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Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (8 May 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: 644. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of long waiting list times for an initial assessment with National Counselling Services; what he is doing to reduce these waiting times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20922/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Inquiries (8 May 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: ...Galway and ICHEC for the continued operation of HPC services and made additional funding available to ICHEC to develop an interim service using an existing EU supercomputer for a fixed period, until a long-term sustainable model of HPC provision in Ireland can be agreed. As planned, migration of researchers and National HPC Service projects from Kay to the interim service - "meluxina...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (8 May 2024) See 10 other results from this debate

...for older persons, 76% of the 31,000 older people treated in the first three months of 2024 were discharged home as opposed to going to acute hospitals. Only 6% were admitted to hospital, with a further 6% going into long-term care. Some 91% of patients with chronic disease are now fully managed in primary care through the chronic disease management programme. As a result, we have seen...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: WHO Treaty on Pandemic Preparedness: Department of Health (8 May 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

...international health regulations through a series of targeted IHR amendments aimed at strengthening global health emergency response and operationalising equity in relation to same. The IHR are a long-standing set of regulations first adopted in 1969 and have been revised on several occasions. The aim of the IHR is to prevent, protect against, control and provide a public health response...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill 2024: Committee Stage (8 May 2024) See 11 other results from this debate

Denis Naughten: ...are required to do so from within the Leinster House precincts only. I remind all in attendance to make sure their mobile phones are switched off or on silent mode. Members are reminded of the long-standing parliamentary practice that they should not comment on, criticise or make charges against a person or entity outside the Houses or an official either by name or in such a way as to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Challenges Facing the Bus and Coach Industry: Discussion (8 May 2024) See 5 other results from this debate

Cathal Crowe: ...Council of Ireland, CTTC, I welcome Mr. William Martin, chairperson, and executive members Mr. J.J. Kavanagh and Mr. Brendan Crowley. I will read a note on privilege. 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...

Report of the Joint Committee on Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Motion (2 May 2024) See 2 other results from this debate

Richard Boyd Barrett: ...vulnerable environments that are also the spawning grounds for many of the fish which provide livelihood for our fishers. The fishers I am in contact with work out of Dún Laoghaire, Wicklow and along the east coast, where there are about 800 jobs, direct and indirect, including the fishers and workers in processing and other related industries. They talk about the possibility of...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Prison Service (2 May 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

Patrick Costello: ...worked their way up, through the incentivised regime policy, and should be rewarded and supported? There is also the wider question of rehabilitative services within prisons to ensure that in the long run we are reducing the need for prisons and reducing the prison population by tackling recidivism. What are we doing on those two key issues of prison reform?

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Schools Building Projects (2 May 2024)

Dessie Ellis: ...as they grow into young adults and become confident members of their community. However, this valued school has for more than ten years had to exist with structural problems that no school should have to endure. As long ago as 2012, the process to initiate the redevelopment of the school began. The school was surveyed, only to discover a shocking list of defects identified at that...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (2 May 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

Mick Barry: ...Ballincollig have been let down badly by the State and the Government? I know of 21 straight off the bat. They are the boys who attend the Scoil Eoin primary school, who are forced to struggle along in mainstream classes when special classes are what they need. This was recognised three years ago by the National Council for Special Education, which gave the green light for three special...

Defence (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (2 May 2024) See 6 other results from this debate

Thomas Pringle: ...It is extremely undemocratic and shows that this Government does not actually care about the needs or wants of the public. This legislation and cultural transformation of the Defence Forces is long overdue. It has been over 20 years since the independent monitoring group was established to oversee the implementation of recommendations from a report detailing the bullying, harassment...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (2 May 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

Louise O'Reilly: ...ánaiste. All she wants is for her child to be able to live her best life and to thrive. In order to be able to do this she needs a place in the ASD unit. There is an urgent need to build the long-promised four additional ASD classes. Grant approval was given in 2019. Last October, the Minister for Education said that plans would be signed off shortly but we are still waiting....

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 May 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

Micheál Martin: ...under a range of Government investment programmes. Up to €22 million was available under the national fund by the end of 2024 while the EU fund will provide up to €169 million until 2027, so that is a longer-term transition for the region. That arises from the end of commercial peat extraction and peat-fired power generation. I will certainly examine and reflect on...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flood Relief Schemes (2 May 2024)

David Stanton: ...of diverting the Kiltha River in Castlemartyr, which would solve the problem for good. What is the position in that regard and who is responsible for that? The frustration is that it takes so long to get anything done. I appreciate the scheme in Midleton is enormous and extraordinarily complicated and that it has gone back to be reviewed as a result of Storm Babet to ensure the works...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Development Plan (2 May 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: ...cost of projects is now far higher than it was before inflation surged, which creates challenges in the delivery of projects. I expect the further €2.25 billion that we have allocated will go a long way towards dealing with that. I have identified those two factors as the key challenges we continue to face.

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...