A range of supports are in place to encourage timely succession, facilitate generational renewal and assist young farmers in establishing viable farm businesses. I welcome the Minister's personal commitment to …

Inspections of dog breeding establishments are carried out by my Department and by local authority dog wardens. My Department also introduced an updated dog breeding establishments inspection form to create uni…

While 2025 was a strong year for farm incomes, with average family farm income estimated to be up by about 49% in the national farm survey, 2026 has seen higher input costs and lower output prices. In addition,…

The future of CAP will be critical for the farming sector and there are significant concerns about the European Commission's proposals.…

The horse and greyhound racing industries, via Horse Racing Ireland, HRI, and Rásaíocht Con Éireann, RCE, receive financial support from the State through the Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund. As regards the eco…

Colm Henry, on 24 and 30 June, to all regional executive officers and regional clinical directors, stating that POCC consultants could not carry out private work in public facilities, and we have asked for form…

I ask about CAMHS-ID services, which are specialist teams for children and adolescents with a moderate to profound intellectual disability and coexisting mental health difficulties. I launched the new CAMHS men…

There are now 280,000 people, unfortunately, on community waiting lists, with many of them waiting far too long.…

I acknowledge the 161 recommendations made by the committee, several of which relate to the national drugs strategy. The vast majority of the 161 recommendations will be in the new drugs strategy but one of the…

E-scooters are now the biggest cause of traumatic brain injuries among children. I agree this is a very serious issue for paediatric trauma cases and potentially acquired brain injuries.…

The master plan, including the 300-bed ward blocks, the oncology centre, new laboratories and a new emergency department, is hugely important to the future. It is wonderful to have this conversation with Deputy…

The report found no clear evidence of inequity between public and private patients, but it did outline important findings in governance, including recurring delays against clinical recommended timeframes and in…

With two slots per fortnight in the new surgical hub in Swords, I expect those figures to further improve in Our Lady of Lourdes and across the Dublin and north-east region as the hub gets up to speed. Lourdes …

What additional clinical training capacity is being looked at for the coming years across the south east? In relation to the Deputy’s region, the HSE Dublin and South East region conducted entry-level HSCP recr…

Deputy Sherlock is correct to identify nursing home beds, community nursing units and all of the appropriate step-down facilities that are, can and should be in the system to make sure we do not have people sta…

To give the Deputy a much more specific update, 292 new acute inpatient beds have now opened across the country since the programme for Government was agreed, between January 2025 and June 2026, including 128 b…

Will reimbursement under the cross-border directive include interest costs incurred on bank loans or credit facilities used by patients to fund upfront medical treatment abroad, particularly in those circumstan…

Some women who believe they have this condition are seeking liposuction in a setting not specific to lipoedema, which is very worrying. It is wonderful that so many other Deputies have joined us to hear that li…

In that time, they have repeatedly called on the Government to buy the Bessborough site to ensure a proper excavation and investigation of the land takes place and, crucially, to preserve Bessborough as a site …

I am immensely proud to represent the constituency of Tipperary South, a constituency blessed with extraordinary strengths, great history, strong employment, great outdoors, an outstanding tourism offering, won…