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tackle the housing and homelessness crisis. It calls on the Government to introduce an emergency response to the crisis, including a ban on no-fault evictions. This call comes from TDs of all parties, including Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil. The committee is right. Such … themselves in homelessness. There are many steps we can take to protect people. A ban on no-fault evictions would provide people in housing difficulty with the safety net they need. It would relieve stress and pressure and give these people the security they need

drove or what house he lived in, but what will matter is the difference that he made in the life of a child. That is integral to what we are discussing here, namely, meeting the needs and embedding rights into our legislation. I will try to confine

recall that the House was virtually unanimous in support of the emergency measures that were brought in at the outset of Russia's war against Ukraine. The temporary protection directive was an emergency measure, as the Minister quite rightly said. I do not think anybody envisaged that

implemented for the houses that are now at risk at the Hole in the Wall beach. Back in 2008, Irish Water wanted to put an artery across Clontarf seafront and cover it with a berm. This was rejected, rightly so, because anyone who was elderly or vulnerable would

territories Bill. Deputy O'Gorman is right. I also felt there was a clear direction in terms of the occupied territories Bill but we have been talking about it for seven years at this stage. This Bill has been before these Houses for seven years. Elections happen, promises

Deputy is entirely right. It is an enormous stressor. Verification is really important. The Deputy has made that point and it is absolutely correct. Child protection and all those aspects are really important and no one in this House would ever do anything to weaken that

know the solution to the housing crisis is to build more homes and renovate and restore thousands of derelict properties across the State. We should also look at measures to bring holiday homes back into use. How many empty homes are there right now across the State, whether

possible. She qualifies for social housing, but as a person on her own, she could be waiting ten years. All that time, she should be out on her own and living independently. She is working hard and has done everything right, like so many people of her generation

region in terms of housing and connectivity. It is a matter that will be evaluated in the context of the updated NDP to ensure sufficient resources are allocated to try to deal with it as a significant road project in its own right. With regard to access

Standing Orders of this House, to the best of my knowledge. The committee kept to those timelines and produced a comprehensive report, and I thank Deputy Ó Laoghaire and all members of the committee for their work on that. As the Deputy rightly recalls, the general scheme … effect to recommendations in the 2024 Ward report. The pre-legislative scrutiny process of the general scheme was completed, as Deputy Ó Laoghaire rightly says, at the end of July. This process provided the Oireachtas committee with the opportunity to examine the heads of the Bill

people who are living in HAP and RAS properties in the private rental market. If the Government delivers social and affordable housing and takes those people out of the private market, that frees up all the rental accommodation then for the renters who badly need it. I talked … market value and she cannot afford it? This is a person with a good job and a good education who does everything right. What happens to her? Where is the support? This lady will not qualify for HAP or RAS. Do you know what she told

House to note I am not opposing the motion and I welcome the opportunity to debate this important issue. The Opposition put forward a similar motion in May of this year which we, as a Government, did not oppose either. This Government has continued to progress key measures … statutory right to an assessment of need or change the time frames set out in the Act. The general scheme will be submitted to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Disability Matters for pre-legislative scrutiny as soon as possible and will then progress through the Houses. I have

crisis. Nobody should have to wait the time that people have to wait to be housed in this State. Nobody gets a free house. We know people pay their differential rent. She now finds herself in a situation whereby as a HAP tenant, she might not be covered … State is right that there are issues around standardisation but there is not a local authority in the State where a person would wait for less than 11 years. The Minister of State might know. People would be lucky if they were housed in some places after

motion in this House when he arrived at 10.05 a.m, such was the level of gridlock and traffic congestion on the M7. This is a campaign that he has carried on for many months. As it stands, workers only have the right to request remote working … gridlock. Last week, a relatively small flood in Kilmacanogue meant that it took me 4.5 hours to get from Wexford town to Leinster House, a journey that usually takes approximately one hour and 45 minutes. Remote working and the ability to work remotely would have a tremendously positive

