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Report of the Committee on Standing Orders and Dáil Reform: Motion (10 Jul 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: I move: That, with effect from 10th July, 2024, the Standing Orders of Dáil Éireann relative to Public Business are hereby amended as recommended in the report of the Committee on Standing Orders and Dáil Reform dated 3rd July, 2024, entitled "Amendments to Standing Orders on Timeframes for Pre-legislative Scrutiny and Consideration of Estimates", a copy of which was laid...

Report of the Committee on Standing Orders and Dáil Reform: Motion (10 Jul 2024)

Question put and agreed to.

Courts, Civil Law, Criminal Law and Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Motion to Instruct Committee (10 Jul 2024)

Courts, Civil Law, Criminal Law and Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Motion to Instruct Committee (10 Jul 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: I move: That it be an instruction to the Committee on the Courts, Civil Law, Criminal Law and Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024, that pursuant to Standing Order 187, the Committee has power to make amendments to the Bill which are outside the scope of the existing provisions of the Bill in order to amend: - the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956, by inserting a...

Courts, Civil Law, Criminal Law and Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Motion to Instruct Committee (10 Jul 2024)

Question put and agreed to.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (10 Jul 2024)

Simon Harris: I thank Deputy Kenny for raising the issue of the community hospital in Ballyshannon and the fact that there are unoccupied or unused beds in that new facility.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (10 Jul 2024)

Martin Kenny: It is a brand-new facility.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (10 Jul 2024)

Simon Harris: It is. I will speak directly to the Minister of State, Deputy Butler. She is obviously familiar with the situation because she was at the opening with the Deputy. I will ask her to come back to him directly and to see what can be done.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (10 Jul 2024)

Michael Healy-Rae: I believe the Cabinet is about to make an imminent decision on major funding for RTÉ without workable solutions being proposed for the independent sector. In the face of digital disruption and steadily escalating challenges and without any fair funding, the core news and current affairs services and resourcing are at risk of decline and serious erosion. I understand that in parallel...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (10 Jul 2024)

Heather Humphreys: So are Shannonside and Northern Sound.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (10 Jul 2024)

Michael Healy-Rae: We would appreciate anything the Government can do to keep the airways open for us.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (10 Jul 2024)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Let us hear the Taoiseach on this matter.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (10 Jul 2024)

Simon Harris: We are all almost duty-bound to name our local radio stations now. Not for the first time in this House, Deputy Michael Healy-Rae seems to be more familiar with the detail of some matters than I am. Let me assure him and, more particularly perhaps, radio broadcasters and the like that the Government has not yet made a decision. The Government intends to make a decision this month in regard...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (10 Jul 2024)

Réada Cronin: Ireland needs a register of people who have been convicted of crimes of animal cruelty. Following the "RTÉ Investigates" programme on Shannonside Foods in Straffan, I wrote to the Minister and asked if we could create such a register. He indicated that we do not need one because all cases are reported in the media. That is not the position at all. I will be bringing forward...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (10 Jul 2024)

Martin Heydon: I assure the Deputy that the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine takes animal welfare extremely seriously.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (10 Jul 2024)

Réada Cronin: It did not seem so.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (10 Jul 2024)

Martin Heydon: There are a number of cases, some of them historical, relating to that particular matter. They are before the courts at the minute, which restricts what we can say. The scenes we saw on the "RTÉ Investigates" programme were unacceptable. We have acted swiftly. Actions were in place prior to that because concerns had been raised. Work is ongoing to ensure that the highest standards...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (10 Jul 2024)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: That completes Questions on Promised Legislation. I understand the Taoiseach has some remarks to make.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (10 Jul 2024)

Simon Harris: I have two quick matters to raise. I am conscious that not just my colleague but my friend Deputy Simon Coveney, the former Minister, has announced his intention not to seek re-election to the Dáil. As in the past in this House, when people announce their retirement, I want to thank him for his service to his constituency of Cork South Central, to his party but most importantly to his...

Education (Amendment) Bill 2024: First Stage (10 Jul 2024)