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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Accommodation (2 Jul 2024)

David Stanton: I thank the Minister of State for her response which throws up a number of interesting points and questions. For instance, she stated that "the role of the Department is to ensure that all schools in the area can, between them, cater to school place requirements in that area". I am sure the Minister of State will agree with me that the wishes of parents must also be taken into account. If...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Accommodation (2 Jul 2024)

Mary Butler: I thank Deputy Stanton for raising the issue of Fermoy Educate Together school. Individual school authorities are responsible in the first instance for ensuring the safety and welfare of children and others in their care. The configuration of classes and the deployment of classroom teachers are organised at local school level. The Department's guidance to schools is that the number of...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Accommodation (2 Jul 2024)

Cuireadh an Dáil ar athló ar 10.44 p.m. go dtí 9.10 a.m., Dé Chéadaoin, an 3 Iúil 2024. The Dáil adjourned at at 10.44 p.m. until 9.10 a.m. on Wednesday, 3 July 2024.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Water Pollution (2 Jul 2024)

Aindrias Moynihan: Táim ag tarraingt aníos an cheist seo faoi thruailliú san Súlán i Maigh Chromtha. Tá go leor de mhuintir na háite tar éis an cheist seo a tharraingt aníos linn. Faigheann siad an boladh agus feiceann siad an truailliú san abhainn agus tá siad buartha nach bhfuil Uisce Éireann nó an EPA ag dul i ngleic leis an bhfadhb. Feicimid...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Water Pollution (2 Jul 2024)

Mary Butler: I thank the Deputy and I will certainly bring his concerns back to the Minister, who has overall responsibility in these challenges. As the Deputy knows, the programme for Government is committed to funding Uisce Éireann's capital investment plan for water and wastewater infrastructure on a multi-annual basis. There will be record levels of investment in water services by Uisce...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Accommodation (2 Jul 2024)

School Accommodation

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Accommodation (2 Jul 2024)

David Stanton: I thank the office of the Ceann Comhairle for selecting this matter. I also thank the Minister of State for being here. I had a bit of déjà vu recently when I visited the old technical school in Fermoy, which was built in 1931. I am sure the Minister of State knows about it as she has never been too far away from it. I started teaching there about 46 years ago when I was very...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Accommodation (2 Jul 2024)

Mary Butler: I thank the Deputy for raising this very important issue on Fermoy Educate Together National School in Cork East. I am answering this Topical Issue on behalf of the Minister, Deputy Foley. I believe the Deputy has already pre-empted some of the response. The Deputy most certainly is aware that Fermoy Educate Together National School is an ordinary mixed school in the town of Fermoy,...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Courts Service (2 Jul 2024)

Helen McEntee: I mentioned the overall change because this is all part of the work that is being done. This is linked to last year’s 10% increase and is part of improving the overall system, which includes fees, so I would like to think that the action I have taken to date shows my good faith commitment to restoring fees. This is not just about the 10%, but a potential further 8% and another 8% on...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Water Pollution (2 Jul 2024)

Water Pollution

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Water Pollution (2 Jul 2024)

Aindrias Moynihan: Locals have been raising with me concerns about pollution in the River Sullane downstream from the town of Macroom. There are two particular issues of concern to locals, namely the pollution itself and what appears to be the authorities’ lack of interest in pursuing the polluter. For some time, locals have been raising concerns with different authorities about foul discharges into...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Water Pollution (2 Jul 2024)

Mary Butler: I thank Deputy Moynihan for raising the issue of pollution in the River Sullane near Macroom. I am taking this matter on behalf of the Minister, Deputy O'Brien. The Deputy will appreciate that the operation of the Macroom wastewater treatment plant is a matter for Uisce Éireann, which, since 1 January 2014, has statutory responsibility for all aspects of water services planning,...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Courts Service (2 Jul 2024)

Catherine Connolly: The Minister has received serious correspondence from the Bar Council and others. They wrote to her on 21 June stating she will recall that in October they withdrew their services because of the lack of confidence in the Government’s commitment to the preservation of the highest standards of administration of criminal justice. That was the first time ever that such action was taken....

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Courts Service (2 Jul 2024)

Gerald Nash: A headline in The Irish Times states FEMPI rules have been unwound. That is what the public expenditure Minister said in his annual report on the operation of the 2009 FEMPI legislation, which he laid before the Oireachtas in recent days. Someone should really tell practising criminal barristers that the FEMPI cuts have been unwound because, in their professional lives, they clearly state...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Courts Service (2 Jul 2024)

Helen McEntee: I thank all three Deputies for raising this important matter. I appreciate the important role that our legal profession, our barristers and solicitors, play in the administration of criminal justice. I am aware of the proposed withdrawal of services on 9 July, 15 July and 24 July. Like everyone here, I hope this can be avoided. My Department has commenced a review of criminal legal aid....

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Courts Service (2 Jul 2024)

Pa Daly: I thank the Minister for the reply. Years ago, when there were massive delays in payments, many barristers left the system for a long time. By and large, the system works fairly well but barristers have been increasingly frustrated over the past nine months. I understand that these things take time, but for years now barristers have been told this is a decision for the Department of public...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Courts Service (2 Jul 2024)

Catherine Connolly: We did not get a written reply, so this is difficult. The Bar Council is taking unprecedented action. October was the first time such action had ever been taken, and now we are to have action again for three days. Sara Phelan, chair of the Bar Council, has stated the council has at all times made clear, both to Government and to its members, that it would be willing to allow a period of...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Courts Service (2 Jul 2024)

Gerald Nash: Other independent contractors have had their FEMPI-related cuts fully reversed. Barristers have been uniquely singled out for what has been described as extremely shabby treatment. In some ways, the Minister is answering a question that no one actually asked. No one has asked her about the review of the free legal aid system. I view that as entirely separate based on a commitment that...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: General Practitioner Services (2 Jul 2024)

Mary Butler: No, you cannot. You will have time to come back in. You can say it then.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: General Practitioner Services (2 Jul 2024)

Thomas Gould: I have the figures from the Department.