Results 21-40 of 1,176,805 for in 'Dáil debates' OR in 'Committee meetings' (speaker:Joe O'Brien OR speaker:Dara Calleary OR speaker:Stephen Donnelly OR speaker:Joe Flaherty OR speaker:Seán Fleming OR speaker:Darragh O'Brien OR speaker:Brendan Smith OR speaker:Imelda Munster OR speaker:Michael Ring OR speaker:Mattie McGrath OR speaker:Carol Nolan OR speaker:John McGuinness OR speaker:Robert Troy OR speaker:Frank Feighan OR speaker:Damien English OR speaker:Emer Higgins OR speaker:Niall Collins OR speaker:John Brady OR speaker:Catherine Connolly OR speaker:Malcolm Noonan OR speaker:Pauline Tully OR speaker:Réada Cronin OR speaker:Michael Creed OR speaker:Jennifer Carroll MacNeill OR speaker:Cathal Berry OR speaker:Matt Carthy OR speaker:Patricia Ryan OR speaker:James Browne OR speaker:Jack Chambers OR speaker:Fergus O'Dowd OR speaker:David Cullinane OR speaker:Paul McAuliffe OR speaker:Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire OR speaker:Anne Rabbitte OR speaker:Matt Shanahan OR speaker:Hildegarde Naughton OR speaker:Duncan Smith OR speaker:John Lahart OR speaker:Aengus Ó Snodaigh OR speaker:Ossian Smyth)

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (23 Oct 2024)

Simon Harris: I will do my best. Starting with the question from Deputy Conway-Walsh, I thank her for raising this issue concerning the lack of autism places in County Mayo. The Minister of State, Deputy Naughton, meets weekly with the National Council for Special Education and I will ask her to raise at the next meeting the specific issue of the situation in County Mayo and revert to Deputy Conway-Walsh...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (23 Oct 2024)

Is féidir teacht ar Cheisteanna Scríofa ar www.oireachtas.ie. Written Answers are published on the Oireachtas website.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (23 Oct 2024)

Cuireadh an Dáil ar fionraí ar 1.54 p.m. agus cuireadh tús leis arís ar 2.54 p.m. Sitting suspended at 1.54 p.m. and resumed at 2.54 p.m.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (23 Oct 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: Care in this country is met with rhetoric rather than resources. At the start of this year we had the care referendum, when the Government promised a new era, but when we look at the delivery of care, including children in State care which I mentioned earlier, nursing home care and childcare, we see that resources are not nearly enough to deliver what should be a decent level of care in...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (23 Oct 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: I spoke to Taoiseach recently about autism units in Louth and Dundalk, and the fact there are 18 secondary schools in Louth and only half of them provide units. We could decide to hammer the schools but when we speak to schools such as the Marist, it will speak about going over and back with the NCSE and the Department and say that it has been far from perfect. With regard to primary...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (23 Oct 2024)

Aindrias Moynihan: You should not name people.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (23 Oct 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: There has been an over and back. I will finish on this.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (23 Oct 2024)

Aindrias Moynihan: We are moving on to the next speaker.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (23 Oct 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: She is an advanced paramedic and the National Ambulance Service is not accepting this. She is not able to carry out life-saving operations and this is not good enough.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (23 Oct 2024)

Bernard Durkan: The importance of children and their education and care in all circumstances, in respect of access to primary and second level education for children with or without disabilities, and with regard to the security of children who might be in the care of the State, has special focus at the present time and is likely to have special focus in the time ahead. This has come into focus in recent...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (23 Oct 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Earlier I made the point to the Taoiseach that I think games or deceptions are being played with regard to what is happening to recruit the staff we need in various areas of the health service. The Taoiseach did not like it when I spoke about deception. This question is about children. I want to refer the Taoiseach to the figures, which are the HSE's figures and not mine. If we ask...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (23 Oct 2024)

Paul Murphy: I want to raise a particular case which illustrates the horrendous situation facing parents looking for childcare in this country and how unstable and insecure it can be. More than 130 families lost their crèche places last Friday. It is an incredible situation where a particular crèche, Krafty Kids, was evicted from St. Mary's GAA club in Saggart. On 6 October one of the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Climate Action Plan (23 Oct 2024)

Paul Murphy: The Climate Change Advisory Council says we face €8 billion in fines for missing our emissions reductions targets. The Taoiseach's predecessor, Leo Varadkar, told the Business Post at the weekend the targets will not be met. About 10% of emissions are from heating and using electricity in residential homes. Housing for All commits to bringing in minimum BER standards for the private...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Climate Action Plan (23 Oct 2024)

Mick Barry: What is the balance sheet of the Government, which includes the Green Party, on environmental issues? The Taoiseach will, no doubt, tell me greenhouse gas emissions fell in most sectors last year, but the Climate Change Advisory Council says the fall is not nearly big enough to meet our modest climate obligations. The target for reduced emissions for 2030 is 51%. What is the Government...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Climate Action Plan (23 Oct 2024)

Simon Harris: I thank colleagues. To Deputy Ó Murchú, I will seek an update on our ongoing engagement on the case of Private Seán Rooney. It is a case we take an active interest in and on which we continue to keep in close contact with the UN and the Lebanese Government. I also take the Deputy's point, which he has made before in the House, on the need for support schemes for renewable...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Climate Action Plan (23 Oct 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: You can answer that as well if you want.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Climate Action Plan (23 Oct 2024)

Simon Harris: I will answer that as well because the Deputy gave me a petition on it from many of our constituents, and it is an important issue. I acknowledge the Deputy's good work on it and the meeting we had with the Delgany community council. I will work with the Deputy and the National Parks and Wildlife Service to see if we can make progress on that issue. While it is a local Wicklow issue, it is...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Climate Action Plan (23 Oct 2024)

Mick Barry: What about the balance sheet?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Climate Action Plan (23 Oct 2024)

Simon Harris: Our report card, was it?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Climate Action Plan (23 Oct 2024)

Mick Barry: Yes.