The Taoiseach defends the idea that if tenants leave during the six-year period and it is not a no-fault eviction, it can be reset. The Taoiseach is saying he is in favour of that, and it is not a mistake. Any time a tenant leaves, the rent can be reset.
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That is a recipe for rocketing rents. How high does he want rents to go?
It is also-----
Let me finish the point. It is also a recipe for constructive evictions, where the landlord says, "I am not going to fix your heating", "I am not going to fix your toilet" and "I am going to force you out so that I can reset the rent." The final thing I ask is for the Taoiseach to agree-----
-----that when it comes to voting on this, landlords in this Dáil-----
-----should not have a vote on this measure, given their interest in it.
No, I did not. I was just pointing this-----
I believe in a State construction company.
"RTÉ Investigates" made for really harrowing watching. We saw people treated without any shred of human dignity, treated like burdens. We need to debate this in the Dáil this week. We need to implement adult safeguarding legislation and mandatory reporting. We also need to deal with the fact we are the most privatised system in the European Union in terms of nursing home care. That did not happen by accident; it happ…
4. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach to report on his attendance at the recent European Council. [25527/25]
The Taoiseach referenced the galloping militarisation happening at EU level. It underlines the importance of Ireland's neutrality in that context and the importance of the struggle to defend that neutrality. Significant numbers will be on the streets this Saturday at 2 p.m. at the Garden of Remembrance to do so. What we have heard about the triple lock has confirmed the basic point the Taoiseach made in 2013, which w…
NATO.
It does not.
Yes but the General Assembly-----
15. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Disability will next meet. [29326/25]
Two weeks ago, I raised with the Taoiseach the issue of unnecessary surgeries on children said to have hip dysplasia and unnecessary osteotomies. I questioned why the surgeons responsible had not been suspended or at the very least suspended from carrying out osteotomies. Since then, I have learned it is even worse than I feared. There was a meeting last Tuesday to decide on surgical indicators into the future for wh…
28. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach for a report on new shared island projects. [29327/25]
A shared island should not have an invisible hard border for non-EU migrants, but that is the case currently. I have raised this multiple times. In the past a somewhat sympathetic hearing was given to the likes of the North West Migrants Forum.
In this atmosphere of performative cruelty by the Government on migration, I fear it will not make any moves on this. I would be interested to hear it.
I follow up on the qu…
That is why it is invisible. It does not affect most people.
For a migrant it is.
These are EU migrants who are legally present in the North and cannot travel to the South. That is the point I am making.
Not in that part of my question.
No, they cannot. That is why it is a hard border.
On Saturday week, 7 June, at 2 p.m. at the Garden of Remembrance, parents, families and their supporters will hold yet another protest to demand their children with additional needs have the right to education, just like any other child - appropriate education in their community as outlined in the UNCRPD. The protest is part of a growing national movement, equality in education, demanding urgent action to ensure chil…
170. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide an update on the progress of legislation to ban trade with the occupied territories; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27406/25]