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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Agriculture Industry (15 May 2024)

Christopher O'Sullivan: This week I visited Bandon mart and Skibbereen mart in my constituency. Meeting farmers, it is blatantly clear that they are fed up. They are mainly fed up of overregulation and they are fed up of red tape. They are tired of endless paperwork; new regulations being brought in on a weekly basis; the hoops they have to jump through to qualify for the different schemes; and the endless hours...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Water Services (15 May 2024)

James O'Connor: I thank the Minister of State for that information. It is little comfort to the people we represent. Part of the response to has to be financial assistance that needs to be provided to the families involved. If the State has an agency in place to supply home owners and people who live in these homes affected, with a safe and secure water supply for every type of domestic use, there should...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Water Services (15 May 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: I thank the Deputy. As I outlined, there is a compensation mechanism for business customers. Certainly, I appreciate the points raised about the communities in east Cork affected by this because it is a huge inconvenience, to put it mildly, when a boil water notice is in place, even if it is just around issues of turbidity in the water supply. It still requires customers to boil the water...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Work Permits (15 May 2024)

Work Permits

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Work Permits (15 May 2024)

David Stanton: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle for selecting this issue and the Minister for being here to respond. I have been raising this issue for quite some time in committee, in the Chamber and with colleagues. It has to do with Irish companies and foreign direct investment, FDI, companies located here that require staff to come from abroad to work here for a limited period. They bring leadership...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Work Permits (15 May 2024)

Helen McEntee: I thank the Deputy for raising this matter. He has been raising it for some time, for all the reasons that he outlined and the particular cases he just mentioned in respect of people working in the State already whose spouses or partners who want to work unfortunately cannot. Some spouses and partners want to be here and some of them are not with them here because they cannot work. As the...

Prelude (15 May 2024)

Prelude (15 May 2024)

Chuaigh an Leas-Cheann Comhairle i gceannas ar 09:10

Prelude (15 May 2024)

Prayer and Reflection.

Prelude (15 May 2024)

Paidir agus Machnamh.

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters (15 May 2024)

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters (15 May 2024)

Catherine Connolly: I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 37 and the name of the Member in each case: Deputy James O'Connor - To discuss the boil water notice in east Cork. Deputy Brian Stanley - To discuss the low level of funding for youth services in Laois and Offaly. Deputy David Stanton - To discuss permissions for spouses and...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate (15 May 2024)

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Water Services (15 May 2024)

Water Services

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Water Services (15 May 2024)

James O'Connor: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Leas-Cheann Comhairle. I wish to speak about this issue because it is of huge importance to people across the east Cork region where the homes that are supplied with this affected water supply are being negatively impacted. Because of new policies that have been introduced, there is an additional burden on these householders, which is very unjustified, in the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Water Services (15 May 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Leas-Cheann Comhairle agus leis an Teachta O'Connor as an gceist seo a ardú. I thank the Deputy for raising this issue and I acknowledge Deputy Stanton's concerns as well about the east Cork boil water notice. The issue of safe drinking water has both national and local importance and I appreciate the Deputy's concerns for the communities affected. He...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Neurology and Neurorehabilitation Healthcare Strategies: Discussion (15 May 2024)

David Cullinane: Looking at all of the figures in the opening statement, I reminded myself that there are real people behind them who need access to services. Whether that is the neurological teams in the community or the specialist beds, or the neurological nurses across the counties mentioned, there are people depending on these services. The first issue I raise is the specialist nurse positions. It...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Neurology and Neurorehabilitation Healthcare Strategies: Discussion (15 May 2024)

David Cullinane: There is a shortage of at least 100 specialist nursing posts. There was funding for 21, which is only a fifth of what is needed. Even at that, 13 of those posts have not been delivered and have been held up behind because of the embargo. That is the situation as of today.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Neurology and Neurorehabilitation Healthcare Strategies: Discussion (15 May 2024)

David Cullinane: That is not acceptable. We need to follow that up with the HSE. Bernard Gloster came before the committee to discuss this issue, as well that relating to neurorehabilitation teams. Commitments were given. I pulled out the briefing note we received from the HSE last April in April 2023. On community neurorehabilitation teams, has there been progress in CHO 2 and CHO 4? Have those teams...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Neurology and Neurorehabilitation Healthcare Strategies: Discussion (15 May 2024)

David Cullinane: I have the note here. Regarding the commitment, it states that in relation to the teams in CHO 2 and CHO 4 in the 2023 budget, funding has been provided for two larger community neurorehabilitation teams. The note refers to 12 to 13 team members and that it was planned to have the teams operational in quarter 4 of 2023. That was the commitment given to us in good faith when we dealt with...