House have supported Charles's motion today. The motion highlights the fact that light-touch regulation, facilitated and supported by the State, is the root cause of the devastation that this defective concrete has caused for thousands of families, particularly in Donegal and indeed right across the west … build that home. There is the joy of the completion and moving into the home, and then there is devastation that the house is totally falling apart. Every morning, you get up to find a new crack, a new hole and more mould. You wake

will continue to use this Chamber to be a strong advocate for north Kildare and the county as a whole. The Deputy is right about the LPT; there is a recognition in the Government of the increased pressures on areas like Kildare. That is why we are saying … Cabinet and the Minister, Deputy Donohoe, that we will allow for a higher retention rate in areas that have a growing population, additional housing and increased pressure to provide services for the people. That is why an additional €4.9 million in LPT will be available to Kildare County

made what is the biggest investment of their lives in good faith. They are not engineers. When the builder told them that the house was up to scratch, they expected that it was going to be up to scratch. For decades, thousands of them have endured their homes … crumbling. Can you imagine the trauma of not feeling safe in your home? It is the one place where you should have a right to feel safe and secure. While the lads who were in the Galway tent will sail away off into the sunset, happy, rich

disability support scheme. This is incredibly important but is just one piece in the jigsaw. The programme for Government and the national human rights strategy for disabled people include a whole range of commitments for disabled people. We have committed to reforming the disability allowance payment and removing … payment. The Department of Social Protection is conducting a review of means testing generally across the schemes, as has been requested in the House. We will be guided by the outcome of that review. We are committed to progressively increasing weekly disability payments. We have been doing this

Deputies for their input. I wish to take the opportunity to express my appreciation at the unwavering commitment shown by this House to the fight against domestic, sexual and gender-based violence. I take on board all the comments made by Deputies throughout the debate. The Government … will allow Ireland to participate fully in the EU's activities related to its status as party to the convention within its own right. This step will serve at international level to reaffirm Ireland's commitment to the convention and the fight against all forms of domestic, sexual

side of the house would try to conflate the two as if somehow to oppose the illegal and genocidal actions of the Israel Defense Forces is to be opposed to the Jewish people, to be anti-Semitic or to in any way question their right to exist … proud European. In about half an hour, I will chair the first meeting of the Joint Committee on European Affairs in this House and I am looking forward to that immensely. I am immensely proud of what we have done within Europe, but I am also deeply ashamed

their tenacity and perseverance. Theirs has been a very long journey in terms of fighting and battling for what should be a legal right for every child born in this country to have both their parents recognised. The year 2024 was obviously a major milestone in terms … also mentioned and who worked so hard in this area. Politics can obviously be a cruel business and she is not in the House this term but she did a huge amount of work in that area. We have major gaps in the 2024 legislation that need

planned high-capacity public transport corridors. Given the urgency and scale of the challenge facing us, it is essential that the updated housing requirements can be incorporated into the planning process and system as quickly as possible. As such, it is intended that local authorities will be required … Minister rightly pointed out, there has been a step change in delivery in recent years, despite the disappointing dip in completions that was experienced in 2024. It is clear that while we experienced a 4.6% increase in the delivery of scheme houses, we simultaneously saw a reduction

copyright directive sets out that performers tend to be in the weaker contractual position when they grant a licence or transfer their rights and specifies a requirement for fair remuneration and transparency to remedy this weakness. This is the law of the land. My Bill aims to ensure … their colleagues from elsewhere doing the same work on the same job. Equal pay for equal work is a principle everyone in this House should get behind. The Revenue Commissioners valued the payments issued to qualifying productions under section 481 in the region of €130 million per year

28th regime coming forward, workers' rights were not mentioned once yesterday at the event in Dublin Castle. This gives us an opportunity to bring the Irish people with us rather than this Presidency just being felt within the bubble of Leinster House. I am not sure if people

might be discussing in this House or what any future proposal might be. However, as I indicated to the Deputy, we want to bring forward proposals that would, insofar as possible, provide support to those traditional harvesters in recognition of the rights that have been established over