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An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Oct 2024)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: We are out of time but will give 30 seconds to each of the four remaining Deputies.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Oct 2024)

Danny Healy-Rae: What has this Government of Fine Gael, Fianna Fáil and the Green Party got against the people of Kerry? For a number of weeks the ophthalmology unit in Tralee general hospital has been closed. There are over 800 people waiting on different lists to be seen in the eye unit in Tralee. It has been there since the foundation of the State and it is closed down now. We are doing our best...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Oct 2024)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: All right. We will try to get an answer. We are out of time. We have to go to the next person.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Oct 2024)

Danny Healy-Rae: This has gone on long enough now. It has gone on nearly a month.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Oct 2024)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I know. Deputy Flaherty, please.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Oct 2024)

Joe Flaherty: I have to raise the case of a Longford family in the midst of the deepest, darkest crisis at the moment. Over the last number of months their 16-year-old son Jacob has subjected his parents to unrelenting violence. He has wrecked the family home, wrecked the family car and in recent weeks his three siblings have been dispatched to relatives and friends for their own personal safety. I...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Oct 2024)

Patrick Costello: I need to raise again the issue of the lack of public health nurses in Old County Road health centre. I have raised several times before the fact that no developmental checks are being offered to small children and their families. These developmental checks are incredibly important for young children, for babies, for picking up future needs and for supporting young parents. No...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Oct 2024)

Simon Harris: I thank Deputy Whitmore. There are now more teachers than ever working in the Irish education system. In March of this year, there were 78,646 teachers employed, with less than 1% of resignations and less than 2% of retirements annually. The teacher allocation ratio in primary schools is now at the lowest level it has ever been but I accept the broader point in respect of shortages and...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Oct 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I have repeatedly raised the recruitment embargo by another name that the Government has imposed on the health service, the so-called pay and numbers strategy, which is limiting the ability of hospitals and health services to recruit the staff they need to ensure safe staffing and proper patient safety in the hospitals. The Taoiseach is aware health workers are balloting for industrial...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Oct 2024)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: All right, the time is up.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Oct 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The hospital remains exactly as it was when the workers first raised this issue - chronically understaffed and not safe for patients.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Oct 2024)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Please, Deputy. The time is up.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Oct 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Can the Taoiseach look into it or explain?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Oct 2024)

Simon Harris: I will certainly look into the specifics and ask the Minister for Health to revert. We should be very careful in saying things about hospitals being not safe for patients. St. Michael's Hospital is a very good hospital providing very good care to many people, including my family, over the years.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Oct 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I know that.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Oct 2024)

Simon Harris: Let us not suggest the care being provided in the hospital is not safe. That is not a responsible thing to say in this House. The care in St. Michael's Hospital is safe and excellent. I will ask the Minister for Health-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Oct 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Not if it is not staffed.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Oct 2024)

Simon Harris: I will ask the Minister for Health to revert to the Deputy directly on the issue. To put it in context, as of August of this year, there were 27,901 more staff working in the health service than there were in 2020. That is 9,375 additional nurses, 6,184 other people working across the hospitals, 4,092 health and social care professionals and 3,330 doctors and dentists. There are tens of...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Oct 2024)

Michael Lowry: The number of taxis is having a detrimental impact on rural Ireland. In Tipperary, according to the most recent figures, there has been a drop to just 220 taxis despite a population growth of more than 4,000 people. This has an obvious negative impact on hospitality and retail services. Pubs and restaurants throughout Tipperary were already struggling with increased overheads and now they...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Oct 2024)

Simon Harris: I met some taxi drivers yesterday in Santry and they were highlighting a number of the challenges they saw in terms of the rigidity of the current system. There is a review under way. I will get the Deputy a timeline from the line Minister with regard to where that is at and when it is expected to have an output. The point the Deputy makes is right. We need to see a partnership...