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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Youth Services (27 Jun 2024)

Brian Stanley: The Minister of State listed off a lot of sums for once-off funding that are relatively modest. The particular funding stream that goes to ETBs for distribution in Laois - he also referred to Louth - is far lower. It is just above €15 per head of youth population in 2023. I accept and understand that there are parts of Dublin with the highest needs, but a gap of 1,000% needs to be...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Youth Services (27 Jun 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: There is a disparity between the €160 for every young person in Dublin city and then €15.50 in Louth and Meath. The average works out at approximately €51.60 per young person, but I do not think putting a price on every young person is the issue. It is being able to provide as wide a range of services. Deprivation is deprivation be it in inner-city Dublin or in rural...

Message from Select Committee (27 Jun 2024)

Message from Select Committee (27 Jun 2024)

Marian Harkin: The Select Committee on Transport and Communications has completed its consideration of the following Revised Estimates for Public Services for the service of the year ending on 31 December 2024: Vote 29.

Report of the Select Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Motion (27 Jun 2024)

Report of the Select Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Motion (27 Jun 2024)

Patricia Ryan: I move: That Dáil Éireann shall take note of the Report of the Select Committee on Budgetary Oversight entitled "Examination of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare Report", copies of which were laid before Dáil Éireann on 20th September, 2023. I am happy to introduce the Examination of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare Report produced by the Select Committee...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Disability Services (27 Jun 2024)

Michael Moynihan: Yes, I did attend the meeting. In the first instance, I commend what the section 39 or charitable organisations are doing throughout the country in providing services on behalf of the State. This is one of the charity organisations that is providing services which are not being provided by the State but should be provided by the State. The State is failing to ensure that money is provided...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Disability Services (27 Jun 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: I agree wholeheartedly with the Deputy on the section 39 providers right across the country. They provide invaluable services which are not always met by the State but the State supports them to do that. They are really valuable partners to the State on that. I reiterate the commitment of the Department and the Minister of State, Deputy Rabbitte, to working with the Crann Centre to...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Youth Services (27 Jun 2024)

Youth Services

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Youth Services (27 Jun 2024)

Brian Stanley: I am raising the very important issue of funding for youth services across Laois and Offaly. Funding for youth services comes through the local education and training board. Laois and Offaly Education and Training Board has not been receiving its fair share of it. Laois-Offaly has the highest percentage of young people aged between ten and 24 years of age. The 2022 census verified this....

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Youth Services (27 Jun 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Teachta as ucht an cheist seo. I also recognise the important work that youth organisations and ETBs do for our young people across the country. It is vital. The Minister, Deputy O’Gorman, is committed to supporting the delivery and development of youth work services and opportunities for young people throughout the country. In 2024, the Government...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Health Services (27 Jun 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: I thank the Deputy for his response. Certainly, the Minister fully acknowledges the frustration of those who are impacted by the restrictions in diatetic services in CHO, 7, and that of their families. He agrees that much more needs to be done to address the gaps in staffing and the waiting list for dieticians, in addition to other key primary care services. As the Deputy said, the new...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Disability Services (27 Jun 2024)

Disability Services

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Disability Services (27 Jun 2024)

Michael Moynihan: I thank the House for allowing me the opportunity to raise this issue. The Crann project in Ballincollig in County Cork is a fantastic innovation that has been developed over the last number of years. The board of directors and the team there have developed fantastic facilities for people with disabilities, therapeutic facilities for rehabilitation and indeed play therapy. They are also...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Disability Services (27 Jun 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: Again, I am taking this question on behalf of the Minister of State, Deputy Rabbitte. I thank Deputy Moynihan for raising this really important Topical Issue for discussion. The Crann Centre was established in 2014 and is a registered charity based in Ovens, County Cork. It supports children, adults and families living with a neuro-physical disability. It commenced service provision in...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Wildlife Regulations (27 Jun 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: Absolutely. As I said, my door has always been open to all organisations. We are in the depths of a biodiversity crisis and it is critically important that all stakeholders play a role. I fully recognise the important work the NARGC and its members do, particularly with regard to grey partridge and other species across the country. On the four species, the scientific evidence is there...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Health Services (27 Jun 2024)

Health Services

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Health Services (27 Jun 2024)

Seán Crowe: I thank the Minister of State for taking this matter. Ideally, it would be helpful if a Minister from the Department of Health were present, but there is a certain urgency about this case. I would appreciate it if the Minister of State could feed what I am about to say to his colleagues in that Department. I am concerned about the lack of a dietician in CHO 7 and what this means for...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Health Services (27 Jun 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: I thank Deputy Crowe for raising this matter. I am taking it on behalf of the Minister for Health. The Minister recognises the central role that primary care therapy services, including dieticians, play in providing care and treatment to both children and adults in the community. He is also aware that the demand for a dietetic service in the CHO 7 area has grown over recent years, and...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Health Services (27 Jun 2024)

Seán Crowe: The Minister of State indicated that progress has been made, but this family will want to know when that happened. It is all part of a much wider issue of failing to fill key posts across the health system which is creating massive gaps in service provision. This is just one case of a baby who cannot get access to a dietician at this stage of their development but the lack of public nurses...