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enhance their recommender systems, which is preferable to the unknown risk of switching off those recommender systems. I, like every Deputy in the House, have a shared desire to improve online safety, in particular for children and young people; I say that as a father myself. I mentioned … broadcasting and on-demand media services, and leading on Ireland's online safety framework, Coimisiún na Meán has been designated as a fundamental rights authority and a market surveillance authority in respect of certain prohibited practices under the EU Artificial Intelligence Act. It has also been designated

build your own home, raise a family and make a future in the place you call home. That means action on affordable housing, serviced sites, dereliction, infrastructure and removing the planning barriers. On that, we still have massive issues with flooding in east Cork, particularly in my town … wrote to themselves so the postman would visit them. The postman was the only person they were seeing. I hope the Minister is right when it comes to this strategy for rural Ireland but I know for a fact that there is an awful lot more

privacy. It has a right to health. If we even say that there is a conflict of rights, why are all of the rights being given in one way? I am very confident on this if the Minister drafted a good piece of legislation and if somebody challenged … relationship with coercive control, intimate partner violence or child sexual abuse. It is not enough to try to have this halfway house. We have to rebalance this in favour of those who are victims of gender-based violence. For the past couple of years, Simon Harris, Micheál Martin

live free from violence, abuse, crime and fear. The justification for police powers to arrest, search or detain, and thereby to curtail the rights of some individuals in certain circumstances, is rooted in the duty of the police to serve and protect society as a whole. Police have … believe that is realistic or even practical. We then have the issue of whistleblowers. I will walk out of this House and meet a number of the whistleblowers who are on the television programme tonight. I will walk straight out of here and meet them again, having

family continues to have unanswered questions and their search for answers deserves not only respect but the full support and assistance of this House. More broadly, we need a comprehensive, independent truth recovery process so that we can ensure that all bereaved families can establish what happened … treated seriously and every reasonable effort made to establish the truth. Today's apology acknowledges that investigative failures compounded their suffering. It is right that the State recognises those failures and the hurt they caused. An apology is an important public acknowledgement. It recognises that the family deserved

chur roimh an Teach. I have prepared remarks but in many ways they have been made redundant by what he outlined, because is right. Both of us agree. We have listened to the views of the Cork Development Forum, Cork Business Association and Cork Chamber of Commerce … projects in Cork. The Government has committed to delivery of the Cork metropolitan area transport strategy. It is important to recognise in the House that it is an exciting time for public transport in Cork. Deputy McGrath and I share the view that there needs to be delivery

Uisce Éireann. In my part of the world, we are forced into the scenario of the delivery of interim wastewater schemes as new housing schemes are built. This will obviously lead to added cost. I know the Minister has dealt with some of these issues previously … real fear of flooding, even in the part of the world I live in. I mention Dundalk south, anywhere from Cluan Enda right through to Bay Estate and beyond. These are very particular issues that need to be looked at. I brought up the issue of CFRAM earlier

This Bill should have been an opportunity to correct a fundamentally broken system regarding everything from building control to where we are heading right now. Instead, we are laying more complexity on top of injustice and calling it progress. I have submitted 18 pages of amendments to improve … including an amendment providing for a March cut-off date. However, 43 families were absolutely left behind having been reassured by the previous housing Minister that this would not happen. They were abandoned. My amendment to provide interim arrangements regarding IS 465 in line with scientific evidence

Waterford last week. It was a woman who was looking after her father. She was actually sick herself. When I got to the house, she was physically lifting her father, who is much heavier than her, out of a bed and trying to manage that in very difficult … office last week in tears because she works part time for an education and training board. As she put it, she did everything right. She tried to work for as long as she could to get as many hours as she could. She has to provide

expected in terms of accommodation, but also with respect to family arrangements and so on. It is nonetheless the case there is a housing crisis so it is easy to understand why people feel frustrated. We have members of the Defence Forces who are struggling to find accommodation … recruits and maybe on the lower end of the pay scale, to find accommodation near Collins Barracks, Haulbowline or Lynch Camp in Fermoy. Right across the State it is frustrating to see places that are described as residential buildings in this condition. As I said, in Cork

services. I am sure the Tánaiste's attention will have been drawn to that in the spirit of wanting to get this Bill right, and he knows our position in terms of including services in it. Again, this is all about bringing tangible sanctions against Israel … allies all over the world. They mention Ireland and Algeria, and it should not be lost on anyone on either side of the House that our actions here make a difference to the Palestinian people

business tonight and take us a step closer to our first World Cup in 24 years. The nation believes and the nation is right behind them. I lár ghéarchéim breosla as cuimse, tá an Rialtas i ndiaidh teaghlaigh atá ag brath ar ola teasa tí a fhágáil … that these measures are not enough, did he choose to leave people short? The Tánaiste should be bringing a financial resolution before the House today. We should be reducing excise duty on home heating oil tonight and giving the maximum reduction possible on diesel and petrol. He needs

