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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education Needs of Visually Impaired Students: Discussion (15 Oct 2024)
Mairead Farrell: When does Mr. Kenny expect the review to commence?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education Needs of Visually Impaired Students: Discussion (15 Oct 2024)
Mairead Farrell: It depends on whether we consider autumn to end this month or next month, I suppose. We might get a written review on that. On whether orientation, mobility and life skills should be part of the school curriculum, we heard about how well this works in three counties in Munster, where it is put through the education system, and about the benefit of it. That pilot project started 20 years...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education Needs of Visually Impaired Students: Discussion (15 Oct 2024)
Mairead Farrell: What does Mr. Doody mean by a legacy issue?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education Needs of Visually Impaired Students: Discussion (15 Oct 2024)
Mairead Farrell: Is it getting State funding or not?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education Needs of Visually Impaired Students: Discussion (15 Oct 2024)
Mairead Farrell: The three counties in Munster.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education Needs of Visually Impaired Students: Discussion (15 Oct 2024)
Mairead Farrell: Which Department?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education Needs of Visually Impaired Students: Discussion (15 Oct 2024)
Mairead Farrell: Mr. Doody is saying he sees this as a potential Department of children issue, yet it is his Department providing the funding.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education Needs of Visually Impaired Students: Discussion (15 Oct 2024)
Mairead Farrell: I understand my time is up, but to me that does not equate when there is a situation where this has been talked about for 20 years and there has been a pilot programme. It clearly seems to be working from what the stakeholders have told us and it is a really important aspect of these students' experience. I suggest if the Department of Education is funding it through that particular grant,...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education Needs of Visually Impaired Students: Discussion (15 Oct 2024)
Mairead Farrell: I did not fully understand the response when Deputy Hourigan asked questions about modified papers. Can Ms Walsh explain it?
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Ambulance Service (15 Oct 2024)
Colm Burke: In fairness, the response I gave sets out clearly that there is emergency support in relation to the emergency aeromedical services in the west and north west.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Ambulance Service (15 Oct 2024)
Éamon Ó Cuív: That is not the issue. How do you get to that service? How do you get to the airfield if the person lives or is located two miles away.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Ambulance Service (15 Oct 2024)
Colm Burke: As I understand it, the helicopter service is available. Earlier, I addressed the specific issue of emergency care on the islands and spoke about the significant increases in NAS resourcing in recent years. I also outlined the levels of additional investment in 2025 for the NAS following budget 2025. That is an increase of more than €33 million. I will now mention the ambitious...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Ambulance Service (15 Oct 2024)
Éamon Ó Cuív: Doctors are trained.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Ambulance Service (15 Oct 2024)
Colm Burke: That has happened on some of the islands, but the programme is progressing. It is how they are responding to make sure that an adequate number of people are trained to deal with emergencies.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Ambulance Service (15 Oct 2024)
Éamon Ó Cuív: The doctor tells me when he is confronted with somebody on the side of-----
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Ambulance Service (15 Oct 2024)
Colm Burke: There is additional funding in each of these areas. The Deputy will have to accept that over the past four years that funding has benefited the islands. I outlined where ambulances have been provided to the islands.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Ambulance Service (15 Oct 2024)
Éamon Ó Cuív: There are two. Inis Mór and-----
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Ambulance Service (15 Oct 2024)
Colm Burke: It is progress that occurred in 2023. There will hopefully be further developments with the budget set out for the coming year.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Ambulance Service (15 Oct 2024)
Catherine Connolly: I was lenient; we are over time. It is an important issue.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Ambulance Service (15 Oct 2024)
Cuireadh an Dáil ar athló ar 11.35 p.m. go dtí 9.10 a.m., Dé Céadaoin, an 16 Deireadh Fómhair 2024. The Dáil adjourned at at 11.35 p.m. until 9.10 a.m. on Wednesday, 16 October 2024.