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wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 39 and the name of the Member in each case: Deputy Mark Wall - To discuss the provision of an hourly train service for Athy. Deputy Paula Butterly … discuss the rule preventing widows, widowers and surviving civil partners from receiving illness benefit. Deputy Malcolm Byrne - To discuss ongoing human rights abuses against the Uyghurs. Deputy David Cullinane - To discuss the development of a youth mental health centre for the south-east. Deputy Eoghan Kenny - To discuss

this House and elsewhere in recent times in respect of various headline-grabbing projects, but that does not mean criticism and critique are not warranted or that these overspends do not need to be addressed and debated. On the contrary, the public has a right to feel Departments … because the hard-working people of the OPW do not deserve to become a byword for waste in the media or in this House. This is not just a people problem; it is a process problem. The processes by which the State and its agencies go about capital

work out new proposals. We no longer hear about its manifesto. The only thing Sinn Féin has mentioned here is freezing the current housing situation. How does that give us more homes? That does not solve anything, as Deputy Ó Broin knows full well. We have … from the far right being introduced here. Ordinary people cannot be expected to understand the procedures in a Chamber like this. Procedures are not political. Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael, Independents, the Labour Party and the Social Democrats do not own the procedures; the House does. Yet, the Opposition

housing list. She was eligible for social housing at that stage. I will not get all political about the reason we have a housing crisis. The Minister of State will well know that and, I assume, will take some responsibility for it. In 2015, Janet was viciously assaulted … mean that the woman nearly died. She will bear the scars of that for the rest of her life. Her former partner was rightly sent to prison for a long time and she left the area where they had been living. That area is in Dublin city

provided. That is not necessarily workable because those auxiliary buses are there for specific instances, particularly with all the hybrid working right now, and when we add in concerts, school events, weekend events, etc. There needs to be the flexibility of an auxiliary service whereby if people … houses yet to be built in areas like Clonburris and Adamstown, where people cannot get basic amenities like parking spaces and where there is no solution for putting in a cable to charge an EV. People are told not to worry about it because they are right beside

across the EU, and rightly so. I note the Minister's assessment of the Bill and its contents earlier on. In recent weeks, there have been protests at the Central Bank of Ireland calling for action and regardless of what side of the House or political spectrum … bound by the Genocide Convention and not bound by international humanitarian law. Of course, Ms Mahony is correct. Nobody in their right mind can argue that an EU regulation could force any institution in the State to be complicit in genocide and the Government must act to make

termination of pregnancy services. We have taken a number of important actions to give effect to that, on which I will update the House. In line with the programme for Government, all 19 maternity hospitals are now providing termination of pregnancy services. There has also been a continuous … increase in the number of community providers, which currently stands at 487. That is hugely significant in the context of respecting women's rights and choices. My Department also approved the revised model of care, introduced during the Covid period, as the enduring model of care. Under

forced to go on strike to rightly seek wage increases. These are wage increases that are, effectively, chasing rising rents, rising commuting costs and a rising cost of living in large part because the Government has failed to invest in housing and in enough public transport

housing crisis in this country so the houses can get built. In relation to villages, we have introduced developer-led infrastructure to allow developers to be able to provide wastewater facilities in our villages, which is absolutely crucial. Deputy Stanley rightly points out using over the shop units

enough. We have councillors elected right across the country and there are chief executives. It is up to each local authority to decide their situation. There is also a need for fairness in relation to rent. We provide a lot of social housing in this country and there

paperwork needed to enter his house? No, he would not. Why do we use one law for one thing and another law for the other? This Bill is very important and it is very important that we get it right. It is very important that we look after

amendments, you hope you are proven right but you are also hoping you are proven wrong because that means the officials and those who are better at drawing up legislation have covered the angles where, on this side of the House, we sometimes see an issue, and have

