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Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (26 Jun 2024)

Róisín Shortall: I move amendment No. 6: In page 10, between lines 7 and 8, to insert the following: “Report on prescription-free oral contraceptives 9. The Minister shall, within six months of the passing of this Act, prepare and lay before Dáil Éireann a report on allowing pharmacists to dispense prescription-free oral contraceptives.”. This concerns an issue that has been...

Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (26 Jun 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

Kathleen Funchion: I thank the Ceann Comhairle very much. I really appreciate that. It is a fantastic opportunity but I have to say that I will miss working alongside my colleagues in the children's committee and the Minister. Even though we have not always agreed, we have always worked really constructively together. With regard to the Bill, I have come in to support Deputy Sherlock's amendment. I have...

Nomination of Member of Government: Motion (26 Jun 2024) See 3 other results from this debate

Holly Cairns: I congratulate the Minister of State on his appointment to his new post. Today is undoubtedly a very proud day for him and his family. Some people have commented on his age and queried if it should exclude him from the role. While I am glad not to be the only one patronised because of their age, it goes without saying that I do not think the Minister of State's age is an issue. We need...

Pre-European Council: Statements (26 Jun 2024) See 2 other results from this debate

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I will try to address the issues Deputies have raised, perhaps beginning with Deputy Canney as he is here and has just spoken. While I agree with Deputy Canney's perspective about rural Ireland being reflected in the European Union, I remind him that it is the sons and daughters of rural Ireland who are representing Ireland in the political institutions in Europe. It is the sons and...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: State Response to Online Disinformation and Media and Digital Literacy: Discussion (26 Jun 2024) See 7 other results from this debate

Mr. Seamus Hempenstall: I thank the Cathaoirleach and the embers of the committee for the invitation to discuss with them the State's response to online disinformation and media literacy. I am joined by my departmental colleague Mr. Paul Kilkenny. Mr. Kilkenny and I, with our colleagues Kevin and Eve in the unit I head up, act as secretariat to the national counter-disinformation strategy...

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Further Revised Estimate) (26 Jun 2024) See 2 other results from this debate

Martin Kenny: The Minister is correct in saying that competition can deliver good outcomes. However, there are still a lot of people who have been left behind, not just in rural areas but also in our towns, especially whole housing estates that do not have ducted access. They are being left behind by all the providers. There are towns where perhaps delivery has been provided to 70% of the houses but 20%...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (26 Jun 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

Michael Healy-Rae: ...persons grant and the mobility aids grant. They have not been looked at in so many years. Building costs have gone up so enormously that even if people get the maximum grant amount payable to them, for which we are very grateful and I am also appreciative of the work Kerry County Council does in administering this much-needed funding, it is not enough. To put it simply, this is not...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Jun 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

Louise O'Reilly: With the greatest of respect to the Taoiseach, whatever it was he said on Monday did not work because the industrial action started at one minute past midnight today. As the Minister rightly said, people are facing into a chaotic summer now. They have spent all year working hard, they have spent all this time saving up and they are looking in now. The Minister tells me her heart goes out...

Primary School Funding: Motion [Private Members] (26 Jun 2024) See 7 other results from this debate

Michael Fitzmaurice: I congratulate Deputy McNamara. I send my condolences to the Ó Muircheartaigh family. I commend Deputy Harkin on putting the motion forward. The same problem is in schools throughout the country, and in work and the price of work and so on. What no one understands is that over the past number of years, costs have gone up. Unfortunately, the likes of the capitation grant, and I...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Coastal Erosion (26 Jun 2024) See 2 other results from this debate

Malcolm Byrne: Gabhaim buíochas leis an gCathaoirleach Gníomhach. I thank the Minister of State for taking this matter which is on the question of coastal erosion. The Minister of State, like I, comes from a coastal area. We are very familiar with the importance of our coasts and indeed our beautiful beaches. I know the Acting Chair will also be very familiar with this in his home patch. We...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Traffic Management (26 Jun 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

Tim Lombard: I thank the Minister of State and it is great to have the opportunity to have him in the Chamber to discuss this issue. Kinsale is a thriving town and is the second biggest town in Cork South-West. It has a population of nearly 6,000 people and the population increased quite significantly in the last census. There has been a 13% increase in population in Kinsale since 2016. It is the...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Childcare Services (26 Jun 2024)

Garret Ahearn: I thank the Minister of State for coming to the Chamber today to take this Commencement matter. Before I speak about childcare and childminders, it is important to acknowledge the incredible work the Minister, Deputy O'Gorman, has done in his Department to reduce childcare costs for parents right across the country. In budget 2023, there was a reduction of 25% and in budget 2024 there was a...

Seanad: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (26 Jun 2024) See 3 other results from this debate

Rónán Mullen: I realise this is very difficult and the Bill runs to almost 200 pages. This is why we really should have a separate Report Stage. If the Minister were to come back with something on this that would make me want to table a specific amendment on Report Stage, by passing such an amendment now, we are not likely to get to a Report Stage or certainly will not be in a position to table an...

Seanad: Domestic Violence (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2024: Second Stage (26 Jun 2024) See 3 other results from this debate

Vincent P Martin: I welcome the Minister. It is much appreciated that the line Minister is present. She is busy with voting obligations in the Lower House, and it is the tradition in this House to facilitate her in any way we can, but it is good that she is present for such an important debate. The Bill's purpose is to extend to victims of coercive control the same protection when attending court as...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU Funding of Development Sector and its Role in International Development: Discussion (26 Jun 2024) See 4 other results from this debate

Ms Angela O'Neill De Guilio: I thank the committee for the invitation to speak today. We, as NGOs, are working within a grim backdrop of diminishing rights and freedoms; misinformation and extremism; climate change; conflict; economic shocks and other disasters; and, as Mr. Crowley referred to, the declining commitment of the international community to respond to meeting the humanitarian...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Antisocial Behaviour (26 Jun 2024)

Gary Gannon: I thank the Minister of State for that comprehensive response. I do not doubt for a second that no one has a monopoly of care for the city or that everyone wants to see it policed effectively. Nonetheless, too often we hear about initiatives such the ones laid out by the Minister of State that have a displacement effect. Very purposely, I chose Dublin 7 with that in mind. Greater...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: National Strategic Roadmap for the Digital Decade: Discussion (26 Jun 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

Louise O'Reilly: ...when hiring and firing people, deciding who gets what shift and that sort of thing. Algorithms might be very handy but they do not take account of human beings. Some human involvement has to be built in. SMEs and customers want to know that is happening. On the threats posed and cybersecurity, particularly as public services become digitised - when you look at e-health records, you...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Amendment) (Licensing of Professional Home Support Providers) Bill 2024: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Jun 2024) See 4 other results from this debate

Mr. Seán Moynihan: I thank the committee for inviting us to contribute. ALONE is a national organisation that enables older people to age at home. In 2023, ALONE provided support to more than 36,000 older people. We have staff and volunteers in all 96 community healthcare network areas. We are also part of the work of the national enhanced community care programme. To make the most of...