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- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 May 2024)
Pa Daly: It makes no sense that where an existing court building is in need of updated facilities, every opportunity to refurbish it is not used. The plan in Tralee for years was to take the plans for Letterkenny courthouse, which cost €19 million, and use them in the Denny site which was gifted to Tralee town council ten years ago and on which nothing has happened. Now an opportunity has...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 May 2024)
Simon Harris: I thank my colleague in Wicklow, Deputy Whitmore, for raising the important issue of nicotine pouches and bringing it to my attention. That sounds like an alarming and concerning situation for parents, teachers and principals. I undertake to speak with the Minister for Health on the matter and pass on the Deputy's serious concerns, which I share. I will follow up with Deputy Collins on...
- Family Law (Divorce) (Amendment) Bill: First Stage (14 May 2024)
- Family Law (Divorce) (Amendment) Bill: First Stage (14 May 2024)
Patrick Costello: I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Family Law (Divorce) Act 1996 to provide for swifter access to divorce proceedings. This legislation will further modernise our laws around divorce. Divorce was prohibited in the State until the 1995 referendum, which allowed divorce where people had been separated for four of the previous five years. The...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 May 2024)
Simon Harris: I assure the Deputy there is a while to go in this Government yet, so he should not get too excited. I believe the Tánaiste may have been in Waterford at a private function, possibly even a wedding. I was in Dungarvan.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 May 2024)
Matt Shanahan: Like the Taoiseach, he was canvassing.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 May 2024)
Simon Harris: No, I think he was at a private event. I was canvassing, and people were asking for the Deputy. I was also in Dungarvan. It was a beautiful day. The sun was out and we were talking about the launch of the traditional Irish music festival. The Minister of State, Deputy Butler, knows about it. I was also in Tramore meeting young guys and girls in the surfing school there. I very much...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 May 2024)
Mattie McGrath: I acknowledge that in his previous portfolio as Minister before he became Taoiseach, he did some good work in the area of higher education and diverting people towards trades. The haulage and agriculture industries and many others, including the hospitality, are desperately crying out for staff and people to work in them. The whole situation with work visas is too slow and cumbersome. We...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 May 2024)
Simon Harris: I fully agree. That is why when I was Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science - I thank the Deputy for his kind words - we set up a number of apprenticeships specifically in partnership with the haulage industry. We remain open for business in terms of doing more. It is also why migrants are good in this country, because when we talk to the...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 May 2024)
Catherine Connolly: Faraor géar, tá orm ospidéal an Chlocháin a ardú arís. Tá an tAire Stáit, an Teachta Butler, sa Teach. D'ardaigh mé an tseachtain seo caite é, ardeoidh mé an tseachtain seo chugainn é agus gach seachtain toisc nach féidir glacadh leis go bhfuil ospidéal an Chlocháin fós dúnta. I just cannot accept that...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 May 2024)
Mary Butler: We need to put a little bit of context on it for people who might not understand what Clifden hospital is. There are two hospitals on the same site: one is a community nursing unit, CNU, where there are people under the fair deal scheme. The hospital also has a respite and rehab ward for six to seven people.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 May 2024)
Catherine Connolly: It is a district hospital.
- 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.