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guarantee that rent-paying council and AHB tenants will not be trapped for the medium to longer term in crumbling, unsafe housing schemes. Additionally, when we are talking about this motion here tonight, we need to be aware and cognisant of the lessons learned from the experience … tweaking, plugging gaps and addressing issues, and progress has been slow and painful. While, in many ways, the Government is inching in the right direction, it is not moving anywhere near what is actually needed, which is an end-to-end scheme based on the model

Today, this House is asked to reflect on the findings of Operation Kenova, findings that go to the heart of how the conflict on this island has been understood, explained and justified for decades. For too long, the story of that conflict was presented as one in which … confusion or coincidence, but a clear pattern: intelligence agencies actively managing exposure, and placing operational advantage above legality, accountability and the rights of victims. These were not marginal practices. They flowed from a counterinsurgency doctrine authorised at the very heart of the British state. The purpose was simple

Second Stage) (to conclude after 3 hours and 34 minutes) Tuesday's private members' business shall be Motion re Emergency Action on Housing and Homelessness, selected by Sinn Féin. Wednesday's business shall be: - Finance (Local Property Tax and Other Provisions) (Amendment) Bill 2025 - Financial Resolution (without debate … Motion re Public Transport Experience, selected by the Independent and Parties Technical Group. Thursday's business shall be Copyright and Related Rights (Amendment) Bill 2025 (Second Stage) (if not previously concluded, to adjourn after 3 hours and 24 minutes). Thursday evening business shall be the Second Stage

really vulnerable. They are scattered around nursing homes all over County Cork when there is a purpose-built nursing home at Heather House. I was hoping that the Minister of State would be able to give me a date today. Regardless of whether it is June, July … going to die in hospital. He comes from the area. He comes from Church Street. This unit is at the top of Gurranabraher, right next to Church Street. The family are saying they want to bring him home or as close to home as they

avail in any way of supports from the State but 100% to contribute to it. As has been noted in this House on a number of occasions, we need those people. They are keeping our hospitals and restaurants open, staffing our hotels and contributing at every level … migration. We often use the term "social cohesion" perhaps a little loosely but they recognised the problem that there was a growing far-right movement within Denmark. There are still problems, of course, which is something every country is dealing with. Fortunately, Ireland does not have any real

relation to the sex-for-rent issue, I welcome the change. It is quite extraordinary that we live in a society where the housing crisis has reached a stage where women feel they have to resort to this. We are all familiar with the queues of people looking … question of constitutionality as well. It is important that we try as best we can for the victims to get the balance right. One aspect of the Bill I am hugely concerned with is the community service aspect. The Bill outlines that it obliges the courts to consider

people, they wrangled over the rotation of Taoiseach, who got which ministerial office and who got the big meeting room in Leinster House. They turned their attention, in other words, to feathering their own nests. Now it feels like a bumper season of "The Late Late Show … Ministers. This smacks of entitlement. It is the largest number of junior Ministers in the history of the State. The electorate has every right to ask: "Are we getting value for our money?" Did anybody go to a polling station on 29 November last thinking what Ireland really

there is no question but that it is necessary. I take the opportunity to ask all Deputies and political parties in the House to do everything they can to take any step in terms of public persuasion and public support. Without the transfer of land for the helipad … that everyone take what steps they can to advance critical infrastructure, which is what we all need and what Deputies will rightly come in here and ask me about a different day. We want to deliver this, and this is a critical for moment for everybody

last census. However, planning permission for short-term letting can be granted to preserve heritage or traditional buildings unsuitable for the long-term housing market. Upper floors in mixed-use buildings or small structures beside an owner-occupied home can also be approved, provided neighbours are not adversely … dwelling has been used continuously for short-term letting for at least seven years without enforcement action, in line with established use rights. A simplified administrative version of the application process for retention specifically for short-term lets will be introduced. Short-term let accommodation providers in towns

this type of binary thinking that pits climate against delivery and that should not be the case. I have said it in the House to the Minister and others that there appeared to be in the Accelerating Infrastructure report a fixation on judicial review and clouding … aspects of the report as well. What seems to be proposed here is something that involves a risk that could deny citizens their rights to access justice under binding international agreements like the Aarhus Convention. That is something we need to be extremely mindful

that I can say can in any way ease the devastation, the pain, the hurt and the anger that Grace’s family feels right now. I understand that anger, and I understand the devastation that they are going through. They have lost a beautiful daughter who should … today. There is an investigation under way. We did act at the time in respect of legislation. I recall that Deputies across the House – including, on our side, Deputy Paul McAuliffe, in particular, and Deputy John Lahart – pressed for legislation to deal with the scourge of scramblers

being evicted from their homes by landlords. Vulnerable elderly people who have worked all their lives for this country are being made homeless right now because Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael will not stand up to the landlords and investor funds. Will the Taoiseach take responsibility for this … failed? Will he stop shamefully blaming immigration for homelessness and focus on the real cause - evictions by landlords and the lack of social housing for the elderly

