It is proposed, notwithstanding the Order of the Dáil of yesterday, that the proceedings on Report and Final Stages of the Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023 shall, if not previously concluded, stand adjourned after two hours and 30 minutes.

It is to allow Deputies extra speaking time to debate the Bill.

We are offering extra speaking time on the Bill and the debate will be adjourned. We are offering Deputies extra speaking time.

I move: Tuesday's business shall be: - Motion re Appointment of Members of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission ( without debate ) - Motion re Proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the transfer of proceedings in criminal matters ( to conclude within 55 minutes ) - Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023 (Second Stage, resumed) ( if not previously concluded, to stand adjourned either at 6.15 p.m. …

The Minister for Health, Deputy Stephen Donnelly, asked me to thank the Senator for raising this issue and welcomes the opportunity to provide an update on the development of primary care centres in County Monaghan to the House. A central objective of the programme for Government is to deliver increased levels of integrated healthcare with service delivery oriented towards general practice, primary care and community-based services to enable a "home first" approach. Primary care centres play an essential role in th…

I thank the Senator and will ask the Minister, Deputy Donnelly, to come back to him regarding Ballybay as I do not have that information here. I thank him for his question and reiterate what we have both said around the importance of primary care centres and that infrastructure to support the delivery of integrated care by facilitating closer co-ordination and co-operation between health professionals across the disciplines. I will come back to the Senator on his specific question on Ballybay.

I thank Senator Sherlock for raising this issue and I welcome the opportunity to update the Seanad on this topic. Under the national drugs strategy, drug and alcohol task forces play an important role in co-ordinating drug and alcohol services in the community, based on an interagency partnership. I reassure the Senator that I am fully committed to the task force model. I recently addressed a conference on the role of task forces in responding to the needs of disadvantaged communities and tackling health inequaliti…

I acknowledge the important contribution of the independent chairs of the task forces. They facilitate the partnership between the statutory and the community bodies at the heart of the task force model. The success of the task force model depends on the commitment of the skills and energies they bring to the role. The independent chairs are also key to the effective governance and performance of the task forces. I want to ensure the north inner city task force has an independent chairperson who has the support and…

Some €130 million a year is allocated to the HSE for the provision of addiction services under the Health Act 2004. As the Deputy is aware, the HSE is required to manage and deliver those services. I can come back to the Deputy directly in relation to his specific query. I assume that an application has been submitted by the addiction service to the Department of Health. Perhaps we can look at that. I do not know where it is at, but I can come back to the Deputy directly on it.

No.

I move: That Dáil Éireann, in accordance with Article 15.1.3° of the Constitution, hereby determines that the Joint Committee on Social Protection, Community and Rural Development and the Islands may meet on Arranmore Island, County Donegal, on a date in 2023 to be decided by the Committee, in order to hear from the community groups and populations on the Islands, first hand, on the operation of national and local policies as they affect Islanders; provided that, pursuant to Standing Order 106(4), Members may parti…

I move: Tuesday's business shall be: -Motion re Appointment of Jane Mulcahy to be a Member of the Policing Authority (without debate) -Motion re Referral to Committee of proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the Planning and Development Regulations 2023 (without debate) -Motion re Twenty-Seventh Report of the Committee of Selection (without debate) -Statements on matters arising in RTÉ in recent weeks (not to exceed 210 minutes) Tuesday's private members' business shall be the Motion re A5 Route Upgrade, selected by…

I move: That Dáil Éireann approves the Twenty Seventh Report of the Standing Committee of Selection in accordance with Standing Order 34, copies of which were laid before Dáil Éireann on 30th June, 2023, and discharges a member from a Committee and appoints a member to a Committee accordingly, with effect from 5th July, 2023.

I move: That, pursuant to Standing Order 198 of the Standing Orders relative to Public Business, the Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016, which lapsed on the dissolution of the 32nd Dáil, and in respect of which a message had been received from Seanad Éireann that it had passed the Bill with certain amendments, shall be restored to the Order Paper for the purpose of considering and reporting on the Seanad amendments, and any amendments thereto, or consequential thereon, in accordance with Standing Orders 227 and 228.

I wish to make a short statement under Standing Order 56. On 15 June, during my concluding remarks on the Public Health (Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill, I stated, "The purchase of a nicotine inhaling product by an adult for a child is prohibited by this Bill." I wish to correct the record. I should have stated, "The purchase of a nicotine inhaling product by an adult for a child is not prohibited by this Bill." I am grateful for the opportunity to correct the record.

I move: It is proposed, notwithstanding yesterday’s Order of Business or anything in Standing Orders, that the motion to instruct the Committee of Public Accounts pursuant to a recommendation of the Committee on Remit Oversight be taken now, without debate.

I move: That, whereas Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ) is in receipt of significant public funding paid under Vote 33, and in the context of the examination by the Committee of Public Accounts (PAC) of the appropriation of public moneys in relation to that Vote, and whereas it is in the public interest that there is transparency and probity in relation to the use of public moneys, pursuant to Standing Orders 93B and 218(10)— ( a ) the Committee on Remit Oversight hereby recommends to Dáil Éireann that PAC be permitted…

I move: Tuesday's business shall be: - Motion re Proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the Technological Universities Act 2018 (Section 44F) (Appointed Day) Order 2023 (without debate) - Motion re Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 and Motion re Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009 (2 separate motions, to be debated together and conclude within 145 mins) - Energy (Windfall Gains in the Energy Sector) (Temporary Solidarity Contribution) Bill 2023 (Second Stage) (if not previously concluded, to stand adj…

A briefing on the Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023 is being organised for members of the joint Oireachtas committee. A number of amendments, including an amendment on local government rates, are time sensitive. They need to be in place before budget 2024. There are issues around maternity leave in local government, which clarify the legal position for councillors' Seanad votes if they take maternity leave. That is in line with advice from the Attorney General. It is a technical amendment, but it needs…

No.