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Select Committee on Health: Public Health (Tobacco) (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (10 Oct 2024)

Bernard Durkan: To make it short, it appears that there is different advice in the UK. If the intention is to achieve the same objective, why do we have different advice from that in the UK? This has been raised with all of us from time to time. I am a former smoker, who smoked for 27 years. I stopped by going cold turkey - just like that - but I know people who did not stop and who still continue to...

Select Committee on Health: Public Health (Tobacco) (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (10 Oct 2024)

Róisín Shortall: My reason for raising this matter here today is that it is the only opportunity to hear from the Minister about his thinking. This measure will come in with the Finance Bill on Wednesday, as it is a provision of that Bill.

Select Committee on Health: Public Health (Tobacco) (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (10 Oct 2024)

Róisín Shortall: Is there any chance the Minister could send us a note on the rationale for it?

Select Committee on Health: Public Health (Tobacco) (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (10 Oct 2024)

Seán Crowe: I thank the Minister for Health, Deputy Donnelly, and his officials for attending today's meeting, and for the work that has been done on this matter.

Select Committee on Health: Message to Dáil (10 Oct 2024)

Seán Crowe: In accordance with Standing Order 101, the following message will be sent to the Dáil: The Select Committee on Health has completed its consideration of the Public Health (Tobacco)(Amendment) Bill 2024 and has made no amendments thereto.

Select Committee on Health: Business of Select Committee (10 Oct 2024)

Seán Crowe: I have been asked that we would discuss the Supplementary Estimate for the Department next week. I suggest we have the meeting on Wednesday. If not then, it will be on Thursday at 5.30 p.m. We cancelled the discussion of cardiac services.

Select Committee on Health: Business of Select Committee (10 Oct 2024)

Róisín Shortall: Thursday, at 5.30 p.m. might be too late.

Select Committee on Health: Business of Select Committee (10 Oct 2024)

Seán Crowe: We will have the Minister back in again.

Select Committee on Health: Business of Select Committee (10 Oct 2024)

Róisín Shortall: That is three weeks in a row.

Select Committee on Health: Business of Select Committee (10 Oct 2024)

Seán Crowe: The meeting is now adjourned.

World Mental Health Day: Statements (10 Oct 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I thank the Minister of State. That concludes statements to mark World Mental Health Day: Making Mental Health a Priority for Everyone.

Teachtaireacht ón Seanad - Message from Seanad (10 Oct 2024)

Teachtaireacht ón Seanad - Message from Seanad (10 Oct 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Seanad Éireann has passed the Electricity Costs (Emergency Measures) Domestic Accounts Bill 2024, without amendment.

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters (10 Oct 2024)

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters (10 Oct 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 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 Joe Flaherty - To discuss the inclusion of students who stammer in the reasonable accommodations at certificate examinations guidelines. Deputy Marc Ó Cathasaigh - To discuss the impact of the removal of hedgerows. Deputy...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate (10 Oct 2024)

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Employment Rights (10 Oct 2024)

Employment Rights

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Employment Rights (10 Oct 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: I want to discuss the importance of sick leave. I genuinely thought I had done a good job convincing the Government how important sick leave is, but after reading the budget, it turns out that I have a little more work to do. During the pandemic, we spent hours discussing the importance of sick leave and of workers being able to safely and affordably stay out of work when they were not...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Employment Rights (10 Oct 2024)

Dara Calleary: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Teachta as ucht an deis labhairt faoi seo. I am taking this on behalf of the Minister of State, Deputy Higgins, and the Minister, Deputy Peter Burke. I know the House will join with me in expressing our sympathies to the Minister on the passing of his mother. As the Deputy indicated, statutory sick leave is a valuable public health intervention. It reduces...

World Mental Health Day: Statements (10 Oct 2024)

Mary Butler: I thank Members of the House for their contributions. I thank all of those who work across mental health services in public, private and voluntary community services. They do a phenomenal amount of work. I want to refer to a couple of issues that were raised. I was asked whether the Mental Health Bill would fall if the Government was dissolved. Technically, it will fall. However, on...