sometimes permanently. I acknowledge my good friend Cara Darmody, an amazing autism advocate, who has begun her 50-hour sit-out outside Leinster House today with her father Mark. Cara has done more to shine a light on these failings than many adults in public life … development I welcome is the pilot programme placing therapists back into a small number of schools. It is a step in the right direction but we must go further. I understand 39 placements were on offer and the number of therapists who sought a place was overwhelming

their country. Democracy is under threat across the globe - in Belarus, Hungary and Turkey. We see grim new milestones for global warming. The housing crisis is deepening here at home. Fears are growing about the impact of Trump's tariffs. These are the pressing issues that deserve … through this proposed amendment to Standing Orders, which is a desperate distraction. The Taoiseach seeks to confuse the issue. He talks about speaking rights, but we all know what is at issue here. This is a simple matter. You cannot be in government and in opposition

raise a specific issue of international security for Christian communities worldwide. The Tánaiste may be aware of reports that the United States House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa has approved measures urging President Trump to impose sanctions on Nigeria due to the widespread persecution of Christians following … that US lawmakers condemned the Nigerian Government for its failure to protect Christian communities from escalating violence citing alarming data from multiple human rights organisations there. A 2024 report by the Observatory for Religious Freedom in Africa revealed that Nigeria accounted for 90% of all Christians killed globally

working on for some time. I should probably also note the support of the former Minister, Stephen Donnelly, when he was in the House. In August 2023, a number of people in the local Tidy Towns group in my area contacted me reporting the proliferation of these disposable … having a significant impact on our environment, public domain and, importantly, the health of people. At the time, many people were quite rightly reluctant to have a ban on vaping because it plays a role in reducing people’s dependence on tobacco. We should say that tobacco

have commonality, that we address the issues in advance of a united Ireland and that we create an all-Ireland market for broadcasting rights. They can all be tied in together. When RTÉ or TG4 are making approaches to other broadcasters or making agreements, they … year ago to this day, the Minister of State's party and the Government voted down a Bill that I had in the House which did exactly that. It was a very simple Bill. It was not party-political, as we can see from the fact that

debate on this issue. We were addressing what exactly happened to Grace. At the end of that debate, it was suggested that this House, as it represents the people, should insist on continuing to go back to the Grace case, to highlight the issues involved and to make … should no longer have commissions or reports like this. It is incumbent on the Government to establish best practice for the future. Right now, we have this case. The question for the Dáil is: are we going to allow this report

provide for planning and preparation for the possibility of constitutional change on the island of Ireland, in accordance with the right of self-determination of the people of the island of Ireland as recognised by the British-Irish Agreement Act 1999 and as provided for in the Multi … Assembly from within such resources as are available under the Vote for the Department of the Taoiseach; to require periodic reporting to the Houses of the Oireachtas on progress; and to provide for related matters. Ending partition and Irish reunification is the very best idea for the future

often travel. They detect people speeding and lead to penalty points and convictions. They also ensure that a lot of people slow right down when they see them. Unfortunately, when they reach the other side of those speed cameras, they tend to speed up again. That kind … would certainly welcome. Recently, the Minister of State was very kind to meet with a delegation that I had brought here to Leinster House to discuss the N68 road, which leaves Ennis, heads out to west Clare and passes through a village called Darragh. In that vicinity there

over our sovereignty willingly to arbitrary investor courts that will haul us over the coals. It will have a chilling effect on this House, on the parliamentary procedures of this country and on our ability to build any sort of just transition or build into our policymaking … discussing AI and the regulatory gap because I see this same deregulation under the banner of simplification and harmonisation across all Government policy right now. I heard a European expert describe the EPP, the Minister of State's European grouping, as uncritically pro-business

runs on a small margin. They need the money quickly to replace the stock and get back into business. I went through the houses in Inistioge yesterday. I was shocked when I drove through Inistioge during the flood prior to the most recent one. The water was literally … devastation in the homes. I do not know how they tolerated it. I listened to the cases of the people living right beside the waterfront in Graiguenamanagh. Older people were desperately trying to get the money to get their homes back in order. I ask that in each

developing solutions so we can help address the mental health disaster affecting our young people. Part of this is the issue of housing, their future and what future they see in this country. Surveys show that young people see emigrating as their future. They … give them hope by respecting them and valuing them as equals. A key way to do this would be to give them the right to vote, and give them the ability to partake and be valued as equal citizens. I see this in my constituency, working with youth

viability gap so we get more apartments built. What do we face? We face judicial reviews and I do not think that is right. This is beginning to undermine the democratic voice in here because we are elected to do things and get things done but every step … judicial reviews and many of them are politically motivated. From the Government’s perspective, we want supply, more supply and more supply. Housing supply numbers for 2025 in the second quarter, as the Deputy knows, were quite strong for that time of the year. There

come to Limerick and the mid-west, what a testament it would be to the progress made in the fight for LGBTQ+ rights. Imagine, the year after the Ryder Cup, if we hosted another landmark event that could bring 100,000 people to Limerick and Clare. It would … looking for the Government and the Minister of State to place their support for this bid on the record of the House