I too want to pay tribute to Cara Darmody and the tremendous work that she has done in achieving so much for children waiting for assessments of need. It is shocking that a 15-year-old girl has to camp outside Leinster House overnight for 50 hours in a storm just to make sure that this Government actually abides by the law. The Minister of State must feel mortification that a 15-year-old girl has to stay outside on a…
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2,463
questions asked
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words spoken in the chamber
Across 959 contributions
356
votes recorded
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341
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Questions asked 2,463 in all
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Contributions to debates 959 in all
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| December 2024 | 0 | 1 |
| January 2025 | 17 | 4 |
| February 2025 | 141 | 56 |
| March 2025 | 96 | 68 |
| April 2025 | 126 | 60 |
| May 2025 | 82 | 37 |
| June 2025 | 112 | 42 |
| July 2025 | 136 | 61 |
| August 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 123 | 35 |
| October 2025 | 90 | 77 |
| November 2025 | 99 | 68 |
| December 2025 | 76 | 51 |
| January 2026 | 125 | 51 |
| February 2026 | 177 | 68 |
| March 2026 | 161 | 38 |
| April 2026 | 159 | 43 |
| May 2026 | 242 | 47 |
| June 2026 | 208 | 59 |
| 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
The Deputy voted with the Government.
He is a hypocrite.
Hypocrite.
He is not voting for them.
Vote for them.
That promise has been around for as long as the Tánaiste has been in the Dáil.
The Tánaiste promised that in 2015.
I am just correcting the Dáil record.
Placing an adult in a Tusla residential unit is a very serious breach of child protection. Aontú has raised this issue a number of times with the Government and we have been told that the Government is doing everything it can to make sure that it does not happen. We are being told that the immigration services know exactly who is coming into the country and that checks are being done. Vadym Davydenko was a Ukrainian …
I move:
That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Gender Recognition Act 2015 to make provision for single-sex accommodation in prisons; and to provide for related matters.
I want to first make a quick reference to the motion that was brought by the Labour Party yesterday on trans healthcare. It was startling for a number of reasons. First of all, it is probably one of the biggest examp…
I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."
Aontú believes in a compassionate, pluralist Republic. We believe all citizens are equal and should be valued no matter their identify, religion or orientation. Everybody should be treated on the basis of their individual character. Gender dysphoria is real, it is not easy for anybody and citizens who have gender dysphoria should be treated with respect and decency.
It is also really important that, as a society, we…
-----and HSE management-----
-----when it comes to proposed new gender recognition laws.
Young gay and lesbian people are being told that they are not gay but that they are in the wrong body. A consequence of the Gender Recognition Act-----
-----is that it has actually allowed male-born prisoners to be put in women's prisons in this State. It is an incredible situation that we have had individuals who were jailed for horrific sexual offences being located in women's prisons. Barbie Kardashian was found guilty of threatening to kill, rape and torture his mother. Kardashian was granted a gender recognition certificate by the Department of Social Protectio…
7. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent meeting with the British Prime Minister. [65833/25]
12. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent meeting with the British Prime Minister. [67808/25]
A series health crisis is arising in the North of Ireland at the moment. Sinn Féin, the DUP, the UUP and the Alliance Party are closing down key hospital services in Daisy Hill Hospital, Enniskillen and Causeway Hospital in Derry. These closures are having a significant effect on services. Patients in Craigavon hospital are waiting for 19 hours to see their emergency doctor. The waiting time at the emergency departme…
What about the health services?
There are benefits to an all-Ireland health service.
They are tied to it.
Twenty-nine per cent of Irish households are now living in fuel poverty. That is the highest number on record. The percentage of domestic electricity customers in arrears is heading towards 13%. Some 300,000 electricity customers and 183,000 gas customers are in arrears. Since 2021, electricity costs have increased by 69%. The cost of gas has increased by 102% in the same period. Electricity companies are still jacki…
The average price of a house sold last year was €426,000. This is eight times the average income at the moment. The average rental price for a two-bedroom apartment at the moment in this State is over €2,000. It is an incredible situation. We talk about the homeless figures and we do not realise how serious it is. A total of 402 people have died in homelessness just in Dublin in a five-year period. Nobody is actually…