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Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (17 Oct 2024)

Micheál Martin: I do not understand why there would be a blockage in the Department of Education in terms of a temporary building. There have been approximately 1,700 new special classes in mainstream schools in the past four years, so we are consistently expanding at the moment. There are 11 new specialist schools, 7,600 more special education teachers and so on. In the past four years, 4,000 more...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (17 Oct 2024)

Brendan Smith: I raise the need to have medical interns assigned to Cavan and Monaghan hospital, which is a large level 3 hospital. Interns have not been allocated to the hospital despite its services expanding over the years. Cavan General Hospital has been approved as an intern training site. The vast majority of level 3 hospitals have interns but Cavan and Monaghan hospital, despite promises, has not...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (17 Oct 2024)

Micheál Martin: I thank the Deputy for raising this issue. Cavan General Hospital is a very important hospital and I know the Deputy has been a consistent advocate for it. I will talk to the Minister for Health. The Deputy is saying the medical interns are not getting placements there. That is serious.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (17 Oct 2024)

Brendan Smith: They are not being assigned to it.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (17 Oct 2024)

Micheál Martin: They are not being assigned. That is a serious issue. I will talk to the Minister for Health and see if we can get a note to the Deputy on that.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (17 Oct 2024)

Brendan Smith: Decisions need to be made by the workforce planning people to assign people to Cavan and Monaghan. They would be very well trained and well looked after, as the Tánaiste knows.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (17 Oct 2024)

Micheál Martin: Absolutely.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (17 Oct 2024)

Richard Bruton: I was delighted to see the Tánaiste’s backing for multidisciplinary teams supporting our schools. I agree it should be a programme for Government commitment. A pilot of 75 schools and 75 preschools was undertaken when I was Minister, which is quite some time ago, and that has never been extended. I admit Covid might have delayed it but it should have been. The capacity to...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (17 Oct 2024)

Micheál Martin: It is a red-line issue for me going into any new government that we would have multidisciplinary teams in our schools starting with all the special schools, of which there are about 116, and then extending it out. I am conscious of the pilot the Deputy developed at the time which I warmly welcomed. I have been a long-standing advocate for the multidisciplinary approach where all the...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (17 Oct 2024)

Johnny Mythen: I have been asked by constituents to bring forward this issue to the Government. One person dies every hour from cancer in Ireland. Population-based programmes in Ireland published in September 2022 stated the burden of breast cancer in Ireland is estimated to increase to 50% by 2045. The American Society of Breast Cancer Surgeons stated that all women over 25 years should have a formal...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (17 Oct 2024)

Micheál Martin: I introduced the BreastCheck programme as Minister for Health. We did it in a progressive way. We did not do the entire country at once, rather, we took it region by region and the whole emphasis was on professional high standards and an internationally peer-reviewed approach. There is room for debate on that. People have talked to me about going to 40. We can facilitate a discussion...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (17 Oct 2024)

Gary Gannon: I understand from the media that a memo was brought to the Cabinet relating to the restoration of Dublin city centre. One of the suggestions that made the press was that RTÉ would be moved to the GPO -----

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (17 Oct 2024)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: God, you are not going to do a somersault now, are you?

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (17 Oct 2024)

Gary Gannon: My question, and I will do a somersault if it turns out to be true, is whether there was a budget in the memo for any of its plans or whether that issue is just another publicity stunt for Fine Gael next week. Is this something serious about how we restore the city of Dublin? In that memo, is there a budget and is there a timeline?

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (17 Oct 2024)

Micheál Martin: First, I do not think the memo has come to the Government. I think it is due next week.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (17 Oct 2024)

Gary Gannon: Tuesday, then. It was reported on “Morning Ireland” on Monday and in The Irish Times.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (17 Oct 2024)

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Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (17 Oct 2024)

Gary Gannon: Does the Tánaiste expect a budget? Will there be a budget?

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (17 Oct 2024)

Micheál Martin: It is a report that was sought on what the future should be. It will not have a full comprehensive budget for the next ten years but it is pointing the direction. It will be a catalyst for further debate, of that there is no doubt. The city council is already allocating resources to some of the objectives contained in the report. The GPO is something we do need to address. It is...