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Ukraine parliamentary friendship group met with the ambassador, H.E. Larysa Gerasko. One of the concerns she expressed was that she has heard that Ukraine is no longer a priority for Ireland. I have never heard any such statement from any member of my party, of the Minister … State's party or of Government. Will the Minister confirm that Ukraine remains a priority for Ireland as regards the aid and support we can give to help Ukraine resist the Russian invasion? Following on from that, I ask the Minister of State about the ship, the Shtandart

equality team. We are very fortunate that within politics now, in all parties and none, there are many role models and within political parties there are LGBT groups and supportive mechanisms in place to encourage people of all backgrounds to become involved. Having those role models is critically … this country, yet Wicklow County Council has made the decision to allow the rainbow crossing to fade. It says the Department of Transport does not provide or allow for rainbow crossings. I have asked a parliamentary question specifically on this. The Department of Transport has said

action proposals. There is already a requirement on the HSE to operate within budget. I do not think the CEO of the HSE allows the organisation to run over budget intentionally. This again seems to be rather meaningless. Notably, the Bill provides that where the HSE goes over … expenditure. There is an issue with accountability, even with regard to parliamentary questions. The purpose of the public-only contract that we put in place was to facilitate public work on weekends, but insourcing has allowed private practice in public hospitals on weekends, which is far more lucrative

Dolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 762 of 8 April 2025, if the Statutory Instrument mentioned in his response, to allow sharing of data between third party agri-loan providers and his Department has been finalised