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- Defence (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (2 May 2024)
Question put and agreed to.
- Defence (Amendment) Bill 2024: Referral to Select Committee (2 May 2024)
- Defence (Amendment) Bill 2024: Referral to Select Committee (2 May 2024)
Dara Calleary: I move: That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence pursuant to Standing Orders 95 and 181.
- Defence (Amendment) Bill 2024: Referral to Select Committee (2 May 2024)
Question put and agreed to.
- Defence (Amendment) Bill 2024: Referral to Select Committee (2 May 2024)
Cuireadh an Dáil ar fionraí ar 4.03 p.m. agus cuireadh tús leis arís ar 4.06 p.m. Sitting suspended at 4.03 p.m. and resumed at 4.06 p.m.
- Defence (Amendment) Bill 2024: Referral to Select Committee (2 May 2024)
^ Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters^
- Defence (Amendment) Bill 2024: Referral to Select Committee (2 May 2024)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 37 and the name of the Member in each case: Deputy Louise O'Reilly - To discuss the need for an ASD unit for Skerries Educate Together National School. Deputies Thomas Gould, Mick Barry and Pádraig O'Sullivan - To discuss the provision of sanctioned ASD classes in Scoil...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate (2 May 2024)
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (2 May 2024)
Special Educational Needs
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (2 May 2024)
Thomas Gould: I am very disappointed that neither the Minister for Education nor the Minister of State with responsibility for special education is here today. This goes to the heart of the way Scoil Eoin in Ballincollig has been treated. It is insulting to the seriousness of this issue we have tabled that the Ministers are not here to discuss it. Scoil Eoin in Ballincollig in Cork has been trying to...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (2 May 2024)
Mick Barry: How many children with autism in the town of Ballincollig have been let down badly by the State and the Government? I know of 21 straight off the bat. They are the boys who attend the Scoil Eoin primary school, who are forced to struggle along in mainstream classes when special classes are what they need. This was recognised three years ago by the National Council for Special Education,...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (2 May 2024)
Pádraig O'Sullivan: I do not want to pre-empt what the Minister of State might say. I confirm that I spoke to the Minister last Friday after the public meeting that the three of us attended. She confirmed to me and the principal that she would meet him in the next three to four weeks. That meeting is confirmed and arranged. I suppose that is a first step. I will not dwell on the history because the two...
- Defence (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (2 May 2024)
Dara Calleary: Thar ceann an Tánaiste, gabhaim buíochas le gach Teachta a ghlac páirt sa díospóireacht seo. Gabhaim buíochas as the constructive contributions, comments and inputs. The Tánaiste was very clear in his opening statement that this is the first of two substantial defence Bills. To address the point made by Deputy Howlin and the Leas-Cheann Comhairle, the...
- Defence (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (2 May 2024)
Catherine Connolly: I always have the privilege, although I do not know if it is a privilege, of being the last speaker on Thursday afternoon. The Bill has 24 sections, three Parts and one Schedule. Ostensibly, it sets out to do four things. One is to establish an external oversight body on a statutory basis. There is already a body in place but it is not on a statutory basis and it is a good thing that this...
- Defence (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (2 May 2024)
Thomas Pringle: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for the opportunity to speak on the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2024. I condemn the way this Government has treated legislation and the legislative process throughout its time in Government. At the Business Committee last week I highlighted that neither the Bill nor pre-legislative scrutiny of the Bill were published despite the fact it was due for debate this week....
- Defence (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (2 May 2024)
Thomas Gould: I remember standing outside Collins Barracks in Cork with wives, partners, mothers and children who were fighting to improve the terms and conditions of their husbands, partners and loved ones in the Defence Forces because they did not have the ability to do it themselves. I know that is the core of this Bill but it does not go far enough. Members of the Defence Forces must be listened to...
- Defence (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (2 May 2024)
Peter Fitzpatrick: As a former member of the Defence Forces, I welcome the opportunity to speak on this important Bill. On the back of key recommendations of the Independent Review Group on Dignity and Equality Issues in the Defence Forces and the statutory inquiry into systemic failures in dealing with individual complaints, including sexual misconduct, the creation of an external oversight body was...
- Defence (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (2 May 2024)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I welcome the members of Fórsa in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council who are visiting. They might be interested to know we are discussing trade union-related matters, but this time with respect to members of our Defence Forces. The Bill seeks to allow them to associate with the Irish Congress of Trade Unions. “Allowed to associate with” is an interesting phrase...
- Defence (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (2 May 2024)
Catherine Connolly: Comhlacht Formhaoirsithe Seachtrach. Níl sé ró-dheacair.
- Defence (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (2 May 2024)
Brendan Howlin: Deacair go leor.