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- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Disability Services (4 Jul 2024)
Ossian Smyth: My colleague, Deputy Anne Rabbitte, the Minister of State with responsibility for disabilities, is fully committed to the continued development and enhancement of our children's disability services through the CDNTs, as they seek to ensure equitable access to services for all children with complex needs. I acknowledge the difficulties faced by children and their families seeking to access...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Disability Services (4 Jul 2024)
Éamon Ó Cuív: The one answer I did not get is the only answer I want. When will this child and all the other children get a service? If what is being done is not tackling it fast enough, what will the services do to tackle it faster? They have not got through the 2021 list yet. There is always a way. Do they need to pay more money? I do not know what they need to do. There is one thing they could...
- Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters (4 Jul 2024)
- Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters (4 Jul 2024)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 37 and the name of the Member in each case: Deputy Thomas Pringle - To discuss a foetal alcohol project to be undertaken with a multicare sector approach. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív - To discuss the need to provide a full range of services, based on children's needs,...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate (4 Jul 2024)
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Disability Services (4 Jul 2024)
Disability Services
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Disability Services (4 Jul 2024)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: The Minister of State, Deputy Ossian Smyth, is here to deal with Topical Issues. He is very welcome. Our first Topical Issue comes from Deputy Thomas Pringle, who wishes to discuss a foetal alcohol project to be undertaken with a multicare sector approach.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Disability Services (4 Jul 2024)
Thomas Pringle: I thank the Ceann Comhairle. Is the Minister of State, Deputy Smyth, taking this Topical Issue as well? Is he taking them all?
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Disability Services (4 Jul 2024)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Is the Minister of State taking them all?
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Disability Services (4 Jul 2024)
Ossian Smyth: I am taking two.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Disability Services (4 Jul 2024)
Gerald Nash: The Minister, Deputy Peter Burke, is coming in as well.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Disability Services (4 Jul 2024)
Thomas Pringle: No offence to the Minister of State, Deputy Smyth, but I understood that Topical Issues were supposed to be taken by the relevant Minister. As far as I understand it, he is a Minister of State at the Department of public expenditure, and this is the responsibility of the Department of Rural and Community Development. It is disappointing but I know that is the way Topical Issues have...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Disability Services (4 Jul 2024)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Let us be clear. I want to be helpful to the Deputy. What should be happening is where a Topical Issue is selected and the Department is notified, the Department should be notifying the Deputy as to whether the Minister to deal with it is the Minister from the relevant Department.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Disability Services (4 Jul 2024)
Thomas Pringle: It did not do that.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Disability Services (4 Jul 2024)
Éamon Ó Cuív: It is not happening a lot of the time.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Disability Services (4 Jul 2024)
Thomas Pringle: It has never happened.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Disability Services (4 Jul 2024)
Éamon Ó Cuív: When you raise the issue under a Standing Order - I am not sure of the exacting Standing Order but the Ceann Comhairle will know which one - the Deputy then has an option that a lot of Deputies do not seem to be aware of.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Disability Services (4 Jul 2024)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: To defer, or-----
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Disability Services (4 Jul 2024)
Éamon Ó Cuív: They can either take it, or have it deferred one day and have it taken by a Minister from that Department. Of course, that does not work if you are not told beforehand.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Disability Services (4 Jul 2024)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I will have to call on the Government Chief Whip to examine the matter because procedurally, we not acting properly, nor ignoring-----