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This applies not just to that lady but to anyone in a similar position. They have no right to appeal and they then have to reapply to go on the housing list, which in Cork city takes five months on average. Where should they live for the five

listen carefully to what he says and what other colleagues contribute. We want to get this right. I must be honest with the Deputy in the House about what I think the consequence of his amendment would be. It is true that there is no definition

agreement is damaging to politics. It is not the case. There is no imposition on the State's right to regulate, as I have extensively explained to the House during this legislative process. If we do not ratify this or make a decision not to ratify this

they come and go with each academic year. This is in law. It passed through these Houses and is now enshrined in the rental acts, and rightly

came into the Chamber, I was listening to a lot of the contributions. They were almost identical right across the line. Rural planning was one area raised, housing was another and funding for councils was also referenced. In my case, in County Galway, underfunding is a critical issue

projects. As part of that, it states what this investment will support. It supports large energy user growth, housing growth and other industrial and economic growth. That is right and proper. In this discussion, data centres are treated by some as a negative. They underpin tens of thousands

heating oil. It can do what we have set out in our legislation. This could happen right here right now. We could bring a financial resolution before the House and tonight we could cut the cost of petrol, diesel and home heating oil but the Government refuses

Department going to provide data - even general data - on the distance between a disabled person's house and their community of origin? This is a human rights issue and data on it should be recorded

strategy that goes up to the end of 2026. It shows that Government, and every Member of this House, is taking this issue extremely seriously. The Deputy is right about the numbers of individuals who are responding to Women's Aid. Indeed, An Garda Síochána got over

Next Tuesday morning, 14-year-old Cara Darmody, the disability rights campaigner, will commence a 50-hour protest outside Leinster House. It is about the failure of the Government to deliver assessments of need to children within the legal six-month period. There are 15,000 children affected

will build into society and life. These special needs assistants have been a huge resource right through. Unfortunately - or fortunately, I am not sure - I am long enough in this House to remember when the special needs assistant was a community employment, CE, worker, way back … know. They had to fight right through the summer. Everybody else knew in September or October of the previous year where they would be going. My commitment to this is extremely strong. I will work with all Members of the House on any queries or challenges they have

this proposed to be dealt with here and then 48 hours later it was taken off? The Minister might explain that to the House. The first of these motions would designate all EU candidate countries as safe countries of origin. This will include Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia … tested by the courts as to its compatibility with the Constitution on any grounds, including human rights grounds. It will escape constitutional scrutiny as EU law because the two Houses have on a day like today - a Thursday afternoon at the beginning of July in 2025 - opted into

proposals. I firmly believe that every politician who puts his or her name on a ballot paper and got elected to this House deserves to have his or her voice heard. Deciding to enter public life is not easy; it means long hours, time away from … this was unfair, because I firmly believe the vast majority of people enter public life for the right reasons. Every day, we are fortunate to come in to this House and represent, to the best of our ability, the public who elected us. We do so knowing that

only a month ago. She had the bravery to go out on Friday for Daffodil Day, like so many other volunteers right across the country, to do some fundraising for the Irish Cancer Society. I do not know where people gather the strength to do things like that … make sure that compassion, care and transport is provided for patients. I thank all my colleagues around the House who contributed on this most important topic of cancer services right across the island of Ireland. While many of our services deliver excellent, high-quality care, I acknowledge

desirable for Ireland to apply the same updated rules as other member states. As a result, what we are asking the House to do today is to approve the exercise by the State of the opt-in or direction under Protocol 21 to take part in the adoption … into this proposal will expire on 13 May 2025. It is desirable that Ireland should exercise its right to opt into this amending regulation. Therefore, I ask the House to approve the opt-in in this amendment to the proposed regulation

like. What the actors and performers were saying in the Houses again today is that, in this sector, you are blacklisted if you do not accept a buy-out contract. Under EU law, you have a right to royalties from the future exploitation of your work in film … employment relationship with you and that, if you dare assert your rights, you will not work again. Some of the people who were here today said that, since they first came to these Houses and brought these issues to the attention of an Oireachtas committee, they have

have been very lucky. One brutal fall of rain during that period would have meant hundreds of houses were flooded in the general Dundalk area. There were problems right through mid-Louth and into north Louth, and even in the area where Ravensdale connects with Jonesborough. Councillor Antóin … area that has infrastructure dating back 20 or 30 years and even longer. There has obviously been an increase in the number of houses - and we need to see more of that - some have been affected by the lack of wastewater capacity. We have the likes of WuXi

Minister of State will appreciate, with rapidly growing communities, there is a demand for space. It is right that the Government’s top priority be the provision of housing, but we also need to provide sporting, cultural and community facilities. That is critical. I would also

this matter. I fully acknowledge that very country has a right, even an obligation, in regard to its national security. However, that cannot become a cover for not providing assistance that could and should be provided. This House and successive Governments have constructively put forward proposals … framework on legacy, whereby truth, reconciliation and justice can be accessed by people right across this island. It would be extraordinarily helpful for the British Government to recognise the express wish of this House and come forward with that information

that benefit everybody in terms of the cost of fuel at the pump. That was the important and right thing to do. What the Deputy is highlighting in this House today concerns renters. I say this respectfully; I hear other people highlighting different aspects in media and newspaper … accept there is a watering down. There is a change but it is not a watering down. We have to get the balance right here. I do not think anybody intended, or certainly I did not - I not sure the Deputy did - that there would be a situation

that have been conducted across the board in different areas, €500 million has been spent on inquiries. The House needs to think about that. People get very annoyed, and rightly so, about individual projects that might cost €1 million of an overrun and they talk about value … public inquiry that will last years, and, believe me, it will last years. Look at Siteserv. I think Deputy Murphy was in the House at the time. He will recall how there was meant to be ten modules and it took us years

meet the needs of service users of Liberty Street House. The integration of services will mean that the services provided within Liberty Street House will align under the proposed structures of the front door teams. Front door teams are a feature of the new Tusla referral and service … respond to the needs of children, young people and families in the right way at the right time. The preventive aspect of work undertaken in the Liberty Street House services will align with family support and safety and welfare structures. All relevant cases in Liberty Street House services

issue of side-by-side rebuilding under the defective concrete scheme through amendments, a motion in the House and parliamentary questions. This is happening in people's homes right now. For many families, side-by-side building is the only workable way to rebuild while staying within their … dealing with a family in Carrowkeel who have a child who is severely disabled. They are currently dealing with electrical issues with their house because it is structurally unsound and is moving. That child, who will be 18 next week, is on an air mattress and when

orders for new illegal settlement construction in 2025, and that this current political context requires States to actively defend international law and human rights, and deliver on their prior commitments, rather than delaying or rolling them back; and calls on the Government to: — accept the recommendation … shameful. Stop dancing to the tune of Donald Trump and the White House; the enablers of the genocide in Palestine. Do what was promised to the Irish people. Do what is right for the Palestinians and for humanity. If the Government has any respect for international

have taken the time to examine it carefully, to read the report and compare it directly with what is now before the House. On the basis of that research, one thing is absolutely clear. The new and - let us be clear - intrusive elements of this Bill have … ourselves how glaring gaps were allowed to pass unnoticed. We will ask how powers affecting rights were normalised without debate and how trust was eroded so quietly. No one in this House wants to see victims of crime let down, nor do we want to slow down legislation