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1. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing will next meet. [12359/26]

2. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing will next meet. [12361/26]

3. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing will next meet. [12365/26]

4. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing will next meet. [12366/26]

5. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing will next meet. [28189/26]

6. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing will next meet. [32048/26]

7. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing will next meet. [38776/26]

8. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing will next meet. [38897/26]

9. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing will next meet. [38900/26]

10. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing will next meet. [38903/26]

11. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing will meet next [39594/26]

12. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing will next meet. [39725/26]

13. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing will next meet. [42077/26]

14. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing will meet next. [42080/26]

15. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing will next meet. [42219/26]

16. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Housing will meet next. [43620/26]

239. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade her view on the threat of high-cost arbitration, already in effect, and impacting the Irish Government in terms of proposing, implementing or amending housing, infrastructure and climate legislation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42762/26]

242. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she will share analysis undertaken by her Department to assess the impact of foreign investors on the housing market through CETA; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42859/26]

243. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade her view on Ireland's unique housing market that may be severely impacted by CETA's allowances for new investor activity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42863/26]

526. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will consider increasing the Small Gift Exemption under Capital Acquisitions Tax from its current level of €3,000, where the threshold has remained unchanged since the introduction of the euro and where increases in housing, education and living costs have substantially reduced its real value to families seeking to support…

603. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if the threshold for the help-to-buy scheme is to be reviewed; if the housing price criteria is to be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43742/26]

724. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment to confirm that Fáilte Ireland is collecting data on heritage properties that have received a CAT exemption as provided for in CAT legislation; to provide a full list of all houses and gardens that are available for public view as a condition for an exemption from capital acquisitions tax on a heritage basis, incl…

1018. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of buy and renew social homes delivered for each year the scheme has been in operation; and the breakdown, by Local Authority for each year, in tabular form. [41474/26]

1021. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of affordable purchase and cost-rental homes currently planned for Longford-Westmeath; the projected delivery timelines for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41594/26]

1023. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of vacant and derelict properties; the number of applications approved to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41596/26]

I extend my sincere gratitude to the Irish and international workers for their tremendous efforts to date. I am fully aware of the hardships faced by many, especially in the west and parts of the midlands. I happened to be in Whitehall and Castlebrock, Longford, over the weekend and witnessed the extensive damage at first hand, with trees lying across roads and houses with large trees having falle…

The breadth of the contributions by Members of the House today and yesterday speaks to the scale of the impact of Storm Éowyn. It was, as Deputy Gogarty said, a hurricane-type event, with winds of 180 km/h, which illustrates the severity. We can see the impact it is having on families and communities, throughout the west and north west in particular, and every one of us regrets its impact and the …

The number of patients on hospital trolleys in the month of January alone was 13,972. This is quite phenomenal and broke all records. It seems the only thing the Government is good at when it comes to health, housing and other areas is breaking records for all the wrong reasons. All of the people left on hospital trolleys, and others sitting in chairs and corridors in emergency departments, are pe…

It is with great honour and humility that I rise today to deliver my maiden speech as a Fianna Fáil Deputy. I am deeply grateful to my constituents in Dublin Rathdown for their trust and support. As I stand here, I am acutely aware of the responsibility bestowed upon me and the legacy of public service that has shaped my path. I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude to my campaign team and …

This is my first time speaking in the Thirty-fourth Dáil. I want to thank friends, family, supporters and everyone who worked on my campaign. I particularly thank the people of Meath East for their support and encouragement and for giving me the real privilege, honour and opportunity to continue to represent them. I will do my very best to repay their trust. I welcome the opportunity to comment o…

You did - which delayed housing schemes for years in this country. Absolute fundamentalism in respect of how things should happen has held back housing growth in this country. I am going to put it to the Deputy that we are going to take initiatives here and I would welcome his support for them, instead of what has happened over the past four years, where you have opposed every single progressive m…

I thank the Minister, Deputy Browne, for opening the discussion on the recent unprecedented storm. The Minister has focused on the response to the storm from a whole-of-government perspective and I will focus my remarks on the impact this storm had on the electricity network. Before I turn to that impact, I acknowledge that, as of this morning, 18,000 customers still remain without power. The pri…

The Ministers are about 12 days too late. We are having statements on the Government response to a storm that happened 12 days ago, and the Ministers return here as the vast majority of homes are reconnected and, for many, the outages are over. Shame on this Government for ignoring the call I made two days after the storm that the Government should have come here to answer the questions and to put…

The effects of the storm in County Laois were severe, with hundreds of roads blocked and trees down. I acknowledge the work of the ESB staff, the outdoor staff of Laois County Council, the volunteers in Laois Civil Defence and all the others who played a role in dealing with the emergency situation. Lessons must be learned. The grid needs to be upgraded but some parties in this House are talking o…

I accept that, but it is important that Department of Foreign Affairs officials are not misrepresented in their comments. I stand by their integrity in what they say. I am submitting an amendment on behalf of the Government that sets out the full range of meaningful actions taken by the Government as well as our broad approach to important recent developments and current considerations. Last mon…

