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

Cathal Crowe: I thank the Minister of State. That meeting sounds very positive. Long ago I used to believe the budget was set each autumn but I know work on the new budget has already begun. It is positive the Minister of State has had those negotiations and talks. Even though we are talking about our country's older population, a comparison could be drawn with childcare at the other end of the age...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Hospital Services (2 May 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

Martin Conway: ...this on behalf of the Minister for Health but I also know he will be well aware of the ongoing challenges and issues with healthcare in the mid-west. I have not tabled this Commencement Matter to look for a 24-hour consultant-led emergency department at Ennis Hospital. In the engagement the health committee had recently with all the stakeholders, including unions and medical...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Child Protection (2 May 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

Annie Hoey: I ask the Minister of State to outline the rationale for the Department's funding of the role of safeguarding officer in St. John's Ambulance Ireland and to explain if such a funding mechanism will be available for similar organisations. In the reply to a parliamentary question tabled by my party colleague Deputy Ivana Bacik, the Minister stated that the appointment of the national...

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

Marie Sherlock: I wish to raise the issue of apprenticeship pay. On 3 May 2023 – almost a year to the day – Labour Party Senators introduced a Bill seeking to ensure that all apprentices would receive the national minimum wage for the duration of their training. The following week, the then Minister and current Taoiseach, Deputy Simon Harris, stated at a Government press conference that he...

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: I thank the Senator for his amendment. I genuinely appreciate its rationale. However, as the Minister of State, Deputy Richmond, said to the Senator's colleague, Deputy O'Reilly, during the Bill's passage through the Dáil, we do not accept this amendment. It appears to require the employer or responsible person to initiate consultations with a European Works Council, where...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Transport Authority (2 May 2024) See 6 other results from this debate

Cormac Devlin: I appreciate why Ms Graham does not want to focus on one operator, but the area where I live has quite a high level of the routes that Go-Ahead operates so she will forgive me saying that I receive many complaints about that particular operator. When I raised it last year, the reason given was Covid. I understand it is now recruitment issues. I appreciate that is a real issue right across...

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

Stephen Donnelly: Let us bear in mind that when I say we have added more staff, we have increased the staff by more than 40%. This is not a few more staff. An additional 433 nurses, for example, are working in the hospital. It has been a vast increase. In terms of a model 3 hospital, we should never rule anything out. The chief executive and I have asked all six of the regional executive officers, now...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Heritage Sites (2 May 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: Kilmainham Gaol, National Monument 675, opened in 1796 as the new County Gaol for Dublin and closed in 1924. Today the building symbolises the tradition of militant and constitutional nationalism from the rebellion of 1798 to the Irish Civil War of 1922-23. Leaders of the rebellions of 1798, 1803, 1848, 1867 and 1916 were detained and in some cases executed here. The Kilmainham complex...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (2 May 2024)

Heather Humphreys: ...within the remit of the Department of Health and the HSE. However, my Department administers the treatment benefit scheme which provides certain dental, optical, and medical appliances benefits to insured workers, the self-employed and retired people who have the required number of PRSI contributions. These treatments are also available to dependent spouses or partners, if applicable. ...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Services (2 May 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: I am fully committed to supporting our population screening programmes, which are a valuable part of our health service, enabling early treatment and care for many people, and improving the overall health of our population. Since October 2023, the National Bowel Screening Programme, invites men and women aged between 59-69 to take the free at-home screening test. This is an important part...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: All-Ireland Economy: Discussion (Resumed) (2 May 2024) See 8 other results from this debate

Professor John FitzGerald: I thank the committee for its invitation to appear. Our research on the cost of replacing the UK subvention to Northern Ireland in the event of a united Ireland was published recently by the Institute of International and European Affairs, IIEA. It updates work which we published in an academic journal in 2020. We presented an earlier version to this committee...

Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 May 2024) See 6 other results from this debate

Michael Lowry: People are saying it did not come from the justice committee and that this measure was never intended to be a part of the Bill. In my county of Tipperary, there is a hospice movement. I was recently at a fundraising venture that raised something like €200,000. That would not have happened if this restriction was in place. It would be outside the law and could not happen. The...

Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 May 2024) See 5 other results from this debate

Hildegarde Naughton: ...that the Government is deeply conscious of the trauma which has been experienced by all survivors of abuse, including those who were resident in institutions such as industrial schools and reformatories. Nothing can ever make up for the pain and suffering endured by survivors. I would also like to echo the Minister, Deputy Foley’s appreciation for the work and commitment of...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (1 May 2024)

Simon Harris: I will start there and go in reverse order. I thank Deputy Ward. That is a constructive suggestion. I will check when the review is due to be completed and see if we can make progress on the idea of a social housing passport. I am aware in parts of my constituency as well that county boundaries sometimes do not reflect the way people live their lives and where they work, go to school and...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (1 May 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: It is vital that in any engagement with the American Administration, serious emphasis is placed on where the Irish people stand on the brutal slaughter of the Palestinian people. I am afraid to even talk about the number of deaths now. It is possibly 34,000, and probably a lot more, with 70% of them women and children. We have all heard that Netanyahu has made a promise, no matter what...

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

Verona Murphy: On Monday evening, I attended a meeting in Kilmore. Forty-six children have concessionary tickets but no bus to take them to school in Wexford town. They all have working parents. It was brought to my attention that, apparently three weeks ago, there was a bus put on for the very same situation in Gowran, County Kilkenny, where Deputy McGuinness was informed that he would not be getting a...

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

Simon Harris: Processing times are down and deportations are up. The numbers of countries on the safe country list are up. More gardaí are being freed up. We are working with our European colleagues because we recognise that this island on its own cannot solve migration issues. We must have effective policies in place around returns, which is a word I do not like, by the way, when we are talking...

European Union Migration and Asylum Pact: Motion [Private Members] (1 May 2024) See 9 other results from this debate

Mattie McGrath: Ar an gcéad dul síos, gabhaim buíochas le Brian Ó Domhnaill and Triona in my office and my colleagues for putting down this motion. On behalf of the Rural Independent Group, I make no apologies to anyone for putting this motion forward. The Minister mentioned that a number of debates have been held. I think three of them were forced by us, after months of begging. We...

Seanad: Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad: Sports Funding (1 May 2024)

John McGahon: I thank the Cathaoirleach for accepting this Commencement matter and the Minister of State for coming to discuss this important issue. I will provide some context as to why I am raising this matter. I have met Katie Byrne from Dundalk, who has been working for the Irish Wheelchair Association since the age of 18. At the age of 18, she took an interest in wheelchair basketball and providing...

Seanad: Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad: State Properties (1 May 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

Kieran O'Donnell: I thank Senator Murphy for raising this important matter today. By way of background, the Office of Public Works has responsibility on behalf of the State for managing and maintaining a substantial complex estate of approximately 2,500 properties nationally. This extensive and diverse portfolio of State properties includes office accommodation for all Government Departments, the property...