12. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Northern Ireland will next meet. [65831/25]
Sentiment score: 0.00
The purpose of the British legacy Bill was to grant to amnesty to those who had killed innocent civilians. There appears to be a significant contradiction in the position of the Irish and British Governments in the new joint framework that seeks to replace that. The British Government is briefing that there will be safeguards for British army veterans. I asked Simon Harris this question and he said that was separate from the joint framework and that the British were looking for their own safeguards in their own legislation. Would that separate treatment for British army veterans not undermine a joint framework? Would it not create a lop-sided justice system in the Six Counties? Will that protection for veterans apply to both sides of the conflict? Will the British secretary of state retain a veto over the disclosure of the role of paid British agents in the Troubles and will former RUC officers who played a significant role in the Troubles be part of the investigative system that is put in place?
Sentiment score: -0.07
It is more likely to happen in a united Ireland.
Sentiment score: 0.42
The New Ireland Forum.
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The New Ireland Forum.
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We are just giving suggestions.
Sentiment score: 0.34
But it is not getting us anywhere.
Sentiment score: 0.00
Will the Taoiseach address the lopsided protections for veterans?
Sentiment score: 0.00
It is a problem then.
Sentiment score: -0.40
22. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the plan for a new disability unit in his Department. [63513/25]
Sentiment score: 0.00
33. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the plan for a new disability unit in his Department. [65832/25]
Sentiment score: 0.00
It is all in the delivery.
Sentiment score: 0.00
The children's disability network team, CDNT, in Meath is not fully staffed. According to statistics I received today, there are 20 vacant posts across disability teams in Kells, Dunshaughlin, Navan, Slane and Trim. Separate data received by Aontú today show that the Government is actually reducing the number of college places for speech and language therapists, from 370 in the year before Covid to 355 last year. The Government is reducing the number of students filling the necessary college places on an annual basis. What is the Taoiseach saying to parents whose children have been waiting for 14 months to see the CDNT in County Meath and to the children who are being bounced around endlessly from CAMHS, the CDNTs and other services?
Sentiment score: 0.03