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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...

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...