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An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 May 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I wish to raise an issue around joint family visa applicants. Like so many of these issues that we get into our offices it goes from the particular to the general once one starts looking at it. A constituent got in touch with my office. He is working at University Hospital Waterford and he is well integrated into both the workforce and the wider community and wants his wife to come and...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 May 2024)

Simon Harris: I thank Deputy Ó Cathasaigh for raising this important matter on the joint family visa applications. I will talk with the Minister for Justice to see if it is a resourcing issue and if there is any way to assist. I will ask the Minister to come back to the Deputy directly.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 May 2024)

Mairead Farrell: Apprentices have been clear that they feel forgotten by this Government. We have seen how the large waiting lists for off-the-job training impacts on their ability to earn. Large numbers are dropping out and now we have figures that prove only a small minority in the craft apprenticeship sector are finishing in the standard four year period. If we suddenly saw that people on four-year...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 May 2024)

Simon Harris: I thank Deputy Farrell. I am just trying to get the most up-to-date figures and I will send them to the Deputy in writing if she does not already have them-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 May 2024)

Mairead Farrell: I have them.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 May 2024)

Simon Harris: From my previous role, and also from checking in on this recently, I understand that the plan is still to resolve the backlog issue during the course of this year. The Deputy will be aware there is always a wait time between each phase but when the wait time goes beyond the normal wait time then it is not acceptable. There is a well-funded plan with Solas. I will ask the Minister to come...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 May 2024)

Mairead Farrell: It is 16%-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 May 2024)

Catherine Connolly: I remind Members that we are back to the one-minute contribution. Deputy Ring was a little bit more generous in the Chair. I am not in the same generous humour.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 May 2024)

Bríd Smith: But no sanctions. Is the Government insisting on there being no sanctions?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 May 2024)

Michael Lowry: The HSE currently has a plan to use the new community nursing home in Nenagh as a step-down facility to tackle overcrowding from University Hospital Limerick, UHL. This initiative is contentious and controversial as it denies the long-awaited opportunity for the transfer of patients from St. Conlon's community nursing unit, which is deemed by HIQA as unfit for purpose. After consultation...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 May 2024)

Simon Harris: This is a very serious issue and I thank Deputy Lowry for raising it. I will continue to engage with the Minister for Health on this. There are two issues. There is obviously a very serious and acute issue at University Hospital Limerick, on which everyone in this House and most particularly Deputies from the mid-west want to see progress. We all know that. There are also the very strong...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 May 2024)

Mattie McGrath: Last September the Minister, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, and the Minister of State, Deputy Noonan, following only limited consultations, decided to remove four species of duck from the open seasons order, effectively banning their being hunted. This development has led to serious questions about how decisions on issues relating to wildlife and hunting are made and how rural interests, including...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 May 2024)

Simon Harris: I thank Deputy McGrath. I will ask the relevant Minister to follow up directly with the Deputy on this matter.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 May 2024)

Mattie McGrath: Sure it is he who is the problem.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 May 2024)

Catherine Connolly: Faraor, tá orm ospidéal an Chlocháin a ardú arís. Tá sé ardaithe go mion minic agus tá sé fós dúnta. I again raise the issue of Clifden hospital. I am aware that the Minister of State, Deputy Butler, has done her best on this but I really want the Taoiseach to answer. I have raised the issue so often and despite the Minister of...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 May 2024)

Ivana Bacik: As we mark National Bike Week next week, I will be asking Oireachtas Members to get on their bikes and join me outside the front of Leinster House next Tuesday at 1 p.m. with the cycling campaigns to highlight the need to promote cycling and cycling infrastructure. We have seen a recent study by researchers in France showing how much health benefit there is to cycling. For each kilometre...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 May 2024)

Simon Harris: It is a very important issue because we are seeing more and more people cycling, including more younger people and more people cycling to work. Schemes such as the bike to work scheme have worked very well. There are also bikes people can rent across this city and in other places. It is a good way of getting around, it is environmentally friendly and it is good for one's health, both...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 May 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: We are in the middle of a housing crisis. We have record rents, record house prices, record numbers of adults living in their childhood bedrooms and record levels of homelessness. Given this, why is the Government incentivising landlords to keep homes empty? A prominent financial adviser has announced that he tells some of his landlord clients to leave rental accommodation vacant for two...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 May 2024)

Simon Harris: We will certainly take a look at the Bill and engage in good faith on it. We have brought in a number of measures to try to ensure vacancy is addressed and that renters are protected through RPZs and other measures. We will look at the Bill in good faith. I am happy to engage and will ask the Minister for housing to do that.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 May 2024)

Bríd Smith: Israel is moving into the next stage of its murderous onslaught in Rafah. There are no words to describe the horrendous outcome we may see where 1.5 million Palestinian people are under bombardment in a small area of land. In the midst of this horrendous scene, it is heartening and uplifting to see students at Trinity College Dublin taking action to insist on divestment, sanctions and an...