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- Pride: Statements (16 Jul 2025)
Máire Devine: I grew up in a very republican household. I was taught well by my father the values of service to the community and inclusion. I see parallels with Pride and the LGBT community in our country. Our queer comrades were oppressed by means of unfair laws, church doctrine and social stigma. The first Pride march in Dublin took place in June 1983 amid a culture of violence perpetrated against...
- Pride: Statements (16 Jul 2025)
Jerry Buttimer: I begin by thanking the Minister, Deputy Foley, for her leadership and stewardship of the Department. Her last remarks clarify her position in terms of her commitment to equality. I thank her for that. I also pay tribute to the former Minister, Deputy Roderic O'Gorman, who is in the House this afternoon, for his leadership and courage as a Minister, but also for going to Budapest Pride....
- Pride: Statements (16 Jul 2025)
Mark Wall: Hear, hear.
- Pride: Statements (16 Jul 2025)
- Pride: Statements (16 Jul 2025)
Verona Murphy: I call the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality, Deputy Norma Foley, to make her statement. Under Standing Order 56, she is sharing time with the Minister of State, Deputy Jerry Buttimer, and Deputy Keira Keogh. They have 25 minutes in total.
- Pride: Statements (16 Jul 2025)
Norma Foley: It is my honour to address the House today on Pride. It is a particular honour to be here this year as we mark what is a significant year in terms of LGBTIQ+ equality. As many in the House will be aware, the Dublin Pride Festival took place on 28 June. The streets of the capital were awash with vibrant colours, enjoyment and, most importantly, pride. As the summer moves on, there will...
- Health (Amendment) Bill 2025: Second Stage (16 Jul 2025)
Question put and agreed to.
- Health (Amendment) Bill 2025: Referral to Select Committee (16 Jul 2025)
- Health (Amendment) Bill 2025: Referral to Select Committee (16 Jul 2025)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I move: That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on Health pursuant to Standing Orders 103 and 188.
- Health (Amendment) Bill 2025: Referral to Select Committee (16 Jul 2025)
Question put and agreed to.
- Estimates for Public Services 2025: Messages from Select Committees (16 Jul 2025)
- Estimates for Public Services 2025: Messages from Select Committees (16 Jul 2025)
Verona Murphy: The Select Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport has completed its consideration of the following Revised Estimate for Public Services for the service of the year ending on 31 December 2025: Vote 33. The Select Committee on Fisheries and Marine Affairs has completed its consideration of the following Revised Estimate for Public Services for the service of the year...
- Estimates for Public Services 2025: Messages from Select Committees (16 Jul 2025)
Cuireadh an Dáil ar fionraí ar 5.18 p.m. agus cuireadh tús leis arís ar 5.22 p.m. Sitting suspended at 5.18 p.m. and resumed at 5.22 p.m.
- Health (Amendment) Bill 2025: Second Stage (16 Jul 2025)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Deputy Healy-Rae has helpfully set out the difficulty with regard to hospital beds. Let us take Kerry hospital as an example. In the context of staff numbers, in the past five years, Kerry hospital has had an increase in staff of 43%. It has had a budgetary increase of 67% in the past five years also. To provide the breakdown of that staffing increase, Kerry hospital has had a 52%...
- Health (Amendment) Bill 2025: Second Stage (16 Jul 2025)
Danny Healy-Rae: I am glad to have an opportunity to speak about this Bill, which deals with very serious matters that affect every community, especially in Kerry. There are many failings and many issues. The Minister has said the HSE's annual service plan is to be replaced with an annual performance delivery plan. An issue I have encountered in this Chamber since I came up here is that, every budget time,...
- Health (Amendment) Bill 2025: Second Stage (16 Jul 2025)
Michael Collins: Today, we are presented with the Health (Amendment) Bill 2025. On the surface, the Bill promises reform, but let us be clear - this is not reform, but bureaucracy dressed up as progress. The Bill does not fix our broken health system. It merely rearranges the furniture in a house that is already on fire. It tinkers with the governance structures while ignoring the real crisis, which is...
- Health (Amendment) Bill 2025: Second Stage (16 Jul 2025)
Thomas Gould: There are 121 people in the HR department in the south west. The Minister talks about progressing this Bill, but I believe it is bluff and smoke and mirrors. It is trying to pretend that there will be proper accountability and value for money in the HSE. Even though 121 people are working in the HR department in the south west, €250,000 was paid to private consultants in 2023. Who...
- Health (Amendment) Bill 2025: Second Stage (16 Jul 2025)
Peadar Tóibín: I welcome the fact that the Minister is looking to tie financial support for the HSE to its performance. It is something that I have made an argument for over the past number of years. I firmly believe that we need to reach a situation where the HSE is paid for the work it does for patients and the benefits it brings to patients. We would probably go further than this and tie funding for...
- Health (Amendment) Bill 2025: Second Stage (16 Jul 2025)
Cathal Crowe: I also wish to speak in support of this Bill. I will take up from where Deputy Roche left off. We all acknowledge the huge efforts of our front-line workers in every part of the country, and the Deputy is right to pay tribute to them. They work damn hard. Conditions for them all are not great. I have been in hospital myself in the past as a patient and visiting people. One would often...
- Health (Amendment) Bill 2025: Second Stage (16 Jul 2025)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: You are right.