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Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (6 Nov 2024)

Simon Harris: That is very gracious. Just in case I do not get an opportunity to do so in the future – I may or may not – may I wish everybody who is retiring from this House before the next election, of all political parties, the very best? I believe politics is a noble service and everybody, of all political persuasions, comes here with the intention of doing good for their community and...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (6 Nov 2024)

Chris Andrews: Baggot Street post office is closing, Ballsbridge post office is closing and Rathmines post office is being sold off. This will have a devastating impact on the local communities. It comes on top of the closures, not too long ago, of the post offices in Donnybrook and Kevin Street. All five closures have come in the lifetime of the current Government. The legacy of the Government on the...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (6 Nov 2024)

Simon Harris: I thank the Deputy. The Government has invested historic amounts to support the post office network, including an allocation of €30 million, but I do take the point the Deputy has raised regarding issues in his constituency and I will ask the relevant Minister to contact the chief executive of An Post on these specific matters.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (6 Nov 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: Last week, the Minister for Health announced that Blessington football club was successful in its sports capital grant appeal and was to receive its €130,000. Another club in our constituency, Newtown football club, was also turned down for a grant in the first round but it has appealed the decision. It was very much about a minor administrative issue. It is unfortunate that the...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (6 Nov 2024)

Simon Harris: It is an all-Wicklow shootout. I thank the Deputy for raising this important matter. I am pleased the issue was resolved for Blessington. I am aware of the issue related to Newtown football club and I will work with the Deputy on the matter. I am aware that the club’s appeal is being considered and I will link with her on it.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (6 Nov 2024)

Alan Kelly: I jest and I joke that the Taoiseach's choice of tie today was unfortunate, given the events that have transpired in the United States. I am sure it is not an act of solidarity with the result there. I am sure it is an act of solidarity with the Labour Party as we head into the election.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (6 Nov 2024)

Simon Harris: It is my outreach.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (6 Nov 2024)

Alan Kelly: I want to ask the Taoiseach on his last Leaders' Questions about an issue I have raised here previously, which is the issue of the Dean Maxwell nursing home in Roscrea. I got a very good letter from the newly appointed regional executive officer, REO, saying that they are willing to build a new 50-bed unit, something I fought for for a decade in Roscrea, on a new site or on a HSE site. This...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (6 Nov 2024)

Simon Harris: As I said, the tie is more outreach, maybe, to others in this House rather than anything to do with America. I thank the Deputy for raising this important issue and I thank the new REO for HSE mid-west, Sandra Broderick, for the very good work I believe she is doing in that region, often in a pressurised environment, but also for the constructive suggestions she is putting forward as...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (6 Nov 2024)

Alan Kelly: I thank the Taoiseach.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (6 Nov 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: I want to ask the Taoiseach about investment funds buying up apartments. A report published by the Department of Finance shows investment funds snapped up more than half of new-build apartments last year. A total of 6,203 apartments were bought up by investment funds, while just 846 apartments were available for individuals and families to buy. This is infuriating for the thousands of...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (6 Nov 2024)

Simon Harris: Because the Social Democrats' amendments do not understand some of the points the Housing Commission makes. We need a diversity as regards investment when it comes to housing, and this Government has taken a number of steps, including-----

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (6 Nov 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: Where is the diversity?

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (6 Nov 2024)

Simon Harris: The Deputy asked me a question; I am just trying to give him my answer. He can like it or not but I am just giving it to him. My answer is as follows: we have taken a number of measures when it comes to protecting homes and newly built homes, including on stamp duty and as regards planning permissions. We also need private investment, though, and rental properties, and we need to look at a...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (6 Nov 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Taoiseach says the Government is trying to recruit people to address the staffing crisis in our hospitals and our health services. The pay and numbers strategy proves that he is speaking out of both sides of his mouth on that issue. Setting that aside, however, if we are to recruit the people we need into the health service, we need to make it attractive for people to train as nurses...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (6 Nov 2024)

Simon Harris: The Deputy can absolutely always argue that we can and should do more regarding the number of people working in the health service. What he cannot dispute is the fact that there are now significantly more people working in the health service than there were only a few years ago. There are actually 27,744 more people working in the health service now than when this Government came to office,...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (6 Nov 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Let us not pretend there is not a staffing crisis.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (6 Nov 2024)

Simon Harris: There can be only one set of facts.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (6 Nov 2024)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Thank you, Taoiseach.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (6 Nov 2024)

Simon Harris: No. Excuse me for saying "No", a Cheann Comhairle, but the Deputy asked me an important question and it deserves an answer. On the issue about how we better support our student nurses, I am open to having engagement on that. A number of measures have been taken by the Minister, Deputy Donnelly, as regards improving the supports and subsistence, and it will be a matter for a future...