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An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Apr 2024)

James O'Connor: First and foremost, from one baby of the House to another, I congratulate the Taoiseach on his appointment. I wish him well. He is the youngest Taoiseach the country has ever had and the issue I raise is one our generations share as a major issue, namely, housing and getting more housing built. The Government has done huge work under Housing for All which has been successful as regards...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Apr 2024)

Simon Harris: I thank the Deputy for his good wishes. The Government definitely has an open mind on this. There are potentially lessons that can be learned from some of the responses we have put in place to assist people in the humanitarian situations arising in Ukraine and elsewhere in the world. I see the excellent use of modular or rapid-build housing in many places such as Backweston and Mahon in...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Apr 2024)

Brendan Griffin: I congratulate the Taoiseach on his election to the office he holds. I wish him well for the future. This is my first opportunity to do so. You know you are getting old when the Taoiseach is younger than you. I will raise a serious matter. As the Taoiseach may be aware, bogus self-employment has been a serious problem affecting workers at RTÉ for a long time. In some cases, it...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Apr 2024)

Simon Harris: I thank the Deputy for his good wishes. As he may be aware, in late 2020, the Department of Social Protection commenced an investigation into the PRSI classification of RTÉ's contractors. RTÉ provided the Department with lists of 695 workers who were engaged on a contract basis in 2018, 2019 and 2020 and these form the basis of the investigation. The scale of the investigation...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Apr 2024)

Catherine Connolly: We are out of time now and there are five speakers left, so I ask for their co-operation with brevity.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Apr 2024)

Sorca Clarke: I will follow up on a comment the Taoiseach made earlier about the supposed good news and the clinical lead of the paediatric diabetes service in Mullingar. With the greatest respect, the information the Taoiseach put on the record of the Dáil is not entirely correct, because that letter was not seen by the clinical lead, Professor O'Grady, until after it had been issued to parents....

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Apr 2024)

Catherine Connolly: Thank you, Deputy.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Apr 2024)

Sorca Clarke: Their GPs will tell them they do not have the expertise-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Apr 2024)

Catherine Connolly: We are over time.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Apr 2024)

Sorca Clarke: -----to be able to read the rates and that they need the service to be properly resourced.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Apr 2024)

Catherine Connolly: I call the Taoiseach to respond.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Apr 2024)

Sorca Clarke: Again, this is not the first time this matter has been raised.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Apr 2024)

Catherine Connolly: Deputy, we are way over time. I ask the Taoiseach to respond.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Apr 2024)

Sorca Clarke: This service was in exactly the same position three years ago, almost to the day.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Apr 2024)

Catherine Connolly: I asked for co-operation. We are way over time. Please.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Apr 2024)

Simon Harris: I appreciate Deputy Clarke raising the issue and the seriousness of it. The information I put on the record of the House is the information I was given, that an interim plan was discussed with the clinical lead at a meeting last week - that is what my note tells me and I can only relay that to the House - and that hospital management provided a commitment to finalise a solution to address...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Apr 2024)

Patrick Costello: The issues surrounding apartment and fire defects have highlighted in some instances the deficiencies in the Multi-Unit Developments Act. There is a commitment in the programme for Government to review this legislation. Given the Government's time is drawing to a close, will this review start and, more important, finish before the programme for Government finishes?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Apr 2024)

Simon Harris: There is nothing yet. The Government will run until March 2025, but I will get an update from the Minister about the important issue the Deputy raised. I know he has raised it before and that people are looking for timely news about it. I will get him a written note.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Apr 2024)

Matt Shanahan: I raise the plight of the Gaeltacht community in Waterford, An Rinn and the whole parish. The GP services have closed recently. The refurbished Garda station is now shuttered and the gardaí have been transferred. There are no gardaí there and now the post office is to close. An existing retailer in An Rinn is looking into a post office contract and was asked to contribute...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Apr 2024)

Simon Harris: While I am not directly familiar with the issue, my colleague, the Minister of State, Deputy Butler, tells me she spoke to the new Minister of State with responsibility for the Gaeltacht, Deputy Thomas Byrne, this morning and he has committed to take a look at the issue. We will revert to the Deputy directly about it.