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substitute the following: "Dáil Éireann declines to give the Home Heating Oil (Emergency Mineral Oil Tax Reduction) Bill 2026 a second reading on the grounds that related matters are being considered as part of Budget 2027 on 6th October 2026"." Ireland has a strong economy

insult and it shows the Government's housing plans are not actually about delivering affordable housing but about pumping the market. The budget is illusion and spin. There is spin that the Government is helping people to afford a home but what are the measures actually about? They … pages of budget speeches. There is no investment in preventing homelessness or no ban on evictions. The Government does not care for our most vulnerable. When it does trumpet in terms of homelessness, it states we have record levels of spending on emergency accommodation. It is not spending

right. The Government did have the vision, the plan and the budget. However, what my leaflet and the Government of the day both failed to appreciate were the barriers and blockages that would then emerge. BusConnects has been stuck in a legal challenge since 2024. DART+ West

that we do so. We published the foreign earnings deduction review on budget day. It found that the policy objective to support Irish businesses seeking to develop exports to new markets remains valid, particularly considering emerging challenges, heightened levels of uncertainty across the global economy and trends towards

develop new buildings, new infrastructure or additional accommodation schemes. The overall capital budget is not just focused on new builds and additional accommodation. A significant proportion of it invests in minor works, summer works and emergency works. There are also ICT grants, as well as funding that

negative impact on schemes at farm level, on the rural economy and on generational renewal. Our Government must push back against the single budget approach to the CAP. Our key priority for the next CAP must be for a more straightforward model for farmers, allowing member states more … more flexible and must respond to new and emerging approaches. It must involve an appropriate balance between all the elements of sustainability and economic, environmental and social aspects. There must be an increase in the dedicated CAP budget. The CAP continues to be central to Ireland's role

should not have left them in that situation, and the budget should not have left them in that situation. The groups that are advocating for these people are calling very clearly for a €400 emergency disability payment because many cannot make ends meet under the current pressure. This

about 3.5 per cent, both above the rate of inflation; and — these increases follow on from the increase in payment rates in Budget 2025 that were also above the rate of inflation; recognises, with regard to disability: — that a Strategic Focus Network Summit on the Cost of Disability … households and businesses deal with the rising cost of energy, including €1,500 in electricity credits to all households through four Electricity Costs Emergency Benefit Schemes, at a cost of €3.3 billion, this is in addition to one-off payments to support certain social protection payment recipients

ESRI introduced its proposal for second tier of child benefit in 2023, giving the Government ample time to act. Its absence from the budget shows up where this Government's priorities lie. We know that Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael have utterly failed to get to grips with … consequences. I want to tell the Minister of State about a constituent of mine named Arash. Arash and his family have been in emergency accommodation for over eight months. The children in the family must travel 21 km to school each day and they have no direct transport

together a €9.4 billion budget that leaves the most vulnerable worse off. The Government is spending like there is no tomorrow, according to the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council, but there are still well over 5,000 children who will spend Christmas in homeless emergency accommodation. That number … basics at the supermarket, so where exactly are these billions going? They are not being targeted at those who need it most. The budget should have been an opportunity to show foresight, discipline and responsibility. Instead, it has become a case study in how this Government ignores expert

years ahead. The additional funding of €333 million allocated in budget 2025 represents the largest ever increase in the disability services budget. Some €290 million has been allocated in existing-level-of-service funding, which recognises those challenges that prevail in the sector, including the increased cost … historical issues relating to funding arrangements and existing and emerging challenges including - due to the changing profile of user need - higher safety and quality standards and general demographic and inflationary pressures. As I previously stated, the total budget for specialist disability services in 2025 is €3.24 billion

absolute disgrace. People are already facing a challenge or risking their health because of their financial circumstances. In September, in advance of the budget, I had the pleasure of hosting the Rehab group in Leinster House. Those who spoke on the day were mainly Rehab service users … nothing in the event an emergency comes. Others had to move back home now because they could not afford to keep paying high rent. Those with a disability are already suffering financial hardships. The €10 disability allowance increase in last week's budget will not alleviate

capability. Our investment in resilience does not stop at our coastline. Budget 2027 will further enhance our cyber capabilities, supporting the work of the joint cyber operations unit. It will provide additional investment in national resilience, emergency planning and preparedness. In particular, it will provide a significant increase

where people around the world are called to stand in defence of the only home we share; declared a climate and biodiversity emergency, becoming the second national parliament in the world to do so, and in so doing recognised the importance of Ireland responding to these crises … that: — to address this challenge, the Government has committed to achieving a climate neutral economy by no later than 2050 and, through carbon budgets and the Climate Action Plan, to reduce by 51 per cent the annual greenhouse gas emissions reported for 2030 compared to 2018; — these commitments

