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- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí (Athógáil) - Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (10 Oct 2024)
Micheál Martin: I thank the Deputy sincerely for raising the issue and for her comments. I do not have an update on the report I received as I arrived in the Chamber of firing on UNIFIL positions. I expect to get a comprehensive report on that, which I will share with people generally. It illustrates the high-risk and dangerous environment peacekeepers now operate within and the need for an immediate...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Oct 2024)
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Oct 2024)
Pearse Doherty: Tá fearg an phobail intuigthe mar go bhfuil an Rialtas seo ag caitheamh €9 milliún ar phúitsí gutháin in áit tacaíocht mheabhairshláinte do pháistí. Tá daoine óga ar fud na tíre seo ag caoineadh amach ar sheirbhísí cearta agus ba cheart an t-airgead seo a athdháileadh ar na seirbhísí sin gan...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Oct 2024)
Micheál Martin: Is oth liom a rá gur uafásach ar fad an méid a dúirt an Teachta Dála. Tá sé ag iarraidh comparáid nó juxtaposition a dhéanamh idir an méid atá déanta i gcúrsaí oideachais agus an infheistíocht i gcúrsaí sláinte. Tá infheistíocht an-mhór déanta i gcúrsaí sláinte i...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Oct 2024)
Pearse Doherty: The Tánaiste said it is despicable and disgraceful to conflate the €9 million the Government is wasting on mobile phone pouches with mental health. He should talk to his deputy leader. In respect of CAMHS mroe generally, we want to reduce waiting lists. They are coming down but not enough. Referrals are increasing signficantly. Some 225,000 appointments for children and...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rural Schemes (10 Oct 2024)
Joe O'Brien: I thank the Deputies. There was a recent review of eligibility. The scheme eligibility criteria were amended for 2024. Eligible road projects are those that involve the improvement of non-public roads which provide access to two or more parcels of land that are owned or occupied by different persons, one of whom must be using it for agricultural purposes or harvesting. Evidence of...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rural Schemes (10 Oct 2024)
Darren O'Rourke: I thank the Minister of State for his response. These popular schemes are oversubscribed. It is important for the Government to keep the issue under close review. In regard to the criteria, the Minister of State identified some of the challenges at local authority level, such as the increased cost of works and the smaller number of contractors available. We need to look at every...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rural Schemes (10 Oct 2024)
Pádraig O'Sullivan: I will be brief because I have four supplementaries. First, will the Minister of State clarify that Cork County Council has drawn its full allocation from the previous year? I believe it has. Second, the Minister of State mentioned the double allocation, and obviously that additional funding is welcome, but Cork County Council requested more than €5 million last year and received...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rural Schemes (10 Oct 2024)
Joe O'Brien: The Deputy will appreciate that I might not have the answers to all of the questions he has asked. As the LIS is not my dedicated function, I am not all over the detail. He asked about the level of drawdown by Cork County Council. My understanding is that the council fell short some years back but has improved its drawdown rate more recently. I will get some facts for the Deputy on that....
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rural Schemes (10 Oct 2024)
Pádraig O'Sullivan: I think it was about the full allowance being drawn down.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rural Schemes (10 Oct 2024)
Joe O'Brien: We will get back to the Deputy with some detail on that.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rural Schemes (10 Oct 2024)
Catherine Connolly: I am jumping all over the place because many Members are not here. We will move on to Question No. 91, which will be introduced by Deputy Martin Kenny; to be followed by Question No. 93, in the name of Deputy Darren O'Rourke; and Question No. 98, in the name of Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rural Schemes (10 Oct 2024)
Questions Nos. 80 to 90, inclusive, taken with Written Answers.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Library Services (10 Oct 2024)
Library Services
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Library Services (10 Oct 2024)
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 91. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development to clarify the efforts under way to increase library membership and participation; and to provide an update on membership numbers at local authority libraries each year over the past five years. [40662/24]
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Library Services (10 Oct 2024)
Martin Kenny: My question relates to participation in libraries around the country, the number of people who are members of our libraries and how much they are used. What can be done to get more people to use our library facilities, which in many areas are excellent? We spoke earlier about needing more investment. I take it that the Minister of State was not expecting this question. We never thought...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Library Services (10 Oct 2024)
Joe O'Brien: I have an issue in that I do not have a prepared response for Question No. 91.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Library Services (10 Oct 2024)
Catherine Connolly: Okay. We are in the same position regarding all the questions after that. We have Deputy O'Rourke and Deputy O'Sullivan in the Chamber. I understand the Minister of State's dilemma. We will move on to Question No. 93. Deputy O'Rourke might outline the question.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Library Services (10 Oct 2024)
Question No. 92 taken with Written Answers.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Climate Change Policy (10 Oct 2024)
Climate Change Policy