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Seanad Éireann · 2024-02-01

Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad

CC Mark Daly · Administrative Panel

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Senator Mark Wall - The need for the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on the review of the housing aid and housing adaption grants as administered by each local authority. These are not always and do not have to be older people, but in the men's sheds that I see and engage with, they are predominately older people.

The older people’s councils that have been established in every local authority by Age Friendly Ireland to ensure that older people have a voice in local decision-making, the Senior Citizens Parliament and the national network of Active Retirement Ireland associations number among the wealth of initiatives that ensure older people enjoy fulfilling lives in their later years.

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I have received notice from the following Senators that they propose to raise the following matters:

Senator Ollie Crowe - The need for the Minister for Justice to make a statement on the total number of official deportations in the last six months of 2023, arising from the refusal of international protection applications.

Senator Seán Kyne - The need for the Minister for Health to provide an update on plans for a new national positive ageing strategy.

Senator Mark Wall - The need for the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on the review of the housing aid and housing adaption grants as administered by each local authority.

Senator Martin Conway - The need for the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to make a statement on plans to support small shops that wish to participate in the plastic bottle return scheme.

Senator Malcolm Byrne - The need for the Minister for Justice to make a statement on plans to reform and expedite the Garda vetting process.

Senator Lynn Boylan - The need for the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to make a statement on the rate of prosecution for wildlife crimes.

Senator Garret Ahearn - The need for the Minister for Education to make a statement on the successful application by CBS High School, Clonmel, under the additional accommodation scheme, and to outline when a decision will be made on stage 2A of the project.

Senator Rónán Mullen - The need for the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to make a statement on the compliance requirements in the Athena Swan charter, and the need to review the evolving nature of the charter as it applies in Ireland, and the approaches to compliance being taken by third level institutions to ensure that necessary guarantees are in place that third level staff will not be discriminated against and their academic freedom preserved.

Senator John Cummins - The need for the Minister for Health to make a statement on the measures being taken to fill vacant rural GP posts such as in Lismore, County Waterford, and the assessment criteria used to allow a GMS patient transfer from a "frozen list" to an alternative GP.

Senator Tim Lombard - The need for the Minister for Health to make a statement on the timelines for the commencement of opthalmology services in the new theatres and outpatient units in South

Infirmary Victoria University Hospital, and full regional eye care services in Ballincollig, County Cork.

The matters raised by the Senators are suitable for discussion. The matters raised by Senators Ollie Crowe, Seán Kyne, Mark Wall and Martin Conway have been selected and will be taken now. The other Senators may give notice on another day of the matters that they wish to raise.

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