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list for a two-bedroom property but is still awaiting to be processed on the HMD form. The list just goes on. This is just a snapshot of cases I am dealing with in my office. These people are all on the lists for two-bedroom or three … coming down the line. They have been on the older person's housing list for seven years. The council has given them no reassurance, telling them they are No. 38 on the list. Obviously they are terrified as older people, at those ages, that they will

regional bus services in Cork has taken almost a year? Managing existing public transport services is probably the least ambitious part of the list of public transport plans. If this is any indication of how the Government will proceed, things are looking pretty bleak. During our time … complaints made about bus services in Cork were made about one route, namely the route serving University College Cork, MTU and Cork University Hospital. That means students, doctors, nurses, patients and family members have been impacted by inaction and by the slowness of the Government's delivery

made, which is the very narrow approach of Module 1 being about waiting lists. I agree we need to look at the waiting list, which has been a continuous political issue and an issue for the families, but this is too narrow. The Government needs to focus … that is what we need to do to see what happened to these children, not just the number of people waiting for an amount of time. It has to have a wider view on the system of care, the progression of scoliosis, the deterioration of their condition

waiting to see whether Deputy Fitzmaurice comes in or whether we can use his time allocated in our slot. My colleague tells me we can use the time. Deputy Lawless got to use some of it and I will use some as well, with the permission … housing list in any of the four local authorities in Dublin go down the country, they lose their place on the list. If a person could go to a rural town for three to five years and go back on the Dublin list if they did not like

acceptable for those who are on these waiting lists. This is why the action plan will consider initiatives such as using the emerging availability of capacity that the new surgical hubs will enable. This will help reduce the current waiting times for general anaesthetic access for both children … capacity. We know that more must be done in this area which is why we have engaged with Cork University Dental School and Hospital at University College Cork, UCC, and the Dublin Dental University Hospital at Trinity College Dublin regarding the expansion of dentistry training places. These engagements

made are overshadowed by what is clearly the worst political choice in this budget of bad political choices. Its VAT cut for hospitality and hairdressing has to be the worst choice made in this budget, with one of the longest run-in times in history. Nobody could … pointed out that the Government is funding 2,300 additional places through the building blocks programme, but about 50,000 children are on waiting lists and there is no sign of that promised monthly cap on fees to €200 for childcare. It is bankrolling a system that receives

levy, but he is still leaving them in charge of putting the list together. The Minister cannot run with the hare and hunt with the hounds. I spoke earlier about being in the Mercy hospital on Tuesday night, a freezing cold night. It was jammed out the door … cold. I do not know whether the Minister knows where the Mercy hospital is in Cork. Within minutes' walking distance of the hospital are derelict buildings. Around the corner from the hospital are buildings that are rotting. The Minister should be bringing in this legislation now. I know

Deputy Healy-Rae had waited until I finished responding, to be fair, I was saying that I would raise it with the person responsible. I will do that. If the Deputy had stayed supporting the Government he might have a little bit more influence, but anyway that … work in them a real and meaningful income that they can go out and spend in the domestic economy, supporting shops and the hospitality sector. These are real jobs. I do not think any government should make an apology for ensuring that we remain attractive and competitive

Before I get to that, I want to acknowledge that there are some excellent staff working in Crumlin, Temple Street and Cappagh hospitals who do fantastic work because I have met many of them. They are as scandalised as I am and as the parents and advocates … establish the facts and all the failures. It has to look at all those issues: at waiting times, how people were moved off urgent care lists, which is something we saw with tragic consequences; individual care needs for some children, for obvious reasons; urology services; and oncology services

ballooned, but the return on that investment has been questionable. While it is true that more services are being delivered than ever before, waiting times are, at best, stagnating rather than coming down substantially in the way that was promised when the Government parties signed up to Sláintecare … opposition, will jump up and down for. They have to be funded. The children's hospital has to be completed. The new elective hospitals will have to be built. The new maternity hospital will have to be built. Unless there is a substantial increase in capital funding

refresh of the model of care for the specialist perinatal mental health network, which has been fully rolled out across all our maternity hospitals, to see how this programme can even better support women with their mental health during the perinatal period. I have also funded additional suicide … children and young people. I also secured an additional €2.9 million this year specifically to support CAMHS to increase core staffing, reduce waiting lists, develop a new CAMHS emergency liaison service and expand CAMHS hubs to improve crisis cover overall. It is important to note that these figures

creation of jobs and the delivery of a broad range of services in areas such as home care, childcare, employment activation, retail, hospitality and catering, environmental services and social housing. They are innovative, entrepreneurial and are increasingly utilising new technologies and creative approaches to address social, societal … from Government Departments, networks and representative bodies and social enterprises, will continue to meet regularly and help to ensure the various lead bodies listed in the policy are held accountable for the delivery of their actions. Overall responsibility for the delivery of the policy will rest with