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they are gaming the system at this stage and trying to drive up prices. That might be something that the Government could look at. If you want miscellaneous provisions, there is a whole area there that could regulate that market a lot better and stop them driving

Olympic Games and the World Athletics Championships. To conclude, any visit to Midleton is a good visit. I would be more than happy to join Deputy McCarthy and Councillor Cocking. The tie between the people of Ireland and the Choctaw Nation is something we cannot stop reminding people

taken at home. We will also continue our endeavours to use our influence to persuade the international community to take appropriate action and stop this conflict. Much has been made in this debate of moral imperatives. It is clear that the moral imperative in Ireland … most effective in attempting to mitigate and end the suffering of the Palestinian people. Reducing this conflict to one or two particular football games does not achieve that objective. For good reasons, governments should not interfere with international sports federations nor national governing bodies of sport, particularly

seven out of ten people going to prison should be the point where the State intervenes to address the factors by which we stop the next reoffending, the next victims being hurt and the next communities being terrorised. Quite clearly, there is no capacity to do that … that those notes, those insights to trauma, those written words that capture probably decades of oppression, victimhood, beatings and abuse are all fair game for a victim's judicial exploitation at trial. The justice committee heard overwhelming evidence on this and recommended in no uncertain terms, a complete

plan, which will shape the future of Ireland. Our many goals include fast-tracking planning for critical projects and reforming judicial reviews to stop endless delays. I want to highlight one project that has not been subject to a judicial review but seems to have come … Today we heard that the M50 is officially full and this would have taken the pressure off. This project will be a game changer for the areas of north Kildare and west Dublin. Considering the growth of population and the proposed growth of these areas, we need

have in this case been rogue players in overfishing mackerel. They need to accept that this is utterly wrong. They need to stop the overfishing and there needs to be a real approach from Europe in terms of justice for our people. We are a small country … have very strong representation in Europe. In terms of our permanent representation and the Department of the marine, we need to up our game on. I proposed a "Fish Ireland" office, where the industry and our Department would be hand in hand, permanently based in Europe, promoting

still have to go ahead and do so. We passed sanctions against Russia, quite correctly, and we need to stop the pussyfooting on the occupied territories Bill - no half measures. There have been no half measures from the terrorist state of Israel in the past two years: hospitals … intimidation of people in the West Bank. That continues. That is why this Bill is so important. We all know what the game plan of Israel is. It is to make sure that there cannot be a two-state solution, break up the West Bank in so many

cannot continue? I believe that, in Ireland, we have. I support the occupied territories Bill but let us be honest, it will not stop a single bullet from being fired. It will not save a single Palestinian child from starving to death the way they … Ireland yesterday and this morning will have seen reports from UNICEF, which is an independent broker and has no skin in the game other than to represent what is happening, telling us about the atrocities that are happening to children. It is a disturbing set of events

energy credits are a solution but because they can be done here and now. Energy credits were only ever meant to be a stop-gap measure that would provide the time and place for the Government to deal with the necessary reforms, for the powers to be given … have not seen sufficient movement over years and years in an industry in which at one time we were ahead of the game. I have to ask not about what the Government has done but about what it was forced to do by the fuel protesters. That

legally binding employment regulation orders, setting fair floors for wages and working conditions. They have helped to root out rogue operators and stop unfair competition based on low pay where a bad employer is undercut by a worse one. The hotel sector is a case in point … That is a travesty for those workers and it is bad for the sector's good employers that want to play a fair game. Boycotts like that leave us with a race to the bottom. That is why I believe the Bill is so vital. It would enact

calling on the Government to stop all US and Israeli military use of Irish airspace and airports. Caithfidh an Rialtas stop a chur le húsáid aerspás agus aerfoirt na hÉireann ag fórsaí mileáta na Stát Aontaithe agus Iosrael. We must implement the occupied territories Bill. That … what it is, a breach of international law. Least of all, how in God's name can Ireland play Israel in a game of soccer with a genocidal war going on? The Government should support the FAI to boycott that game that will legitimise apartheid and a genocidal

what people involved in football in the FAI, in Ireland, are saying, 89% of delegates say that they do not want this game to go ahead. That is the democratic body of the FAI. Two thirds of professional footballers are saying they do not want this … directly targeted. Hospitals have been directly targeted. Humanitarian refugee camps have been deliberately targeted. Aid has been refused. Medicines and food have been stopped at the border and even now are being delayed. What is getting through is barely a trickle. This is the same football association that

grateful if the Minister could look at this. As I said, I contacted him and while I know it is late in the game, I hope he will be able to do something for some of these struggling cinemas, especially the rural ones. On the flat-rate scheme … just a number; it is feed, fencing, diesel and vet bills. It is a cut to farmers' bottom line, and it does not stop there. The new rules could force more small, mixed-income farms into full VAT registration, adding paperwork, stress and costs. If a farmer earns

