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

Gary Gannon: ...have expressed fears about the rise in hate crime? Will the Irish Refugee Council be part of the task force? In 12 weeks, what will be the difference? I would like to be constructive. I have been asking for this for a long time. I would have liked to have seen more engagement before announcements were made. There are fine representatives of the north and south inner city,...

Challenges Facing the Childcare and Nursing Home Sectors: Motion [Private Members] (9 May 2024) See 5 other results from this debate

Marian Harkin: ..., can charge higher fees and still access the core funding. I ask that the Minister look at this and try to end that historical fee freeze and in some way achieve a balance between the two. If he could do that, it would go a long way. I also asked for an increase in ECCE payments to €100. I am not sure he is prepared to go that far but I ask him to go as far as he can. I move...

Progressing Special Education Provision: Statements (9 May 2024) See 8 other results from this debate

Joan Collins: ...are being submitted for the area. Dublin City Council and South Dublin County Council are planning what is called the City Edge project, which is a development stretching from Ballymount, down the Long Mile Road, over to Bluebell and encompassing the OPW site and Inchicore Works. That entire area is going to be developed, with lots of new apartments. The LDA owns a lot of the land or...

Ceisteanna Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (9 May 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

Brendan Smith: ...children and adults need the appropriate supports and services now. Far too often people in need of early intervention do not, unfortunately, get access to relevant therapies in a timely manner. Long-term solutions are needed now to resolve such recruitment and retention problems and ensure services are provided for those in need in a timely manner.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 May 2024) See 6 other results 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: British-Irish Co-operation (9 May 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: ...at this end, from the point of view of ensuring mitigations. The European Union has been very good in the solidarity it has shown to Ireland. However, we will constantly have issues as long as the Border remains in Ireland. There has to be a huge piece of work carried out by this Government in making preparations for possible constitutional change. I do not think it would shock the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East (9 May 2024) See 2 other results from this debate

Richard Boyd Barrett: I hope it is clear at this stage that there is no level of atrocity that Israel is not willing to commit against the Palestinian people. It should have been clear long before now for a state that was built on ethnic cleansing on an ongoing basis, on apartheid and on a 17-year-long siege of Gaza, but now, when we look at the massacre in Gaza, it should be clear. Under the genocide...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East (9 May 2024) See 2 other results from this debate

Micheál Martin: We never said it was just one strand. It is interesting that Deputy Boyd Barrett argued trenchantly for this for a long time but, once there was the prospect of it happening, he dismissed it, said it was not really that significant and asked whether we could move on now. His asserted solution fails to understand the complexity of the situation, for example, the Arab population within Israel...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Passport Services (9 May 2024)

Matt Carthy: ...credit and testament to the staff and the operation that is in place. The issue is that when problems arise they can be devastating. They can result in families missing holidays that have been long-planned or people missing weddings or other important life moments. We still always need to endeavour to ensure we have a system that is as close to perfect as possible. In December...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Schemes (9 May 2024)

Alan Farrell: ...villages. I commend the Ministers on their significant work and investment across the country, including in my constituency, Dublin Fingal, as it currently exists. I had the privilege of not that long ago attending with the Ministers the opening of a building in Lusk, which is an illustration of the effectiveness of the town and village renewal scheme. As the previous speaker alluded...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rural Schemes (9 May 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

Brendan Griffin: They would want to be very long.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Bus Services (9 May 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

Emer Currie: ...of this, in terms of the overall delivery of BusConnects for Dublin 15, relates to the bus corridors and planning, there are routes that could be prioritised in the meantime. The year 2026 is a long time to wait from when we first started talking about BusConnects in 2018. We need to think pragmatically. My community is being left behind when it comes to public transport. I have...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 May 2024)

Rebecca Moynihan: ...decision by the Government not to house single men. The response seems to be that we will barricade the city street by street as people move. It is happening, essentially, because we do not have long- or medium-term accommodation for international protection applicants. A number of reasons have been bandied around for this being the case. One is that the majority of applicants are...

Seanad: Europe Day: Statements (9 May 2024) See 2 other results from this debate

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: ..., the General Affairs Council had the opportunity to meet all of the accession countries and to hear the different opportunities and challenges they are facing as they implement rule of law and other changes to help move them along the accession process. Reforms have to be driven from within candidate countries themselves. The EU has a number of tools at its disposal to help with the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Island Communities (9 May 2024)

Heather Humphreys: To go back to Deputy Connolly's question, we have waited a long time for the islands policy. The purpose of the monitoring committee is to ensure that the specific measures in the Our Living Islands policy and its associated action plan are put in place and acted on by the relevant Government Departments and agencies. The committee has a role to play. If it is not being acted upon, that...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tidy Towns (9 May 2024)

Heather Humphreys: ...recognise that this is a very busy time of the year for the Tidy Towns committees and everyone is putting their best foot forward. They want to make their town or village more attractive. For as long as I have been involved in politics, there has been a debate around posters. Personally, I would not lose any sleep if no posters were put up, but I recognise that first-time candidates...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Community Development Projects (9 May 2024)

Heather Humphreys: ...", as I am considering another round of funding. This is an issue that the Deputy has raised with me several times. Sports capital grants are successful and popular and have been on the go for a long time, but we had no dedicated fund for community centres. During Covid, we saw how they did not have the same opportunities to raise money. Like a house, if you do not keep doing bits...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: University of Limerick (9 May 2024) See 13 other results from this debate

Brian Stanley: ...defamatory in relation to an identifiable person or entity, they will be directed to discontinue their remarks. It is imperative they comply with any such direction. Witnesses are reminded of the long-standing parliamentary practice that they should not criticise or make charges against any person or entity by name or in such a way as to make him, her or it identifiable or otherwise...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 May 2024)

Brian Stanley: Okay, we will request it. It would be useful to have it along with the letter before they appear before the committee. Thank you for that. We will note and publish it. No. R2573 B is from Ms Stephanie Redmond, private secretary to the Secretary General of the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications. It is dated 30 April 2024 and provides a Q1 update to the committee...

Committee on Public Petitions: Ombudsman for Children's Annual Report 2022: Office of the Ombudsman for Children (9 May 2024) See 2 other results from this debate

Martin Browne: ...physically present or who give evidence from within the parliamentary precincts is protected, pursuant to both the Constitution and statute, by absolute privilege. They are reminded of the long-standing parliamentary practice that they should not criticise or make charges against any person or entity by name or in such a way as to make him, her or it identifiable, or to otherwise engage...