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Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (6 Mar 2024)

Catherine Connolly: We are out of time so I am going to take the last two speakers one after the other.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (6 Mar 2024)

Alan Dillon: I want to highlight a pressing issue impacting numerous students and parents in the Castlebar area who are in pursuit of secondary education. Currently both Davitt College and St. Gerald's College are grappling with the challenges of accommodating increasing demand for student places for the second consecutive year. St. Gerald's has raised its enrolment limit under the condition that it...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (6 Mar 2024)

Cathal Crowe: "We as a family are going through hell. We have no life anymore because of what GSOC are doing to our family over nothing. We cannot have a smile, a decent conversation, nothing. I cannot take it anymore. I see no option but to take my own life as the head of the family. I am mentally murdered by it all." This is a letter that I and Paul Williams the crime journalist have been given by...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (6 Mar 2024)

Catherine Connolly: Deputy, I gave you flexibility but we are way over time. I know the sensitivity of this. I am not sure it is appropriate to read out that email but you have done it now.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (6 Mar 2024)

Cathal Crowe: I was asked to read it out.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (6 Mar 2024)

Simon Coveney: To Deputy Dillon, I will make sure the Minister for Education comes back to you on those two issues. Every child should be able to get a place in a school at a reasonable distance from their home, whether in Mayo or anywhere else. I know there are pressures in some parts of the country given population growth pressures and so on. We are putting a huge budget into education in terms of...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (6 Mar 2024)

Simon Coveney: 1 o’clock I thank the Deputy for that question. I know the incoming chair of RTÉ well. He is a very smart and capable person. He will be more than aware of the importance of TG4 and Irish-language media more generally. I am confident he will ensure the concerns the Deputy has addressed regarding the Irish-language speaking community and the importance of TG4 and...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (6 Mar 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: As was alluded to, most of us in politics have spent the last few weeks discussing care, people's right to care, how we care for our families and how we care in the home. Can we get an update in that regard, in light of the fact that a very large portion and majority of older people would like to stay in their homes for as long as possible? The programme for Government made a commitment to...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (6 Mar 2024)

Mary Butler: I thank the Deputy very much for her question. We have been speaking about care all this week. I was only saying to the Tánaiste last night that of my budget for older people and mental health, which is €3.9 billion, every single cent of it is spent on care. There is home care, day care, meals on wheels and supporting people to age in place and in nursing homes and there are...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (6 Mar 2024)

Pat Buckley: I have raised this issue in the Dáil before. Five weeks ago, I raised a Topical Issue matter regarding a young lady who was 17 years old. Her name is Katie Byrne, and she has been waiting for a hip operation for 14 years. That is absolutely bonkers. In that Topical Issue debate, I said to the Minister who was substituting at the time that I had approached the Minister, Deputy Stephen...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (6 Mar 2024)

Mary Butler: I thank the Deputy for his question. I will follow up on this today. The Deputy is aware that we had a situation over the last six months where the Fórsa union was not co-operating in relation to giving us responses. Some 54% of all parliamentary questions asked in the Oireachtas are for the Department of Health. I cannot tell the Deputy the volume that comes through this Department-----

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (6 Mar 2024)

Pat Buckley: It was sent directly to the Minister's mailbox.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (6 Mar 2024)

Mary Butler: In relation to that specific case, which the Deputy raised directly, I will give the Deputy a commitment that I will follow up on that today and try to get a response for him.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (6 Mar 2024)

Pat Buckley: I thank the Minister of State.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (6 Mar 2024)

Carol Nolan: As I am sure the Minister is aware, there is chaos in many schools because of the proposed changes to the SET teacher allocations. A school principal in my constituency wrote to me about what he described as the fiasco of the new SET teacher allocations and the removal of the complex needs criteria. The school was confident it would see its hours being increased. However, because of the...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (6 Mar 2024)

Simon Coveney: I thank the Deputy for raising this issue. Whenever any changes are made to how resources are allocated in schools it can cause a lot of worry for students and parents, as Deputy Nolan has just outlined. We want to ensure that every child with special educational needs has access to the most appropriate school place. Schools were notified of their special educational teacher allocation...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (6 Mar 2024)

Michael McNamara: The political system drifts in and out of outrage with regard to UHL, but the situation there does not really change very much. The last time it was in this level of focus was when the parts of the system analysis report, SAR, on the death of Aoife Johnston were leaked. In response to that, the CEO of the HSE appointed the former Chief Justice, Frank Clarke, to carry out an investigation...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (6 Mar 2024)

Simon Coveney: I think the terms of reference of that report were only agreed. I will have to check the timeline for the Deputy. Obviously, Frank Clarke is an extremely competent individual. I will get the Deputy a timeline for the publication of the report from the Minister. It was my understanding that the terms of reference were only created in the last few weeks.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (6 Mar 2024)

Michael McNamara: It was meant to have been published within eight weeks.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (6 Mar 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Union of Students in Ireland, USI, just held a briefing on the student accommodation crisis, with a particular emphasis on digs accommodation. I encourage the Government to read its survey. It pointed out that purpose-built student accommodation is needed, the Government has not delivered it in sufficient quantities, and many students are being forced into digs accommodation, which is...