I too welcome the families and campaigners in the Gallery and pay tribute to the work they have done to try to achieve truth and justice. I disagree with an Teachta Ó Murchú's point that there has been a failure in this country to achieve justice. Rather, there is a clear strategy by the Government not to achieve truth and justice on these matters. I want to look at the architecture of that.
First, in any of these s…
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| December 2024 | 0 | 1 |
| January 2025 | 17 | 4 |
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| April 2025 | 126 | 60 |
| May 2025 | 82 | 37 |
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| August 2025 | 0 | 0 |
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| October 2025 | 90 | 77 |
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| July 2026 | 95 | 28 |
| August 2026 | 0 | 1 |
| September 2026 | 112 | 29 |
| October 2026 | 86 | 35 |
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- constituency Meath West 29 November 2024 to now
- party Aontú 29 November 2024 to now
Aontú believes in a compassionate pluralist Republic. All citizens are equal and valued no matter what their identity, ethnicity, religion or orientation. Everyone should be treated on the basis of their own individual character. Gender dysphoria is real and is not easy for anyone. We need to treat all our citizens with respect and decency but it is also really important that we have a society based on science and ev…
By taking these anti-science positions, we are doing the most damage to the most vulnerable. The question is whether the Government will follow its lead.
I also welcome the State apology to the family of Brian Stack. Brian Stack was shot in the back of the head by the IRA in 1983. Brian was a loved husband and father of three children. His killing was devastating for his family and friends, and no greater disaster can befall a young family than the killing of a parent. Ireland was experiencing difficult times during the Troubles. The North was in convulsions, but even…
That is political neutrality.
People around the country are absolutely shocked with what is happening today. This Bill is one of the most shocking attacks on Irish democracy I have ever seen. This Bill puts the Irish Government directly in conflict with the democratic decisions of the people of this country.
Irish neutrality is one of the most important foreign policies of this country. The policy of peace is more important than ever. This is a …
10. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on the economy, trade and competitiveness will next meet. [69964/26]
11. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on the economy, trade and competitiveness will meet next. [69963/26]
We are in a cost-of-doing-business crisis here and the Government is actively pushing up costs. This month the CRU will put another €41 on bills. That is on top of €500 per year on network charges. Electricity bills in this country are the highest on the planet at the moment. We are trying to get people to move from fossil fuels to electricity. How is that going to happen if we keep putting up the price of electricit…
This Finance Bill is another example of a Government living in a bubble. The Ministers do not stay awake during the night wondering what bills they can afford to pay this year. This Finance Bill is another ignorant example of ignoring the lives of real people in Ireland. I would like to introduce the Minister of State to some real citizens and I will read out some of the letters that have been sent to me since the bu…
I join other speakers in expressing my horror at the devastating news that is emerging from Waterford. It is deeply shocking. The fact the Garda has declared a murder investigation is chilling. It is the second such attack this year in which children have been killed. Everyone can remember the face of Tadhg Farrell, who was killed in Edenderry. This is a dark and disturbing development in Irish society.
I want to sp…
The Minister, Deputy Calleary, uses our money to pay for 100,000 free school meals that are dumped on a daily basis. In that same school system, the Minister, Deputy Naughton, oversees over 20% of students who are chronically absent every year.
The Minister, Deputy Burke, facilitates more work visas than there are houses built in the country at the moment. The Minister, Deputy Foley, is the Minister for Tusla, where there is an omnicrisis leading to children's lives being lost. The Minister, Deputy Heydon, cuts budgets for farmers in their time of difficulty.
At the start of this year, the country ground to a halt because of fuel strikes. Tomorrow, the cou…
Front-end it.
Ask the parents of the children.
Who has the executive power?
It is interesting that the Taoiseach chose the health service because 1 million people are on hospital waiting lists at the moment.
It is also interesting that one of the issues the Taoiseach chose to respond to was the promise that there would be a full public investigation into what happened in terms of scoliosis. Who has the executive power in relation to that decision? Remy Farrell does not have the executive po…
He is paid to roll up his sleeves, get in there and make sure that the sticking point here-----
-----which is the front-loading of income, is the issue that is addressed first.
According to Eurostat, Ireland is now the most expensive country in the whole of the EU for a range of different issues, including housing, electricity, health services and fuel. Ireland is the most expensive and that is not by accident. The Government is an engine of inflation. The actions the Government is taking are actually putting up the prices of goods in this country. What that means in real terms is that peop…
Eleven nationalist residents groups from right across the North of Ireland met in Drumcree community centre yesterday. They warned that the agreement in their areas on contentious Orange marches could come to an end if the Orange Order keeps trying to force its way down the Garvaghy Road. The peace of the last 28 years is in danger of unravelling under this Government's watch. Yesterday, the Minister for foreign affa…
6. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his Department maintains records of security expenditure on a centre-by-centre basis in respect of all International Protection Accommodation Service, IPAS, accommodation centres; and, if so, the name and location of each centre, the security provider engaged, and the total amount spent on security services at each centre for each o…
Last week, we learned that the Minister of State's Department paid out about €100 million on IPAS contracts that were never used. I put in a parliamentary question recently, the reply to which showed that the Department had paid about €2.6 million for security for unoccupied State-owned IPAS centres. This money was spent on empty IPAS centres. At the time, I also asked how much we were spending on other IPAS centres …
I do not believe that that answer is good enough, given the current environment and the name the Government has for wasting money. While security is lumped in with the overall contracts for these individual IPAS centres, it is important that the Chamber hear what level of funding is going towards the specific objective of security. What is even the average component cost for security in these contracts? If the Govern…
How does the Minister of State know it is a lower rate? He cannot even compare and contrast it with security costs in the private sector. He does not have a specific number for security. He does not have an estimated number for security. He does not have an average across all of these. Basically, the Minister of State is saying he is getting a better figure on the basis of saying he does not know how much this costs.…