13. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps Ireland is taking to seek to bring about an end to the conflict in Sudan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65828/25]
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2,463
questions asked
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| December 2024 | 0 | 1 |
| January 2025 | 17 | 4 |
| February 2025 | 141 | 56 |
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| April 2025 | 126 | 60 |
| May 2025 | 82 | 37 |
| June 2025 | 112 | 42 |
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| August 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 123 | 35 |
| October 2025 | 90 | 77 |
| November 2025 | 99 | 68 |
| December 2025 | 76 | 51 |
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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
The greater Dublin region is grinding to a halt. If you stand on any bridge on the M50 in the morning and look north or south, a stationary line of cars stretches out as far as the eye can see. The cost of congestion is going to reach €1.5 billion by 2040. Dublin is ranked the worst capital in Europe in terms of time and money wasted because of traffic congestion. Incredibly, studies show that the average speed of a …
The Tánaiste mentioned a number of stages in a multi-stage process. Each of those stages is taking longer than it actually took to build it in the 1860s with picks and shovels.
The national development plan review means very little. At best it is talking about the rail line being delivered by 2036 but there is already a landowner talking about taking a judicial review against it, which is going to blow that out of the water. This project is in reverse. We were told we were going to have the railway order in 2026 and now it is being pushed back to the end of 2027. The Government has increase…
At the rate this Government is going, yes.
12. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Northern Ireland will next meet. [65831/25]
The purpose of the British legacy Bill was to grant to amnesty to those who had killed innocent civilians. There appears to be a significant contradiction in the position of the Irish and British Governments in the new joint framework that seeks to replace that. The British Government is briefing that there will be safeguards for British army veterans. I asked Simon Harris this question and he said that was separate …
It is more likely to happen in a united Ireland.
The New Ireland Forum.
The New Ireland Forum.
We are just giving suggestions.
But it is not getting us anywhere.
Will the Taoiseach address the lopsided protections for veterans?
It is a problem then.
22. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the plan for a new disability unit in his Department. [63513/25]
33. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the plan for a new disability unit in his Department. [65832/25]
It is all in the delivery.
The children's disability network team, CDNT, in Meath is not fully staffed. According to statistics I received today, there are 20 vacant posts across disability teams in Kells, Dunshaughlin, Navan, Slane and Trim. Separate data received by Aontú today show that the Government is actually reducing the number of college places for speech and language therapists, from 370 in the year before Covid to 355 last year. The…
Aontú obviously supports this Bill. We support the arrangements to allow for seating in public spaces for pubs and restaurants without a need to license it. There is a big question here regarding what is happening our pubs in this country. There is a significant fall-off in the number of pubs on an annual basis. There is a significant change in the social behaviour of society. More alcohol is sold in off-licenses eve…
Aontú believes that we as a country should do our best to help those who are fleeing war and violence. We believe that there are many people who come to Ireland and make a really valuable contribution to our society and that there are many essential sectors that would not function properly if we did not have these people here. We believe that everybody who is here should be treated with respect if they are here legal…
This Government has been an absolute disaster when it comes to building homes. It is by far the biggest failure of this Government over the past while and it is hitting families massively and especially young people hard.
House prices are now eight times the average earnings and the average house price sold last year was €426,000, an amazing figure. The average rent currently for a two-bedroom home is €2,000 and the…
Cuirim fáilte roimh an mBille seo agus beidh Aontú ag tabhairt tacaíochta dó. I very much welcome this Bill. It makes sense that according to the courts a victim of sexual violence should be able to get the protection order automatically upon the conclusion of the court proceedings.
It is appropriate we are having this debate on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. I wish to reference…
12. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department has any plans to investigate the rate of home vacancy around the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65819/25]
I draw the Minister's attention to a number of vacant homes in Ringfort housing estate in Rathmolyon, County Meath. The families concerned did everything right. They paid their deposits, spending tens of thousands of euro, but the builder has refused them their homes. They have been put under massive stress, with some of them putting off starting a family and some having to move back into their parents' home. After a…
I accept the question I am asking the Minister is tangential to the one on the questions paper. I urge him to go off script for the next couple of minutes to address it. We have a situation where houses that were built are vacant. At the heart of this particular problem is that there are two separate companies with the same owners and directors. One company has bought the debt of another company, giving it secured cr…