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

Simon Harris: I was told it was good engagement, and I believe lots of parties made suggestions. There were draft terms of reference, and an excellent independent chair has been appointed. We will need to keep these matters under review. We have had a history in this House of establishing statutory and non-statutory inquiries, and sometimes one has worked better than the other. The Dr. Gabriel Scally...

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

Marian Harkin: On page 36 of the programme for Government, it states: As Ireland moves towards carbon neutrality, we do not believe that it makes sense to develop LNG gas import terminals importing fracked gas. ... We do not support the importation of fracked gas ... Yet the Government has done a U-turn with the amendments to the planning Bill, which means we will end up importing large quantities...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Nov 2024)

Simon Harris: I thank Deputy Connolly. In the interests of time, I will take her comments on board with regard to the roads and their accuracy. It is important all of those processes are followed. As for University Hospital Galway, I welcome the fact that HIQA carries out inspection reports, publishes them and shines a light on areas on which we need to continue to try to make progress. HIQA holding...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Nov 2024)

Catherine Connolly: I try to deal with the actual reality on the ground. I wish to highlight that due to severe staff shortages and lack of property facilities, there is now a seven-week waiting list to start chemotherapy in University Hospital Galway. There are now 31 patients in the regional hospital in Galway with nowhere to go while beds in Carraroe and the Aran Islands are empty. There is a waiting list...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Nov 2024)

Simon Harris: First, as regards cancer care, there is an important issue to acknowledge. I want to acknowledge, on the record of the Dáil, that there are clinical specialist radiation therapists and radiation therapy posts in the hospital that are currently vacant. Approximately 25% of these posts are vacant. I want to be absolutely crystal clear; those posts are funded and there are two open...

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

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

Mary Lou McDonald: I do not know whether the Taoiseach is familiar with Dublin city's flat complexes. If he has been in and out of them, he will know that they are fairly unique and are incredible communities. He will also have observed how badly let down they have been by successive Governments. Some of the living conditions for citizens in our inner cities are reminiscent of another era, such is the level...

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

Paschal Donohoe: Deputy McDonald would not have acknowledged that.

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

Mary Lou McDonald: -----saga. Do not mind me, Minister. This issue is about the people who live in these flats, not his sensitivities, with all due respect to him.

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

Paschal Donohoe: I know that. Nor is it about the Deputy’s sensitivities.

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

Mary Lou McDonald: In O'Devaney Gardens, only 56 units have been delivered 20 years on. There has been a six-year wait for progress for the flats at Constitutional Hill. I could go on and on. Why are these communities and families left to wait and live in conditions that no one here lives in and or would be prepared or tolerate living in?

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

Simon Harris: While I do not want to get in the way of a discussion between the Deputy and my colleague the Minister, Deputy Donohoe, I accept the important issue in respect of regeneration. It is not only about the regeneration of homes and flats but also of communities and the importance of getting on with that. I am proud of the progress made. The flats on Dominick Street have now seen significant...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Nov 2024)

Simon Harris: I hope Deputy Cairns tells those people on the doors which of these splashing of the cash payments she would like to cancel. I invited her the last time to email me on this and she has not.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Nov 2024)

Holly Cairns: A one-off payment will evaporate quickly.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Nov 2024)

Simon Harris: Please, you do not need to heckle. The Deputy could listen and I listened-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Nov 2024)

Holly Cairns: The energy credits for holiday homes.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Nov 2024)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Please, Deputy Cairns.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Nov 2024)

Simon Harris: I listened to Deputy Cairns. I presume when she talks about splashing the cash, the Deputy is in favour of the double child benefit payment. I presume she would not begrudge someone the additional old-age pension this month and again before Christmas. I presume she would not stop the fuel allowance payments or the lump sum payments for carers or people with a disability or the working...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Nov 2024)

Bernard Durkan: Hear hear.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Nov 2024)

Seán Canney: I want to raise with the Taoiseach the serious traffic issue at present in Galway. As everybody knows, Galway city is the centre of the west of Ireland but the way it is currently progressing, it is running into trouble with traffic. We have the outer ring road which has been on the books for at least 15 to 20 years. About €30 million has been spent on it and we have nothing to show...