By any yardstick, we need to stand back and look at the breadth and scale of the budget that was unveiled and give due recognition and due regard to the people of Ireland who put our country in the place where …

• School Transport — Violet-Anne Wynne IND

• Heritage Sites — Bernard Durkan FG
• Prison Service — Chris Andrews SF

• Q1 Childcare Services — Claire Kerrane SF
• Q2 Childcare Services — Seán Sherlock LAB
• Q3 Mother and Baby Homes — Claire Kerrane SF
• Q4 Mother and Baby Homes — Holly Cairns SD
• Q5 Childcare Services — Gino Kenny PBP

• Schools Building Projects — Tim Lombard FG
• Schools Building Projects — Micheál Carrigy FG
• Foreign Birth Registration — Barry Ward FG

I welcome Samantha Long and Ellen from Senator Michael McDowell’s office as well as Breege and the intern from Senator Conway’s office. That debate was yesterday, in terms of the debate on the budget. The Senat…

• Q6 Social Enterprise Sector — Claire Kerrane SF
• Q8 Childcare Services — Alan Farrell FG
• Q9 Family Resource Centres — David Stanton FG
• Q10 International Protection — Richard Boyd Barrett PBP
• Q11 International Protection — Catherine Connolly IND
• Q12 Childcare Services — Steven Matthews GP
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The Bill represents an important step in enhancing protection for motor insurance policyholders by transposing the EU's sixth motor insurance directive into law in Ireland.…

Further amendments relate to the requirement for consultation with not only the president of the court but also the Courts Service when determining when the family High Court or Circuit Court shall sit, and the…

The Government and the Taoiseach have called, as have I, on religious orders to pay their share of redress. Why does it refuse to condemn the United States for continuing to provide the missiles and weapons tha…

Amendment No. 195 provides that where a premises is operated by Rásaíocht Con Éireann or Horse Racing Ireland, where other gambling licensees may also be operating from those premises, only the principal licens…

As my first budget as Taoiseach, and the last budget of this Government, I believe it a fitting balance between building on progress, helping people in the here and now and pointing the way to a more secure fut…

That is a total of €100 million, and that is what was in the budget for this year and it is what the budget book says will be there for next year. This includes €10 million for cancer medications, €2 million fo…

The mental health budget is still less than 6% of the overall health budget, even though it has been stated time and again that we need to get the mental health budget up to at least 10% of the overall health b…

• Healthcare Infrastructure Provision — Aisling Dolan FG
• Wastewater Treatment — Malcolm Byrne FF
• Housing Provision — Mark Wall LAB
• Schools Building Projects — Marie Sherlock LAB

The increase amounts to €1, inclusive of VAT, on a packet of 20 cigarettes in the most popular price category, together with pro rata increases for other tobacco products. I want to speak to Financial Resolutio…

The only way to get a swimming lesson is to join the leisure centre and then pay for swimming lessons afterwards.…

I refer to measures like the €300 once-off fuel allowance payment before Christmas, which I am sure the Minister of State can clarify; the two double child benefit payments before Christmas; the €200 once-off p…

Many charities were having issues accessing tax credits, but there is a great incentive in this budget that the Government has recognised that some charities were falling between two stools and were not able to…

The group A threshold will increase from €335,000 to €400,000, the group B threshold will increase from €32,500 to €40,000, and the group C threshold will increase from €16,250 to €20,000. We are talking about …