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making progress. Because of the way that had escalated, it needed to go out to tender in a proper, formal way that is legally watertight and so on. That simply had to happen. Deputies Séamus McGrath and Pádraig O'Sullivan were focusing on the city centre itself … south of the River Lee, the LDA is doing good work with the city council. This is a good example of how State agencies working together can deliver a lot. Iarnród Éireann has also been very facilitative. I remind Deputy Gould that the Kent Station transformation reflects very

action, the foot is absolutely coming off the pedal in that area. There is nothing in this budget to help farmers meet the legal obligations they will have to undertake under the nature restoration law. Will we just ignore the fact we signed up to that and hope … homes that so desperately has to be undertaken. I have a question that maybe the Minister of State or another Minister can come back to me on about the State's commitment to global climate finance. There is no mention of this in the expenditure document. The Taoiseach

mór mór d'Orla Ryan, Aoife Kavanagh agus Laura McCormack They gave us great help. These supports from the Office of Parliamentary Legal Advisors, OPLA, are essential for Opposition TDs in order that we can both hold the Government to account and work constructively with it to introduce … make it difficult to understand a consumer's right to repair different items, so we will need our own legislation and our own State-wide measures. For example, eco design regulations only apply to a few products covered through the product-specific regulations, leaving other products unregulated

many people have been stating. Rather, this year's theme, as defined by the United Nations, was ensuring and strengthening access to justice for all women and girls. It looked at ways in which we can build fairer, more inclusive legal systems, remove discriminatory laws and practices … Being Safe", places a strong emphasis on eradicating violence and eliminating all forms of harassment against women and commits to delivering high-quality services for women and children who have experienced domestic, sexual or gender-based violence. Alongside that and ensuring that our approach is gender-sensitive

sick and wounded and those caring for them. Yet we have seen time and again a blatant disregard for these international and legally binding humanitarian norms in this conflict. A dangerous technology and arms race is intensifying the conflict between the SAF and RSF, with dire consequences … causing damage to critical civilian infrastructure. The extensive destruction of civilian infrastructure, including energy, food, water and sanitation systems, deprives people of the services essential to their survival. This is why we fully support the critical infrastructure initiative, led by the EU and the EU special representative

sector. For a start, it is my belief that a minimum wage should not be undercut by anything. Under-18s who are legally eligible to work should be at least paid the minimum wage. An apprentice learning his or her trade should be paid at least the minimum … person who contacted me stated that he was only given a visa for eight months even though he has another two years to go on his apprenticeship. I commend the contribution of Youth Work Ireland and youth groups across the country. The services and courses they provide

toll of innocents is an affront to humanity. Tens of thousands have been injured and left permanently disabled without the medical attention and services they require. I was told by a high-ranking UN official in recent days of children having to incur amputations without anaesthetics because Israel … human rights in the West Bank do not go unchecked. Against this background, I view the two-state solution not as an aspiration but as an absolute legal obligation. There can be no interests that outweigh the fundamental principles of human rights. I welcomed the decisions

citizen to being a suspect. This is another example of pushing for adoption of technology first and dealing with the consequences later. The legal and criminal justice systems cannot become the testing ground where we move fast and break things. People's lives, justice for victims … justice. The administration of justice is a balance of the rights, not a practice of finding what is most convenient for the State while leaving us vulnerable to unsafe convictions and miscarriages of justice. Caithfidh muid cearta an ghnáthdhuine a chosaint. Faoin dlí, go dtí go bhfuil duine

home tuition, school places, the domiciliary care allowance or, most critical, any therapy. The message that families receive is simple: no assessment, no services. More than 15,000 children have been waiting for more than six months for an assessment of need, and the HSE predicts that could … will it guarantee that identified needs are actually met? How will need be recorded, tracked and enforced? Will these written pathways have legal standing? Will they include timelines and entitlements to therapy or will they become yet another document that families cannot rely on? We cannot let this

that the Labour Party has been behind much of this progress. It was the Labour Party that gave the first ever legal protections to gay and lesbian people by amending the Prohibition of Incitement to Hatred Act. In 1993, we delivered on our promise to abolish the criminal … campaigner around the decriminalisation of homosexuality. In 2018, on the 25th anniversary of that decriminalising of homosexuality, the Labour Party secured an official State apology for gay and bisexual men. We have yet to see any real, meaningful steps by the Government to disregard these convictions, however

aged 16 in recent years. The Bill before the House is a little different, however. The advice from the Office of the Parliamentary Legal Advisers, OPLA, tells us we cannot differentiate between local and general elections. Research tells us we should avoid partial enfranchisement. It is therefore incumbent … work with youth services and youth groups. Ahead of every election, young people are talking about candidates, parties, manifestos or pledges but, more importantly, they are talking about the issues that face them in the same way they face the Minister of State

gender-based violence in Irish society. The programme for Government commits to tackling this epidemic as a major priority. As Minister of State with responsibility for international law, law reform and youth justice; I have a key role in supporting the Minister and Government colleagues to keep driving … comprehensive O'Malley Review of Protections for Vulnerable Witnesses in the Investigation and Prosecution of Sexual Offences, including around anonymity and legal representation in certain contexts. It also introduced a provision relating to character references in sexual offence cases. Now, regardless of whether a reference is being provided