Ireland’s commitment to working to eradicate homelessness by 2030. Budget 2025 allocates more than €300 million to this end, up €61 million on 2024. Additionally, €12 million in capital funding is being provided for supported emergency accommodation for families and individuals experiencing homelessness. We have also committed

builder-developer sector to build more good-quality homes in every county in the country for working people to buy. In our alternative budget, Sinn Féin set out a different approach. It was one that would have doubled investment in the delivery of social and affordable homes, activated … supports, protected renters with a ban on rent increases and a refundable tax credit up to €2,500 a year, and introduced an emergency package of measures for people at risk of, or in, homelessness to prevent them from becoming homeless or to get them out of emergency

pressure, budget 2026 is leaving disabled people €1,400 worse off than the previous year. That is indefensible. In the Social Democrats alternative budget, we put forward fair and achievable proposals, including a permanent cost-of-disability payment alongside a €15 weekly increase in disability allowance. Taken together … emergency winter payment of €400 for disabled people and we are doing so again today. We actually agree with the Government that targeted cost-of-living measures are needed for groups most vulnerable to poverty, but the Government failed to take that opportunity in the recent budget

needs to bring forward an emergency cost-of-living package that supports families in the here and now. People cannot wait for the Government to get its act together in the budget in October for measures to be implemented in January. People’s bills are rising now. They

European norm. Energy inflation has slowed but it has not disappeared. Prices have risen again by 3.3% this year, keeping pressure on household budgets. Behind these percentages are real people. Some 176,000 households are now over 90 days in arrears, with an average debt … with the energy action poverty plan, emergency schemes have delivered €1,450 worth of credits to households at a cost of €3.3 billion. Regarding home energy upgrades, there has been record funding of €469 million for retrofitting and solar PV in budget 2025, including €240 million

this current time, the climate action plan for this year, which sets out the priorities for the next five years within the carbon budget, is absolutely crucial. The Minister spoke about priorities. He will need to take some really big extra steps. It is not just about ticking … funding to deal with the emergency crisis to end the protest and the blockades, does the Minister believe the Department will get the financial backing across the Government to take some of these really big steps, steps beyond what have been budgeted for previously and steps that might

initiative, delivering planned residential placements as well as emergency placements. We need to build on the number of planned residential places delivered this year and I will be working with the Minister to fight for additional budget to deliver additional planned placements next year. As the Minister outlined

often, they have every right to be. A budget in 2026 cutting disabled people's incomes by €1,400 was not enough for the resignation of a Minister of State. A repeated refusal to introduce an emergency payment for disabled people was not enough to lose that former

Disabled people and carers are also fighting back. The budget took upwards of €1,000 out of their pockets in nominal terms - worse in real terms - and they simply cannot afford it. They are calling for an emergency cost-of-living payment before Christmas so they

housing policy. The first resolution relates to the 9% VAT rate on apartments. This is to fix the fact that the Government's budget night resolution did not actually cover large parts of the apartment market, such as dual contracts, construction services or apartments built for rent … resolution is no better because the Government failed to anticipate the knock-on effects of its VAT rate changes. We now need an emergency fix to the help-to-buy scheme just to ensure that apartments taxed at 9% still qualify for a scheme that has been proven

strategy, Connections for Life. Across the board, we have seen mental health promotion and early intervention through specialist mental health services. This record budget will allow for a focus on improving support for people in mental health crises in hospitals and in the community through an additional … crisis supports and suicide prevention. Significant progress has been made over the past three years to develop alternative crisis mental health pathways. However, emergency departments continue to see high volumes of mental health presentations. Investment this year will be used to establish specialist nursing teams in all model