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- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Accommodation (22 May 2024)
Catherine Connolly: That is okay. Sometimes it is good not to hear.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Energy Policy (22 May 2024)
Energy Policy
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Energy Policy (22 May 2024)
Darren O'Rourke: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for selecting this issue and I also thank the Minister of State, Deputy Ossian Smyth, for being here to take it. I raised the issue very briefly with him on Priority Questions last week but I am glad to have some extra time here to focus on it. I am concerned that people, who are isolated, have exorbitant bills related to heat pump use. I have spoken to members...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Energy Policy (22 May 2024)
Ossian Smyth: I thank Deputy O'Rourke for raising this important issue which provides an opportunity to have a debate on heat pumps. The National Heat Study considered potential decarbonisation options for a wide range of dwelling and business types. It found that heat pumps are the optimal decarbonisation pathway for domestic heating systems. Heat pumps are now the dominant heating technology for...
- Prelude (22 May 2024)
- Prelude (22 May 2024)
Chuaigh an Leas-Cheann Comhairle i gceannas ar 9.10 a.m.
- Prelude (22 May 2024)
Prayer and Reflection.
- Prelude (22 May 2024)
Paidir agus Machnamh.
- Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters (22 May 2024)
- Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters (22 May 2024)
Catherine Connolly: 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 Brian Stanley - To discuss funding for youth services in Laois and Offaly. Deputy Darren O'Rourke - To discuss the need for improved support and oversight of the heat pump roll-out programme. Deputy Michael Ring - To discuss...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate (22 May 2024)
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Accommodation (22 May 2024)
School Accommodation
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Accommodation (22 May 2024)
Michael Ring: Before I raise the issue, I wish to ask who will be taking it.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Accommodation (22 May 2024)
Colm Burke: I am.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Accommodation (22 May 2024)
Michael Ring: Which Department are you in?
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Accommodation (22 May 2024)
Catherine Connolly: We will not have a question and answer session now. With any Topical Issue, Deputies have a choice not to go ahead with it if the Minister is not here.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Accommodation (22 May 2024)
Michael Ring: I wish to express my view and then I will make a decision whether I will or will not proceed. I am very disappointed. This is the third time I put down a Topical Issue debate and the senior Minister has not come in. People want to be elected to this House, and when they get elected, they want to become Ministers. When they become Ministers, it is like that thing we used to have in the...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Accommodation (22 May 2024)
Colm Burke: I am taking this on behalf of the Minister for Education. I thank the Deputy for raising the matter as it gives me, on behalf of the Minister for Education, the opportunity to provide an update to the House on the current position regarding the major school building project for Holy Trinity National School in Westport, County Mayo. The major building project for Holy Trinity is to...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Accommodation (22 May 2024)
Michael Ring: This has been going on since 2010. I will simplify it for the Minister of State, that he might bring it back to the Department. The first thing I will do today is write to the Comptroller and Auditor General about why taxpayers' money is going to be wasted. The school has been abandoned in recent years but the Department is going to put taxpayers money into it now. Holy Trinity is the...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Departmental Funding (21 May 2024)
Colm Burke: I am dealing with this matter on behalf of the Minister for Health. I thank the Deputy for raising the matter of funding for East Galway and Midlands Cancer Support, which is based in Ballinasloe, County Galway. The need to address survivorship care for those living with and beyond cancer is now recognised internationally. Groups such as East Galway and Midlands Cancer Support emphasise...