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calls to Women's Aid and a shocking increase in the number of calls to the Garda, something that emerged in replies to parliamentary questions to the Minister. There have been 65,000 disclosures. This crime is practically unpunished and unreported. Only 5% of adults ever disclose … parliamentary question about this. There is no monitoring as to how many people do it and there is no record kept of how many people go. It is just there; it is a case of take it or leave it. In what other job would one be allowed

trapped there in insecure and expensive accommodation. During the election campaign, Fine Gael promised to retain RPZs. In its manifesto, the Minister's party stated that it would review the effectiveness of RPZs. There is no mention in the programme for Government of ending the caps. On Sunday … front page of the Irish Daily Mail today would be even more concerned because apparently the Taoiseach told members of the Fianna Fáil Parliamentary Party that they should brace themselves for unpopular decisions. It seems that the partial row-back by the Taoiseach in Brussels yesterday was about

other Departments and the relevant State agencies needs to be very transparent too. That is an issue on which the Labour Party and I will focus minutely with regard to every State agency and Department. In the area of justice, we have a crisis in An Garda Síochána … willing to do it if the conditions were better. We need an employment order on the rate of pay, travel, meals and other allowances. An employment order would mean more people would work and more people would stay at home so the taxpayer would not get caught

circumstances where it can allow an elderly parent to right-size and live independently. Similarly, and my party colleague Deputy Lahart correctly identified this as a common concern, it may allow the elderly parents of an adult child with special needs to live independently but still close … construction methods, I was heartened to see the development of the 3D-printed homes in County Louth. I tabled a parliamentary question to the Minister's Department and was heartened by the openness on the part of the Department, but as a new way of home construction

Bill progresses unchanged, we will have seen an expansion from 15 junior Ministers in early 2015 to 23 today. We in the Labour Party are convinced the creation of these new posts will not prove to be value for money for the State or the taxpayer. The Minister … overnight allowance for eligible Ministers is over €1.5 million per year or €7.5 million over the lifetime of the Government, not including pension, office or establishment costs. In addition to the annual TD salary of €113,679, the new Ministers will receive a Minister of State allowance

health services in Ireland modern, person-centred, and accessible. It is my hope that 2025 will see us all work together, across all parties, to reduce the stigma associated with mental health difficulties, to promote the message that recovery is possible, and to emphasise the common message that … services, including community child and adolescent mental health services, CAMHS. Officials in the Department have been working diligently with the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel and the Office of the Attorney General, along with key stakeholders such as the HSE, the Mental Health Commission, the College of Psychiatrists