The collapse of Clearwater Construction, a company specialising in sports infrastructure based in County Wicklow but covering a lot of Wexford, Wicklow and the wider south-east region, has already led to devastation and will lead to more among clubs. Many clubs have handed over tens of thousands of euro, and some hundreds of thousands of euro. Indeed, one soccer club in Wexford has handed over €313,000, much of which…
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George Lawlor
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389
questions asked
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68,613
words spoken in the chamber
Across 195 contributions
398
votes recorded
Each Yes, No or Abstained in a recorded vote
131
topics asked about
Across 19 departments
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Questions asked 389 in all
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Contributions to debates 195 in all
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| December 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| January 2025 | 5 | 2 |
| February 2025 | 27 | 6 |
| March 2025 | 17 | 5 |
| April 2025 | 4 | 11 |
| May 2025 | 18 | 15 |
| June 2025 | 13 | 8 |
| July 2025 | 24 | 6 |
| August 2025 | 0 | 0 |
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| October 2025 | 3 | 13 |
| November 2025 | 26 | 11 |
| December 2025 | 5 | 8 |
| January 2026 | 15 | 15 |
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| March 2026 | 100 | 12 |
| April 2026 | 13 | 10 |
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| June 2026 | 31 | 19 |
| July 2026 | 12 | 7 |
| August 2026 | 0 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 15 | 13 |
| October 2026 | 9 | 9 |
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Plus 103 contributions in the regular slots, such as Leaders' Questions and Priority Questions. Speech from the chair is not counted.
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- constituency Wexford 29 November 2024 to now
- party Labour Party 29 November 2024 to now
This motion is necessary because the Government has allowed a completely avoidable crisis in public sector pay to develop. For the first time since 2010, over 300,000 public servants have been left without a collective pay agreement and not because negotiations failed, but because the Minister and the Minister for public expenditure simply let the agreement expire in June 2026 and walked away. Since then, workers acr…
At the outset, I thank the Minister of State. Her announcement yesterday for a new crisis resolution team and Solace café for Wexford was most welcome. I spoke to her a number of times about this and she gave a commitment to me that she would do this. She has honoured that commitment, so I thank her on behalf of the people of Wexford for this much-needed service.
Notwithstanding her commitment and work in this area,…
Budget 2027 was presented to the country as a moment of opportunity; one where unprecedented resources, record surpluses and the strongest fiscal position in the history of the State could finally be marshalled to confront the deep, grinding problems that shape the daily lives of our people. Yet when the dust settled, what we were left with was profoundly under whelming, not because the figures were small or the anno…
10. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Irish citizens and non-Irish citizens who are currently prisoners within the Irish prison system; and a breakdown of all prisoners' nationalities. [69742/26]
This question is in the context of the continuing pressure we face on prison accommodation.
I thank the Minister. It is a bit strange that the Government, the Department or the Irish Prison Service does not know the nationality of the prisoners within the curtilage of the prisons. This is not about deporting all foreign prisoners, but where appropriate and lawful, serving a sentence in a prisoner's home country would reduce the pressure on Irish prison places and would certainly improve our situation. Priso…
The Prison Service would certainly benefit from more data. Has the Minister personally conducted an assessment on how many prison places could potentially be freed up through a more active use of prisoner transfer or repatriation agreements? There are obviously benefits to a system that is at 114% capacity. There is serious pressure on our prison system that brings so many difficulties and problems for the prisoners …
The Minister is absolutely correct.
The deletion proposed in section 8 of the Bill is bizarre when one considers the Taoiseach's speech to the UN just a few days ago, where he stood up in front of the world and said the world will not forget the inaction on Gaza. A few days later, his Government is proposing to delete the following subsection in the 1987 Act:
The Agency shall not engage in or promote any activity of a primarily military relevance with…
Our country has built its reputation on providing humanitarian aid and engaging in peacekeeping. What is proposed will undermine and hugely damage Ireland's reputation. The Minister of State spoke about ambiguity. There is no ambiguity. The 1987 Act states, "The Agency shall not engage in or promote any activity of a primarily military relevance". Where is the ambiguity? By removing that, you remove every safeguard a…
He is a war criminal.
I want to speak about the ongoing crisis in GP services across the country. I refer to access to GP services for both private patients and medical card holders. In my town of Wexford, it is virtually impossible for medical card holders to access a GP. It is heading in the same direction for private patients. Only last week, I was contacted by a family of two adults and three children who had relocated to Wexford. The…
13. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment to provide details of the communication he has had to date with the new owners of a company (details supplied) which employs 1,100 workers in New Ross, County Wexford; if he will give assurances to all employees that their jobs are secure; the plans the new owners have for the company; and if he will undertake to visit New Ross and mee…
I ask the Minister to provide details of the communication he has had to date, if any, with the new owners of Integer Holdings Corporation, which employs 1,100 workers in New Ross, County Wexford; if he can give assurance to all employees that their jobs are secure; the plans the new owners have for the company and if he will undertake to visit New Ross and meet the workers there.
I thank the Minister of State, but I am somewhat disappointed in that response. As a rural-based public representative, Minister and Deputy himself, he can appreciate the impact a factory employing 1,100 workers in a town like New Ross can have not just on the town itself, but on the entire region.
There is a fear the company that has proposed to buy Integer Holdings Corporation for some €4.9 billion is not in the m…
I appreciate the Minister of State's concern and his comment that the Government and IDA stand ready. However, it would not do any harm, given the scale of this company, if the Government was to take the first step and meet with the new ownership to find out what its plans are and how much it is going to invest in New Ross, if anything. What are its plans for this huge employer, which is probably one of the biggest, …
19. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the steps being taken to support Irish enterprises facing rising global cost pressures, supply chain volatility and geopolitical uncertainty; and the specific supports being developed for SMEs to maintain competitiveness in the current economic climate. [66780/26]
I ask the Minister about the steps being taken to support Irish enterprises facing rising global cost pressures, supply chain volatility and geopolitical uncertainty, and the specific supports being developed for SMEs to maintain competitiveness in the current economic climate.
The key to this issue is our indigenous Irish industry. We have seen, particularly in regard to the geopolitical tensions that have been built up through the actions of President Trump in particular, be it through war or through his tariffs that have threatened the whole global economy, that we need to ensure our indigenous industry grows and develops. We need a national competitive package for SMEs. We need targeted…
One thing that we need to focus on is regional resilience measures. For towns like Wexford, New Ross and Rosslare in areas like mine, regional enterprise hubs are vital because they are particularly focused on supply chain and digital adoption. We need localised upskilling programmes, particularly for a county like Wexford in the area of logistics, with the enhancement and development of Rosslare Europort as a port o…
Bí curamach.
I commend my colleague, Deputy Eoghan Kenny, on bringing this motion to the floor of the Dáil. One line from his contribution this morning is at the nub of everything, where he said, "Poverty should never determine potential." That is the key component of this motion.
What is happening to many families throughout this country is nothing short of unacceptable. Every year, parents brace themselves for the back to scho…
At the outset, I would like to join, as everyone here has, in warmly welcoming to Leinster House Cian and Jordan Adams, the FTB brothers, and also Cian's partner, Helen, who played such a vital and key role in the whole 33 marathons in 33 days. They are most welcome. It was a remarkable fundraising odyssey and their extraordinary determination, resilience and love has inspired people across this country. They have un…
I strongly support this motion. For too long, families across this country have lived with a fear that most of us here in this Chamber could scarcely imagine. It is not a fear of what will happen today or tomorrow but a fear of what will happen when they are no longer here. They lie awake at night wondering who will care for their son or daughter, where they will live, whether they will be safe, whether they will be …