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social housing tenants are excellent tenants. We are going to get under the hood in the local authorities where these delays are happening and ensure these voids are being brought back and that the best practice the best local authorities are carrying out becomes standard right across

House but today I will. I am one of over 10,000 people in this country with multiple sclerosis, MS. I was diagnosed with MS 18 years ago. The past two years have probably been the most challenging of those 18 years but right now I am probably

identified suspects, one is Irish. That is not an invented figure and I will not be silenced for repeating it in this House or anywhere else. It is not only Ireland's shame; it is Europe's. The Swedish National Council for Crime Prevention reports that people … lost control of their borders. When their own citizens stand up and take notice, these governments lecture them and call them far-right for calling them out. We in Europe have brought this upon ourselves and our women are paying the ultimate price. The Hibernophobic mistress of misandry

This strategy, published last September, is the Government's plan to advance the realisation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities so that disabled people are supported and empowered to live full lives of their own choosing. The delivery and monitoring committee … persons' organisations and disability and civil society organisations. To mark the inaugural meeting, a number of additional Ministers attended, including the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, the Minister of State with responsibility for international and road transport, logistics, rail and ports, the Minister of State with

certain circumstances arising in the territorial sea or internal waters of the State or where there is a risk to the sovereign rights and jurisdiction of the State in the exclusive economic zone; b) the deployment of members of the Defence Forces in aid of the civil power … change the title of the Bill and make other consequential amendments required to take account of the changes above. I thank the House for the opportunity to discuss this motion to include relatively short but important amendments to the Defence Act 1954 on Committee Stage of the Criminal

area of disability and incredible work being done in communities across Ireland, and we want to build on this. However, many disabled people rightly believe their needs are not being met and that we need new ways of doing things. For example, we continue to recruit therapists from … like autism assistance dogs and Variety Ireland's recycle mobility trikes, which are so important. While the Government is investing in a massive house building programme, not enough homes are being provided for people with disabilities. We know that when appropriate housing is provided, in places like Glensheen

very significant package of measures announced yesterday to accelerate the delivery of housing and this will be built upon further in the housing plan, which will be published in the coming weeks. I would like to take a few moments to talk through a few of the areas … government and planning programmes, which combined will receive a total funding increase of €236 million across current and capital for 2026. There has rightly been a significant focus on planning in recent months as it is the engine that drives delivery. We are acutely aware of the frustrations

capable of changing with them. Despite some easing in global prices in recent days, international energy markets remain exceptionally volatile. Nobody in this House knows with certainty where the price of oil will be in November. Nobody knows where it will be in January. Nobody knows what geopolitical … Government has a responsibility to respond to the circumstances in front of us, to use the best information available, to act at the right time and, above all, to act in the interests of the Irish people. That is why we have recalibrated our approach and we will

coal. It is staggering and it is completely out of touch. Last night was a cold night. It was cold in homes right across the State. What people were waiting for was Government action. What they got was a Government that abandoned them. It voted down proposals … more due to me only being at home one day a week. On that day, I have to do my shopping, clean my house, do the laundry, as I have no other time to do it. I'm sore. I'm exhausted. I have no quality of life

Labour Party believes, that the voting age should be lowered to 16. This is something Joe Costello, who served in this House for many years, first introduced in a Bill as far back as 2006. This is a fair change but it is forward thinking, inclusive and necessary … have sex and have children, as many 17-year-olds in this country do, then you should have the right to exercise the democratic franchise. Democracy is about representation. I am conscious that many of the decisions we make as TDs and public representatives disproportionately affect many young

funny, for all the talk about speaking rights, to see a lot of Opposition not turning up to speak. This is a giant infrastructure project. I am not here to wreck this Bill - energy has always been a priority for me, having studied it before … pilot scheme and allow people in Fingal or Dublin City Council or any other county council with new-build social and affordable housing to have plug-in solar installed and show the savings to the State and the council through these systems. Some 3% or 4% of German

like that. We are a wealthy country with so much potential that has yet to be realised. The crises we face in housing, in healthcare, in disability services, in childcare and in nature are not inevitable. They are not written in stone. They can be tackled and they … incarnation that what they have been doing is not working, that the wrong political choices caused all of these crises and that the right ones can resolve them. For people out there who are watching at home and feeling a huge disconnect from the words they hear from