Citywest Hotel, a facility housing asylum seekers. The suspect, an asylum applicant with a deportation order, had remained in the country despite being refused protection earlier this year, making the attacker here an illegal immigrant. The people are rightly alarmed. We need an urgent and honest debate here

want to mislead the House. I am not aware that they are not on track but I will check and come back to the Deputy on that today. Yes, we are on track for 2027. As the Deputy rightly said at the outset, I do not want

tens of millions in this sector right now. We have put the legislative infrastructure in place. That was done in the previous Dáil. I had the honour of bringing forward the Maritime Area Planning Act, which was passed in this House, although it was not supported by everyone

local authorities will have standards, rightly so. For this scheme to not allow for recoupable costs with any sort of refurbishment works will, in and of itself, restrict a significant proportion of units being considered for this process. A house must be used for two years

Dáil. Their silence is deafening right now. Where are the statements from the leader of Fine Gael about the Senator Martin Conway affair? How can we not get the leader of Fine Gael, the Tánaiste, to come into this House to answer questions? Will the Taoiseach finally tell

relation to family law matters, including domestic abuse, coercive control and contested expert evidence; and — provide clear guidance to parents on their rights and obligations under any new transparency system, including how they may seek support and engage with accredited reporters, without breaching court rules. As the Minister … said that she had proved in court that Tusla lied in sworn affidavits. She said that judges tell Tusla to get its house in order but that nothing changes and that Tusla blocks children from speaking to verify the truth. She said that some lies are disgusting

responsibility. Supports for older people are absolutely vital and in today's society, of course, many older people are renters in precarious housing and many are struggling with rising household bills in today's cost-of-living crisis. People, paid and unpaid, work hard all their lives … they always support their communities, their families and themselves. Important supports and services are there for people to thrive because people deserve the right to be secure and have their basic needs met. Again, this is not a privilege but a right. Older people should not be working

digital evidence for serious crime investigations. It is about how we make sure that the digital world is one where laws are enforced, rights are safeguarded and the technology giants upon which so much of modern life depends play their part and are held accountable. I understand that … past when implementing EU directives or regulations with fixed application dates. However, the seriously reduced opportunity to engage with this Bill in the House is both unfortunate and somewhat disrespectful to Members. Given the package was first endorsed in the EU in 2023, it really beggars belief that

asylum seekers. Dozens and dozens of properties bought, no problem at all. That is real homes, real apartments and real three-bed houses being handed over to people who arrive here, often with no valid ID, no legitimate claim to asylum and many coming from safe countries. They … This is madness. This is discrimination against Irish citizens in their own country. It gets worse. The Government's new rules on tenancy rights, the residential tenancies (amendment) legislation, is driving small property landlords out of the market in droves. I warned about this in the Chamber before

months. The expansion of the fuel allowance to those on the working family payment would see a surge of 50,000 new houses qualifying for the warmer homes scheme. If we expand eligibility without expanding delivery capacity, we will simply deepen frustration, lengthen queues and worsen energy poverty … basic right to a warm home. We need timelines, capacity and an action plan or the scheme will continue to fail the very people it was created to protect. People in their 90s who applied in quarter 3 of 2024 will not be alive when their houses

lives and on their mental health. One person homeless is one too many. The numbers we have in homelessness are unacceptable to me. Housing delivery at the scale and pace we require is not something the Government can achieve alone. Nor is it something that any one sector … public and private sectors; and between planners, developers, infrastructure providers, financers and communities themselves so we can deliver the homes we need right across this country. Achieving the delivery of 300,000 new homes under Delivering Homes, Building Communities requires an estimated €20 billion of development finance

This is right and just. The war unleashed on Ukraine is absolutely wrong. Aontú will support the reduction in the rate of payment under the scheme. The scheme that was created was uneven, unfair and discriminatory for those seeking accommodation or housing. It created a two-tier support

They are becoming more right-wing and more clearly pro-capitalist. We need a left that is more left, more anti-capitalist and puts up a challenge and an alternative. Socialists in this Dáil will demand the resources we need for the housing crisis, disability, autism and care