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during the last Government, I dread to think what kind of housing crisis we will have. It continues to escalate. In my view, if the Government keeps on taking the same policies, adding fuel to the fire with house prices and throwing renters into the fire, the situation

enough for the people of Cork and certainly does not go far enough for the people of Cork North-Central. Regarding the housing crisis and the housing emergency we are in, this Government says it will build 300,000 houses by 2030. That may sound good but where … been addressed in this document. The Government has not addressed the cost of living either. We all accept that everything, from fuel to food, is getting more expensive but this Government is doing nothing. It will say in the programme for Government that it will increase

been suggested by some in the tech sector that AI has a massive role to play in helping us to address the climate crisis and that the positives of AI will outweigh the negatives. I do not doubt that it certainly can have some impact in helping … rules to state that data centres must be powered with clean energy. What is stopping data centres from importing and using more dirty fuel at precisely the time we should be moving away from this? The CRU must clarify in the finalised rules that data centres have

have often raised the issue of speed limits this week. I was on two radio programmes this morning explaining the situation and the crisis we in west Cork find ourselves in. There are so many roads, including local roads, and we did not have an issue. There will … have gone out of the Chamber but he is saying “You shouldn’t have an electric vehicle. You shouldn’t have a fossil fuel vehicle. You shouldn’t have an SUV vehicle” because he lives in Dublin and he probably cycles around Dublin so he expects people

America. This contradiction undermines the credibility of the deal. The agreement completely undermines efforts toward sustainable food production and tackling the global climate crisis. Addressing these concerns requires robust enforcement of environmental protections and harmonisation of food safety regulations to ensure that trade expansion does not come … chains and food processors have significant control over pricing, sometimes paying farmers less than the cost of production. Meanwhile, input costs such as fuel, feed, and fertilizer continue to rise which cuts into the margins of small farmers in particular. If we want a strong and sustainable future