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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (8 May 2024)
Bernard Durkan: I welcome the witnesses. I am in the awkward position that I have to be here and next door at the same time. It is very difficult to be in two places. Sometimes it is difficult to be in one place at the correct time. We have had extremely good performance in the delivery of health services in some hospitals and not-so-good performance in others. To what extent has there been a...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (8 May 2024)
Bernard Durkan: Why is it not clear-cut? Would an obvious trend not be readily visible if in one region there are one or two hospitals performing less up to scratch than in a hospital 100 miles away? There has to be some relevance to the procedures and management in the hospital itself, and the number of patients in the catchment area. There must be something that can be addressed. Why can that not be...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (8 May 2024)
Bernard Durkan: Are they being fixed?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (8 May 2024)
Bernard Durkan: How is the hospital building programme progressing across the county, including refurbishment, upgrading and expanding capacity? I refer to hospitals in places like Naas, Portlaoise, and Navan, where population pressures are high. Are we make sufficient provision for the future or are we in a situation where, by the time we get around to making changes and improvements, they are already out...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (8 May 2024)
Bernard Durkan: What did Mr. Watt say about Naas?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (8 May 2024)
Bernard Durkan: I would be anxious about that because it has been there a long time and we need to be getting to the end of it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (8 May 2024)
Bernard Durkan: My last question is around scoliosis and the degree to which the health service is getting to grips with the issue. It is a high-profile subject which is very serious and sensitive for those affected and their families. Can we report sufficient progress in that area? Are we making a real impression? This is an issue that reflects the standards, welfare and well-being of the service...
- Report of the Joint Committee on Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Motion (2 May 2024)
Dara Calleary: I covered all the main issues in my opening remarks. I thank the Deputies. Deputy Boyd Barrett's remarks are probably outside the scope of the report in terms of the enterprise opportunities. MARA has been established for offshore planning and has responsibilities there. To Deputy Stanton's point on skills, that is something we are focused on. Working with the Minister, Deputy...
- Report of the Joint Committee on Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Motion (2 May 2024)
Question put and agreed to.
- Report of the Joint Committee on Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Motion (2 May 2024)
Cuireadh an Dáil ar athló ar 5.36 p.m. go dtí 2 p.m., Dé Céadaoin, an 8 Bealtaine 2024. The Dáil adjourned at at 5.36 p.m. until 2 p.m. on Wednesday, 8 May 2023.
- Report of the Joint Committee on Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Motion (2 May 2024)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I apologise that I was not able to listen to much of the earlier discussion. I was busy with something else in this place. This is a very important issue. It is of particular interest in my area because there are plans for a very significant offshore renewable energy development off the east coast. As anybody who is concerned about the climate crisis we are facing knows, the starting...
- Report of the Joint Committee on Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Motion (2 May 2024)
David Stanton: I thank the Minister of State for his remarks. There is an offshore wind conference in Dublin today and I attended it for quite a while. I am buzzing after being there for most of the day. The interest in the room was amazing. The people there are hugely impressive in their expertise and enthusiasm to drive onward. The potential for Ireland from offshore renewable energy is virtually...
- Report of the Joint Committee on Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Motion (2 May 2024)
Louise O'Reilly: I thank our Chairperson, Deputy Quinlivan, and the secretariat staff of the Joint Committee on Enterprise, Trade and Employment for all of their work on this report. In a time of climate change and energy insecurity, there is an opportunity for industry and coastal communities, working together, to develop a new industrial sector supporting regional development, creating thousands of...
- Report of the Joint Committee on Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Motion (2 May 2024)
Dara Calleary: Before he goes, I thank, the chair of the joint committee, Deputy Quinlivan, the clerk, the secretariat and all the members for this comprehensive and forward-thinking report. The report set out recommendations on diverse, but connected, topics. For instance, it recommends: planning and consideration of sites for offshore renewable energy, a more integrated approach to delivering it and...
- Report of the Joint Committee on Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Motion (2 May 2024)
- Report of the Joint Committee on Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Motion (2 May 2024)
Maurice Quinlivan: I move: That Dáil Éireann shall take note of the Report of the Joint Committee on Enterprise, Trade and Employment entitled "Report on Offshore Renewable Energy", copies of which were laid before Dáil Éireann on 8th March, 2023. I wish to share time with Deputy O'Reilly.
- Report of the Joint Committee on Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Motion (2 May 2024)
James O'Connor: Is that agreed? Agreed.
- Report of the Joint Committee on Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Motion (2 May 2024)
Maurice Quinlivan: As Cathaoirleach of the committee, I thank the Ceann Comhairle for the opportunity to lead out on this important debate, and the Business Committee for taking a positive approach and allowing it onto the agenda, which is timely and important. I express my thanks to my fellow members of the committee who worked diligently to produce this report. The collaborative and considered approach...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Business Supports (2 May 2024)
Chris Andrews: The square meter figure, however, will not increase.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Prison Service (2 May 2024)
Prison Service