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Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (10 Jul 2024)

Gary Gannon: The Taoiseach and various Deputies stated that the Government continues to raise with European counterparts the horrendous situation in Gaza. There was a time at the start of the conflict when Ireland stood out because of our rhetoric and because the rhetoric of others was so poor. As the horrendous annihilation of the people of Gaza progresses, however, words without action become...

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (10 Jul 2024)

Seán Haughey: The elections to the European Parliament have now concluded. Far-right and nationalist parties gained ground in those elections. Migration, the war in Ukraine, the Israel-Hamas war, climate change and security and defence were all issues in the election campaign. In Germany, Alternative für Deutschland, Alternative for Germany, made big gains, as did Rassemblement National, National...

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (10 Jul 2024)

Matt Shanahan: I call Deputy Howlin, who has ten minutes.

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (10 Jul 2024)

Brendan Howlin: I believe I have eight minutes although five minutes have appeared on the clock. It is going down by the second. Five minutes is not enough time to discuss a long agenda so I will touch on a few key issues. One of the most significant decisions of the Council was the appointment of the leaders of the European institutions for the next term. I share the views expressed on Ursula von der...

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (10 Jul 2024)

Matt Carthy: At the outset, I congratulate the New Popular Front, which was victorious in securing plurality in the recent French elections. In doing so, it did a great service for all of Europe in ensuring that Marine Le Pen and her cohort did not seize power. The recent Russian escalation in Ukraine, and particularly the brutal strike on a children's hospital in Kyiv, remind us all of the cost of...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (10 Jul 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: In a few decades' time, a successor of the Taoiseach's will be standing where he is today, issuing an apology to all the victims who are suffering from the current child protection situation in this State. This morning, I received a letter from Tusla confirming that in the past decade, 201 children have died while known to child protection services. Nine of these children were murdered, 32...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (10 Jul 2024)

Simon Harris: I thank the Deputies for raising a range of issues. I appreciate Deputy Boyd Barrett's point that we need to do more and do better when it comes to children’s disability services. The Minister of State, Deputy Carroll MacNeill, wrote to me specifically about a number of cases in Dún Laoghaire. There seem to be particular concerns with the scale of the teams, and the Deputy has...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (10 Jul 2024)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: It is a cause for concern.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (10 Jul 2024)

Simon Harris: -----is a significant cause for concern. There is some encouragement. We ran a recruitment campaign that concluded a little while ago. At the end of May, 160 offers were made to successful candidates. I am going from memory here, rather than my note, but I think approximately 53 job offers from the figure of 160 have now been made and processed. There is another recruitment campaign...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (10 Jul 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Government should drop the fees for them as well.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (10 Jul 2024)

Simon Harris: There is an interesting discussion to be had about that, particularly regarding master's level degrees. I am a big fan of reducing fees; I did it twice. At master's level in particular, there is a conversation to be had, especially if the person is willing to work in the Irish health service, about whether that is an intervention that could be made. That is under active consideration. ...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (10 Jul 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: David Teather.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (10 Jul 2024)

Simon Harris: -----who is due to retire on Monday but has no wish to retire on Monday and neither do the people of Dundalk wish to see him retire. I will ask my colleague, Deputy Dillon, who is the Minister of State with responsibility in that Department, if anything can be done. There is obviously a role for the local authority there but I do not wish to speak for it. The Deputy’s office might...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (10 Jul 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: The roll-out of assistive technologies is an important point that needs to be looked at. It obviously can facilitate-----

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (10 Jul 2024)

Simon Harris: It is an important point. What we have to look at as well as the funding of our children’s disability services is how we can use technologies and reform the delivery of services. I hear that from parents and that is one issue that is being supported.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (10 Jul 2024)

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Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (10 Jul 2024)

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (10 Jul 2024)

Simon Harris: I attended a meeting of the European Council on 27 June in Brussels which dealt with an extensive agenda. Leaders agreed a package on appointments to key EU institutions following the European Parliament elections and adopted the EU’s strategic agenda for the next five-year institutional cycle. We also took stock of EU enlargement, and agreed a roadmap for internal reforms to ready...

Ceisteanna - Questions: European Council (10 Jul 2024)

Mattie McGrath: Go raibh maith agat.

Ceisteanna - Questions: European Council (10 Jul 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: Occupying two places at the one time on a particular issue is not unknown for Fianna Fáil as well. The Taoiseach might answer the question about the hypocrisy of the Government in terms of Ursula von der Leyen's support for the IDF's war on Gaza.