the cold, so to speak, because they have been excluded from this scheme, notwithstanding that they have significant energy bills to contend with. Why have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Strategic Vision: Coillte (13 Dec 2022)

Seán Sherlock: ...for private investment. It has no other choice. That is a given. Coillte is State-owned. That is the difference. I hope Mr. Carlin can appreciate here that what is a resource and what people feel they have ownership of is an entity that they want, not for their generation but for future generations who belong to us all. Can Mr. Carlin understand the fears of people when he talks...

Seanad: Cuimhneachán ar Chothrom Céad Bliain an Chéad Suí de Seanad Éireann – 11 Nollaig 1922 - Commemoration of the Centenary of the First Sitting of Seanad Éireann – 11 December 1922 (12 Dec 2022)

Rebecca Moynihan: ..., son of James Connolly and of Pimlico. We have also been represented by people such as former Senators Ivana Bacik, Michael D. Higgins and Evelyn Owens. With the indulgence of the Cathaoirleach, I feel it is only right to honour the legacies of some of the Labour Party women who were trail-blazers when they came through the Seanad. Evelyn Owens was one of those people who came to the...

Dublin Bay Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (8 Dec 2022) See 1 other result from this debate

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ...we can to provide support to the family in what are absolutely heartbreaking circumstances for them and the school community, which happens to be in my constituency. To return to the Bill, we feel strongly about Dublin and believe it deserves protection and enhancement. We feel strongly that lessons have to be learned from the various crises we have had over the years. People...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Citizens' Assembly (8 Dec 2022)

Duncan Smith: ...Department of Health is having to do more work on that going into January. That is understandable and a good thing. I am conscious of the pressure the Department is under but this is something we feel must be brought forward as early as possible. The work of the national drugs strategy that would complement the health-led approach to drug use and, ultimately, decriminalisation of the...

Teacher Shortages: Motion [Private Members] (7 Dec 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ...is allowing Dublin to die on its watch. We cannot get teachers, nurses or gardaí to live in the capital city and to serve it. Our schools are being bled of talent that could teach these children, and the children feel it and know it because it is they are in classrooms without a teacher, or with a substitute teacher, or else they have a succession of teachers. They know there is...

Seanad: Childcare Services: Motion [Private Members] (7 Dec 2022)

Marie Sherlock: ...major breakthroughs, and I know it is through the Minister's own commitment to the sector that we have seen these delivered. They are not without their difficulties. Many services that only provide early childhood care and education, ECCE, hours feel left behind. While €13 per hour does represent a pay increase for those working in the sector, it will not make paying the rent or...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Opportunities within the European Union for Irish People: Discussion (7 Dec 2022)

Brendan Howlin: ...in the European Commission and the parliament and so on. However, our own foreign affairs team working in Brussels has been incredible. For many, it is a more fulfilling career because people feel they are fighting the national cause. This relates to my second question. We would like to hire our own, but what importance is there to having a strong cohort of Irish people who take an...

Building Defects: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (6 Dec 2022) See 1 other result from this debate

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ...the situation than we were in recent years. I do not want people who are listening to this debate in the Public Gallery to go home angry and just angry. They need to go home from this debate feeling that they might get somewhere. When they heard "ten years", I am sure it broke their hearts a little.

Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Second Stage (6 Dec 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: .... He flagged this for a long time. He has brought it before the Oireachtas and, in fairness, he has delivered. That is in his favour and needs to be said on the record. It is strong legislation. We feel it could be stronger. The levy on gambling needs to be increased and should fund more than the Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund because the ring-fenced nature of that funding deserves...

Social Welfare Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (30 Nov 2022)

Seán Sherlock: I wholeheartedly support Deputy Naughten’s proposed amendment because more of us are interacting with people who are definitively feeling the effects of long Covid. The amendment is a reasonable one in that it seeks to have a report laid before the House on particular measures, especially, as stated in the amendment, in designating long Covid as an occupational illness. We all have...

Drugs Policy: Motion [Private Members] (30 Nov 2022) See 1 other result from this debate

Alan Kelly: ...personal drug use is absolute madness. I represent Templemore. If the Minister of State were to talk to any gardaí, they would tell him it is a waste of resources. They do not even want to be doing it. They feel sorry for the people. We really need to change policy. We need a change in policy that shows compassion but also deals with this in a realistic way. This is not about...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Permits Bill 2022: Committee Stage (30 Nov 2022)

Gerald Nash: ...by some to be at arm's length. There are a number of layers to that, adding to the complexity for people who are already in difficult circumstances and working in difficult conditions, and who feel they do not have the agency and may not have the knowledge to vindicate their own rights. They may not understand their rights in this country. Creating this new tier is problematic. I...