I thank Deputy McGreehan for raising this important issue in regard to radioligand therapy provision here in Ireland. I am taking this matter on behalf of the Minister for Health, Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill.
I assure the Deputy that her steadfast advocacy in respect of the provision of treatment services for cancer patients is appreciated by all. I also assure her that the Government is committed to providing …
TDs / Alan Dillon
Alan Dillon
Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment and at the Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment
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- party Fine Gael 29 November 2024 to now
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I acknowledge Deputy McGreehan's continued advocacy on this issue on behalf of all the cancer patients who are seeking access to the latest treatment options. I said in my opening remarks that her persistent voice in this area is very welcome. I recognise the importance of the concerns she has raised in regard to the ongoing engagement of the advisory group and the fact that it has not met since last year. The issue …
I thank the Deputy for raising this Topical Issue, which I am taking on behalf of the Minister for Health, Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill. As he outlined, Naas General Hospital plays a vital role in providing acute hospital services to the people of Kildare, west Wicklow and the surrounding areas. The Government recognises the importance of ensuring the hospital has the staff, resources and capacity needed to provi…
I thank the Deputy for his contribution and for highlighting the challenges facing staff and patients in Naas General Hospital. We are all in agreement that healthcare workers are the backbone of our health service. Every doctor, nurse, healthcare professional and support staff member who comes to work every day plays a critical role in delivering care to patients. I know the Deputy has delivered that with sincerity.…
I thank the Deputy for the opportunity to discuss the important matter of breast density notification. I am taking this issue on behalf of the Minister for Health, Deputy Carroll MacNeill. Enhancing Ireland’s population screening programmes is a priority for the Minister. These programmes are a vital component of our health services.
Dense breast tissue is common. Around half of all women have dense breasts and it i…
I thank the Deputy for raising her concerns and those of many of the women, families and advocacy groups she mentioned with regard to this issue. We share those concerns. They are being taken seriously by Government. The discussion about breast density notification is important because it relates directly to women's confidence in the screening programme and access to information about their health. At the same time, …
I thank the Deputy for raising this serious matter that deserves the attention of the Dáil. Everyone has the right to feel safe in their local communities. He referred to a meeting in Ballingarry. Acts that undermine people's safety should not be tolerated. Government recognises that community safety is not just about policing but about building communities that are stronger and more resilient. That involves communit…
I thank the Deputy for raising this serious matter. I understand the concerns that have been expressed by his constituents, by rural communities, farming organisations and landowners regarding trespassing and the impact that is having on their daily lives.
For many people, this issue is not simply around property rights. As I said earlier, rural communities deserve to feel safe and the Government needs to continue t…
I fully appreciate all the Deputies' contributions and the concerns they raised. We are living through a period of exceptional uncertainty and exceptional measures have been taken, not only by this Government but by governments across the world, in response to heightened fuel prices. As a Government, we do not control the wholesale price of oil or home heating oil, but we have acted in a very significant way to assis…
Across my two ministerial portfolios in the Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment and the Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment, one message coming through clearly is that supporting enterprise, workers and communities must go hand in hand with building a more innovative, competitive and sustainable economy. Budget 2027 strikes that balance. It supports workers and families while recognising th…
I thank the Deputies for tabling these amendments but I am unable to accept them. First, I will focus on the objectives of section 4 and 5.
Section 4 deals with the capacity of the enterprise development agencies, IDA Ireland and Enterprise Ireland, to provide environmental grants and consultancy grants. The objectives of these incentives for businesses are to invest in actions that drive decarbonisation and our nat…
For the purpose of this Bill, a lot of the matters being raised are unrelated to the specific amendments that have been tabled. We should be making it easier for our agencies, IDA Ireland and Enterprise Ireland, to meet their objectives. If that means providing for consultancy grants or environmental grants, that is very much a core objective of this Government in terms of our green and digital transition. The agenci…
I thank the Deputies for tabling these amendments, and as with the previous amendments, I cannot accept them. The Act's section 8(5) provision is ambiguous and creates ongoing practical difficulties for the agencies. It hinders the agency support by creating uncertainty about what engagement requires prior Government approval and what does not. This blanket provision is outdated, given the multilayered regulatory fra…
I move amendment No. 1:
To delete all words after "That" and substitute the following:
"Dáil Éireann declines to give the Home Heating Oil (Emergency Mineral Oil Tax Reduction) Bill 2026 a second reading on the grounds that related matters are being considered as part of Budget 2027 on 6th October 2026"."
Ireland has a strong economy. The job of Government is now to make sure that people feel that strength in thei…
-----and the winter heating season would already be under way. I think Sinn Féin knows that.
This is the appropriate mechanism through which the Government can examine these pressures comprehensively and decide what further assistance is warranted. The budget allows us to take a full view across a range of energy costs and across all affected households and sectors rather than dealing with one fuel or one tax measure in isolation. We should not pre-empt discussions that properly belong in the budgetary proce…
The budget is in 14 days.
I thank the Deputy for her question. My thoughts are with all workers facing potential redundancy. I understand this is a very difficult time for those involved.
Ireland has a robust suite of employment rights legislation in place to protect workers impacted by redundancy. The Redundancy Payments Act 1967, as amended, requires employers to pay a statutory redundancy payment to eligible employees who are being made r…
As already stated, Ireland has a robust suite of employment law to protect workers who are impacted by this redundancy programme. That includes the right to statutory redundancy payments for eligible employees with more than two years' service. It also includes the right to a 30-day information and consultation process during the collective redundancy process and, indeed, a certain level of minimum notice prior to di…
I answered that question previously. The legislation sets out clearly the requirements of what the consultation involves. The consultation process includes discussions around avoiding redundancies where possible, reducing the number of redundancies and mitigating the consequences for those affected. Employers are also required to provide employees' representatives with specific information relating to the process of …
I thank the Deputy for his question. Balanced regional development is a Government priority. The Department and its agencies contribute to this agenda in several ways, including through the regional enterprise plans, REPs. The REPs are bottom-up plans, developed and led by regional stakeholders, which focus on collaborative initiatives to strengthen the enterprise environment. Each of the nine REPs was tailored to re…
I thank the Deputy for his support and his ambition for the delivery of enterprise and business solutions to the west, especially Galway. Galway has been one of the major drivers of the success of the regional enterprise plans and the county has benefited significantly from closer collaboration across enterprise, education and innovation sectors. One only needs to look at the likes of the PorterShed, the Atlantic Tec…
That is a fair point. The new Planning and Development (Amendment) Act, along with the Critical Infrastructure Act will certainly unlock key large-scale infrastructure. There is no better example than the Galway ring road and other key infrastructure that will support the expansion of, not just County Galway, but the west as a whole. That includes the western rail corridor and many other significant strategic project…
I thank the Deputy for his question. The Action Plan on Competitiveness and Productivity, an item in the programme for Government, was published on 10 September 2025. The action plan reflects a whole-of-government approach to the domestic drivers of competitiveness and focuses on areas that are firmly within national control. Its development was informed by extensive consultation across Departments and with external …
I thank the Deputy for his response. It is a priority within our Department to focus on enterprise and the small business sector. That is why we established the cost of doing business advisory forum. We published that report last month. It had huge input from regulators, representative bodies, businesses and the private sector. It was broadly well received. It looked at the structural costs within businesses. We need…