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presidential election.In this case, we had one of those parties imposing a diktat, a whip on their councillors, and another of those parties intimating that thou shalt not select anybody else in this particular election.That is a major difficulty. That has significantly reduced the routes to nomination … polls shows that Maria Steen would have achieved 22% of the vote in the election, and yet she has not been allowed on the ballot.That should be a wake-up call for the political establishment. The political establishment should be shocked that people are disengaging from the political

embrace of technology. This will allow us to access funding to embrace technology, move with the times and remain agile, responsive and flexible. He made a point about tertiary education being a combined platform across all the different fields. At the Labour Party conference in the UK, Keir … apprenticeship. That is a much broader, more ambitious and more progressive aim. I conversed with some of my colleagues at the British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly earlier in the week. Deputy Toole mentioned Louth and Meath Education and Training Board and Dunboyne, which is close to my heart

what the Deputy has said and from what we are all aware of, it is very clear that an unfortunate situation has been allowed to develop. A number of coastal states, of which Norway, Iceland and the Faroe Islands form a trio, have, through the unilateral allocation … scientific advice. That has had a huge impact on fish stocks. As the Deputy said, I met fishermen, fisherwomen and other interested parties in Killybegs on 5 October. On 8 October, I met relevant stakeholder groups as part of the annual sustainability impact assessment process. This provided

immediate ceasefire. The unconditional and immediate release of hostages held by Hamas is an absolute imperative. Israel must fully lift the blockade and allow humanitarian assistance at scale into Gaza, delivered by UN agencies including UNRWA and partner humanitarian organisations. It is a sobering reality that famine … father has been killed by the Israelis, there are still siblings and children in Gaza, and we will continue to work with all parties in the House to make sure families can be unified in a timely manner. The Minister, Deputy O'Callaghan, is completely seized of their

hide whose side it is on. Abandoning workers by doing nothing on income tax directly breaks the promises the Minister and his party made during the election campaign. I can read to the Minister from his own manifesto the promises he made during the campaign or indeed … already viable. Between budget day and the end of the month - get this, just 22 days - the Minister told me in a parliamentary question that this VAT cut was going to cost €16 million. That is nearly €1 million a day the Minister is giving to developers

against the backdrop of Ireland running a deficit once the windfall corporation tax receipts are excluded. According to the work of the Parliamentary Budget Office, PBO, in its post-budget analysis, there was a total of €434.2 million announced on budget day in revenue-raising measures, with … some pro-enterprise initiatives in it. It will lead to markedly increased demands for pay increases as the real value of wages is allowed in so many cases to fall. It is my view, and I have argued this time and again, that we should legislate to provide