Section 31E of the Stamp Duties Consolidation Act 1999 currently provides for a higher 10% rate of stamp duty on certain acquisitions of residential property. Last year, there was a 58% increase in the number o…

• Q1 Departmental Priorities — Pa Daly SF
• Q2 Guardian Status — Mick Barry PBP
• Q3 Citizenship Applications — Pa Daly SF
• Q4 Policing Authority — Denis Naughten IND

• Health Services — Martin Conway FG
• Health Services — Róisín Garvey GP
• Medicinal Products — Barry Ward FG
• Transport Policy — Garret Ahearn FG

• Q8 Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence — Willie O'Dea FF
• Q9 Visa Applications — David Stanton FG
• Q7 An Garda Síochána — James O'Connor FF
• Q12 Drug Dealing — Ruairí Ó Murchú SF
• Q13 An Garda Síochána — Jennifer Murnane O'Connor FF
• Q14 International Protection — Willie O'Dea FF
• and 2 more

Commercial surrogacy is rife with human trafficking and exploitation. Bus Éireann's response now is that the roads are too narrow for a bigger bus, so even though the Department of Education has asked it to loo…

This amendment has the effect of giving the authority a mandate and a function to safeguard gambling participants, particularly those who are susceptible to problem gambling and gambling addiction. Section 31 p…

The Motor Insurance Insolvency Compensation Bill 2024 is significant legislation that insures the existing insurance compensation framework within our State. By establishing a centralised compensation body, thi…

• Q53 Agriculture Schemes — Martin Kenny SF
• Q54 Agriculture Industry — Martin Kenny SF
• Q55 Departmental Bodies — Martin Kenny SF

• Q56 Food Industry — Marian Harkin IND
• Q57 Further and Higher Education — Jennifer Murnane O'Connor FF
• Q58 Food Safety — Bernard Durkan FG
• Q59 Agriculture Schemes — Cathal Crowe FF
• Q60 Agriculture Schemes — Violet-Anne Wynne IND
• Q61 Forestry Sector — Violet-Anne Wynne IND
• and 2 more

It is key, particularly for the towns and villages across the country, that we mandate Irish Water to do more with local authorities in respect of villages, towns and the water treatment provision and plants in…

My view is that we need to have a multidisciplinary team-based approach in our schools----- I thank the Tánaiste. -----beginning with our special schools, so that the occupational therapists, speech and languag…

I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013 to make provision for an Animal Sentience Committee with functions relating to the effect of gov…

Access to cash and the right of people to use cash is vital. There is a need for cash in society, whether it be elderly people who might not have access to digital services or know how to access them, people wi…

• Financial Services — Robert Troy FF
• Special Educational Needs — Bernard Durkan FG
• An Garda Síochána — Claire Kerrane SF
• General Practitioner Services — Gary Gannon SD

On the Bill's provisions concerning queries from public representatives, I note that this is a statutory requirement of regulations made under section 237A of the Local Government Act 2001, as amended in 2003, …

I have received notice from the following Senators that they propose to raise the following matters: Senator Maria Byrne - The need for the Minister for Health to provide an update on the funding of hormone rep…

• School Transport — Christopher O'Sullivan FF
• Sports Facilities — David Stanton FG
• Flood Risk Management — Pat Buckley SF

• Health Services — Maria Byrne FG
• Health Service Executive — Tom Clonan IND
• Departmental Policies — Fiona O'Loughlin FF
• School Accommodation — Tim Lombard FG

There are some very young carers and some very elderly carers. Despite the fact that all family carers say they do not provide the care for the income they receive - they provide the care because they want to p…

I am encouraged by Senator Martin's comments that we should pass the occupied territories Bill. Senator Black has been pushing the occupied territories Bill for a number of years. Senator Higgins raised the mat…