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Investment in Healthcare: Statements (19 Oct 2023)

Martin Kenny: ...ridiculous. That is the reality for people I know. A man in his nineties was told that if he could not light the fire, that was too bad. The person who is going to help him get out of bed and get dressed in the morning cannot take an extra five minutes to come in and light the fire for him. That is not allowed. That is a ridiculous service and the Minister of State needs to recognise...

Driving Test Waiting Times: Motion [Private Members] (18 Oct 2023)

Mattie McGrath: ..., I would like to sympathise with the families of the four young leaving certificate students from Clonmel. They were on their way to get a bus in Clonmel to celebrate their leaving certificate and met their untimely deaths. They were from the McSweeney, Murphy and Coffey families. It is so sad. I salute the Garda Síochána, the emergency services, all the other auxiliary...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: General Scheme of the Education (Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse) Bill 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023) See 2 other results from this debate

...in the Department of Education with responsibility for a number of areas, including the State’s response to residential institutional abuse. I am joined by Mr. Brian Power, principal officer, and Mr. Hugh Geoghegan, assistant principal officer, both of whom are from the Department’s residential institutions redress unit. The Minister for Education, Deputy Foley, and the...

Seanad: Final Report of the Independent Scoping Exercise into the Circumstances Surrounding the Death of Mr. Shane O'Farrell: Statements (17 Oct 2023)

Regina Doherty: I would like to say thanks to the Minister but what she has read out is not acceptable, not to me and not to this Seanad. Shane O'Farrell was killed when he was out on his bike. He was cycling training on 2 August 2011, and Zigimantas Gridziuska, a convicted criminal who we let walk into this country with no checks or balances whatsoever, knocked him down in his car and callously drove...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: General Scheme of the Education (Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse) Bill 2023: Discussion (17 Oct 2023) See 2 other results from this debate

Ms Carmel McDonnell Byrne: I might come in there. As part of the Bill, it is important we are inclusive of all survivors of abuse, whether they be Magdelen ladies or other survivors of institutional abuse such as those in mother and baby homes. They were all institutions and they were not pleasant places. Furthermore, we have to be mindful not to exclude people who did not apply for...

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (12 Oct 2023)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: .... I have had a lot of phone calls from people in my area of County Carlow today. The expansion of hot meals to 900 more primary schools is really important, as is the free book scheme for textbooks and workbooks, which will be extended to up to junior certificate in secondary school. These things affect every family. It is welcome. Previous speakers spoke about the energy credit. It...

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Budget Statement 2024 (10 Oct 2023)

Róisín Shortall: Yes. Sitting here listening to the Ministers, Deputies Michael McGrath and Donohoe, I struggle to understand the aim of this budget. After all the leaks and the spin, to what does it amount? It sounds very much like budget 2023 lite - a budget with a bit for everyone, a fair bit more for some who actually do not need it, an emphasis on short-term measures rather than lasting structural...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Mother and Baby Homes (5 Oct 2023)

Norma Foley: As the Deputy will be aware, last June Government approved proposals for the delivery of a package of ongoing supports and services for survivors of abuse in residential institutions, relating to health, education, advocacy and trauma-informed practice. This package of supports was developed following consideration of the final report of the survivor-led Consultative Forum, along with other...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Heritage Sites (4 Oct 2023)

Marie Sherlock: I thank the Minister of State for taking this question today. It is directed to the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform, who controls public expenditure in this country but who is also a Minister in the constituency this question is relevant to. On many streets in Dublin, and particularly in Dublin's north inner city, we see dereliction and vacant...

Seanad: Children's University Hospital Temple Street: Motion (4 Oct 2023)

Tom Clonan: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire go dtí an Teach. I spoke at the meeting of the Joint Committee on Health last week and asked questions of the chief medical officer, CMO, and the CEO of CHI. I am a parent of an adult son who had surgery in Temple Street hospital. Like so many children on that list, he had his surgery way too late. He was on that waiting list for years. This is the...

Childcare Fees: Motion [Private Members] (3 Oct 2023)

Martin Browne: ...I welcome the chance to talk about it because I referred to it last week as we were making the case to the Government to think again about increasing excise this month, given the pressures families and businesses are under. Despite the overwhelming challenge that faces families, the pace with which a meaningful response has issued has not reflected the urgency of the situation for...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes (3 Oct 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: I am acutely aware of the sense of urgency surrounding the establishment of the Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme and I am focused on delivering the Scheme as soon as possible. To that end, a significant milestone was achieved on 11 July with the enactment of the underpinning legislation - the Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Act 2023. This Act allows for the...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Healthcare Policy (28 Sep 2023)

Martin Heydon: I thank the Senator for raising this important issue and pass on the apologies of the Minister for Health, who could not be here to take this Commencement matter. The response I have been given focused on the title, which was around breastfeeding facilities specifically, but I take on board the Senator's point on the importance of ensuring we have those facilities for men or women who are...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Sep 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

Catherine Ardagh: I also wish to convey my sympathies to the family of Damien O'Reilly, in particular his fiancé Lisa, his children, Carly and Kyle, and his wider circle. Damien was a friend, and a colleague of many of us. He was a really happy-go-lucky guy and he will be sorely missed around this House by his colleagues and everyone in the Fianna Fáil Party. I also want to raise the issue of the...

Seanad: Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022: Second Stage (26 Sep 2023)

Eileen Flynn: ...for more than 16 years with communities that are overpoliced, I will make one point. In my lifetime, I have seen cases where the doors of members of the Traveller community have been kicked in and cots in mobile homes have been thrown aside. In one case, a newborn baby was in the cot. Coming up to Christmas, funnily enough, we always have raids in the Labre Park site. Unfortunately,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying in Europe: Discussion (26 Sep 2023)

Mr. Silvan Luley: I will make a point regarding demographics, and the rise in numbers of assisted dying cases in most jurisdictions that have legalised one or another form of assisted dying. We should not overlook the fact that the population is growing in most countries. We now have people coming to an age where they face more health problems. They are a generation that has grown up in a...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes (26 Sep 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: I am acutely aware of the sense of urgency surrounding the establishment of the Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme and I am focused on delivering the Scheme as soon as possible. To that end, a significant milestone was achieved on 11 July with the enactment of the underpinning legislation - the Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Act 2023. This Act allows for the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes (26 Sep 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: It is not possible to to provide an update in respect of a person's potential eligibility for the Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme in advance of the Scheme being open for applications. Opening the Scheme as soon as possible is a priority for me and my Department. I would encourage any person who thinks they may be eligible for the Scheme to make an application when the Scheme is...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Schemes (21 Sep 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: From February 2023, 350 expectant parents from the Rotunda Hospital Dublin and 150 parents from Waterford University Hospital were offered an opportunity to participate in the First 5 Little Baby Bundle pilot project. 329 expectant parents from the Rotunda hospital and 149 parents from Waterford applied to participate. Included in this number is 8 sets of twins who have each received a...

Commissions of Investigation (Amendment) Bill 2023: First Stage (20 Sep 2023)

Kathleen Funchion: I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend and extend the Commissions of Investigation Act 2004 and to provide for related matters. I am delighted to introduce this Bill today. It has been in the works for a long time. It aims to amend the current Commissions of Investigation Act 2004. The idea for this Bill came to me during the work on the mother...