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- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (4 Jul 2024)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Time is up, Deputy.
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (4 Jul 2024)
Brian Stanley: It has gone out of control. The Government needs to take back control with a franchise or some other model with local authorities. Other EU states are doing it. Will the Government look at this issue again? The scheme is good but these are the unintended consequences.
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (4 Jul 2024)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Would you like to go on a bit longer?
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (4 Jul 2024)
Brian Stanley: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for his indulgence.
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (4 Jul 2024)
Ossian Smyth: I thank the Deputy for acknowledging that this is a good scheme. It has been successful. Irish Business Against Litter reported that it has resulted in a reduction of one third of the bottle and can litter around the country, which will continue. The Deputy said it has resulted in an increase in waste collection prices. That is not actually true. On Monday, the Irish Independent reported...
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (4 Jul 2024)
Brian Stanley: I have noticed it.
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (4 Jul 2024)
Ossian Smyth: The Department is in negotiations with the Irish Waste Management Association to make sure the system of subsidies and levies in place is such that there will be no effect on the cost of waste collection. I do not want the price of waste collection to go up at all. I am glad the Deputy acknowledged that the deposit return scheme is working well.
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (4 Jul 2024)
Brian Stanley: Will the Government stop them? The company I use is putting the price up.
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (4 Jul 2024)
Pádraig O'Sullivan: Following on from Deputy Troy's question, last month, data from the latest EFPIA WAIT indicator survey 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 out of the 36 European countries analysed. Treatments such as ravulizumab, which treats several forms of rare debilitating disease, have...
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (4 Jul 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: I acknowledge the Deputy's ongoing advocacy and work in this area of rare diseases. The Deputy is aware of and inputting to the new rare disease strategy. We are improving the current reimbursement process through publication and implementation of the Mazars report and the recommendations therein, adding €30 million in new development funding for medicines this year. In parallel, we...
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (4 Jul 2024)
Paul Donnelly: Over the past number of months, I raised the issue of the lack of gardaí in Dublin west, highlighting serious problems people in my constituency have in getting a response when they call 999. Last week, I had to intervene and make a direct call to senior members of the Garda after numerous calls to 999 failed to get a response. At 10.30 a.m., a call was made to 999 in relation to a...
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (4 Jul 2024)
Micheál Martin: I will raise that specific case. Will the Deputy provide the information to me? I will raise it with the Minister for Justice and the Commissioner because the Deputy said that on a series of occasions, 999 was rung and there was no response.
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (4 Jul 2024)
Paul Donnelly: There was no unit available.
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (4 Jul 2024)
Micheál Martin: The Deputy said there was no response to the 999 call.
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (4 Jul 2024)
Paul Donnelly: A response is somebody going to the person's door.
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (4 Jul 2024)
Micheál Martin: I got the impression there was no response at all in the Deputy's presentation. We can seek a full report from the Minister through the Commissioner in response to this specific case.
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (4 Jul 2024)
David Stanton: When will the next call for proposals under the excellent urban regeneration and development fund be made? I understand it is overdue; it was expected last May. Will the Minister let me know, if not now, later, when this might happen?
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (4 Jul 2024)
Micheál Martin: I wish it would spend the money allocated in the last allocation.
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (4 Jul 2024)
David Stanton: We will spend it if we get it.
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (4 Jul 2024)
Micheál Martin: Substantive funding has been allocated. Lots of preparatory work has to be done in designing various projects. I will check with the Minister as to the exact timeline around the next call. I will tell him Deputy Stanton eagerly awaits it.