Ireland is a mature representative republic and democracy, and we fought long and hard for our independence and the right to make decisions as a sovereign nation. It is simply inexplicable to me that the Opposition is purporting to oppose a situation where we are going to take back that right to make our own decisions by our own public representatives, our elected representatives, and an elected Government. We are un…
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Martin Daly
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585
questions asked
Oral and written, to government departments
45,555
words spoken in the chamber
Across 197 contributions. Plus 3 contributions from the chair, not counted
438
votes recorded
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152
topics asked about
Across 19 departments
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Questions asked 585 in all
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Contributions to debates 197 in all
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| May 2025 | 28 | 12 |
| June 2025 | 28 | 9 |
| July 2025 | 30 | 5 |
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| December 2025 | 50 | 6 |
| January 2026 | 66 | 2 |
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| August 2026 | 0 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 11 | 6 |
| October 2026 | 1 | 5 |
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- constituency Roscommon-Galway 29 November 2024 to now
- party Fianna Fáil 29 November 2024 to now
15. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the way in which the €208 million allocated to rural development under budget 2027 will benefit communities in Roscommon and East Galway, particularly smaller towns and villages seeking investment in regeneration and community infrastructure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [72834/26]
I pay tribute to the Minister's work for rural and community development and the Gaeltacht. Certainly, in my part of the world in Roscommon and Galway, there is a sense among the public that the Minister from the west of Ireland understands rural affairs extremely well and the importance of strengthening rural communities, especially where there is a dearth of infrastructure, including community and sporting infrastr…
I thank the Minister for his comprehensive reply. I will pick out an example of the work that has been done and the funding for projects in rural areas. Mo Chairde in Keadue, County Roscommon, has received grant funding for a new meals on wheels van. It delivers meals to elderly people throughout a dispersed rural population in north Roscommon. It serves 200 people and delivered nearly 1,400 meals in September alone.…
I thank the Minister for that reaffirmation of the aims and targets for the SÍOL programme. I am reassured. I know that CLÁR is coming to a point of decision in relation to bigger projects. My community in Ballygar, County Galway, has developed a €2.4 million sports park for the GAA but also for the general community, and is in the process of developing a sensory garden for neurodiverse people and for people who need…
I thank the Minister of State for the opportunity to speak here today. I am the son of an immigrant. My mother was Indian. She came here in 1954 to study medicine in the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. She loved this country. She did not hold citizenship for almost 40 years after having seven children and working in a rural practice. She took out an Irish passport in her later years because it facilitated trave…
124. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the steps he is taking to ensure adequate access to cash and in-person banking services in rural communities, particularly towns in counties Roscommon and Galway; the way in which the effectiveness of the access-to-cash framework is being assessed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [68571/26]
I ask the Minister the steps being taken to ensure adequate access to cash and in-person banking services in rural communities, particularly in towns in the counties of Roscommon and Galway, and how the effectiveness of the access-to-cash framework is being assessed under the Finance Act (Provision of Access to Cash Infrastructure) 2025.
I thank the Minister of State for his answer and I am reassured by what he tells me. Cash is still a vital component of our economy, especially in rural areas. In my own town of Ballygar, County Galway, we lost the Bank of Ireland in 2021 and access to 24-hour cash. It took a considerable campaign by the Ballygar Regeneration Group to get the Athenry Credit Union to install an ATM in June of this year. Cash still rem…
I thank the Minister of State for his reply. I take the reassurance that there is a constant monitoring of cash access and that the system is responsive to individual communities and groups that have a problem in accessing cash.
I come back to the idea that rural communities depend on cash. Due to the lack of transport links and accessibility to ATMs or other banking services, it helps people who are unbanked and th…
I thank the Chair for giving me time to speak on what is an important amendment to the Disability Act. I welcome the amendment to the Disability Act on its narrow basis, which is to streamline the assessment of need process and ensure that assessments of need are not used as a barrier to accessing services. It is clear that the statutory guidelines will be changed, which will standardise the assessment of needs proce…
2. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent meeting with the Spanish Prime Minister. [46937/26]
The relationship between Ireland and Spain is hugely important with €15 billion in total in trade, including €10 billion in goods and services from Ireland to Spain, a country that is in the European Union and has shared our values, culture and history. It was a hugely important meeting and is a hugely important relationship. I ask the Taoiseach to comment in particular on the memorandum of understanding in relation …
I ask the Minister for an update on the plan to increase the capacity of inpatient beds by 4,000 or 4,500 across the country and if she will make a statement on the matter. We know we currently have 12,000 public beds and 2,500 private beds, which is about 2.9 beds per thousand of the population. We also know that the ESRI has predicted a need for a 40% increase in inpatient beds by 2040 and that the plan in 2024 was…
I thank the Minister very much. We had the excellent Professor Rose Anne Kenny, co-ordinator of The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing, TILDA, in recently with the health committee. She pointed out the demographic challenge we are facing in health. We are going to have 1 million people over the age of 65 by 2030 and a doubling of the number of those aged over 65 by 2057, to 1.6 million people. We have already seen th…
I accept that answer and I thank the Minister very much for that update. It is important because people sometimes equate healthcare with hospital beds, but that is not reality. In isolation, beds cannot provide for the healthcare needs of the public. We will never develop enough capacity in beds unless we change the way we manage healthcare, both in preventative and in primary care. We really do have to step up the n…
I wish to ask if the Government has or is developing a policy for the development of industrial hemp production in Ireland. Industrial hemp is a remarkable plant. It is a recognised crop grown largely in France, Belgium and Germany and is governed by an EU regulatory framework to keep the active tetrahydrocannabinol, THC, content lower than 0.3%, which is important because it is part of the cannabis family. I think i…
I thank the Minister for being here. This is a success story that the Minister will be glad to hear about. The question is how we are going to support and expand the service that exists at Roscommon University Hospital. The reconfiguration of the hospital, which caused huge controversy at the time, has turned out to be a great success, with many innovative departments and many new services for people, especially the …
I thank the Minister for her comprehensive answer, which I appreciate. The important thing is the innovation that has happened at this particular unit in terms of the "see and treat" model, where patients are referred for photo triage before they attend. The service is led by a consultant but delivered by specialist advanced nurse practitioners, ANPs, in dermatology, who are trained in the screening and diagnosis of …
6. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health will next meet. [23618/26]
Once again I want to ask about Roscommon University Hospital and the promised neurorehabilitation unit. It was promised in 2015 with an attached budget of €8 million. It was twice removed from the HSE's capital plan without any discussion and twice put back on after lobbying by me and my office. Now there is a real lack of urgency about providing those places. Neurorehabilitation looks after acquired brain injuries, …
26. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his St. Patrick’s Day visit to the US. [45337/26]
I welcomed the Taoiseach's visit to the US. He represented Ireland's interests extremely well. He reminded America that it is a two-way street in terms of economic collaboration, with Ireland being the fifth largest source of foreign direct investment, FDI, in the US, investing close to $390 billion in the American economy, with 200,000 people directly employed there, and $476 billion in FDI coming from the US.
The …
I acknowledge the families and people who live with rare diseases for their advocacy and their resilience. I am not going to go into individual diseases. It is welcome news, though, that givinostat has been approved. I pay particular tribute to the current Minister for Health, who has really taken on the issue around givinostat and is also looking at the reform of the accessibility for orphan drugs for people. I also…
17. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on disability will next meet. [14279/26]