The main business of Mohsin Manzoor Hospitality Limited is in providing accommodation for international protection applicants, the very system he is living under himself. Does the Government believe-----
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Ken O'Flynn
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- constituency Cork North-Central 29 November 2024 to now
- party Independent Ireland 29 November 2024 to now
-----that this is fair on the taxpayer? Is it satisfied that it is not a part of a greater scheme that exploits the system-----
-----that is meant to support the genuine and the vulnerable?
I will write to the Taoiseach in this regard.
This is an important matter to speak on. One of the marvellous things about our jobs as elected Members of this House is that we engage with the community on so many different levels and we see such fantastic young people and organisations giving back to society. They are led by many community leaders. Some of them have gone on to become members of their local councils and Members of this House too. Many come from co…
I thank colleagues on the Independent benches for tabling this motion. The Minister probably knows that the definition of madness is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. However, the definition of madness has to be this programme for Government and this Housing for All scheme that the Minister has his faith in. Today, 15,378 people are homeless and 4,653 of those are children. I …
Where are they?
The Deputy protests too much.
Go back to him.
Go back to him. Go back to your boyo.
The Minister has underfunded it.
He has underfunded it. There is no budget for local authorities.
In August 2023, the Before 5 Family Centre in Churchfield closed its doors, discommoding over 100 families who were left scrambling to find alternative places for their children. At that time, there was a commitment given by the previous Government that it would try to resource and fund this. Prior to the general election, as I am sure the Taoiseach knows, it was announced that funding of up to €250,000 would be made…
I am delighted to deliver for my constituency.
I wish to bring to the Minister's attention a serious matter which recently impacted my constituents in Cork North-Central, in the areas of Ballyvolane and Dublin Hill. It is an area that was left five days without water, from Friday to Tuesday morning last. Despite continuously contacting Irish Water, constituents were given reference number after reference number, and Irish Water had no record of it by Monday morni…
I do not think I have had the opportunity to congratulate the Minister in the House so I will start by doing so and wishing him well in his new role. I wish him great success. I am sure he will make a success of it because I know him to be an honest and decent character.
Is there a doctor in the House? I feel a bit faint because I found myself agreeing with Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett and I may need my pulse taken. …
I have been listening to the debate and it is regrettable that we only have an hour for it, because it is a very important issue. We all admit that there is a crisis in Ukraine and a huge crisis at home. I am reminded of the words of George Orwell in Animal Farm, published in 1945, that "All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others." The means test has to be introduced. Last week, in this House, the Tán…
Do you want to go back there?
Will the Tánaiste confirm whether the reported payments to Ukrainian refugees for vehicle repairs, including sums ranging from €400 to €7,000, are being sourced from the exceptional needs payments of the Department of Social Welfare or is this coming from the humanitarian funding, similar to the humanitarian funding of €1 million per month for cats and dogs from Ukraine that previous Governments found?
Does the Tána…
By repairing their cars?
But they are.
Not at all. I am a truth-teller. I am just telling the truth. The Tánaiste does not like it------
I congratulate the Minister on his position and wish him the best of luck. I genuinely mean that.
Today, we had the Taoiseach on his feet telling us that the Government's biggest commitment was to housing, and that the biggest commitment of his party and the other parties that are in government, including the Independents, was to housing, yet where are they? It is an empty Chamber. Where is the Government that is me…
I congratulate Deputy O'Sullivan on his position as Minister of State. I am delighted to see a Cork man elevated. I know he has been working very hard in his constituency but he does not need to worry because Deputy Collins has taken on extra staff because the Minister of State is not in the constituency anymore. He will be looking after all the necessary needs-----
-----from Goleen all the way up, so there is no need to panic or worry. I jest. I know what a good worker the Minister of State is.
I praise the Sinn Féin organisation for tabling this motion. The tenant in situ scheme has been a great success but the changes the Government is proposing mean it is snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. It is working very well, but since last October we have had no movement on te…