landlords. The crisis is getting worse. The Taoiseach needs to understand this and should have acted in this budget to get it right. What has the Government done instead? It has given renters a miserly €150 increase in the renter's tax credit. Does it know how much … improving our council homes, and support our small and medium-sized builders to get family homes built at scale. One can reshape a housing system around workers and families or it can do what the Government has done, namely, shape it around vulture funds, corporate landlords and large

resulted in considerable hardship throughout the country. I appreciate this opportunity to provide an overview of the current situation and to update the House on my Department's response to Storm Éowyn. Large numbers of forests throughout the country have fallen trees. Once the storm hit, I immediately … urge private forest owners to consult with forestry professionals in Teagasc or with a professional forester who can help them to take the right course of action. I also recommend that owners look into the possibility of co-operating with adjacent forest owners. Lower recovery costs

goes from fleece to fabric. It is a wonderful family and I am delighted to have the opportunity to mention it in this House. I wish it well in the markets it will engage with through trade within the European Union and beyond. Like other speakers, I acknowledge … very cheap mortgage, but you cannot get it here? It is a simple question but it is fundamental to the rights of Irish citizens to be able to get what citizens in other parts of Europe can get, which is a cheap mortgage. Why is it that

again next year. One of the things that the Deputy who is bringing forward this Bill said was that the farmers are all right because they get grants. They do not a grant to replace the money that the lamb would have made. That is the gospel truth … withdraw that remark. Deputies said the cause of the foxes doing harm was development. These same Deputies do not want the development of houses. They are objecting them. They are here by the way for the good of the people; they are not. It is very wrong

best in everyone and brings people together. We have seen that here today. Through many of the contributions from TDs across the House we have also seen the impact that taking part in sport has had on their lives. It has played such a fond part in their … played with other people in his community, working with a group of young people from the age of seven years old right through as they grew up, in the capacity of coaching them. He spoke not only about the impact it made on him and the people

Irish lives have been lost through famines and wars and millions of people have been forced to emigrate as a result of that right. In case anybody has forgotten, Brexit has reminded us again. It proved without a shadow of a doubt that London does not give … Northern Ireland Affairs Committee in Westminster many times. Members have admitted to me that the fastest way to clear the floor of the House of Commons is to call for a debate about the North of Ireland. That has a real cost, with the economy in the North

future rent can only increase by inflation, up to a 2% maximum, in all tenancies other than new apartments. Taking account of the Housing Agency report and its preferred recommendation, the Government approved changes to rent regulation, which will be introduced nationally from 1 March … parties, created on or after 1 March 2026 will be allowed, subject to a number of restrictions. A landlord will only have the right to reset the rent to market rent, where the rent is below market rent, between tenancies where: the previous tenant terminated the tenancy; where

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 Barry Heneghan - To discuss issues regarding St. Joseph's Primary School, Fairview. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue … development of a minor injuries hub plan for Balbriggan. Deputy Malcolm Byrne - To discuss actions taken by Government in relation to ongoing human rights abuses by the Chinese Communist Party against the Uyghurs. Deputy John Paul O'Shea - To discuss the long waiting lists for home support home

kilter with the European average. The point I am making with the evidence I put on the record of the House, which is available for all to read from the ECB and the Central Bank of Ireland, is that the gap is now narrowing. I have heard … true. We pay a little above the European average. That has real impacts on people in their bills, that is absolutely right. However, it was 3.56% in October and the European average was 3.3%. It is, therefore, absolutely prudent and sensible to say we should continue to look

take pride in their fishermen. We are losing that. I am asking the Ministers to fight harder for quotas and get what rightfully belongs to us. We seem to have left a lot of it slip under successive Governments. I am not blaming the two Ministers but this … need them to get for the fishing and coastal communities. They are very important to us. We seem to have a shortage of housing everywhere but the biggest cry is here in Dublin. We need to spread out and diversify and have enough people living in the rural

Government will not exclude that, which is the problem. The right to a fair trial is very important, but so is the right to actually pursue a case for a crime committed against a person. There is no evidential value in counselling notes. I blame Éamon de Valera … dealing with fair trials in the Constitution. A lot was said about zero tolerance, but every single misogynistic practice I highlighted in this House in 2018 is still going on in the courts. Clothing, underwear, contraception and alcohol and drug intake can all still be used against

years’ time to the children failed under its watch? Children have been waiting years for an assessment and for proper supports. Right now, Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and the Lowry Independents are carving out an utterly shameful legacy of neglect of tens of thousands of children across … many, but what I can tell her is that they are struggling. Some are on second mortgages and some have lost their house. Families have torn apart by the cost and stress. Enough is enough; it is time

catch-22. Because you cannot get in somewhere to put down your head, you are not homeless. How is that right? I spoke to a girl a while ago who is in accommodation and she and the other people in there believe the accommodation … December. I know some of the people. If they have kids, they try to go home or get into a friend's house so that their children can have Santa Claus. In January, they have to go back into the emergency accommodation. I am dealing with