I thank Deputy Healy-Rae for raising this matter. It gives me an opportunity to say for the first time that my heart goes out to the people affected right across the country, especially on the western seaboard, many of whom have, for almost two weeks, gone without either power, running water and the bare essentials. I cannot begin to imagine how difficult that is for them. Luckily, west Cork, wher…

So, what are we going to have and what are the priorities of this Government? There will be the most junior Ministers in the history of the State, the most super juniors in the history of the State, and they will be the best paid in the history of the State. Indeed, one of the first Bills that this Government is committed to bringing forward is to increase the allowances for these junior Ministers…

I am very glad that we have reached agreement today and the Chief Whip read out an agreed form of words acknowledging what was a self-evident truth, namely, that a TD could not be in government and in opposition at the same time. That was the core democratic principle that we, across the Opposition, united on yesterday. The situation in the Dáil yesterday was deeply regrettable but it should never…

B'áil liom cead a chur in iúl, mar eolas don Dáil, gur chuir mé m'ainmniú mar Thaoiseach in iúl don Uachtarán agus gur cheap sé mé dá réir. I beg leave to announce, for the information of the Dáil, that I have informed the President that the Dáil has nominated me to be the Taoiseach and that he has appointed me accordingly. The comprehensive programme for Government contains a significant number…

It looks like this is an east-coast Government. It looks like there is only one Minister from Connacht or Ulster in the Cabinet. Some 60% of the Ministers in this Government are from the greater Dublin area. That is not spatial development. The west is certainly not awake in this Government. It is incredible that the Cabinet is being named on the day the news broke that 30,000 homes were built in…

I congratulate the Government and the newly appointed Ministers. This is a special day for them and their families. The Government that has been presented to us tonight is like a shabby, broken down house that has had a slap of paint thrown over it. The hope is that it will all be fine on the night, lads. That is what this Government is. I read the programme for Government. I thought I would be in…

I am humbled, honoured and privileged to serve as Ceann Comhairle of this great State. When it was first proposed to me by Deputy Michael Lowry if I would consider a nomination from the group as Ceann Comhairle, my initial thought was how it would affect my ability to represent the people of Wexford, and whether he was serious at all. Having consulted with my team and supporters, however, they gav…

It is a great honour and privilege for me to be here to give my maiden speech representing the people of Louth and east Meath and my home town of Drogheda, the largest town in the country, which is a city by population, a city at heart and a city in all but name. With my Drogheda colleagues here in this Chamber, we will endeavour to make that happen. I cannot emphasise enough just how proud I am a…

On behalf of our independent technical group, I congratulate the new Ceann Comhairle, Deputy Verona Murphy. We look forward to working with her over the coming years. I also thank Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl for the kindness he has shown all of us in the Dáil in recent years. As the leader of Independent Ireland, I am honoured to be in this Thirty-fourth Dáil, representing the people of Cork South-We…

There is no reason to believe that, having caused a housing crisis and made it worse, having sustained a crisis in health, having failed to deliver for working people, Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael, its junior partner, are in any position to straighten matters out. The parties that created these problems are not going to solve them. It is as simple as that. I was alarmed this morning to hear, as I we…

In my first contribution in the House, I extend my congratulations to the Ceann Comhairle and my heartfelt thanks to the people of Kildare North for placing their trust in me. I would like to take a moment to appreciate my friend, the former TD, Catherine Murphy. I thank fellow Members here who have passed on their warmest regards to Catherine for the work she has done. I also thank my colleagues …

Ar dtús báire, is mian liom mo chomhghairdeas a chur in iúl don Cheann Comhairle. Gan dabht, tá éacht déanta aici. Ní raibh bean riamh sa Chathaoir, ról nó cóta sin. Tá éacht déanta aici agus níl amhras ar bith orm ach go mbeidh sí cóir agus cothrom agus í ag déileáil linne sa Dáil. On a more general level, the people of this beautiful country are crying out for change. They are crying out for le…

Along with others, I mark this historic day, as the House has elected the first woman Ceann Comhairle. She follows in the footsteps of Cathal Brugha, our first Ceann Comhairle, who was elected on 21 January 1919, just over 105 years ago. I was very pleased to nominate Verona for the role of Ceann Comhairle, as I was to nominate Catherine Connolly as Leas-Cheann Comhairle five years ago, because of…

I have heard the contributions from the Members opposite. Every single Member of this House agreed to the recess. There was not one person who objected to it, just for the record of the Dáil and so people listening will know. To be clear, we are here today to ensure excise increases on petrol and diesel do not go ahead next week or in October. There is a single financial resolution before the Hou…

I move: (1) THAT for the purposes of the tax charged by virtue of section 95 of the Finance Act 1999 (No. 2 of 1999), that Act be amended, with effect as on and from 29 August 2026, by the substitution of the following for Schedule 2 to that Act (as amended by section 2(3) of the Finance Act 2026 (No. 24 of 2026)): "SCHEDULE 2 RATES OF MINERAL OIL TAX ",". (2) IT is hereby declared that it is…