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Ceisteanna - Questions: Constitutional Amendments (9 Jul 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I want to ask about the consequences of the defeated care referendum. I think the Taoiseach knows and we all know that a significant part of why that was defeated was the anger of people with disabilities, special needs, carers, and so on, about the failure of the Government to include real rights for carers and people with disability in the Constitution. I do not anticipate that the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Constitutional Amendments (9 Jul 2024)

Paul Murphy: The programme for Government makes a commitment to hold a referendum on housing. The time of this Government is coming to an end one way or another. It is simply a matter of months before the next election. The Housing Commission went off and proposed wording which states: 1°: The State recognises that having a home is of fundamental importance to quality of life and that access to...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Constitutional Amendments (9 Jul 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: I will also deal with right to housing. I brought up the issue before of the affordable housing scheme in Cois Farraige in Blackrock, just outside Dundalk. I am expecting word back. First and foremost, €305,000 is not affordable for a huge number of people in the general Dundalk area. Only five of those who applied qualified when there were meant to be ten houses offered. Louth...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Constitutional Amendments (9 Jul 2024)

Simon Harris: I will take these questions in the order they were asked. Deputy McDonald raised the franchise for the presidential elections. I have not had an opportunity to comment on this since I became Taoiseach. I am in favour of this proposal and acting on it. The Deputy is right that the programme for Government contains a commitment to that. In line with that commitment, the Government restored...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Jul 2024)

Simon Harris: I thank the Deputy for raising this serious issue. I assure him that nobody wants anyone to lose their sight. There is no political division on that; everybody wants people to keep their sight and to be able to access cataract treatment. I am inquiring about this matter, which raised with me in the Dáil last week. I have asked for an update on it. I expect to have that very shortly....

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Jul 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: There are Members here who think representing Waterford consists of standing up and shouting the odds from the Opposition benches. There are other Members here who think it is not enough to describe a problem and that they have to be part of the solution. They roll up their sleeves and get stuck in. I could talk about the building of the second cath lab or the acquisition of the Waterford...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Jul 2024)

Mary Butler: I thank the Deputy for his question. As a TD representing the lovely city and county of Waterford and as a Minister of State in the Department of Health, I am pleased to inform the House of the position. First, however, I apologise to the Taoiseach that I did not have the information for him. This was due to the fact that it was only breaking news and that I was on a flight this morning...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Jul 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: I wish to raise the issue of access to risdiplam for adult spinal muscular atrophy, SMA patients. Risdiplam is a lifesaving drug that stops the progression of SMA. It reduces required hospital time, restores motor neuron function, gives back strength and breath control and gives people back a full life. We approved the equivalent Spinraza two years ago, two years after the rest of the EU,...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Jul 2024)

Simon Harris: I thank Deputy Wynne for raising this issue, which I will talk to the Minister for Health about. I remember the Spinraza issue, so I want to get myself up to date on this. I will ask the Minister for Health to come back to the Deputy directly on what I know is an important matter.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Jul 2024)

Marian Harkin: I listened to the Taoiseach's various responses on the totally unacceptable situation where workers at the NAS have no option but to strike. At the end of the four-day engagement last week, the highly respected independent chair put forward a proposal that was accepted by the union but not by management. There seems to be real intransigence on the part of management and the Department in...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Jul 2024)

Simon Harris: I thank Deputy Harkin. I definitely want to see this sorted, as does the Minister, Deputy Humphreys. I am relying on my note, which indicates that the Labour Court did not specify the grades. However, let me check based on what the Deputy has said, as I accept she said it in good faith. I am aware that the independently-facilitated talks were led by Kevin Duffy, the former and very...

Double Taxation Relief (Taxes on Income) (Sultanate of Oman) Order 2024: Motion (9 Jul 2024)

Double Taxation Relief (Taxes on Income) (Sultanate of Oman) Order 2024: Motion (9 Jul 2024)

Emer Higgins: I move: That Dáil Éireann approves the following Order in draft: Double Taxation Relief (Taxes on Income) (Sultanate of Oman) Order 2024, a copy of which was laid before Dáil Éireann on 19th June, 2024.

Double Taxation Relief (Taxes on Income) (Sultanate of Oman) Order 2024: Motion (9 Jul 2024)

Question put and agreed to.

Double Taxation Relief (Taxes on Income) (Jersey) Order 2024: Motion (9 Jul 2024)

Double Taxation Relief (Taxes on Income) (Jersey) Order 2024: Motion (9 Jul 2024)

Emer Higgins: I move: That Dáil Éireann approves the following Order in draft: Double Taxation Relief (Taxes on Income) (Jersey) Order 2024, a copy of which was laid before Dáil Éireann on 19th June, 2024.

Double Taxation Relief (Taxes on Income) (Jersey) Order 2024: Motion (9 Jul 2024)

Question put and agreed to.

Reappointment of Member of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission: Motion (9 Jul 2024)

Reappointment of Member of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission: Motion (9 Jul 2024)

Emer Higgins: I move: That Dáil Éireann, noting that the Government on 2nd July, 2024, nominated Emily Logan for reappointment by the President as a member of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, recommends, pursuant to section 65(1)(b) of the Garda Síochána Act 2005, that she be reappointed by the President to be a member of the Commission.

Reappointment of Member of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission: Motion (9 Jul 2024)

Question put and agreed to.