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Local Authority Public Administration Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (26 Sep 2024) See 2 other results from this debate

Robert Troy: ...who contributed. It is welcome that there is broad agreement on the objectives of this Bill. Of course, when you are in opposition or on the back bench of Government, you do not have the wherewithal to ensure that everything in the drafting of the Bill is to the standard of one brought forward by the Government. It is welcome that there is no one opposing it. It is welcome that there...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: An Garda Síochána (26 Sep 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

Claire Kerrane: I thank the Minister of State for her response. I will say again that community gardaí and overall gardaí numbers in Roscommon are totally unacceptable, particularly in what is now the Castlerea district, which has two Garda cars every night covering a vast rural area of 67 km from one end to the other. I would like to see that area reviewed. The Garda Commissioner needs to look...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: General Practitioner Services (26 Sep 2024)

Gary Gannon: ...is a fabulous service. I knew what existed at that location before in terms of GP healthcare; what exists now is a beyond a world of difference. GP Care For All is a charity-run model. Doctors are salaried. Most important, those who avail of the service are some of the most vulnerable in the community. They have no idea that it is a different style of GP practice from anywhere else -...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Financial Services (26 Sep 2024)

Robert Troy: I thank the Cathaoirleach Gníomhach. I thank the Ceann Comhairle for selecting this matter. Like, I am sure, many other people, I am dealing with many constituents who have no option only to deal with vulture funds. For example, in marital breakdown, a couple decided to come together and were prepared to sell the house. It was a voluntary sale. They engaged an auctioneer, did all...

Finance (Provision of Access to Cash Infrastructure) Bill 2024: Second Stage (26 Sep 2024) See 4 other results from this debate

Thomas Pringle: I am grateful for the opportunity to contribute to the debate. I fully support this Bill and the intention to set criteria that will ensure access to cash remains at the level prevailing in December 2022. The Bill also aims to bring independent ATM deployers, IADs, and CIT companies under the supervisory remit of the Central Bank of Ireland. This is a very welcome move and a very pertinent...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (26 Sep 2024)

Mattie McGrath: I too want to issue a fíor fáilte to Cara Darmody and her father, Mark. I wish her two brothers and mother, who are at home, well. I know the Darmody family all my life. I know Cara's grandfather and grandmother. They are a hard-working, decent family. Why does Cara Darmody have to leave her school to come up here in the rain today, as she does every day, to lobby for a law...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Sep 2024)

Seán Canney: I want to follow on with the subject of housing and, in particular, the issue of affordable housing for first-time buyers in this country. A number of things could help with the delivery of affordable houses. The Tánaiste spoke about wastewater treatment plants. In many villages and towns in my constituency and throughout the country, people cannot build houses because there are not...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Agriculture Schemes (26 Sep 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: We have issued 35,000 scorecards so far. It is important farmers get that so they can look to improve their scores in future years. Farmers do not know how they will score until they get the scorecard. That is a change from previous schemes. The average payments of €5,200 for the co-operation and €5,100 for the general are on track and where we expected them to be, but there...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Agriculture Schemes (26 Sep 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank the Deputy. We have discussed it in a fair bit of detail. In terms of uptake, we have had 55,000 farmers apply. The Government has intervened to make sure every farmer who applied got approval and was taken into it when they applied. We had 46,000 applications in tranche 1. We had projected that 30,000 would apply but we intervened to accept all 46,000 applications. About 10,000...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Food Industry (26 Sep 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank Deputy Harkin for raising this. This is something I strongly support and PGI status would greatly enhance the capacity of boxty to grow in popularity and be understood and develop in new markets internationally. I am glad to report that my Department expects to shortly publish the PGI application for boxty as part of the national opposition procedure required under the relevant EU...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh – Priority Questions: Agriculture Industry (26 Sep 2024)

Martin Kenny: All of us recognise that both the quality of water and our waterways have to be protected. I suppose overuse of fertilisers, etc., can be a problem and is an issue in many cases. However, we also have to recognise that we were at the ploughing championships last week and it was more like a day in July than one in September. That can often happen. This is the problem when one farms by the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh – Priority Questions: Agriculture Schemes (26 Sep 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: That is one of the challenges of a results-based scheme. I want to give farmers as much certainty as I possibly can in terms of the schemes I put in place. For example, with the suckler and calf schemes, I gave farmers a very clear task to carry out in order to get paid, whether it be weighing, clipping or dipping. We give as much certainty as we can. The environmental scheme must be...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (26 Sep 2024)

Helen McEntee: The Garda hopes to have that analysis done by the end of the year and then, obviously, it will look to what will be needed beyond that. The new digital evidence management system has to be developed to be able to back up all of this information. It is a huge amount. We have a budget of €155 million for ICT alone this year. That is assisting in the development and roll-out of the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: International Protection (26 Sep 2024)

Helen McEntee: In recent years, I have increased investment at every level of the international protection system, including in the International Protection Office, to deal effectively with the increase in applications. As a consequence, there are now more than 500 staff based at the Mount Street premises, involved in all stages of the international protection process, from initial registration, through to...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Drug Dealing (26 Sep 2024)

Cathal Crowe: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle for accommodating me. I agree that the only way to deal with this is to hit them where it hurts, that is, in the pocket. CAB has done a lot of good work on it. It seems to me often that the focus of CAB is on the people whose names feature on the front page of the Sunday World every weekend. However, there is a need to get involved at a community level as...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Visa Applications (26 Sep 2024)

Helen McEntee: As the Deputy rightly said, a great deal of work is being done but we can always improve the service overall and the timelines for people. We are responding and trying to make these changes while at the same time seeing an increase in the number of applications overall. In 2023, we had over 166,000 visa applications submitted and approximately 140,000 of those were granted. These figures...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Health Services (26 Sep 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

Martin Conway: The Minister of State, Deputy Butler, is very welcome to the House. I am delighted she is taking this Commencement matter because I know her commitment to health issues and the work she has done over recent years, particularly since becoming Minister of State with responsibility for mental health and older people. This is a very important issue. This month is cardiovascular month. It is a...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Medicinal Products (26 Sep 2024)

Barry Ward: ...a whole other range of similar conditions go untreated, those who suffer from the condition are left behind. If they are children, they get left out of education or they certainly do not benefit to the fullest extent from education. They get left behind and excluded. The treatment for these conditions is, therefore, extremely important. Currently, medication like Ritalin, which...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Sep 2024) See 2 other results from this debate

Paul Gavan: ...previously. It is a difficult one because it involves the appalling practices of the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman’s office. A man lost his life in tragic circumstances related to his work and a €670,000 sum from his pension, which he had earned over his lifetime, has not been passed on to the family. I will not mention the details because that would not be...

Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Sep 2024) See 4 other results from this debate

Alice-Mary Higgins: I also want to indicate my support for these constructive amendments from Sinn Féin. It will be useful to have no fewer then one member with lived experience. The lived experience of those who have experienced gambling addiction is very important. Equally important is the experience of those who have been impacted by harmful gambling behaviours. As Senator Wall said, we could all...