Conor D. McGuinness

I thank the Minister of State for the response. Like her, I want to pay tribute to those who are working in the services. They have, in many cases with one hand tied behind their backs, managed to clear backlogs arising out of the pandemic and they do their work to a really excellent standard. As we know, however, there are ongoing issues in terms of recruitment and retention, with retention being…

I raise first the situation faced by the people of Cuba, an island that has been under an illegal blockade for many decades. It is a blockade that the world, through the United Nations, has condemned year on year. Despite the blockade and siege by the world's superpower - its nearest neighbour - Cuba has shown the way regionally in terms of health outcomes for its people. That progress on health i…

For communities across this State, in particular in our rural and Gaeltacht areas, An Post is a vital public service. It connects people and supports local businesses. As my colleague Deputy Joanna Byrne has said, post offices are often the last remaining public service in towns and villages. However, successive Governments have allowed rural communities to be hollowed out. Every time a post offic…

Tá todhchaí na hÉireann á cruthú againn inniu. Mar phoblachtach, ionadaí poiblí, fear Gaeltachta agus athair, tá a fhios agam nach dtógtar pobal láidir le dóchas amháin. Tógtar é le fís, misneach agus pleanáil. Is iad sin atá i gceist againn leis an mBille seo. The future of Ireland should be decided by the people of Ireland and this debate is about whether we have the courage and common sense to…

17. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health will next meet. [49328/26]

30. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent meeting with US President Donald Trump. [49329/26]

I raise the situation of Kilrossanty National School in County Waterford. It is a rural DEIS school that is set to lose a teacher in September based on an enrolment snapshot taken at the end of last September that no longer reflects reality. The school had 102 pupils on that day in September 2025, but several more pupils joined the school after that snapshot. It has 111 enrolled for the coming yea…

19. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on water quality will next meet. [47446/26]

37. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the recent UK-Ireland summit. [47447/26]

I am an Irish republican and I believe deeply in the principles of equality, solidarity and community. Those values shape my politics. They are also the values that exist at the heart of Pride. That is why I am proud to stand here today and every day as an ally of the LGBTQ community. Pride is a celebration of people being able to live freely, openly, honestly and without fear. It is about recogn…

22. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the most recent EU Leaders’ meeting or council. [45620/26]

42. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the revised national digital and AI strategy. [45621/26]

Táim ag tacú leis an rún seo mar tá dualgas orainn seasamh a ghlacadh nuair a fheicimid éagóir. Tá an domhan tar éis féachaint ar an scrios atá déanta ag Iosrael ar mhuintir na Palaistíne. Tá na mílte fir, mná agus páistí maraithe. Tá pobail leagtha go talamh agus tá páistí ag fás aníos faoi bhuamáil, ocras agus eagla. Tá cúiseamh ann faoi chinedhíothú, coireanna cogaidh agus apartheid. Ní féidir …

Táim chun caint anocht faoi Scoil Gharbháin i nDún Garbháin i gContae Phort Láirge. Tá sága - scéal an-fhada - sa scoil seo i dtaobh síneadh a chur leis an bhfoirgneamh scoile. I raise the situation of Scoil Gharbháin in Dungarvan, County Waterford and the long-running saga the school community, the children, teaching staff, management, board and parents have been dealing with over several years. …

Gabhaim buíochas as sin ach níl sé ró-úsáideach dom ná do na daoine atá bainteach leis an scoil seo. I thank the Minister of State for the response. I appreciate him being here to read it. However, similar to other speakers tonight, I will put on record that I would much prefer it if one of the two Ministers in the Department of education were here. Neither is. That in itself tells us something. W…

Nílimid ag cur i gcoinne na leasuithe.

Tairgim leasú Uimh. 3: Ar leathanach 9, líne 13, “(b)” a scriosadh. Tuigim go bhfuil leasuithe Uimh. 3, 5 agus 22 á bplé le chéile. An bhfuil sé sin ceart?