people seem to be taken in by it. Planning is a balance. As I said at the outset, this is not about stopping it; it is about having a balance in the planning system which is not there at the moment. Many constituents have asked me who exactly … tell you anything else. These companies, their solicitors, their planning experts and all the consultants they have hired are on top of this game. There is big money in this and big investment firms behind it. Bord na Móna has been somewhat better in taking the concerns

homes and the total destruction of Gaza and its infrastructure, roads, wastewater plants and everything else. It is clear what the Israeli game plan is here. It is the fragmentation and occupation of the West Bank. The news today was an escalation and expansion of that … have a huge effect because the amount of trade is limited but look at what happened when the Dunnes Stores workers stopped selling South African fruit. Look at what that snowballed into. It brought apartheid down, or helped to bring it down

leaders in government. For a rationale debate, we need to make appeals to truth, not fears. For a calm debate, we need to stop exaggerating, misrepresenting and facilitating the endless conveyer belt of online lies which too often end up in diluted form on the floor of this … When you look at the approach taken recently, we are not seeing that leadership. We are actually seeing a bit of a blame game going on within the coalition. Throughout the last Government, we regularly saw Fianna Fáil backbenchers coming out briefing against Helen McEntee, when

failure. We have also seen failure in the number of houses delivered because of the lack of infrastructure. If there were any sports games on today, all the field positions would be covered. Ireland should be looked at in that way. The Ministers Deputy Martin will appoint should … businesses and small SMEs are failing to remain open. The Government gave grants for new businesses, which only last for two years before stopping, but it has not looked after the existing businesses and helped to keep them going. Let us look at the carbon tax, which

government in 1994 has now ballooned into a record four. How many will it ultimately end up being if the Government is not stopped in the courts? Their role in the secret deals between Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and the groups of Independent TDs is revealed … clearly in breach of that. I do not know whether it was conscious or unconscious, but former Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar, gave away the game about this when he wrote in The Sunday Times three weeks ago that the super junior Ministries were used "to get around the 'rule

motor accidents. This would enable drivers and passengers to get quick and fair compensation without the legal battles and the endless blame game we are so familiar with. We should also empower the Injuries Resolution Board by making it the default and the binding route for most personal … ensure that where there are premium reductions, they are actually being passed on to the motorists. There should be profit disclosure rules to stop hidden profit shifting through re-insurance or through reverse manipulation. What would the outcome of these measures be? It would lower costs for consumers

involved in coaching the local soccer club, they need Garda vetting again. If they are involved in something like the community games, Garda vetting is required again. This is clogging up the system. There is a serious lack of joined-up thinking in relation to the process around … would cover all organisations. This would make a huge difference to all the groups and to the Garda vetting process and it would stop unnecessary clogging up the system with multiple applications

stand here to fully support this motion and demand action, not excuses. We did not come into politics to play the insider game. Independent Ireland stands outside the cosy circle where one party covers for the other and waste and scandal get buried under spin and public relations … jump through environmental hoops while the Department cannot even manage a tender process without doubling the cost. Independent Ireland was founded to stop this nonsense, to stand up for the people who follow the rules and demand that the Government follow the rules too. This is a rotten

whole life to training and preparing to excel in his or her sport, is about to do Ireland proud at the Olympic Games or to line out for the county i bPáirc an Chrócaigh for an all-Ireland final. Imagine turning on RTÉ to see the news … Olympic medals for Ireland and the Sam Maguire to boot, proving that RTÉ could have done more in the first instance. Ach níor stop sé sin RTÉ. Lean sé ar aghaidh ag scaradh amach na Sé Chontae go rialta. Le déanaí, ní raibh fáil ag daoine

different by the time they get to the end of the process. It is hypocrisy, two-faced and unacceptable. The Government needs to stop doing it and be real with the people and honest about the process. I was on radio yesterday debating this with a backbencher … because it constituted indirect advertising of the full-strength alcoholic version, which was prohibited in law. That is why when one watches the games in France, they are called the H Cup but in Ireland they are called the Heineken Cup. They have tackled this issue in other

over. We need common sense above all else. An focal scoir. Many small, ordinary landlords tell me they are out of the game. What we will be doing with this legislation taking away so many houses beforehand. The magic thing might happen afterwards, or it might not work … something to build houses and allow the people who can build their own houses to build them. They are being nobbled and stopped

recent example of the alcohol industry flouting the law is the Six Nations rugby championship. Anybody watching the home games would have seen the Guinness logo emblazoned all across the field of play with a "0.0" tag at the end. The Guinness branding and logo are iconic. Anyone … identified a loophole in the law and it is exploiting it. Why would it not? No one, including the Minister for Health, is stopping it. We cannot allow it to continue to just add 0% to the end of advertisements with absolutely no change to the branding, name