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Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (18 Apr 2024)

Noel Grealish: University Hospital Galway was one of the most overcrowded hospitals in the country in 2023 and the situation is getting worse. On several occasions, including in this House, I have suggested that the establishment of a minor injuries unit in Merlin Park Hospital grounds would be an immediate and cost-effective method of relieving the overcrowding and stress at the emergency department in...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (18 Apr 2024)

Micheál Martin: I have been a long-standing advocate for and supporter of minor injuries units. I do not know the background as to why we do not have a minor injuries unit in Galway. Is it to do with the configuration of Merlin Park and other hospital projects getting ahead of it?

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (18 Apr 2024)

Noel Grealish: The Government will not give us one.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (18 Apr 2024)

Micheál Martin: It is not that we will not give one. Have the plans come forward? I will certainly talk to the Minister for Health because they work and they take pressure off the emergency departments.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (18 Apr 2024)

Mattie McGrath: I join with the Tánaiste in wishing the families of the victims of the Stardust tragedy all the best today. I happened to be in Dublin that night as well. They have been a long time waiting for justice. I am questioning the issuing of planning exemptions for telecommunication structures such as masts as per the statutory instrument, class 31, of the Planning and Development Act...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (18 Apr 2024)

Micheál Martin: I appreciate the Deputy raising the issue and I will talk to the Minister. I think the Deputy said that it was because it was an area of architectural conservation that it could not go ahead.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (18 Apr 2024)

Mattie McGrath: Thankfully. They have stopped.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (18 Apr 2024)

Micheál Martin: That illustrates the importance at times of having areas of conservation to stop that kind of behaviour which would undermine the architectural integrity and heritage of a given town or village. I will certainly speak to the Minister in that respect.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (18 Apr 2024)

Joan Collins: I also wish to express solidarity with the families of the Stardust 48 and the communities of Kilmore, Artane and Coolock, where I grew up as a child. I want to raise the issue of children's developmental health checks. I raised this issue on several occasions last year with regard to the Curlew Road and Old County Road primary care centres. I have recently been informed that the same...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (18 Apr 2024)

Mary Butler: I thank the Deputy for raising this important question and I acknowledge that she has raised it several times before. There is an issue with the recruitment of public health nurses in that particular area. The Department and the HSE are giving this their utmost attention. It is not a funding issue or a moratorium issue; it is due to a lack of public health nurses for that area. I will...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (18 Apr 2024)

Niamh Smyth: I want to raise with the Tánaiste the very sad news that we got this week about the closure of the Irish Wheelchair Association centre in Cavan. When I say “closure”, it has not closed its doors but has had to end its in-person service for the 40 service users who very much depend on that service. It had a minimum of staff to begin with. It had only two part-time and one...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: All those statistics are cold comfort to Amy and her husband, who were in my office this week. Amy is out of work on illness benefit at the moment and her husband is a bus driver. Their net income after tax is €48,000. They are facing homelessness because of an eviction on grounds of sale. The only accommodation available costs €3,000 in rent per month. Because they are...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2024)

Micheál Martin: What I would say to Amy and her husband and Niamh and Anthony is that the Deputy's proposals would make the situation catastrophically worse.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It could not be worse than it is.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2024)

Micheál Martin: It would be much worse.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2024)

Paul Murphy: They are homeless.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2024)

Micheál Martin: People would leave the rental market immediately because the Deputy's party is all about control, to the extent that there would be nobody left in the rental market by the time it was finished. They just will not be there. It is evident in terms of the policies. About 4,000 affordable homes were delivered in 2020. That is double. A total of 12,000 social houses were delivered last year....

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: They have spent two Christmases in a hub with their family.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2024)

Micheál Martin: The Deputy's proposals will not sort that out. That is my point.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2024)

Paul Murphy: Build houses.