I move:
That Dáil Éireann:
— approves the adoption and publication of the Marine Planning Policy Statement, which has been prepared by the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment in accordance with Part 1, Section 6, subsection 4 of the Maritime Area Planning Act 2021, as amended;
— notes that a copy of the Marine Planning Policy Statement and associated statutory environmental reports, in addition to the…
TDs / Christopher O'Sullivan
Christopher O'Sullivan
Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
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questions asked
Oral and written, to government departments
101,536
words spoken in the chamber
99,157 as a minister, 2,379 as a TD
406
votes recorded
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topics asked about
Across 12 departments
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Questions asked 40 in all
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Contributions to debates 222 in all
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| December 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| January 2025 | 4 | 0 |
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| May 2025 | 2 | 11 |
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| July 2025 | 3 | 24 |
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| October 2025 | 2 | 16 |
| November 2025 | 6 | 15 |
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| January 2026 | 4 | 1 |
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| May 2026 | 2 | 17 |
| June 2026 | 2 | 7 |
| July 2026 | 3 | 8 |
| August 2026 | 0 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 3 | 5 |
| October 2026 | 0 | 5 |
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Party, constituency and offices
- constituency Cork South-West 29 November 2024 to now
- party Fianna Fáil 29 November 2024 to now
- office Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage 29 January 2025 to now
I am delighted to confirm that the Minister for housing, Deputy Browne, and I have secured a significant increase for both the water quality section within the Department and also the heritage section, including nature and biodiversity. Starting with water quality, a key goal of this Government and a key programme for Government commitment is to improve water quality and we have secured a budget of €86 million to do …
Ah, stop.
It is nice that the Deputy is ending on a positive note by welcoming the increased funding.
There should be responsible use of language.
I thank Deputies for raising these important matters and I welcome the opportunity to discuss the pressures households are facing as a result of high energy costs.
As has been clearly articulated by the International Energy Agency, this is a global problem which is causing significant price increases and disruption across the world. The Government is taking action to help households and businesses with the cost of f…
As the Minister of State, Deputy Collins, said earlier, I reiterate that the Government is moving a countermotion in respect of the Deputies' Private Members' motion. I fully appreciate the Deputies' concerns raised here this morning. As a Government, we do not control the wholesale price of oil but we have acted in a significant way to assist households and businesses with the real impacts of this energy crisis.
As…
The Deputy has a microphone.
The Deputy is taking a swipe at the civil servants.
Deputy Fitzmaurice is proof that you can make valid points without bursting our ear drums, screaming across the room and putting our hearing at risk?
I move:
To delete all words after "That" and substitute the following:
"Dáil Éireann resolves that the Social Housing Passport Bill 2026 be deemed to be read a second time this day twelve months, to allow for further consideration of the proposals in the Bill.".
Before I go into the detail of the amendment and the rationale of the crafted speech, explaining why we are moving the amendment, speaking frankly, of cou…
I thank all the Members who contributed. I reiterate - and it is not disingenuous to say - that I genuinely hear what they are saying. The proposal makes sense. I hope as well, however, that they will understand that, yes, we were able to do a focused protocol on people fleeing gender-based violence and domestic abuse. I might come back to some of the issues Deputy O'Reilly raised specifically. The broad national app…
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I thank the Deputies for raising this issue. I congratulate Deputy Ennis on his recent election. What a day for his family, friends and supporters. It is an incredible achievement. It is great to see the two constituency TDs from the same party working so closely together. It is not that common, by the way. I am grateful that they have raised this issue.
I appreciate that there is a sense of vibrancy in Stoneybatter…
Just to respond in general without commenting on specifics, we have to take a balanced view of this. There may be a business within an area, whether it is a cafe, a commercial enterprise or shop of some sort, that will have gone through the step-by-step planning process and been successful in getting its planning application approved. There may be a sense of unfairness if others do not go through that same process, i…
I move amendment No. 1:
To delete all words after "Dáil Éireann" and substitute the following:
"notes that the Government:
— remains deeply concerned about the conflict in the Middle East and Gulf region;
— is acutely aware of the impact on households and businesses of the recent increases in the cost of living, and is actively monitoring the current geopolitical situation and its impact on costs;
— affirms that…
The Opposition would prefer to lead us down a path that we cannot come back from and tie us into fossil fuels forever which is only going to continue to lead to increased energy prices.
Says yer man with the laptop.
I thank the Deputy for the question. It is good to see some focus on housing delivery in the rebel county. Increasing the supply of new homes is critical to alleviating pressures in the housing market, helping to moderate price growth and ease affordability challenges, ensuring everyone has a range of housing options available to them, whether they want to buy a house, rent one or are in need of social housing.
Data…
I thank the Deputy. He makes a valid point on employment in the county, and it is a key challenge. If you take not just the tech and pharmaceutical sectors but also CUH, which is such a big employer, many of the incredible team of nurses, doctors and other staff need access to housing. That is a challenge we have to address but we are doing so. There are key ways that the Minister in particular has directed travel in…
I thank the Deputy again. He raises a very important and relevant point, especially for our smaller towns and villages. This is where, as I was saying at the end of my last contribution, the significant investment announced by the Minister of almost €12 billion under the national planning framework and national development plan will allow Uisce Éireann to build capacity with respect to personnel and the funding of ma…
I move amendment No. 1:
To delete all words after "Dáil Éireann" and substitute the following:
"notes that:
— the Defective Concrete Blocks Grant Scheme (DCB Scheme), which provides grants to help those affected by defective concrete blocks to remediate their homes, is underpinned by the Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Act 2022 (2022 Act);
— over 3,500 homeowners are now a…
I thank all the Members for their contributions during the Second Stage debate. Some concerns were raised and there was some support for the provisions within the Bill. I hope some of that can be addressed on Committee Stage.
I was here when Deputy O’Reilly raised the issue of the terrible situation her constituent finds himself in. As she knows, the Minister cannot get involved in individual cases but I wish that g…
-----Tenancies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2026 to the House.
I look forward to progressing through the remaining Stages of the Bill over the coming weeks.