staffing and retention across primary care, CAMHS and disability services. We heard the same critical message from professional bodies, disability organisations and service providers that the AON crisis cannot be separated from chronic workforce shortages and inadequate service capacity. They are different organisations with different professional perspectives … need in order to access health services. Formally, that is the case as a child can be referred directly to those services but there is an enormous difference between having a pathway by which somebody can be referred to a service and actually being able to get assessed

already illegal and enforcement powers exist. As outlined by the Minister of State, Deputy Canney, the Government is now moving swiftly to introduce new regulations that will help to bring additional legal clarity to the existing position that scramblers are banned for use on the road in almost … This will be supported by local performance monitoring and strategic collaboration with key partners to improve road safety. Progress towards achieving this service goal will be reported to and assessed by the Policing and Community Safety Authority. At the end of December 2025 in the latest data

something deeply broken in how we treat survivors of sexual violence in this country. I am not just talking about the underfunded services or the months-long waiting lists, although they are a part of it. I am talking about what happens when somebody does everything … credibility apart. A Cheann Comhairle, the absolute antithesis of justice is the retraumatising of its victims. This is retraumatising by design. It is State-sanctioned cruelty. That is why I support Deputy Coppinger's Bill today. Right now we allow defence teams in sexual offence cases to apply

answered. There are other views on drones. I have been contacted by residents in my area who are supportive and find the service useful, and I absolutely recognise that. That is why getting a balance here is important, but a balance is not achieved by allowing one company … couple of companies to do what they want and everyone else just has to react to that. That is why the State needs to step in in a legislative manner. I will briefly set out some of the key provisions of my Bill for the record

closure of a business, the Redundancy Payments Acts apply and provide a statutory minimum redundancy entitlement for employees with a set period of service. Apart from redundancy, outstanding wages, holiday pay, commission and bonuses are protected by the Payment of Wages Act 1991. The Minimum Notice and Terms … Supreme Court’s decision in Glegola found that the directive was not fully transposed into Irish law. The Department then got clear legal advice that this failure in transposing the directive has subsisted since 1983 and, therefore, this Bill needs to make provision for all the people

will see up to 90 therapists working in 45 special schools across the country as part of the initial roll-out of this service. The intention is that very quickly that will spread to the remaining special schools, to mainstream schools as well as special classes in them … predecessors in this role, the Minister, Deputy Foley, the Minister of State, Deputy Naughton, and Josepha Madigan, who have continued to bring this important work to this stage and I was privileged with the Minister of State, Deputy Moynihan, to launch the report of the review last week

thank the library and research service for the paper it prepared on this Bill. It was very helpful to me in preparing my contribution for today, as I am sure it was for many of us. Déanann sí scoth na hoibre chun a chinntiú go bhfuilimid mar reachtóirí … money they are owed that has been denied to them. I welcome the prospect of employees who have previously been left in a legal limbo as to their entitlements now being assured that they have grounds to claim their wage arrears, holiday pay, payment in lieu of notice

Minister's constituency or anything in Limerick. They might build something in the docklands of Cork, in the constituency of the Minister of State, Deputy McGrath, but I do not think the hard-working constituents he well-represents at our committee when we talk about affordable homes think … rents the number of families and children entering emergency accommodation rose for one reason and one reason only; an inability to pay a legally sanctioned rent increase from the Government, which forced them into homelessness. It was double-digit rental inflation. Rent pressure zones put some level

world can support, manage and survive without the support of the public. That has been the case since the inception of the State and the setting up of the Garda Síochána. However, there are many issues related to the Bill that we are not happy with. I recently … local Garda station and that you have to ring 999, which service dispatches the local car. It could be 100 miles away. It is the same as what we have with the HSE and the ambulance service. All is not well in the Garda and we need many

people in emergency accommodation and we have a broken planning process. A total of 22,200 children are waiting on their legal entitled assessment of needs. Critical infrastructure is not planned for or delivered. This is the legacy of Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael for 100 years … service on it. We have built hundreds of local authority houses and affordable houses through approved housing bodies in the area but there is no bus connection. Rail services, where they exist, are very slow and very sparse. For instance, we have the Castleconnell to Limerick city service

openly available to citizens in other European countries. That is not to call into question the effectiveness or the fairness of their legal systems; it is just different. However, because of that difference, we have to create that balancing act between the two to ensure that there … Union and we have benefited enormously from co-operation with other European Union states whether through international co-operation on criminal justice matters, trade, travel or the free movement of ideas, goods and services, and all of the principles that we have come to take for granted

significant value uplift accrued to purchasers rather to the State. Basically, the State exited too early. We know that NAMA's mandate pushed it towards rapid de-leveraging rather than long-term value creation. The agency itself stated in its 2014 annual report that it was accelerating disposals … land for certain developers and led to speculation. It got to the stage that by 2006, most of the State's revenues were coming through services. In the 2008 and 2009 period, we absolutely had global pressures and a global collapse. It was not, obviously, endemic to Ireland

funded and supervised by State entities. Neither the church nor the State intervened to prevent mistreatment. The Catholic Church, in particular, is known to have acted as a sort of shadow welfare State, operating institutions on behalf of the State, with the State abdicating responsibility to vulnerable children … State is no longer able to outsource or neglect the care of the most vulnerable in our society. I am thinking of those who are still in congregated settings, those children who come here as unaccompanied minors and who are in State care, and children in State care