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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Apr 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: Tá fáilte romhat, a Edwin. I am not used to seeing you in this setting, but you are very welcome. I am sure we all agree on that. Over the last few days people have listened in horror to the testimony presented at the inquest into the death of 16-year-old Aoife Johnston. Aoife died in University Hospital Limerick on 17 December 2022. The inquest is ongoing and we await its...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Apr 2024)

Simon Harris: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Teachta. I thank her for raising this very important issue. I join the Ceann Comhairle and the Deputy in welcoming Speaker Poots to Dáil Éireann. It is great to have you here and everyone in this House looks forward to working with you and colleagues and counterparts in the Northern Ireland Assembly and the Northern Ireland Executive. I thank...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Apr 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Taoiseach says he is listening, but clearly he is not. If everything were as rosy as he portrays, how is it that University Hospital Limerick consistently has the highest trolley count? How is it that front-line staff and their unions consistently have said they do not have the staff to deal with the level of demand? This is a hospital that is enduring surge every single day. The...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Apr 2024)

Simon Harris: No.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Apr 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: The facts as they present on the ground are that the emergency department is not safe. People do not believe the hospital is safe, and that is a major problem. The panels have been established. Additional staff are needed, as are additional hospital beds. We have to start from a position of acceptance. The Taoiseach can quote whatever figures he wishes. We could go into the history...

Support for Carers: Motion [Private Members] (24 Apr 2024)

Denis Naughten: By moving this motion, we want to acknowledge the invaluable contribution of half a million carers around this country and give them some small recognition for the valuable work that they are doing by replacing the current system with a non-means-tested scheme for the carer's allowance focusing solely on care needs. Yesterday, I had a conversation with the mother of a child called Willow....

Support for Carers: Motion [Private Members] (24 Apr 2024)

Question put and agreed to.

Visit of Northern Ireland Delegation (24 Apr 2024)

Visit of Northern Ireland Delegation (24 Apr 2024)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Before moving to Leaders' Questions, I want to draw Members' attention to the fact that we have a very distinguished visitor in our Gallery today, the Northern Ireland Assembly Speaker, Mr. Edwin Poots MLA. Mr. Poots is most welcome. Speaker Poots has given distinguished and dedicated service since he was first elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly way back in 1998 and is one of just...

Support for Carers: Motion [Private Members] (24 Apr 2024)

Michael Ring: I understand Deputy Shanahan is sharing time.

Support for Carers: Motion [Private Members] (24 Apr 2024)

Matt Shanahan: I am sharing time with Deputy Naughten, who will be along shortly. It is often said that you can judge a society by how it treats its most vulnerable. That observation can also be applied to how a state treats those who provide care to its most vulnerable. One could say that we know the cost of everything and the value of very little. In her opening remarks, the Minister of State,...

Support for Carers: Motion [Private Members] (24 Apr 2024)

Marian Harkin: First, I wish the Minister of State, Deputy Higgins, well in her new role. I thank the Regional Group for bringing forward this motion, which calls on the Government to abolish the carer's allowance means test and establish a high-level working group to do the groundwork in preparing for the delivery of a non-means-tested participation income for family carers. I have lost count of the...

Support for Carers: Motion [Private Members] (24 Apr 2024)

Catherine Connolly: Gabhaim buíochas leis an nGrúpa Réigiúnach as ucht an rún seo a chur os comhair na Dála. Tá na figiúirí leagtha amach go soiléir. Níl i gceist ach rud bunúsach, is é sin, fáil réidh leis an tástáil acmhainne ó thaobh cúramóirí de. Tá an ceart iomlán aige agus aontaím...

Support for Carers: Motion [Private Members] (24 Apr 2024)

Thomas Pringle: I thank the Cathaoirleach for the opportunity to speak on this motion regarding support for carers, which I fully support. The way family carers are treated in this country is disgraceful. Sadly, carers are penalised despite the fact they provide the State with a vital service. Family carers play an extremely important role in care provision but completely lack any recognition for the work...

Support for Carers: Motion [Private Members] (24 Apr 2024)

Michael Ring: Before I call on the Minister of State to respond, I congratulate her and wish her the very best of luck.

Support for Carers: Motion [Private Members] (24 Apr 2024)

Emer Higgins: I thank the Cathaoirleach. I welcome the south Tipperary carers, who are still with us in the Gallery, and Denis and Josephine Higgins from Monaghan, who are also with us here today. I thank the Regional Group for tabling this Private Members' motion and for highlighting the fantastic work carers do throughout the country. As the Minister of State, Deputy Butler, said in her opening...

Support for Carers: Motion [Private Members] (24 Apr 2024)

Michael Ring: Moving on to the Rural Independent Group, we have six speakers and I ask them to respect one another with regard to time. I will stop them after eight minutes.

Support for Carers: Motion [Private Members] (24 Apr 2024)

Carol Nolan: I commend the Regional Group on bringing this motion forward this morning. I fully support it, particularly its call for the Government to establish a high-level officials group to scope out and develop a road-map for the delivery of a non-means-tested participation income for family carers. Many of us have repeatedly called for greater levels of support for carers, even while accepting...

Support for Carers: Motion [Private Members] (24 Apr 2024)

Michael Healy-Rae: I congratulate the Minister of State on her elevation. I wish her good luck. I welcome this motion and I fully support its objectives. Today in Ireland more than half a million people, one in eight, are family carers providing regular unpaid care. These carers form the backbone of Ireland's care provision, yet they often lack the support and recognition they deserve. The long-term...

Support for Carers: Motion [Private Members] (24 Apr 2024)

Richard O'Donoghue: I also congratulate the Minister of State on her appointment and I look forward to working with her. The Government is the carer of the country, but it is not reflected down along when we look at the legislation in place on carers. Carers go above and beyond to care for people in their homes. In regard to the value for money they give, there is no Government agency or employee that can...