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- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Departmental Funding (21 May 2024)
Colm Burke: I am dealing with this matter on behalf of the Minister for Health. I thank the Deputy for raising the matter of funding for East Galway and Midlands Cancer Support, which is based in Ballinasloe, County Galway. The need to address survivorship care for those living with and beyond cancer is now recognised internationally. Groups such as East Galway and Midlands Cancer Support emphasise...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Departmental Funding (21 May 2024)
Claire Kerrane: I acknowledge the announcement of the one-off €3 million in funding that will roll out this year. I have no doubt that East Galway and Midlands Cancer Support will attain full membership of that alliance. However, that does not guarantee it X amount out of that €3 million and therein lies the problem. I reiterate that this a is a cancer centre in the heart of Ballinasloe...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Departmental Funding (21 May 2024)
Colm Burke: I very much agree with her in respect of the number of people diagnosed with cancer who have come through treatment. They need support. The Department of Health and the NCCP are committed to working with cancer support services. This will ensure that various programmes and services are appropriately developed and made more widely available to those who need them. The current National...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Departmental Funding (21 May 2024)
Cuireadh an Dáil ar athló ar 11.12 p.m. go dtí 9.10 a.m., Dé Céadaoin, an 22 Bealtaine 2024. The Dáil adjourned at at 11.12 p.m. until 9.10 a.m. on Wednesday, 22 May 2024.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: International Protection (21 May 2024)
Alan Kelly: The Minister of State is a good person but that response, by and large, is a standard reply. I contacted his officials, as he will be aware, this evening to let him know that I would read into the record this agreement from November 2019. I cannot state this any clearer. If the Department, which, granted this, in 2019, was the then Department of Justice and Equality, cannot honour the...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: International Protection (21 May 2024)
Joe O'Brien: Notwithstanding the letter the Deputy has, unfortunately there have been other situations around the country where, because international protection applicants have been in IPAS accommodation and because the community have been supportive, the community has not been happy when we have had to move them.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: International Protection (21 May 2024)
Alan Kelly: Did they have a letter like this?
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: International Protection (21 May 2024)
Joe O'Brien: I heard about the letter in question and I tracked it down today. I am glad it was the Deputy who read the piece into the record, rather than me. My analysis of that commitment was that it showed an incorrect understanding of the different between our mainstream housing supports and IPAS housing supports.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: International Protection (21 May 2024)
Alan Kelly: It is in black and white.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: International Protection (21 May 2024)
Joe O'Brien: Nevertheless, that is my interpretation of what was written there. That is unfortunate. Notwithstanding that, I understand how the community feel about this. We will endeavour to talk to the resettlement team. There is potentially a role here as well for the new local authority integration teams. There is potentially a role for the programme I oversee, the social inclusion community...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Departmental Funding (21 May 2024)
Departmental Funding
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Departmental Funding (21 May 2024)
Claire Kerrane: There is something very special about the East Galway and Midlands Cancer Support centre in Ballinasloe, which I visited last week. The last time before that I had visited was during Covid. It is a place where you instantly feel at ease. You go in the back door and it is like going into your own home. The first thing you see is the kitchen table and the kettle. It is a very welcoming...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Defective Building Materials (21 May 2024)
Malcolm Noonan: We will take on board those last few points. Regarding the date of 29 June, the Deputy will be aware that the review can take place. The Minister has consistently acted with empathy on this issue. He has shown that empathy in his engagement with affected families. The reconstitution of the working group is one part of it. There is also a subgroup, which met from January to April 2024...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: International Protection (21 May 2024)
International Protection
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: International Protection (21 May 2024)
Alan Kelly: The matter I am raising is unique. We all know that the issues surrounding asylum seekers and refugees in our country are significant at the moment, but the town of Borrisokane, County Tipperary is unique. The Minister of State visited it and met people there. Unfortunately, various protests have been occurring across Ireland from time to time. In Borrisokane, though, the people are up in...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: International Protection (21 May 2024)
Joe O'Brien: I thank the Deputy for this question. I acknowledge the efforts of the people of Borrisokane over the past four or five years in helping people feel at home. Ireland and many other European countries are experiencing a significant increase in people seeking international protection. The arrival numbers remain significantly elevated. In the first 20 weeks of 2024, nearly 8,000 people...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Wind Energy Guidelines (21 May 2024)
Malcolm Noonan: On community engagement, supplementary to the wind energy guidelines, there is a code of practice for wind energy development in Ireland and guidelines for community engagement. I am of the view that under the Aarhus Convention and public participation directive that engagement should take place at an early stage of any process or development of onshore or offshore. That is important. On...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Wind Energy Guidelines (21 May 2024)
Éamon Ó Cuív: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire Stáit.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Defective Building Materials (21 May 2024)
Defective Building Materials
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Defective Building Materials (21 May 2024)
Joe McHugh: Fáilte ar ais, a Aire Stáit Noonan. I often wonder who listens to the words of TDs. In fairness, at the different times the Minister of State has been here, he has listened. He has been compassionate and showed empathy. However, this is an important question for departmental officials in particular. I certainly do not want to go down the road of bashing officials. They are...