Results 81-100 of 1,024,121 for in 'Dáil debates' OR (speaker:Ciarán Cuffe OR speaker:Sorca Clarke OR speaker:Heather Humphreys) in 'Committee meetings'
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 May 2024)
Imelda Munster: Which is it?
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 May 2024)
Micheál Martin: The Government is very committed to expanding Garda numbers all over the country, including in Drogheda. During Covid-19, with the closure of Templemore training college, there was a reduction in the number of gardaí coming through. The most recent Garda recruitment campaign, though, which ran in January and February of this year, has received a very strong response, with over 6,300...
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 May 2024)
Imelda Munster: We are down 21 gardaí in Drogheda.
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 May 2024)
Micheál Martin: It is great to see so many people wanting to join An Garda Síochána, especially among people aged 35 to 50. We are determined to ensure that An Garda Síochána will grow to 15,000 members.
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 May 2024)
Imelda Munster: The question was whether the Government has broken its promise.
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 May 2024)
Micheál Martin: That complement will then enable us to increase the numbers of gardaí in towns like Drogheda. That is the commitment. We are going to increase the number of gardaí but we have to recruit them and get them trained first.
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 May 2024)
Marian Harkin: I have already sent the Tánaiste the details of this matter and I wish to make the strongest possible case to him for the OPW to purchase a piece of land that is for sale at Carns Hill in County Sligo on which is situated in the Carns Hill west passage tomb, which is one of the three biggest passage tombs in the country and the only one that is not a national monument in State care. At...
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 May 2024)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I thank the Deputy.
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 May 2024)
Marian Harkin: I am asking the Tánaiste to use his best influence in this regard.
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 May 2024)
Micheál Martin: I studied archaeology in my first year in college and I have always had a strong affection for it ever since.
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 May 2024)
Marian Harkin: Well, then the Tánaiste will know what I am talking about.
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 May 2024)
Micheál Martin: I studied under the late Professor O'Kelly who was involved in Maynooth and discoveries in Lough Gur. I will talk to the OPW.
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 May 2024)
Marian Harkin: I thank the Tánaiste.
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 May 2024)
Micheál Martin: In fairness, when people say they do not discuss sites publicly, this is meant in good faith because it can inflate prices if somebody thinks the State is going to roll in.
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 May 2024)
Marian Harkin: I understand.
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 May 2024)
Micheál Martin: It seems very exciting in terms of what the Deputy is suggesting-----
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 May 2024)
Marian Harkin: Yes.
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 May 2024)
Micheál Martin: -----and I will talk to the OPW about it.
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 May 2024)
Seán Crowe: Over the past two years, the waiting list for children's audiology services in CHO 7 at the Russell Centre in Tallaght has been allowed to double. There are now 5,800 children on the waiting list. The response I received from the HSE specifically states that staff vacancies left unfilled due to the HSE recruitment freeze have led to these high numbers. Does the Tánaiste agree that the...
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 May 2024)
Micheál Martin: I do not accept that the current embargo, as it is called, has caused this issue because 28,000 extra people have been recruited into the health service since 2020. One has to wonder why specific healthcare professional categories were not recruited with the same success as other categories have been. I have recently asked for data on audiologists because, as the Deputy knows, there are now...