Arís tá scéim úir a phleanáil ag an Aire Stáit agus sin mar a dúirt sé nuair a roghnaíodh é mar Aire Stáit sa chéad dul síos. Sin ceann de na céad rudaí a dúirt sé in agallamh agus tá sé ag gníomhú de réir a bhriathar. Dúirt sé go mbeadh sé i gceist scéim labhairt na Gaeilge dá shórt a thógáil ar ais agus is maith sin. Cosúil leis na ceisteanna eile a bhí agam níos luaithe, arís tá mé ag fiafraí cén uair a tharlóidh sé seo. Sin an príomhrud. Tá daoine ag brath ar chuidiú ón Stát chun déanamh cinnte nach bhfuil clai…

Déanann an cheist seo déileáil leis an ionchur a bhí ag an Roinn maidir le hullmhú an Bhille um Pleanáil agus Forbairt, 2023 ar mhaithe leis an nGaeilge agus leis an nGaeltacht, chun cinnte a dhéanamh de go mbeadh cosaintí ann don Ghaeltacht san áireamh i bpleanáil amach anseo agus chomh maith le sin go mbeadh inmharthanacht shochtheangeolaíochta curtha san áireamh in aon srianta maidir le tógáil tithe. Ceist eile atá gaolta ná a chinntiú go mbeadh spásanna ealaíona, ionaid chultúrtha, ionaid siamsaíochta oíche, ag…

Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire Stáit. Tá súil agam nach bhfuil an Bille seo léite aige mar níl sé léite agamsa nó ag éinne eile, seachas iad siúd atá ag gabháil de ó thús. Tá 700 leathanach ann. Níl an Ghaeilge lárnach ann. Ba chóir go mbeadh sé i bhfad Éireann níos lárnaí ann. Ba chóir go mbeadh muid ag déileáil leis agus go mbeadh coinníollacha i bhfad níos soiléirí ann maidir le pleanáil tithíochta, na cosaintí don Ghaeltacht, agus an phleanáil ó thaobh na sochtheangeolaíochta de atá ag teastáil agus an Ghaeltach…

Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire Stáit. Tá súil agam nach mbeidh an Nollaig chomh dona sin go mbeidh sé ag léamh 700 leathanach de reachtaíocht faoi phleanáil agus forbairt. Is fiú tabhairt faoin meamram maoiniúcháin mar tá 120 leathanach ansin. Ag déileáil leis an gceist seo, d’fhreagair an Aire Stáit roinnt de. D’ardaigh sé ceist na treoirlínte. Dhein mé iarracht cúpla uair ceist phrióireachta a chur sa Teach inniu maidir le sin mar tá an tAire Tithíochta, Rialtais Áitiúil agus Oidhreachta ag cur milleán ar an Roinn…

I ask the Minister of State to conclude.

Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire. Bogaimid ar aghaidh anois go dtí an chéad cheist eile.

I ask about legislation that would protect horse-and-carriage drivers who look after the welfare of their animals and the condition of their carriages, which would get rid of the chancers. Without this legislation we could face a tragedy, with horses dying from being driven too hard or being put down after a crash, or even customers dying in such a crash. During the summer, a wheel flew off one such carriage here in the city. When will the long-promised heads of a Bill be published? When can we expect legislation t…

Ar dtús báire, ba mhaith liom gach rath agus biseach a leathadh orthu siúd a sádh ar chéimeanna Ghaelscoil Choláiste Mhuire ar Chearnóg Parnell ar an Déardaoin, go háirithe an cailín óg atá fós go dona tinn san ospidéal. Cosúil le gach duine eile a labhair faoin tragóid uafásach a tharla, ba mhaith liom mo bhuíochas a leathadh orthu siúd a léim isteach go cróga chun na páistí agus eile a chosaint agus chun cóir leighis a chuir orthu láithreach. Dóibh siúd a d’úsáid ócáid na tragóide seo chun fuath agus alltacht chí…

You do not even know we have no councillor in Ballybrack.

You do not even know your own area.

You are saying it politically.

Did you ask for it? No, you did not ask.

No one from the Government is present.

As one of those who campaigned very strongly at the time against both the Nice treaty and later the Lisbon treaty, but in particular the Nice treaty, when the then Government passed the second attempt to pass it, when it produced the Seville declarations, or the triple lock as we now know it as, we said this was just trickery by the Government and those who wanted a "Yes" vote. We have been proven right. The Government waited and waited until this opportunity. We all knew at the time that it had no interest in ensu…

It was a shock to the staff in the complex to hear the units were being closed and a double shock to the families and those residents who have any understanding - and some of them do not - of what is ahead of them. Some of the residents have been there for 20 years. They are well cared for. There is absolutely no question about their care. It is one of the care centres in the area where people want to go, which is a good sign. Nobody is taking issue with HIQA stating there is a health and safety issue. We are not e…

One of the Minister of State’s key comments was that there was a low risk of fire. Any risk of fire is dangerous but there is a risk everywhere we go. There is a building in Dublin that houses hundreds of workers every day and has been getting a fire certificate once per month for years. If that building went on fire, there would be chaos in this city. I am not saying that we take the same approach with our elderly population in this instance but there must be some way to address the problem while they are in situ …

The Taoiseach is spoofing again.

The Minister is misleading the Dáil.

The Council's official conclusions reaffirm the EU's "unwavering support for Ukraine" and "its inherent right of self-defence against the Russian aggression". It is a pity that the same logic was not followed through when it came to Palestine. The communiqué, as well as rightly condemning Hamas's 7 October attack, referenced international humanitarian law to assert Israel's right to defend itself but, as usual, there is no hint of the rights of the Palestinian state. It further deplored the "loss of civilian life" …

De réir Airteagal 21 den Chonradh ar an Aontas Eorpach, ní mór do ghníomhaíochtaí an Aontais thar lear a bheith lárnaithe i bhforlámhas an dlí idirnáisiúnta, uilíocht na gcearta daonna agus dlúthpháirtíocht. Is léir go bhfuil fadhb bhunúsach ann le seachtain anuas, mar cá bhfuil an dlúthpháirtíocht do mhuintir Gaza i gcur chuige an Aontais go dtí seo? Cá bhfuil an bhéim ar chearta daonna na bPalaistíneach neamhchiontach atá á gcur chun báis ag Iosrael, go háirithe páistí? Tá os cionn 2,000 páiste básaithe de réir D…