Results 301-320 of 1,020,331 for in 'Dáil debates' OR in 'Committee meetings' (speaker:Tom Kitt OR speaker:Peter Burke)

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 May 2024)

Mary Butler: I understand it is a district hospital. To be very clear, in case anyone thinks there are 20, 30 or 40 people in it - there is a ward for seven people. We were solely dependent on agency staff and we were not able to get them. I secured a derogation from the HSE to secure three full-time, permanent members of staff. Recruitment is currently under way for them. A panel is in place, but it...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 May 2024)

Bernard Durkan: Some years ago, Maynooth, County Kildare was scheduled to have a brand new swimming pool and various contributions were raised between the local authority, the local community and St. Patrick's College, Maynooth. Recently, I heard voices in the long grass to the extent that the proposal was not as warm as it had been in the past. The town has a population of 20,000 with approximately 20,000...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 May 2024)

Simon Harris: I thank the Deputy very much for raising the important issue of the need for a swimming pool in Maynooth. I will certainly raise the matter with the Minister of State with responsibility for sport, Deputy Thomas Byrne, and ask that he and I would revert directly to the Deputy.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 May 2024)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Taoiseach.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 May 2024)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I want to raise the summer programme in schools. As the Taoiseach knows, there has been a reduction in capitation rates this year. I have been in contact with the Department of Education and other Departments in recent weeks. They told me the summer programme has significantly expanded over the past three years. The problem is that the capitation rate in mainstream schools, which was...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 May 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: I thank the Deputy for her question. As she said, the summer programme has gone from strength to strength over the years. One of the key barriers to the participation of schools previously has been the availability of staff, particularly experienced staff already working in the schools. In 2023, to maximise the budget, teachers and SNAs working on the school-based programme were paid a...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 May 2024)

Mairead Farrell: The Government's current target for apprentices in 2025 is 10,000, but he has not even reached the 2020 target of 9,000. There is no specific target for craft apprentices, which is absolutely crucial because these are the people we want to build the homes we so desperately need. The Taoiseach constantly says that the apprenticeship system is employer-led and demand driven. However, he...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 May 2024)

Simon Harris: That is a sensible idea relating to craft apprenticeships and the composition of the 10,000 new registrations a year that will be in this space. I will talk to the Minister, Deputy O'Donovan, about that.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 May 2024)

Mairead Farrell: They are not all craft apprenticeships.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 May 2024)

Simon Harris: No. I agree with the Deputy's point about craft apprenticeships among the 10,000. There is a public sector target. The Deputy mentioned local authorities. It is to reach 750 apprenticeships a year by 2025.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 May 2024)

Mairead Farrell: They are not craft apprenticeships.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 May 2024)

Simon Harris: The overall total of 750 apprenticeships are not craft apprenticeships, but it is the public sector target. I will come back to her specifically on the craft composition of the 10,000 target.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 May 2024)

Willie O'Dea: The Minister for Health recently announced a HIQA inquiry into emergency care capacity in the mid-west but a lack of capacity would be a more accurate description. I ask for an assurance that the review will be time limited. We cannot allow this to drag on interminably. People are suffering. The trolley figures last week were again outrageous. In that regard, a year has elapsed since we...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 May 2024)

Ivana Bacik: Yesterday, the high court in Belfast made a ruling that parts of the Tories' Rwanda Act cannot be applied in Northern Ireland as they undermine human rights protections under the post-Brexit Windsor Framework and, indeed, that some parts are also incompatible with the European Convention on Human Rights, ECHR. The judgment is under appeal but it confirms the concerns Deputy Ó...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 May 2024)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: The Deputy's time is up.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 May 2024)

Ivana Bacik: Where is the emergency legislation on this that was promised by the Minister for Justice two weeks ago?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 May 2024)

Simon Harris: The timeline for that legislation remains as was, namely, later this month. I thank the Bacik for raising this important matter. I note the judgment delivered by Mr. Justice Humphreys yesterday in the Northern Ireland High Court, which found that certain provisions of the UK's Illegal Migration Act 2023 are incompatible with the Windsor Framework and the ECHR. We are studying the judgment...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 May 2024)

Catherine Murphy: I raise the issue of services being rationed by the HSE. The executive will only provide one therapy at a time. Let us take, for example, a child who is neurodivergent and requires several therapies, such as occupational and speech and language therapies. That child will not get parallel services even if they are vital to his or her needs. If a child goes onto a children's disability...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 May 2024)

Simon Harris: I certainly will take a look at the specific scenario the Deputy has outlined to the House. I had a meeting relating to CDNTs yesterday, with the Ministers of State, Deputies Rabbitte and Naughton, and others, at the Cabinet committee on disability. I received some encouraging numbers on recruitment numbers into the teams. Certainly, the word "rationing", if that is what is happening, is...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 May 2024)

Gino Kenny: In March this year, the Joint Committee on Assisted Dying published its report. It included 38 key recommendations, the main one being a recommendation for legislative change. Has the Taoiseach read the report? What is his personal view on assisted dying? Would he give his party colleagues a free vote if any legislation on the matter were to be submitted to the Dáil in the future?