Results 161-180 of 1,051,549 for in 'Dáil debates' OR in 'Committee meetings' (speaker:Micheál Martin OR speaker:Darren O'Rourke OR speaker:Simon Coveney OR speaker:Niall Collins OR speaker:David Stanton)

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Sep 2024)

Simon Harris: I was in the library.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Sep 2024)

Mattie McGrath: It has not even gone out to tender.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Sep 2024)

Simon Harris: Excuse me, we were there for the enabling works.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Sep 2024)

Mattie McGrath: Cool the spin, Taoiseach.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Sep 2024)

Simon Harris: I know Councillor Murphy is working very hard on the ground and might have the Deputy rattled. Let me just finish the point. We were there for the enabling works for the Garda station. We will deliver a new library next. I was in the library. I was also in the beautiful museum Clonmel has and I mean that genuinely. I think I met the superintendent that day. I certainly met many senior...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Sep 2024)

Marian Harkin: I welcome the Taoiseach and all colleagues back. I want to raise the with the Taoiseach what is known as the Sligo cancer bus, which brings patients from Sligo-Leitrim and parts of County Donegal to the centre of excellence in Galway for treatment. There are two issues. First, the bus has no toilet facilities and is not wheelchair accessible. It is unacceptable for sick patients to have...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Sep 2024)

Simon Harris: The Deputy has raised a very reasonable and very fair point about the importance of toilet facilities and wheelchair accessibility on a bus, particularly a bus bringing sick people to their cancer treatment. I engaged on this matter with the Minister, Deputy Humphreys, this morning to discuss funding streams that may be available in that area. I hear from the Deputy’s comments now...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Sep 2024)

Fergus O'Dowd: I recently met with representatives of Dignity for Patients. They represent an increasing number of people who are coming forward who were abused by the convicted criminal paedophile Michael Shine. I support their demand for commission of investigation into all aspects of the abuse they suffered and other issues we have privately advised the Taoiseach of. I support what the Taoiseach has...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Sep 2024)

Simon Harris: I thank the Deputy for raising this. I also thank him for his ongoing work over a sustained period of time on this important issue. In the first instance, my Department is liaising with the Departments of Health and Justice to prepare a number of options. The Minister for Health has confirmed today that he is also engaging with the Attorney General on the publication of the report in the...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Sep 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: Yesterday, Dublin City Council brought forward Part 8 proposals for almost 500 homes in Balcurris and Balbutcher. These are in addition to the other Part 8 proposals passed earlier in the year in Wellmount and Cardiffsbridge - all public homes on public land, all built under Housing for All and we did not even have to turn one page of Deputy Ó Broin’s little green book. ...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Sep 2024)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Next is Deputy Whitmore. She is welcome back.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Sep 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: Thank you. Some 327 children are waiting for their spinal surgeries. I must say I was very surprised a couple of days ago to listen to the Minister, Deputy Stephen Donnelly, talk in the media about the horrific waiting list, the times and the impact this is having on the children. He said he was furious and deeply frustrated that this is happening and that nothing to do with the service...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Sep 2024)

Simon Harris: I too welcome the Deputy back. I have welcomed her back in private but I welcome her publicly. I am pleased to see her speedy recovery. I will ask the Minister to directly answer the question as to whether he has received the report regarding the audit. He has taken a hands-on approach to this. We have a new clinical lead in place, Mr. David Moore. That is a really important piece, that...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Sep 2024)

Paul Murphy: I want to raise the infamous bike shelter which the public has paid almost €350,000 for. This is obviously a massive waste of public money but I do not believe it is just that. It is also an example of a private company profiteering off the backs of the public, and the consequences of the outsourcing of basic public infrastructural projects to private companies. I understand the...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Sep 2024)

Simon Harris: I am not quite sure what the tone or the implication of that is, a Cheann Comhairle; that is for you to consider. Certainly on that matter I would not have that information to hand on Questions on Policy or Legislation. I am sure a written parliamentary question would elicit the answer.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Sep 2024)

Cathal Berry: I welcome the increase in the mandatory retirement age to 70 for the vast majority of public servants a while back. It is a very good thing on balance. I understand that increase has not been extended to the semi-state sector, neither to the commercial nor the non-commercial parts of it. Does the Government have any plans to extend that mandatory retirement age increase to the semi-state...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Sep 2024)

Simon Harris: The Government's general position is to be supportive of those who wish to remain working for longer. This is reflected in the new flexible pension arrangements we have introduced since 1 January this year, which allow for a deferral of the start date of the contributory State pension. The way it would work, though, in respect of a commercial semi-state, each of which is governed by its own...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Sep 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: I thank the Ceann Comhairle. I again raise the issue of safety in Dublin, particularly in Dublin's inner city. As the Taoiseach will know, last Saturday, there was a very vicious attack in Thomas Street in the south inner city on tourists visiting the capital. It was shocking. It happened at 7.30 p.m, and it is not an isolated incident - far from it. I have raised this issue with the...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Sep 2024)

Simon Harris: I thank Deputy McDonald. I am delighted to live in the real world and I am sure she lives there as well. The Garda Commissioner has put significant additional resources into high-visibility policing in Dublin's city centre and that will continue. Of course, when the Deputy makes comments such as "the Government has cut", she is suggesting that the Government decides the allocation of...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Sep 2024)

Ivana Bacik: Over the summer, new grim records were broken in July's homelessness figures. We see now 4,401 children left without a home, a really shameful figure, and we have learned that rents have increased by nearly 27% over the three years since the Government's Housing for All policy was launched. The Residential Tenancies Board, RTB, tells us that more than 4,000 eviction notices were served...