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more every year in after-tax income that renters will be expected to pay. What nurse, teacher, garda or retail worker can afford that? What will happen to our critical public services when staff cannot afford their rents? What will happen to our cities and our towns when … homeless because of this legislation today? I welcome some aspects of the legislation. The Social Democrats have fought for a long time for improved security for renters and for a rent price register. However, the impact of some positive reforms is going to be completely swallowed

dining table to study on and then asked to do work on the adjacent Airbnb the landlord was renting out, where 12 building workers were residing. This is going on in Clonsilla, in Dublin 15. Fair play to that tenant for fighting that and for winning the case … thirds higher than the Celtic tiger peak. The Government is benefiting landlords at every single turn. Then we have a social crisis where we cannot get essential workers whom we need to bring down the CDNT waiting lists, to work in the schools, etc. We had one case

concerns about energy costs and prices, I welcome the opportunity to discuss the wider social protection elements of this important aspect. This year, the Department of Social Protection will spend €25.9 billion in social welfare expenditure supporting pensioners, carers, people with disabilities, jobseekers and families in every parish … support payment and the working family payment are also available to achieve this end. The Department of Social Protection is currently developing a successor strategy to the roadmap for social inclusion, which is the national poverty reduction strategy, for the period from 2026 to 2030. With regard

country. That parliamentary question showed 85% registered at the International Protection Office in Mount Street. I scratched my head wondering why people were registering for asylum in Mount Street when they were coming through ports and airports. When I went back to the Minister, Deputy McEntee … That has not been done, in the main. There are hundreds of examples of European citizens living in Ireland who are dependent on social welfare and not earning a living, and Jozef Puška was a prime example of that. He did not work in this country from