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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Staff (14 May 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: Doneraile Court continues to operate as one of the most popular tourist destinations in Cork. The grounds of the Estate are open throughout the year. The House, like many historical properties, opens from March until October each year. The house currently open for guided tours five days per week. In order to welcome visitors to Doneraile Court, we require a minimum number of staff to...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Support Services (14 May 2024)

Peter Burke: ..., Trade and Employment I consider that increasing the numbers of people with disabilities participating in the labour market represents a significant opportunity for employers and the enterprise sector. The development of policy measures and initiatives to support disability rights and inclusion fall, primarily, under the remit of my colleague the Minister for Children, Equality,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (14 May 2024)

Colm Burke: 299. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current status of an application by a school (details supplied) for reconfiguration and refurbishment; when it is likely that work will commence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21452/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Data (14 May 2024)

Helen McEntee: I propose to take Questions Nos. 431 and 432 together. A deportation order is a legal order to leave the State. Any person who has been ordered to leave the State and fails to do so is committing a criminal offence, and can be arrested without warrant if they come into contact with An Garda Síochána. Such an order remains on the person’s record permanently – it means...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (14 May 2024)

Helen McEntee: ...people convicted of, or on remand for, sexual violence were accommodated at four primary locations – Midlands Prison, Arbour Hill Prison, Castlerea Prison and Mountjoy Training Unit. However, due to rising committals to prison for those convicted of sexual violence, it was decided to consider other options within the prison estate to accommodate this cohort. The Progression Unit...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (14 May 2024)

Helen McEntee: I propose to take Questions Nos. 458 and 466 together. My Department takes all necessary steps to manage the international protection process efficiently and effectively, while ensuring the integrity of those processes is maintained at all times. Making sure that applications are processed quickly means those who need our protection are given the opportunity to re-build their life in...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Ukraine War (14 May 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: I propose to take Questions Nos. 517 and 518 together. The accommodation provider to which the Deputy refers has decided to cease accommodating Beneficiaries of Temporary Protection (BOTPs) and has asked that all of the BOTPs in residence be moved to alternative accommodation. My Department's standard commercial accommodation contract provides that either party to the contract can terminate...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (14 May 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: To be eligible for Core Funding for the 2023/2024 programme year, it is necessary for all Partner Services to agree to the Core Funding Fee Management terms and conditions as laid out in the Core Funding Partner Service Funding Agreement, and the fee management guidelines. These terms and conditions require services not to increase the fees charged to parents above what was charged on 30...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (14 May 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: ...known as the ‘heel prick’) for rare but serious conditions that are treatable if detected early in life. The expansion of the National Newborn Bloodspot Screening (NBS) Programme continues to remain a key objective of mine as Minister for Health, and I am pleased to note that the National Screening Advisory Committee (NSAC) has been actively progressing work in this...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Children's Hospital (14 May 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: The decision to site the main children’s hospital was made by Government in 2012. The decision to locate the hospital on St James’s Hospital campus was clinically-led and made in the best interests of children. Dáil Éireann endorsed this decision in November 2012 on foot of a Government motion. Practising clinicians had expressed their full support for the St...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Community Employment Schemes (9 May 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

Joe Flaherty: I thank the Minister of State. I welcome the official response but he really cut to the chase in his closing comments. I have no issue with the welfare partners portal. Indeed, community employment scheme supervisors recognise it as a top-class piece of kit. The reality, however, is that a serious situation is evolving. There is an eminently sensible situation to the problem, which is...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Dublin City Task Force (9 May 2024)

Gary Gannon: I have had this matter selected as a Topical Issue on four separate occasions. Each time, I called for a comprehensive, Cabinet-led approach to the issues of violence in our city centre, which too often has plagued and blighted the place that I love and that I walk through every day. We have had some satisfaction in that regard. The Taoiseach has announced that he intends to construct a...

Challenges Facing the Childcare and Nursing Home Sectors: Motion [Private Members] (9 May 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

Marian Harkin: I thank the Minister and Minister of State for being here today. I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Butler, for listening and giving me a considered response. The Minister just arrived - I will come back to his amendment. The Minister of State said that she could work with the content of my motion, broadly speaking, except for the stabilisation funding request. I want to explain where...

Progressing Special Education Provision: Statements (9 May 2024) See 10 other results from this debate

Joan Collins: I received an email from the Dublin 12 Campaign 4 Autism Inclusion about today's debate. The group asked me to raise special education provision in the Crumlin and Drimnagh areas. They feel they have been forgotten, even though a special needs school, for which they campaigned, opened in Crumlin recently. They say that Dublin 12 still needs autism classes, especially at secondary schools...

Ceisteanna Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (9 May 2024)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I will ask about community employment, CE, schemes. A lady who is a cancer survivor took a place on a CE scheme because she could not find part-time work. She was on disability allowance before taking up the scheme and her spouse was also on disability allowance. She has now been asked to do a means test. She was very upset the other day and said to me that she would not have taken the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 May 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

Denis Naughten: The poll results also raise another issue of concern. It indicates that those aged between 55 and 64 are twice as likely as any other age group to state they have been managing the symptoms of long Covid for more than two years. This needs to be investigated further. Despite requests for patient involvement and feedback to the existing clinics, this has not happened. The latter has...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: European Union (9 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 54 and 119 together. On 7 March at the European People's Party congress in Bucharest, Ursula von der Leyen was officially named her party’s candidate for a second term as President of the European Commission. In her first term, President von der Leyen has been a strong advocate for the protection of Irish interests, particularly throughout the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Ukraine War (9 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: I thank Deputy Griffin for his question and kind remarks. Russia’s illegal war of aggression against Ukraine remains a grave threat to all of Europe. Russia is demonstrating a clear desire to continue escalation and has projected momentum on the battlefield in recent weeks, taking advantage of Ukraine’s shortage of military material, particularly air defence, by launching...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East (9 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: ...and military operation in Rafah. The international community has been clear that the humanitarian consequences of a large-scale offensive in Rafah would be catastrophic. I urge the parties to make every effort to come to an immediate ceasefire deal. All hostages must be released and further civilian casualties must be avoided. The question of recognition is one that has been the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Middle East (9 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: ...of one or more provisions of whatever convention is at issue before the court. This declaration of intervention must then be deemed admissible by the court in order for the intervention to proceed. Waiting until South Africa has filed its memorial will ensure we have a good understanding of what provisions of the Genocide Convention South Africa intends to rely on which we can then, in...