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Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: I do not know the specifics of CUH but I know that the Government has put unprecedented resources into the health system, with a 20% increase in staffing across the board over the last four years with the objective of improving services and bringing down waiting lists. We are seeing progress on that. That progress has been seen in improving health outcomes and life expectancy in our...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 Apr 2024)

Jackie Cahill: The issue I want to raise is about our ambulance services. I have raised in this House many times the huge distances that our ambulances have to travel. The point I want to make today is about the critical level of paramedics operating in the service at the moment. It is putting the service at a dangerously low level. It is at breaking point. We urgently need to recruit paramedics for...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank Deputy Cahill for raising this. I know he has been raising it and bringing it to the fore as a TD for Tipperary. I will certainly pass on to the Minister for Health the fact that the Deputy has raised it here today. I know the Deputy raises it on an ongoing basis. It is something the Government is looking to prioritise. It is an important service. Response times are crucial for...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 Apr 2024)

Gino Kenny: I know the Minister commented earlier on the Irish Dental Association, which has painted a stark picture of children's oral healthcare. It was before the Joint Committee on Health last year and will be again next week to address screening. More than 100,000 children did not get the basic screening in primary school. I remember, when I was growing up, a dentist coming three or four times...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank Deputy Kenny for raising this. We addressed it in Leaders' Questions too. The Government is investing significantly in this. Additional funding was put in place in the budget last year. Up to 900 additional staff were being recruited across the services at the end of last year, which we hope will feed through into this important service. It is crucial that young people get...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 Apr 2024)

Mark Ward: Last November, 68 elderly residents living in the Willow and Sycamore units in Cherry Orchard were told they would have to move out of their home. So far, 40 residents have moved and approximately 16 remain. At least 19 residents have died during this period. Families have been protesting outside Cherry Orchard since November. Information I received in November highlighted structural...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 Apr 2024)

Mary Butler: I thank the Deputy for his question. In May 2023, a HIQA inspection identified concerns about the flooring of both the Sycamore and Willow units at Cherry Orchard hospital. These presented a significant potential health and safety risk. A subsequent HSE review indicated that the flooring had underlying structural issues which required immediate remedial work. I think if the Deputy was...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 Apr 2024)

Mark Ward: I would meet the residents.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 Apr 2024)

Mary Butler: Excuse me, Deputy. I will answer the question. I cannot ignore a HIQA report that identifies concerns saying that there is a significant potential health and safety risk. The transfer of residents has begun, as the Deputy knows. Forty-three residents have been transferred from Cherry Orchard campus, with 17 residents still on site. The health and safety of each resident is the most...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 Apr 2024)

Ivana Bacik: Conor Gallagher in The Irish Times reports today that former soldiers of the elite Defence Forces Army Ranger Wing have resumed military training operations in Libya in an apparent breach of international sanctions. Through their company, Irish Training Solutions, these former elite special forces members are training troops of a Libyan warlord, Khalifa Haftar, who is backed by Russia. The...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The Tánaiste and Minister for Defence has made it very clear that media reports that former members of the Defence Forces may be involved in training members of the Libyan National Army are deeply shocking and cause reputational damage to Ireland and our Defence Forces. No Irish citizen should knowingly be involved in activities that breach UN sanctions or EU restrictive measures, least...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 Apr 2024)

Paul Murphy: The horror in Gaza continues to deepen. The latest is the discovery of mass graves at hospitals, including one with more than 300 bodies at a hospital in Khan Younis and another at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza city. The Tánaiste has said the people of Gaza are being collectively punished by Israel and that he believes Israel intends to attack Rafah, where more than 1.5 million people have...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: It is certainly very traumatising for everyone to hear the stories coming out of Gaza at them moment. The Government has been absolutely proactive on this and has shown leadership at international level from the outset, particularly on the absolute need for a ceasefire and for humanitarian aid to be let into Gaza. As we speak, the Tánaiste is in the region once again, very much...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 Apr 2024)

Seán Canney: I raise an important issue, having regard to an email I received from a concerned citizen. It relates to the circumstances in Dublin whereby residents and business people are affected negatively by what is happening at Grattan Hall, Mount Street, Grattan Court and adjacent areas. I want to know what the Government is going to do about this. The description I have indicates there is a large...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The situation in Mount Street is unacceptable to everyone. A number of Departments and statutory agencies have been working together to alleviate the problems experienced by those camping there as well as the residents, local businesses and workers. This includes offering accommodation to many of those encamped outside the building in question and in its environs, providing regular waste...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 Apr 2024)

Mattie McGrath: The Minister present is the Minister for agriculture. We are talking all the time about the crisis in agriculture due to the weather. The Association of Farm and Forestry Contractors of Ireland has been appealing to the Minister and the Minister for Finance not to go ahead with an increase of 2 cent per litre, plus VAT, on agricultural diesel on 1 May, which is next week. The estimated...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: I attended the annual conference of the Association of Farm and Forestry Contractors of Ireland a couple of months ago. The contractors comprise an important part of our farming infrastructure and are under considerable pressure given the amount of work ahead – work that was not possible to do in recent weeks. Generally, farm businesses are exempt from the carbon tax. There is a...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 Apr 2024)

Thomas Pringle: Despite promises given by the Taoiseach and former Minister for Health, diabetes care in Donegal is in a critical situation and requires immediate intervention. In Letterkenny, there are no consultant endocrinologists, no advanced nurse practitioners in adult diabetes, no podiatrists, no paediatric endocrinologists and no physiologists. There is no shared centre of excellence for children...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: I am very much aware of the issue. I have been liaising with the Donegal branch of Diabetes Ireland, including Paul Gillespie, on this matter. Like the Deputy, I have been working on the issue over recent years. We have seen significant improvements in paediatric diabetes services in Letterkenny in recent times. Additional supports have been provided that have brought about improvements...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank the Deputy for raising this issue. It has been a challenging spring for all farming sectors. That has come on the back of a very difficult autumn last year. We have just come out of one of the longest and most unprecedented wintering periods we have seen for a long time, lasting almost seven months from last September until now, in many instances. That has made it very difficult...