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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Capital Expenditure Programme (2 May 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: ...response. I am trying to get greater detail and confirmation of whether the contingency reserve is now within core rather than non-core expenditure. Is the contingency reserve intended to be a long-term feature in our budgets?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flood Risk Management (2 May 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

David Stanton: ...from flooding in that spot. The Minister also mentioned the Womanagh river and the Land Commission. Who has responsibility for the banks of rivers? It was the Land Commission, which is no longer in existence. If that river breaks its banks, it could flood an awful lot of property and land and even Ballymacoda Village itself could be under pressure. When we tie that in with sea...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Budget Targets (2 May 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: Government expenditure policy is framed around the medium-term economic strategy which has two objectives, to ensure the long-term sustainability of core expenditure growth and to ensure that the investment in expenditure delivers improvement in public services and infrastructure. As outlined in the stability programme update published last week, the Government is providing investment of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Sector Pensions (2 May 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

Marian Harkin: ...they are being treated by the Department of Social Protection. This situation is an anomaly. It involves three different Departments and the matter goes over and back between them. This has been going on for a long time. Can the Minister give me any timeframe in respect of when he hopes to deal with this matter in a fair and reasonable way?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Cancer Services (2 May 2024)

Richard Bruton: I ask the Minister to check those waiting times and report back to me and Deputy Staunton because the Irish Cancer Society is signalling quite long waiting times. For a screening test that can reduce long-term healthcare, it is to be hoped that it could be made more prompt.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Dental Services (2 May 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: ...to the Deputy and the House some very good news. Over the last few years, we have invested a lot of money in getting children the orthodontic care they need. The waiting lists have been too long. I am very happy to say that we have had a 44% reduction in the number of children waiting. This is fantastic, and I acknowledge the work of the HSE and our oral health community in achieving...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Dental Services (2 May 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: ...children seen. We invest a little over €200 million every year in public oral healthcare services. An additional €17 million in one-off funding has been invested in recent years. In the longer term, the national oral health policy sets out a complete transformation of oral healthcare services and the expansion of the care available for children and adults. I recognise...

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)

Martin Conway: ...but there is so much more that could be done which would free up space in the main hospital in Dooradoyle in Limerick. What are the plans? What are the short-term, medium-term and, indeed, long-term plans to scale up non-critical care services in Ennis Hospital?

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

Mary Fitzpatrick: ...capital city and our country. It is home to Bohemian F.C., but it is so much more to those of us locally. I want Dublin City Council to make an application for that funding. It has been talked about for a long time. It has secured planning permission. There is a great design in place. The project is shovel ready. The council should move ahead and make an application and I urge the...

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

Paul Gavan: .... We heard from employee and employer organisations, which expressed concerns about this issue. Representatives of both Irish and European trade unions as well as Irish and European businesses' stakeholders along with the European Commission have identified that the Irish legislation transposing the transnational works council directive, the Transnational Information and Consultation of...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Transport Authority (2 May 2024) See 9 other results from this debate

Brian Stanley: ...defamatory in relation to an identifiable person or entity, you will be directed to discontinue your remarks and it is imperative that you comply. Members and witnesses are reminded of the long-standing parliamentary practice that they should not comment on, criticise or make charges against a person outside the House or an official either by name or in such a way as to make him or her...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (2 May 2024)

Brian Stanley: ...to be in place in the coming weeks. It is more than two years since the start of the war in Ukraine. It is two years and three months now and it is a bit concerning that it has taken this long. Nevertheless, it is welcome that it is happening. I note from the letter that some of the Ukrainian minors arriving by air are coming from airports outside of Ukraine. If that is the case, that...

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

Stephen Donnelly: I thank the Deputy for the question. I acknowledge that the waiting lists for these children are simply too long and that while more capacity is being is being added and more surgeries are being done, there are a number of children for whom the wait is simply unacceptable. In 2022, I asked Children's Health Ireland to come up with a comprehensive plan that would mean that of the children...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (2 May 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: ...Total funding of €360 million has been provided this year which continues to encompass the two-pronged approach of short-term actions to increase capacity and activity in the immediate term, and longer-term reform measures to sustainably reduce and reform hospital waiting lists and times. This approach is having a positive impact, with each of the WLAPs to-date having achieved a...

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

Aindrias Moynihan: ...the Minister for Health the measures he is taking to address the difficulties experienced by the HSE community dental service in recruiting staff; the measures that are being taken to reduce the long wait times for children awaiting orthodontic treatment in Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19914/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Closures (2 May 2024)

Mary Butler: ..., the HSE have been unsuccessful in sourcing the required staffing resources to reopen the district hospital. The HSE are committed to providing services that meet the demand in the short and longer term for people in Clifden and surrounding areas. I will continue to work alongside the HSE to ensure that services in Clifden District Hospital are fully operational again at the earliest...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (2 May 2024) See 1 other result from this answer

Pauline Tully: 36. To ask the Minister for Health to detail the specific health supports that are available to people with long-Covid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19867/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund (2 May 2024) See 1 other result from this answer

Gino Kenny: ...Health if he is aware that an organisation (details supplied) recently said the latest NTPF figures indicate that waiting lists may take a decade or more to get under control unless the opening of long-promised additional hospital capacity is fast-tracked and consultant posts are filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19869/24]

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

Cathal Crowe: 74. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department will consider purchasing or long-term leasing a building adjacent to the OPW-managed Ennis Friary site, so that a visitor and interpretative centre could be considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19784/24]