Deputy, please. Through the Chair.
TDs / Conor Sheehan
Conor Sheehan
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875
questions asked
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101,335
words spoken in the chamber
Across 379 contributions. Plus 139 contributions from the chair, not counted
390
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195
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Plus 190 contributions in the regular slots, such as Leaders' Questions and Priority Questions. Speech from the chair is not counted.
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Let the Minister of State respond.
Deputy, let the Minister of State respond.
Deputy, please let the Minister of State respond.
Please, Deputy.
Deputy-----
Please, Deputy. Is the Minister of State finished?
Okay, I am moving on to the second Topical Issue matter from Deputy Sherlock.
She said private housing developers.
It is in the Housing Commission report.
The Government missed its social housing targets.
It would if the Government had started it.
He sounds like Trump
I want to raise the issue of prison overcrowding, particularly in relation to Limerick Prison. The Office of the Inspector of Prisons’ report is damning. Limerick Prison and its women's wing have one of the worst levels of overcrowding in the prison estate. The official bed capacity was at 155% last year. Overcrowding is impacting on the physical, psychological and emotional safety of women who are living in rooms or…
It is a huge issue.
I am asking about women in particular.
Thank you, Deputy.
We will take Deputy Bennett's question and a brief response.
Unfortunately, that concludes oral questions.
Very briefly.
That concludes oral questions.
I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 39 and the name of the Member in each case:
Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh - To discuss the proposal from An Post to move operations within Mayo.
Deputy Michael Cahill - To discuss the long processing times for aquaculture licences.
Deputy Pat Buckley - To discuss the proposed construction of a waste incine…
Thank you, Minister. That was a useful education on Dublin buses.
I do not want this plan to fail. The future of our country, particularly for people my age, depends on it. At last this morning, we have a new housing plan but I have never seen any government take so long to come up with so little. This time last year, the Government deliberately misled the electorate in terms of the housing targets. During the election, the Government never publicised its plans to hike rents, chang…
In his reply, the Tánaiste did not address any of the specific questions I asked. The fact of the matter is that there are elements in this plan that I welcome. Some of those elements are things that we already proposed, such as amending the law to ensure the best interests of children are taken into account by local authorities when families become homeless. Former Deputy Jan O'Sullivan had that in a Bill in 2017.
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