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only option. Since 2008, the consumer price index has increased by 20.8%. The State pension has increased by 24% before adding the living alone allowance and the fuel allowance. Since 2016, CIÉ salaries for active staff have increased by approximately 30% while the increase for pensioners has been … well. Women's pensions constitute a hugely important issue. Many women in retirement come to us. They have worked hard all their lives but have been left without a pension, which is very unfair. While this Bill is going in the right direction and we support it, other

health Ministers and were raised many times at the very highest level and were raised here in the Dáil. Government stood back and allowed this disaster for children's healthcare to happen and to go unchecked. Caibidil cháinteach eile atá sa tuarascáil seo i dteip leanúnach an Rialtais … long for surgery that he now needs two operations. He lives with pain so severe and chronic, he is forced to sleep upright and cannot lie on the flat of his back. Daniel is not alone. Despite a litany of promises, there are 233 children still waiting

thinking worst-case scenario, you know, that you might end up in a wheelchair if something goes wrong. It's not fair to live [in fear] like that when there is a treatment for it. She also referred to a meeting with a consultant who told her there … risks of those used for implantation. These springs should never have even made it into the surgical theatre, let alone the bodies of children. How was this allowed to happen? Where are the ethical safeguards? It is clear these children have been utterly failed. HIQA found the arrangements

turned Rafah itself, once a refuge for almost 1.5 million displaced Palestinians, into a post-apocalyptic wasteland." At the weekend alone, 52 people - children, women and men - were slaughtered in addition to the 51,000 Palestinians already killed, 70% of whom are women and children, and more than … that Israel began its blockade and since then not a single truck carrying food, fuel, medicine or any other essentials has been allowed in no matter how critical. Just in case the Taoiseach or we were in any doubt at all, the defence minister in Israel, Israel Katz

hour obligation on SNAs, and continue to support the professionalisation of the SNA role; — introduce an initial teacher education programme for student teachers allowing them to complete at least one school placement in an additional needs setting, and introduce free upskilling in SEN for existing teachers; and — ensure … greatest thing we can do for children with additional needs is to integrate them into their communities, show them the areas they live in and provide them with support to use their amenities. However, if they are travelling long distances in the morning and afternoon, that

periods of uncertainty or turbulence is something for which Labour has been calling for a number of years. Indeed we are not alone in calling for such a scheme, with ICTU calling for such a scheme during Brexit for the agrifood sector and IBEC calling for a similar … provide targeted supports like more low-interest long-term financing and a marketing fund. The goal of State action must be focused on allowing companies to adapt to changed trading realities and retain their skilled and experienced workforce as much as possible. International trade has long been

been inserted into three children, which then began to disintegrate. This led to several major investigations, namely, the Boston review, the now-live Nayagam review, the HIQA review and a financial audit. We have yet to receive Dr. Nayagam’s report on clinical practice. Seven years on from … however, we have received a scathing report from HIQA, which has laid bare the extreme and severe institutional and governance failures that allowed children under CHI’s care to be harmed. HIQA examined the end-to-end process by which non-medical grade springs were ordered

will speak about the issue that flows through every aspect of our daily lives, that is, our water infrastructure. Water is not just a utility. It is a cornerstone of public health, economic growth, environmental protection and housing development. Yet, across our capital, including in my constituency … clear, progress is being made. Between 2020 and 2024, Uisce Éireann invested more than €5 billion upgrading infrastructure nationwide. In 2023 alone, it completed works on 42 new or upgraded wastewater treatment plants and nine water treatment plants and laid hundreds of kilometres of new mains. The Government

Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Social Protection if consideration will be given to amending the eligibility criteria for the living alone allowance, to allow individuals who do not qualify for the State pension (contributory or non-contributory) to access the allowance; and if he will make

Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full-year cost if the living alone allowance increased to €25 per week. [18970/25