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Ceisteanna - Questions (9 Jul 2024)

Ceisteanna - Questions: Constitutional Amendments (9 Jul 2024)

Constitutional Amendments

Ceisteanna - Questions: Constitutional Amendments (9 Jul 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: 1. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his plan for constitutional amendments. [26855/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Constitutional Amendments (9 Jul 2024)

Mick Barry: 2. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his plan for constitutional amendments. [27946/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Constitutional Amendments (9 Jul 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 3. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his plan for constitutional amendments. [28200/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Constitutional Amendments (9 Jul 2024)

Paul Murphy: 4. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his plan for constitutional amendments. [28203/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Constitutional Amendments (9 Jul 2024)

Duncan Smith: 5. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his plan for constitutional amendments. [29417/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Constitutional Amendments (9 Jul 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: 6. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his plan for constitutional amendments. [29484/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Constitutional Amendments (9 Jul 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: 7. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his plan for constitutional amendments. [29564/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Constitutional Amendments (9 Jul 2024)

Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1 to 7, inclusive, together. There are a number of proposals for constitutional reforms under consideration. However, no final decisions have been made as yet by Government on the timing of any such referendum. Some of the proposed constitutional reforms arise from the programme for Government, such as housing and extending the franchise for presidential...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Constitutional Amendments (9 Jul 2024)

Catherine Connolly: There are five contributors, so Deputy McDonald has up to two minutes.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Constitutional Amendments (9 Jul 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: The matter I want to raise with the Taoiseach is the promise to extend the franchise for presidential elections. As the Taoiseach knows, we are something of an outlier in not allowing any opportunity for citizens living outside of the jurisdiction to participate in any electoral contest. There had been an agreement and wide consensus that the election of the first citizen, Uachtarán...

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

Simon Harris: I will check in directly with the Minister for agriculture on this but my understanding is that the Department has appointed UCD's Professor Paddy Wall to lead a task force aimed at addressing the serious traceability issues identified in the "RTÉ Investigates" programme and, indeed, the approach to approval of such facilities in the future. My understanding is that the expert from UCD,...

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

Josepha Madigan: I raise the issue of the withdrawal of professional services by barristers practising criminal law. I acknowledge the presence of Seán Guerin, chair of the criminal state bar committee of the Bar Council, along with other members of the profession. I know the Taoiseach is acutely aware of this issue as it has been raised by other members of the Fine Gael Party. He will be aware that...

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

Simon Harris: I, too, welcome Mr. Guerin and some of his colleagues to the Dáil. I begin by reiterating my appreciation, and the appreciation of the Minister for Justice, of the important role played by barristers and solicitors in the administration of criminal justice. We made some progress on this last summer with the Minister, Deputy McEntee, and she secured €9 million to make progress on...

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

Michael Moynihan: The disability matters committee published its recent pre-budget submission, which contains a number of asks relating to the unmet need in the community. There are a number of issues, such as pay parity for section 39 organisations. The Taoiseach alluded in his earlier contributions to recruitment and retention. There are issues in regard to making sure that kids in particular have access...

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

Simon Harris: I thank the Deputy for raising this issue. I have not forgotten that I want to meet with him as Chair of the disability matters committee. I thank him for the work he does with the committee across government in a range of areas. The Ministers of State, Deputies Rabbitte and Naughton, are very much appraised of the issues he raised, namely, recruitment and retention, services, the...

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

Pa Daly: We all need a functioning justice system. I, too, acknowledge the presence of members of the Bar Council. I support their call for restoration of the FEMPI-era cuts to their fees. I wish to ask the Taoiseach about the direction of An Garda Síochána. Following changes to the management model, a community engagement superintendent is supposed to provide leadership to deal with...

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

Simon Harris: I thank Deputy Daly. I will follow up specifically with the Minister for Justice regarding the community engagement superintendents for counties Longford and Mayo, to which he referred. More broadly, we are beginning to see progress on recruitment of gardaí. I do not have the figures in front of me but a class of about 157 went into Templemore in recent weeks. A new class goes in...

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

Pádraig O'Sullivan: Last month, data from the latest European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations report showed that just 14% of orphan medicines licensed by the European Medicines Agency since 2019 are available to patients in Ireland. This places us 26th of 36 European countries. One such treatment, ravulizumab, remains unavailable in Ireland since its application in 2019, despite it...