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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: General Practitioner Services (26 Sep 2024)

Mary Butler: I understand the Deputy's passion on this because at the end of the day, vulnerable people are receiving this care and they need to continue to receive the care. I believe that everyone is in agreement of the value of the services provided by GP Care For All to persons living in areas with social deprivation and all recognise that the organisation is essential to delivery of GP services. ...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: General Practitioner Services (26 Sep 2024)

Cuireadh an Dáil ar fionraí ar 4.44 p.m. agus cuireadh tús leis arís ar 4.46 p.m. Sitting suspended at 4.44 p.m. and resumed at 4.46 p.m.

Local Authority Public Administration Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (26 Sep 2024)

Local Authority Public Administration Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (26 Sep 2024)

Robert Troy: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." As we gather here today, late on a Thursday evening, to discuss the final piece of business after a long week that was dominated by excessive costs of bike sheds and security huts and the justified outrage, the reality for most people concerns far less grandiose matters. They want us to deal with simple bread and butter issues that impact...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: An Garda Síochána (26 Sep 2024)

Claire Kerrane: I thank the Minister of State for her response. I will say again that community gardaí and overall gardaí numbers in Roscommon are totally unacceptable, particularly in what is now the Castlerea district, which has two Garda cars every night covering a vast rural area of 67 km from one end to the other. I would like to see that area reviewed. The Garda Commissioner needs to look...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: An Garda Síochána (26 Sep 2024)

Mary Butler: I thank the Deputy for raising this. I will feed back to the Minister's office what the Deputy raised about transfers. She makes a very good point. Gardaí come to us and say similar. The Minister has outlined that recruitment to An Garda Síochána is gathering momentum. The Deputy is right that Garda visibility is crucial to ensuring people are safe and feel safe in their...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: General Practitioner Services (26 Sep 2024)

General Practitioner Services

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: General Practitioner Services (26 Sep 2024)

Gary Gannon: There is a significant problem developing in my community. The GP Care For All service in the primary healthcare centre in Summerhill is a fabulous service. I knew what existed at that location before in terms of GP healthcare; what exists now is a beyond a world of difference. GP Care For All is a charity-run model. Doctors are salaried. Most important, those who avail of the service...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: General Practitioner Services (26 Sep 2024)

Mary Butler: I thank the Deputy for raising the Summerhill primary care centre and GP Care For All. GP Care For All is a registered charity based in the Summerhill primary care centre that provides GP services to the local area. Its aim is to deliver care to patients living in areas of social deprivation, providing access to GP services where it would otherwise be limited. I assure the Deputy that...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: General Practitioner Services (26 Sep 2024)

Gary Gannon: It is.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: General Practitioner Services (26 Sep 2024)

Mary Butler: The administration of taxation is a matter for the Department of Finance and the Office of the Revenue Commissions. While the local HSE maintains a very positive relationship with GP Care For All, I have been advised that Department and HSE officials have had two meetings with GP Care For All management regarding the current challenges as well as numerous phone calls and written...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (26 Sep 2024)

Mary Butler: I was watching the programme that night. Once again, I thank the Deputy for raising this important issue, which the Minister, Deputy O’Gorman, and the Minister of State, Deputy Rabbitte, are extremely involved with. Indeed, the whole of the Government is highly conscious of the need to address the situation. It is important to reiterate that, as part of the CDNT model of service,...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: An Garda Síochána (26 Sep 2024)

An Garda Síochána

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: An Garda Síochána (26 Sep 2024)

Claire Kerrane: I am glad to have the opportunity to debate the falling Garda numbers in my constituency, in counties Roscommon and Galway. It is an issue I have consistently raised and highlighted many times. I recognise the work of An Garda Síochána and its members across the State, as I know every Member of this House would do. In recent months in particular, we have got to know our community...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: An Garda Síochána (26 Sep 2024)

Mary Butler: I thank the Deputy for raising the matter. I convey the apologies of the Minister for Justice, Deputy Helen McEntee, who regrets she cannot be here for this matter due to another commitment. As the Deputy will be aware, by law, the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the distribution of Garda members and resources between the various Garda stations and divisions. The Commissioner is...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (26 Sep 2024)

Special Educational Needs

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (26 Sep 2024)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Minister of State for coming to the House to address this issue. I apologise that I was not able to get back into the House the other night due to a roads diversion. This issue has been aired many times over the years. I happened to be on a programme with a journalist recently who had to face that particular problem. He and his spouse found all the obstacles put on the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (26 Sep 2024)

Mary Butler: On behalf of my colleague, the Minister of State, Deputy Rabitte, who has responsibility for disabilities, I thank Deputy Durkan for raising this important issue and for offering us the opportunity to respond. The Government and the HSE are fully committed to delivering real and tangible solutions to enhance services to better support children with disabilities in Ireland. The progressing...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (26 Sep 2024)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Minister of State. I compliment her good self and her colleague, the Minister, Deputy Rabbitte, for the work they continue to do in the whole area for which they have responsibilities. I note that they, and several others, are busy Ministers. That is what one has to be. It is also worth mentioning that the struggle does not stop just there. It continues. There is a...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Financial Services (26 Sep 2024)

Mary Butler: I thank Deputy Troy for raising this issue. I am taking this on behalf of the Minister, Deputy Chambers, who had a Cabinet meeting this afternoon and so is not in a position to attend. The Central Bank has put in place a range of measures to protect consumers who take out or have a mortgage or other loan. This consumer protection framework seeks to ensure all Central Bank-regulated...