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- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (9 Oct 2024)
Catherine Connolly: We will be late starting the next session.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (9 Oct 2024)
Anne Rabbitte: I will bring back the name of Shelagh National School to the Minister of State. The Deputy is a very strong advocate in this space. With the recruitment of the extra NCSEs - doubling numbers - I have no doubt there is provision for a new NCSE to look after the wee county of Louth to ensure there is proper capacity building in primary and post-primary. When you look at the numbers going...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (9 Oct 2024)
Ruairi Ó Murchú: We need to see the school inclusion model across the board so parents can get therapies.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (9 Oct 2024)
Catherine Connolly: Thank you.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (9 Oct 2024)
Anne Rabbitte: Absolutely.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Road Safety (9 Oct 2024)
Road Safety
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Road Safety (9 Oct 2024)
David Stanton: I thank the Ceann Comhairle's office for selecting this Topical Issue and thank the Minister of State for being here this morning. She is working overtime and should get an increase in wages, she is doing so many Topical Issues for everybody else. I also acknowledge Deputy O'Connor. Both of us are Government TDs from the same constituency and raise the same issue. I do not know if anybody...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: The decision to contact Royal BAM was one I took subsequent to the meeting, first, with Ms Ross, and then, second, with the full board, on the back of BAM signalling that it was moving out to a June deadline.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: I agree.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: No, because that figure includes things like on-call and overtime aspects. I could be wrong because I am not sure they get those payments, but they are linked to the new public-only consultant contract.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: It is.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: It is €362 million.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: No. It is the full cost-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: It includes integration and commissioning, IT, the electronic health records and a contingency element. One of the many agents that will be involved in this process will be Newpark Healthcare. A very large workforce is involved in this commissioning process.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: It has not been done in 20 or 25 years. Yes, the agent we just talked about is the international expertise.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: Which one?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: In my world, the Senator will have to narrow the reference down a bit.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: Is the Senator asking about the early access? That is part of the engagement that is going on but BAM has committed to facilitating it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children’s Hospital: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: There is contingency within the commissioning budget.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Road Projects (9 Oct 2024)
Anne Rabbitte: Over the past 25 years, the Government of Ireland has invested heavily in our national roads network, with an extensive motorway system now in place. The motorway network has seen almost tenfold expansion since 2000. Due to the outlined funding constraints for national roads, a prioritisation exercise was necessary from the outset. In line with the NDP and Government policy, the Minister...