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Ceisteanna Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (15 May 2024)

Heather Humphreys: I thank Deputy McGrath for raising this issue. I believe an employment regulation order is in place for the sector and I understand it is back in negotiation again.

Ceisteanna Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (15 May 2024)

Joan Collins: I have raised several times the severe lack of certain services across the Dublin 12 area due to a localised lack of public health nurses. We have seen resources taken from one centre and given to another, as was the case with the temporary transfer of nurses from Curlew Road in Drimnagh to Armagh Road in Crumlin. There is one public health nurse for child checks and one for older persons....

Ceisteanna Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (15 May 2024)

Mary Butler: I thank Deputy Collins for raising this issue. I acknowledge that she has raised it several times in recent years. During oral questions on health two or three weeks ago, the Minister, Deputy Donnelly, dealt with this question. He has asked the HSE to come forward with proposals. He said he would engage with all the Deputies in the area to try to find a solution. Public health nurses are...

Ceisteanna Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (15 May 2024)

Joan Collins: The question was on the primary care centre.

Ceisteanna Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (15 May 2024)

Richard Bruton: I congratulate the Minister on her initiative of bringing in a pension for those on carer's allowance, but I would like to see progress on two other programme for Government commitments. I refer to the proposal to extend free GP care to those on the carer's support grant and to develop a carer's guarantee that will provide a core basket of services across the country. I ask the Minister to...

Ceisteanna Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (15 May 2024)

Heather Humphreys: I thank the Deputy for raising this matter. We have improved the supports available to carers considerably in recent years. I know the Deputy welcomed the carer's pension that is now going to come into place. It is very important to recognise the huge sacrifices many have made in caring for their loved ones, particularly parents of children with disabilities. We have also expanded a...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 May 2024)

Heather Humphreys: I thank the Deputy for raising this issue. We commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Dublin and Monaghan bombings this Friday. The legacy of that atrocity lives on in the memory of many. In my own town of Monaghan, I know how it impacted on people. I acknowledge the people who lost their lives that day. The bomb in Monaghan went off outside Greacen's pub. I was just reading about two...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 May 2024)

Joan Collins: Last night, the Tánaiste said in this House: Today, we mourn with [the families] the great loss suffered by the victims of the bombs of 17 May 1974. We offer our humble acknowledgement of the obstacles [they] have overcome and the mountain [they] have climbed to get your campaign to where it is today. We recognise our own past shortcomings as a State and political system. On this...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 May 2024)

Heather Humphreys: Like the Deputy, I have engaged with the families of the victims of this terrible atrocity. I know some of them extremely well. It has been a long journey and a difficult time for them. As the Tánaiste said, we need to look at this issue once again and try to get access to the files. I take on board what the Deputy said.

Ceisteanna Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (15 May 2024)

Ceisteanna Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (15 May 2024)

Matt Carthy: Today marks the 76th anniversary of the Nakba, which saw 15,000 Palestinians killed and some three quarters of a million more expelled. The seven and a half decades since then have been marked, on the one hand, by the repeated breach by Israel of international laws and, on the other, by the failure of the international community to hold that state accountable for those breaches. The world,...

Ceisteanna Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (15 May 2024)

Heather Humphreys: The Tánaiste said this morning that Ireland will recognise the state of Palestine by the end of this month. That is a very important step. As the Deputy said, EU member states and the international community have made it clear that an Israeli military operation in Rafah will inevitably lead to disastrous humanitarian consequences and the deaths of large numbers of innocent civilians....

Ceisteanna Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (15 May 2024)

Ivana Bacik: Yesterday, the Minister for Health said he would love to see talks resume with thalidomide survivors. There has not been engagement by the Government with the survivors for a year. It is more than 60 years since the withdrawal of the drug from the market. Thalidomide survivors need justice. They have called for a State apology and a proper compensation package. I have raised their...

Ceisteanna Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (15 May 2024)

Heather Humphreys: I acknowledge the presence of Finola Cassidy in the Gallery. The HSE has a senior manager who liaises with Irish thalidomide survivors. The HSE has carried out a consultation process with survivors to ascertain their health and social care needs now and into the future. The support for Irish survivors of thalidomide Bill was paused because of this consultation with the HSE. When that...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 May 2024)

Heather Humphreys: I thank the Deputy for raising this issue, which I know is one about which he feels very strongly. He has advocated for Scoil Chormaic in Cashel previously. As I said earlier, we all have the experience, in representing our constituents, of meeting parents who are waiting too long for an assessment of their children's needs and for the therapies they need. We have to do all we can to...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 May 2024)

Michael Lowry: During the Covid pandemic, the health service came together and we used the private sector to very good effect. In this case, the big problem is with the assessments. We do not have enough child psychologists in the public sector. They are in the private sector and we should make a once-off effort to get them to combine and do whatever is necessary to reduce the backlog. There are young...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 May 2024)

Heather Humphreys: In 2021, we did clear the list. There is a framework in place now and there is €16.5 million available to procure the services for special needs assessments in the private sector. The Deputy is absolutely right that we need to clear the list and we will do so. The necessary funding has been provided. In terms of special schools, seven new ones have been established in recent years...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 May 2024)

Joan Collins: Yesterday, we welcomed some members of the families of the 27 victims of the Dublin bombing and the seven who lost their lives in Monaghan, along with representatives of the Justice for the Forgotten group, to the Dáil for the debate on Sinn Féin's motion for the 50th anniversary of the Dublin and Monaghan bombings. I welcomed that motion and the families welcomed the fact that the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 May 2024)

Ivana Bacik: Today, on Nakba day, we stand in solidarity with the people of Gaza and Palestine. Amid the horror of Netanyahu's genocidal siege on Gaza, the compassionate response of people here in Ireland has been notable. They have stood up for human rights, humanitarianism and international law. In recent weeks, we have seen this in the incredible activism of students in Trinity College Dublin and...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 May 2024)

Heather Humphreys: I thank the Deputy for raising this. The Tánaiste confirmed this morning that Ireland will recognise the state of Palestine by the end of this month. We are calling urgently for an immediate and sustainable humanitarian ceasefire, the unconditional release of all hostages and full, safe and unhindered humanitarian access. The protection of civilians must be paramount. It is an...