Poland, France or Italy, it is important to keep it straight because those are jurisdictions that allow votes for those abroad for specific houses in parliament, or in the case of the United States, for taxpayers living abroad. This is where we will get into somewhere we have … Northern Ireland to identify as Irish or British or both. I was pleased to see that not only was the issue of voting rights in presidential elections debated recently in the Northern Ireland Assembly but that a vote in the positive was passed. I support that. We have

creating fortress Europe. The Union has a unique role to play as a soft power capable of setting an example for diplomacy, human rights and sustainable development. By prioritising social justice, the EU can address the root causes of social unrest, inequality and exclusion, which are the breeding … lasting peace can be built, not military force or aggressive posturing. Redirecting billions of euro into social programmes such as healthcare, education, affordable housing and clean energy would yield long-term benefits, improve the quality of life for millions of Europeans and reduce the pressures that often lead

Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and the Minister are completely disconnected from the reality of what is involved in trying to rent a home right now. If they had any sense of what it is like to rent or to try to find somewhere to rent, they would … willing to sacrifice these renters, who will have to pay higher rents in the coming months and years to incentivise a supply of housing that at some point will lead to rents coming down. My colleague Deputy Eoin Ó Broin referred earlier to officials. I asked the officials

feel a response to their criticism in their funding - I hope not. The homeless organisations have been as critical of any Minister for housing introducing legislation as I have seen. The Simon Communities set out that there are very real risks associated with this legislation. The Dublin Simon … into the legislation is particularly unworkable for person-led service providers like Dublin Simon." The Minister is introducing a measure that those who, right now, are providing emergency accommodation to thousands of people who are homeless say is making it unworkable. He is actually going to make

expected that this review will be completed by the end of March 2025. The review will also consider the recommendations of the Housing Commission relating to rent regulation. Any potential future policy options that arise from this review will be considered by the Government. The Minister for Finance … There are, therefore, measures there. I have set out the situations where a tenancy can be ended, but the Deputy is right. Most landlords out there have perhaps one or two properties for rent. They are not making extraordinary amounts of money

this House, support for the agreement should not mean that we should not mean that we stop scrutinising how these systems operate. The Government's briefing acknowledges that the transfer and use of PNR data by a third country constitutes an interference with the fundamental rights

right thing. Imagine if we had concreted over the site at Tuam before Catherine Corless had carried out her incredible work there. Imagine what would have been lost. We cannot allow that to happen at Bessborough. Two weeks ago, the Taoiseach conceded in this House that Cork City

strongly welcome these statements. I want to express my solidarity and thanks to all the nurses working and training across Ireland right now. For the many thousands of nurses who have been forced to emigrate by the failed policies of Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael, I want them … know this: we will work to build the conditions that give them the real choice to return home, with secure housing and a good quality of life. Over the past ten years, our health service has paid a heavy price because those in power have failed to value

right rhetoric to be taken seriously? Should they threaten a rising in Kerry to take the scalp of a Minister of State? When will this Government listen to the most in need in our society? When will it act for them? I urge the House to support this

reality and instead lists the scale of operations. We say that delays block housing and economic activity while they claim investment will support housing delivery, as if no delays exist. We highlight repeated failures while they cite progress. We criticise centralisation while they defend it. We warn … pure and simple. Uisce Éireann will be funded with €16.9 billion and instead of supporting this motion and moving it in the right direction the Minister of State is putting in an amendment just to take it off the rails, but we will not accept that amendment

split right down the middle. We are not. Independent Ireland has an MEP who is fighting tooth and nail to make sure this Mercosur deal does not ruin rural Ireland. I am pleading with Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael to have a debate in this House and make

rights of workers in the sector can be improved and an employment regulation order introduced to set minimum rates of pay and conditions; and — whether and how funding for these sectors and other sports should be aligned; the review to be laid before both Houses within six months

replicated right across the country. These are proud places with strong employment bases, great community spirit, and real potential but vacancy and dereliction are holding them back. The Taoiseach has said on many occasions that everything is on the table when it comes to addressing our housing