Results 121-140 of 1,025,908 for in 'Dáil debates' OR in 'Committee meetings' (speaker:Eoin Ó Broin OR speaker:Michael Fitzmaurice)

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Mother and Baby Homes (30 Apr 2024)

Catherine Connolly: I thank the Minister for that welcome update regarding the number of applications. However, I will repeat: it is a quarter of a century since the apology, and every step of the way, every redress scheme has been faulty, including the one the Minister is standing over, which is unfair, unjust and excludes thousands of people. I think it excludes 24,000 people. It excludes those who suffered...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Mother and Baby Homes (30 Apr 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: I thank the Deputy. I am aware of the context, and that is why I thought it was important to get somebody with negotiation skills backed up by experts who have financial analysis to understand the means available to the orders and congregations with which these engagements are taking place. As I said earlier, I am not in a position to give a date today. I think it is important that we...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Mother and Baby Homes (30 Apr 2024)

Catherine Connolly: The Minister has confirmed that there have been no interim reports. We do not know when it will be published. Can he tell us if that report will be published after it goes to the Cabinet? I cannot emphasise enough the context of all of this. Every single scheme has been faulty. I am a great admirer of the religious orders; they do great work. However, they were not particularly good...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: International Protection (30 Apr 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: I thank the Deputy for her engagement on this issue, about which we have spoken a number of times, and her constituency colleague, the Minister of State, Deputy Noonan, has also been in touch on the issue. In January 2023, through the online offers portal on gov.ie, my Department received a commercial offer of temporary accommodation for beneficiaries of temporary protection fleeing the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: International Protection (30 Apr 2024)

Kathleen Funchion: I thank the Minister. As he knows, we have a number of locations throughout Carlow and Kilkenny and I have no issue or difficulty. I am raising this issue because I share the concerns of the community. It is a fantastic community and there are already a number of Ukrainian families living in the area. It could be argued that the holiday homes there will not be proper, long-term...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: International Protection (30 Apr 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: I thank the Deputy. I recognise that a significant number of Ukrainians are resident across counties Kilkenny and Carlow. I recognise the welcome they have received from communities. Ukrainians are being accommodated in urban and rural areas. People are being accommodated in many different situations all over Ireland. Our primary focus is on meeting the necessary guidelines we have set...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: International Protection (30 Apr 2024)

Kathleen Funchion: I understand there would be a mix or rural and urban accommodation but surely there must be consideration of whether transport and facilities are available. To put it in people's minds, the facility in question is an old equestrian centre, so you can imagine the level of accommodation we will be able to provide. It will certainly not be up to standard. There are also serious issues in...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: International Protection (30 Apr 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: We have converted many types of buildings for use as Ukrainian accommodation. The Deputy has set out her concerns about the use of equestrian facilities but we have done it successfully in Millstreet and in Kill. Those are two areas in which we have converted equestrian accommodation into emergency accommodation in recent times, recognising the scale of our accommodation challenge. I...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Disability Services (30 Apr 2024)

Disability Services

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Disability Services (30 Apr 2024)

Pauline Tully: 83. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Question No. 97 of 29 February 2024, for an update on the recruitment drive for the children's disability network teams, CDNTs, as referenced in the reply; to specifically outline how many staff have been recruited into the CDNTs in Cavan and Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Disability Services (30 Apr 2024)

Kathleen Funchion: I am taking this question on behalf of my colleague, Deputy Tully. The question is for the Minister of State, Deputy Rabbitte, and relates to a previous parliamentary question, namely, Question No. 97 on 29 February 2024. She is seeking an update on the recruitment drive for the CDNTs as referenced in the reply to the previous question of 29 February. My colleague is looking for a specific...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Disability Services (30 Apr 2024)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank the Deputy. The Government acknowledges the challenges faced by children and young people with disabilities and their families in accessing essential therapy services in Cavan and Monaghan. It is important to say that along with the Minister, Deputy Humphreys, and Deputies Brendan Smith and Niamh Smyth, I visited Monaghan in the past month and met the families concerned. Lead...

Petrol and Diesel Excise Rate Increases: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (30 Apr 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: As the Minister of State, Deputy Richmond, knows, I come from a rural constituency in County Mayo. We do not have the transport options of those living in urban areas. How many times do we have to say that we are reliant on cars to get where we need to go? The nearest train station to me is an hour away. It is a six-hour round trip to University Hospital Galway, which many patients have...

Petrol and Diesel Excise Rate Increases: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (30 Apr 2024)

Pearse Doherty: I thank everybody who contributed to the debate on petrol and diesel prices. This is not the first time that we have brought a motion like this before the Dáil. We also brought one last September. It would be remiss of me not to address some of the hot air that we were getting from the Rural Independents. I am glad that they have left because things have cooled down a wee bit....

Petrol and Diesel Excise Rate Increases: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (30 Apr 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: Deputy Doherty is out of time.

Petrol and Diesel Excise Rate Increases: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (30 Apr 2024)

Pearse Doherty: What do they say to the businessman who says he has to let an employee go because his business cannot survive in this environment? It is the Government and the Minister for Finance who have decided to increase excise duty to a point where we can no longer survive. The Government is silent on this issue. I appeal to everybody who has the backs of ordinary people across this State to support...

Petrol and Diesel Excise Rate Increases: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (30 Apr 2024)

Deputies: Hear, hear.

Petrol and Diesel Excise Rate Increases: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (30 Apr 2024)

Amendment put.

Petrol and Diesel Excise Rate Increases: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (30 Apr 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: In accordance with Standing Order 80(2), the division is postponed until the weekly division time on Wednesday, 1 May 2024.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (30 Apr 2024)