Liam Quaide

I thank the Minister of State for being here. I raise the issue of a long-standing and worsening crisis in my discipline of psychology, and in particular within primary care mental health services for young people, with reference to the programme for Government. There are vague references in the programme for Government to workforce planning and increasing capacity for child and adolescent mental …

I thank Sinn Féin for tabling the motion. The time for enacting the occupied territories Bill was six years ago, when it was introduced to the Dáil by Deputy Niall Collins, fully supported at the time by his Fianna Fáil colleagues - a very stark contrast with the scene of desertion on the Fianna Fáil benches this evening. The vote in 2019 was a resounding success with 78 in favour to 45 against. I…

I am really honoured to be making this address today as a Social Democrat TD for Cork East in the Thirty-fourth Dáil. I thank the people who placed their trust in me in the election. I also owe a huge debt of gratitude to the party members, relatives and friends who put heroic efforts into my campaign. Ireland is a great place to live with a flourishing economy, yet so many of the basics of a mod…