Results 201-220 of 1,013,854 for in 'Dáil debates' OR in 'Committee meetings' (speaker:Tom Kitt OR speaker:Darren O'Rourke)
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Apr 2024)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Before calling on the Tánaiste to respond, I ask Members to join me in extending a céad mile fáilte to the Governor of Delaware, John Carney, who has just joined us in the Distinguished Visitors Gallery. Governor Carney is proud of his Irish heritage, having great-grandparents on both sides of his family. I also welcome Consul General Helena Nolan, who accompanies the...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Apr 2024)
Micheál Martin: I have several points to make to the Deputy. In terms of diplomacy, the Deputy scoffed at and scorned it. More than 70 Irish citizens and their dependants have been evacuated from Gaza. The importance of diplomatic relationships or channels cannot be overstated in the context of getting those 70 citizens and their dependants out. Our ambassador in Israel, Sonya McGuinness, has done...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Apr 2024)
Pearse Doherty: I do not know if the Tánaiste heard that Professor M. John Kennedy, who is the chair of the third cancer strategy steering group, told the health committee yesterday that cancer surgeries are being cancelled because hospitals are overwhelmed. That is happening on the Government's watch. The improvements that were made many years ago are not being sustained. The proportion of people...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Apr 2024)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I thank the Deputy. The time is up.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Apr 2024)
Pearse Doherty: Will the it open the 1,500 beds, and provide the €20 million that the HSE is asking for?
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Apr 2024)
Micheál Martin: We have provided over 1,000 new beds. Since coming to power, the Government has have provided significantly increased allocations to the HSE. An extra €7.7 billion on the 2019 figures has been provided. Just because the HSE or any agency comes in and says it wants X, is it the Deputy's policy that he gives everything that people ask for and he does not ask about value or money or...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Apr 2024)
Pearse Doherty: Efficiency. The equipment is lying idle.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Apr 2024)
Micheál Martin: Hear me out a second, please. I am talking about numbers. We have dramatically increased the numbers of people employed. In fact, the HSE could not recruit the numbers of people that were provided for in successive rounds of funding to the health service over the past two to three years. The Deputy is in opposition. I look at his party's alternative budgets. Every now and then, his...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Apr 2024)
Pearse Doherty: Can the Tánaiste answer the question?
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Apr 2024)
Micheál Martin: No, it is an important point because-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Apr 2024)
Pearse Doherty: Can the Tánaiste answer the question on the machines lying idle?
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Apr 2024)
Micheál Martin: -----equally, the Deputy must accept-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Apr 2024)
Eoin Ó Broin: And the €20 million.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Apr 2024)
Micheál Martin: -----that every agency in the country will come in looking for additionality, and so on.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Apr 2024)
Eoin Ó Broin: So the answer is "No".
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Apr 2024)
Micheál Martin: The idea that the State just responds to every submission it gets is, of course, not a sustainable position.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Apr 2024)
Pearse Doherty: Could the Tánaiste please answer the question about the machines lying idle?
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Apr 2024)
Micheál Martin: The bottom line is this: €7.7 billion has gone in. The mortality rate fell by over 10% over the decade.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Apr 2024)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I thank the Tánaiste. Time is up.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Apr 2024)
Micheál Martin: Our life expectancy is now about 82.