Results 1-20 of 382 for long speaker:Seán Kyne

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: School Funding (24 Apr 2024)

Seán Kyne: I welcome the announcement of the minor works grants being processed and issuing to schools in the coming days. That is welcome as long as it happens. When this announcement was made initially, it was that they would be paid soon, so I welcome that the Minister of State said they will be processed in the coming days. I also welcome what was said on the ICT grants. I have been contacted by...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Childcare Services (17 Apr 2024)

Seán Kyne: ...are the Government and the Department doing proactively to increase the availability of places? What supports have been put in place for somebody who has a building or is interested in leasing a building long term or medium term in a locality where there is a need for places? Supports are paramount. I understand that, similar to the forward planning section of the Department, there are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Delivery of Health Services for Patients with Long Covid: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Seán Kyne: I thank the Chair. I welcome Ms O'Connell and her colleagues from Long Covid Advocacy Ireland. I have to leave at around 10.30 a.m. to go to the Seanad for a matter and to chair that session. I will be back after that. The testimonies LCAI provided this morning and in its submission are quite difficult. I can only imagine the impact that long Covid has had on sufferers and their...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Delivery of Health Services for Patients with Long Covid: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Seán Kyne: ...HSE will be before the committee later. Its opening statement mentions that its interim model of care "is broadly in line with other models internationally." It further states the HSE has, "Six Long Covid clinics [that] are operational and receiving patients, with each clinic supported by an interdisciplinary team with expertise in the management of Long COVID", that it has filled 53.6...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Delivery of Health Services for Patients with Long Covid: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Seán Kyne: Are sufferers more predominantly from the earlier waves or from throughout the period of the pandemic? Is long Covid more prevalent from earlier in the pandemic?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Delivery of Health Services for Patients with Long Covid: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Seán Kyne: ...Covid. It obviously impacts at different levels and different types of persons. Ms O'Connell said that Ireland and Greece are outliers. How quickly did other countries respond to the reality of long Covid and engage in providing supports?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Delivery of Health Services for Patients with Long Covid: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Seán Kyne: Would it be the case that those who suffer from long Covid would have been more inclined to respond than those who had not had any medium- or long-term issues?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Delivery of Health Services for Patients with Long Covid: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Seán Kyne: Are the members of those teams working exclusively on long Covid or are they also involved in other areas within the hospitals?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Delivery of Health Services for Patients with Long Covid: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Seán Kyne: Does that have an impact in the context of diagnosing long Covid? Is there a reluctance to diagnose long Covid because some specialists are waiting to see whether, even though something may be Covid-related, it is asthma, sleep apnoea or whatever?

Committee on Public Petitions: Campaign for a Walking and Cycling Greenway on the Closed Railway from Sligo to Athenry: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Apr 2024)

Seán Kyne: I welcome Mr. Kelly, Mr. McMyler and Mr. Kenny to the committee. I agree that it is time that the all-Ireland rail review was published. We have waited long enough. If it is not published today, I hope it will be published next week and that we will have certainty on the issues pertaining to the western rail corridor and the relevant campaigns. Having been a local councillor, my...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Hospital Closures (6 Mar 2024)

Seán Kyne: ...obviously Damien McCallion will have a role as well as chief operations officer at the HSE. It has been suggested there is a staffing issue, that there has been a staffing embargo. Can the Minister of State confirm whether there is an embargo? These are funded posts that are already there. They are already committed to and are long-standing posts. There might be people out sick and...

Seanad: Community Safety and Investment: Motion [Private Members] (28 Feb 2024)

Seán Kyne: ...ána. It will make a difference, and is already making a difference, in terms of the number of people who are interested in going forward to the gardaí. I applied for the aptitude test for the Garda a long time ago, but I did not take it. I sometimes wonder where I went wrong and how life could have been different. That was a choice I made at time. Giving people aged in their...

Seanad: Death of Former Taoiseach: Expressions of Sympathy (7 Feb 2024)

Seán Kyne: ..., I will step back". He ran again as a TD, got elected and was involved in serving his constituents in County Meath, a testament to his dedication as a constituency politician. You do not last that long as a constituency TD without looking after people close to you. It is important to acknowledge that as well. I lived in Trim in County Meath for a few years. I attended the Teagasc...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Role of Chairperson and Future Contributions of Inland Fisheries Ireland and the Board: Inland Fisheries Ireland (6 Feb 2024)

Seán Kyne: ...senior appointment within IFI. The board attempted to deal with it but the Minister removed them, as Professor said, on a no-fault basis. It is incomprehensible that the people involved in that long drawn-out investigation are still presiding over appointments within IFI. Is Professor Collins concerned that any applicant who might apply for the position of HR could have confidence in a...

Seanad: Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad: Health Promotion (1 Feb 2024)

Seán Kyne: ...collaboration, bringing together governments, civil society, international agencies, professional academia, the media and the private sector for ten years of concerted and collaborative action to foster longer and healthier lives. It has four areas: age-friendly environment, including better places in which to grow, live, work, play and age; combating ageism, which involves tackling...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Jan 2024)

Seán Kyne: ...in Athenry, which will be providing 1,000 full-time jobs in the west, which is not just for Galway but the broader region. These things do not happen by accident. The foundations were put in place a long time back, nearly 15 years ago, when the Athenry-Oranmore economic corridor was identified in the Galway county development plan by councillors and officials as a driver for the Galway...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Jan 2024)

Seán Kyne: ...xe1;n, Sinéad and Triona. I also join the tributes to, unfortunately, the now former Senator David Norris, former father of the House, and his extraordinary role and positivity in his advocacy over a long career. I wish him well in his retirement. I also wish former Senator Niall Ó Donnghaile well in the next stages of his career. I call for a debate on a matter pertaining to...

Seanad: Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Second Stage (7 Dec 2023)

Seán Kyne: ...have in the country. Therefore more people are in education up to the age of 18 so it is right that it be extended. I also welcome the changes related to carers and providing for contributions for long-term carers who have been caring for incapacitated persons for more than 20 years. This section provides for the contributions to be attributed to those who will reach the age of 66 in...

Seanad: Recent Violence in Dublin City Centre: Motion (29 Nov 2023)

Seán Kyne: ...of gardaí, whether it is in Dublin city or other parts of the country. The Minister has introduced a lot of measures, including a recent change increasing the maximum recruitment age for gardaí to 50 years. Can the Minister say when the next campaigns will be? An individual who contacted me has been looking for this for a long time. I said that campaigns are very difficult to...

Seanad: Restoration of Oireachtas Library and Reading Room: Motion (28 Nov 2023)

Seán Kyne: ...was made to change the structure or remove the furniture. Regarding some of the rationale or reasons given, including as is stated on page 6 of the report presented to the commission, that general longer sitting times might have a discouraging effect on persons who would otherwise consider a career in politics. I doubt it. Social media may have more of an impact on people considering a...