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Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Health Services (17 Apr 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

Annie Hoey: .... By any measure, that is a de facto non-existent healthcare system and is not good enough. Some of the issues with the system include a lack of access to quality care, as I said; a decade-long waitlist for the primary public service; non-existent youth services; denial of services and primary care; little to no availability of surgery within Ireland; and, a failure to adhere to...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Schools Building Projects (17 Apr 2024) See 3 other results from this debate

Lorraine Clifford-Lee: ...had no correspondence. Nobody from the Department would engage. It is very frustrating given this has been an ongoing issue for 17 years. The school is way oversubscribed with a very long waiting list. The building dates from 1953 and is damp, cold and not fit for purpose. The teachers are working and children are being educated in appalling conditions and they all deserve better....

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Wildlife Protection (17 Apr 2024)

Emer Currie: I thank the Minister of State for bring here personally today. Four minutes does not seem long enough to summarise the four years it has taken for a local sports club, St, Oliver Plunkett Eoghan Ruadh "Plunkett's" GAA, to get to the point where a proposal for the redevelopment of Martin Savage Park, just off the Navan Road, was ready for a Part 8 planning process. We have an issue when...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Apr 2024) See 7 other results from this debate

John McGahon: ...attached memo, parental leave was available unpaid for up to 26 weeks, which must be taken before the child is 12 years old, or 16 years old in the case of children with disabilities or indeed a long-term illness. This has now been changed for all children up to the age of 16. In the grand scheme of things, that seems like a good thing. However, from 1 May 2024, child benefit will be...

Seanad: EU Regulations on International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Referral to Joint Committee (17 Apr 2024)

Lisa Chambers: ...or for persons eligible for subsidiary protection and for the content of the protection granted and amending Council Directive 2003/109/EC of 25 November 2003 concerning the status of third-country nationals who are long-term residents; (v) Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council addressing situations of crisis and force majeure in the field of migration...

Seanad: Cost of Doing Business: Statements (17 Apr 2024) See 2 other results from this debate

Paul Daly: ..., Deputy Burke, who will have ten minutes to speak, it gives me great pleasure to welcome him in his role as a full Minister. As a former Westmeath County Council colleague, he and I go back a long way in politics. It was not by design but it is brilliant that I actually happen to be in the Chair when he comes in for his first engagement here. I sincerely congratulate him on his...

Seanad: Gas (Amendment) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (17 Apr 2024) See 6 other results from this debate

Ossian Smyth: These are minor amendments. The Long Title has changed to reflect the inclusion of the transfer of maritime area planning functions from the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications and certain arrangements relating to the making of the marine planning policy statement on designated maritime area plans, DMAPs, under...

Seanad: School Enrolments: Motion (17 Apr 2024) See 4 other results from this debate

Fiona O'Loughlin: ...as well as applications from students from outside local areas, are contributing to enrolment pressures; - enrolment pressures in built-up urban areas and commuter towns are forcing many parents to travel long distances to find available schools; - some students have had to avail of home tutoring as a measure of last resort while they await a school placement; - through no fault of...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: An Garda Síochána (17 Apr 2024)

Marian Harkin: ...issue. To build a new Garda station in Sligo is an urgent matter. Every couple of months a colleague of mine, Councillor Marie Casserly, contacts me to keep it on the agenda because this is a long saga. We need to get it sorted. I have raised it so many times with various Ministers, the Tánaiste and the Taoiseach. In fact, the last Minister for Justice to visit Sligo Garda...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Military Aircraft (17 Apr 2024)

Micheál Martin: ...Ireland’s traditional policy of military neutrality. Foreign military aircraft which are given permission to land in Ireland are not subject to inspection in this regard. Sovereign immunity, a long-standing principle of customary international law, means that a state may not exercise its jurisdiction in respect to another state or its property, including state and military...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Financial Irregularities (17 Apr 2024)

Dara Calleary: ...of KBC fixed rate mortgages for the remainder of the fixed term, honouring the 0.2% discount in mortgage rate of every KBC customer eligible for that discount at the date of mortgage transfer to BOI, for as long as their transferred mortgage is held with BOI, without being required to hold a BOI current account, and, offering the variable rate equivalent to that of KBC migrated variable...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Reunification (17 Apr 2024) See 1 other result from this answer

Helen McEntee: ...was received in the Bangkok office on the 14 December 2023. The application was received in the Dublin Visa Office on the 09 January 2024 where it awaits examination and processing. Long Stay Join Family visa applications are processed in accordance with the guidelines set out in the Policy Document on Non-EEA Family Reunification. This policy document may be accessed at the following...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (17 Apr 2024)

Helen McEntee: ...for citizenship would wish to have a decision on their application without delay. However, the nature of the naturalisation process is such that, for a broad range of reasons, some cases will take longer than others to process. In some instances, completing the necessary checks can take a considerable period of time. I understand the extended wait times can be frustrating for...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (17 Apr 2024)

Helen McEntee: ...to seek information by way of the Parliamentary Questions process. The Deputy may consider using the e-mail service except in cases where the response is, in the Deputy’s view, inadequate or too long awaited.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Work Permits (17 Apr 2024)

Helen McEntee: ...information for Nurses applying through the AWS scheme is available on my Department’s website at: www.irishimmigration.ie/coming-to-work-in-ireland/what-are-m y-work-visa-options/applying-for-a-long-stay-employment-visa /atypical-working-scheme/atypical-working-scheme-for-nurses/ Queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be made directly to my...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (17 Apr 2024)

Helen McEntee: ...to seek information by way of the Parliamentary Question process. The Deputy may consider using the e-mail service except in the cases where the response is, in the Deputy's view, inadequate or too long awaited.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Funding (17 Apr 2024)

Steven Matthews: 166. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to funding shortage concerns by an organisation (details supplied); the actions he will take to ensure the long-term continuity of this service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16966/24]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harness Racing: Irish Harness Racing Association (17 Apr 2024) See 10 other results from this debate

Jackie Cahill: ...abuse this privilege and may be directed to cease giving evidence on an issue at the Chair's direction. Witnesses should follow the direction of the Chair in this regard. They are reminded of the long-standing parliamentary practice to the effect that, as is reasonable, no adverse commentary should be made against an identifiable third person or entity. Witnesses who give evidence from...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte CGA: Chairperson Designate (17 Apr 2024) See 4 other results from this debate

Jackie Cahill: ...to abuse this privilege and may be directed to cease giving evidence on an issue at the Chair's direction. Witnesses should follow the direction of the Chair in this regard and are reminded of the long-standing parliamentary practice to the effect that, as is reasonable, no adverse commentary should be made against an identifiable third person or entity. Witnesses who are to give...