An sprioc atá ag na leasuithe seo ná le cinntiú go mbeidh an bord iomlán ag Údarás na Gaeltachta tofa agus go mbeidh guth ag na ceantair Ghaeltachta níos lú atá scartha amach ó mhórchuid na Gaeltachta ina gcontaetha féin. Táim ag tagairt ar cheantair Ghaeltachta i gContae na Mí agus i gContae Phort Láirge mar shamplaí. Faoin mBille mar atá, bheadh seisear as 16 comhalta boird roghnaithe ag an Air…

Seasann an argóint a dhein mé níos luaithe. Má táimid ag caint mar gheall ar dhaonlathas agus guth na bpobal a bheith cloiste, ba cheart go mbeadh vótáil i gceist chun baill den bhord a roghnú in ionad iad a bheith ainmnithe. Laistigh dár leasuithe, Uimh. 3, 5 agus 22, bheadh ionadaithe cinnte i go leor de na Gaeltachtaí atá róbheag le guth a fháil agus iad caite isteach le ceantair mhór thíre. Ní…

Tá ardmheas agam ar an Aire, mar is eol dó, ach ní féidir liom glacadh leis an argóint sin i dtaobh na gceapachán. Más eisean atá mar Aire nó duine a thagann ina dhiaidh mar Aire, conas a mbeadh a fhios againn go mbeadh na scileanna agus na tuiscintí cuí ag an Aire úd sin na daoine cearta a cheapadh? Conas a mbeadh a fhios againn? An freagra ná go bhfuil an tAire freagrach don Teach seo. Conas a m…

Tairgim leasú Uimh 5: [Ar leathanach ][11, líne 16 agus líne 17 a scriosadh agus an méid seo a leanas a chur ina n-ionad:] [ 16 chomhalta thofa a cheapfar de réir Chuid IVA.”;]

Tairgim leasú Uimh. 7: Ar leathanach 11, líne 19 a scriosadh agus an méid seo a leanas a chur ina hionad: “(2AA) Ceapfaidh comhaltaí an Údaráis cathaoirleach agus leas-chathaoirleach óna measc féin uair sa bhliain, ag déanamh malartú chun a chinntiú nach mbeidh níos mó ná tréimhse amháin mar chathaoirleach nó mar leas-chathaoirleach le linn téarma amháin ag duine nó daoine a dhéanann ionadaíocht…

Tá muinín againn inár bpobail Ghaeltachta nó níl. Tá muinín againn sna daoine a dtoghfar nó níl an mhuinín sin againn. Caithfidh an Rialtas muinín a léiriú. Má táimid dáiríre mar gheall ar thoghcháin don údarás a thabhairt ar ais, caithfimid a thuiscint go bhfuil saoirse ag an Aire agus ag an Rialtas an rud ceart a dhéanamh. In ionad a rá arís agus arís eile gur bord Stáit é seo, go gcaithfidh na …

Tairgim leasú Uimh. 9: Ar leathanach 11, an méid seo a leanas a chur isteach i ndiaidh líne 34: “(2G) Ní bheidh sé nó sí intofa más comhalta den Dáil, den Seanad, de Pharlaimint na hEorpa nó d’údarás áitiúil é nó í. I gcás go dtoghfar an duine chun na Dála, chun an tSeanaid, chun Parlaimint na hEorpa nó chun údaráis áitiúil fad is atá sé nó sí ina chomhalta nó ina comhalta den Údarás, déanfaidh …

Tairgim leasú Uimh. 10: [Ar leathanach ][13, idir líne 3 agus líne 4, an méid seo a leanas a chur isteach:] [“ “(7A) Féadfaidh an tÚdarás leas i maoin agus réadmhaoin a cheannach nó a fháil ar mhaithe le tithíocht, seirbhísí, nó áiseanna sóisialta nó cultúir a chur ar fáil ar cibé téarmaí agus faoi réir cibé coinníollacha is cuí leis.”.] Baineann na leasuithe seo leis an ábhar is práinní sa Gha…