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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2025)

Ivana Bacik: I join others in expressing condolences on the death of Brother Kevin Crowley of the Capuchin Day Centre. I had the pleasure of meeting Brother Kevin, witnessing the immense work that he and his colleagues were doing and experiencing his great sense of humour. He will be sadly missed. When the idea of a housing tsar was announced some months ago, the question on everyone's lips was the...

Nursing Homes: Motion [Private Members] (2 Jul 2025)

Verona Murphy: Deputy Bacik will appreciate that it is time for Leaders' Questions.

Nursing Homes: Motion [Private Members] (2 Jul 2025)

Ivana Bacik: I thank all those who spoke in support of our Labour motion on nursing homes and care. I thank in particular my colleagues Deputies Marie Sherlock and Mark Wall for leading on this motion. We in the Labour Party have put this forward with one key purpose, namely, to ensure dignity for those of our citizens who are ageing. Everyone in Ireland should be supported to age with dignity. We...

Nursing Homes: Motion [Private Members] (2 Jul 2025)

Amendment put.

Nursing Homes: Motion [Private Members] (2 Jul 2025)

Verona Murphy: In accordance with Standing Order 85(2), the division is postponed until the weekly division time this evening.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2025)

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2025)

Verona Murphy: I apologise to the leaders for us running late. On that basis, a precedent is not being set by allowing the Labour Party to conclude its motion. However, will try to be on time for the future.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: Before I begin, I want to say how very sorry I am to hear of the death of Brother Kevin Crowley. I offer condolences to everybody who loved him. Brother Kevin's work at the Capuchin Day Centre is the stuff of legend. He really was a champion for the poor and for everyone who fell on hard times, without judgment and without exception. He lived for others and he absolutely changed lives....

Nursing Homes: Motion [Private Members] (2 Jul 2025)

Duncan Smith: Two weeks before the "RTÉ Investigates" programme, a man in his 80s came to my clinic. He makes a bare minimum of 14 trips a week to the nursing home in which his wife is living. He visits in the morning to make sure his wife's day can begin with care, dignity and love. It is not the nursing home's job to provide love but it is its job to provide care and dignity. He goes again at...

Nursing Homes: Motion [Private Members] (2 Jul 2025)

Conor Sheehan: My grandad was actually in one of these affected nursing homes in 2024. The Minister of State, Deputy O'Donnell, would know this nursing home very well. It backs onto our constituency. My grandad was there for over a week when he was discharged from hospital. He said the staff were lovely, and they were, but there were not enough of them evidently. He was often left to go to the...

Nursing Homes: Motion [Private Members] (2 Jul 2025)

Danny Healy-Rae: First, I thank the Labour Party for giving us the opportunity to talk about this important topic. It is an emotive subject when families have to make the decision to put someone into a nursing home. I vividly remember when my father was not great and a decision had to be made. I am glad we were able to keep him in his own home with Kathleen Fitzgerald. I thank all the people, including...

Nursing Homes: Motion [Private Members] (2 Jul 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: Go raibh maith agat.

Nursing Homes: Motion [Private Members] (2 Jul 2025)

Danny Healy-Rae: -----to keep people-----

Nursing Homes: Motion [Private Members] (2 Jul 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: Go raibh maith agat, a Theachta. Your time is up.

Nursing Homes: Motion [Private Members] (2 Jul 2025)

Danny Healy-Rae: -----looked after. All right. I am sorry.

Nursing Homes: Motion [Private Members] (2 Jul 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I thank Deputy Healy-Rae for his comments on abolishing the means test for carers. We are systematically trying to get to the point where it has been abolished. I recognise the changes that have been made because what we want to see, as the Deputy said, is people staying in their own homes for as long as possible for their dignity, comfort and connection with their families and because that...

Nursing Homes: Motion [Private Members] (2 Jul 2025)

Mattie McGrath: This is a timely and sensitive motion. The programme on RTÉ shocked everybody. Many people knew of the many changes in nursing care and the methods of care in our nursing homes. I salute the many hundreds of small nursing homes and some quite big ones in Tipperary, in particular St. Martha’s and Bramleigh Lodge in Cashel and the many others I could name. They do an excellent...

Nursing Homes: Motion [Private Members] (2 Jul 2025)

Michael Collins: I thank the Labour Party for bringing forward this very important motion today. I am sure there is not one person in the Dáil who saw the documentary who was not disgusted by the way our elderly were being treated. If big businesses are treating our elderly in such a terrible way, we must ensure we do all we can so that this does not continue. That said, we cannot tar everybody...

Nursing Homes: Motion [Private Members] (2 Jul 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: I thank the Members of the Labour Party for bringing forward such an important motion. I thank the Minister of State for his opening statement, which is comprehensive, but it is unfortunate to see the Government amendment and what is contained in it. We have spent a considerable amount of time speaking about this since the TV programmes aired and the experiences highlighted. Profit can...

Nursing Homes: Motion [Private Members] (2 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: Trust in nursing homes has been lost. With everything that has come to light in recent months, the one overwhelming response, which really concerns me deeply, is that people are now afraid of nursing homes, or perhaps more afraid, because revelations like these have been coming out for decades. Old age should come with a security and a certainty that a person's needs are met, they are safe...