They were in a more advantageous situation than Ukrainians in self-catering accommodation and Irish people. It is important to state that this payment is allowing us to meet the accommodation needs of Ukrainian…

I will raise what the Deputy has said with the Minister, Deputy Donnelly. Therefore, my colleague the Minister of State, Joe O'Brien, and I will continue to engage with the Minister for Transport, Deputy Ryan, …

The Planning and Development (An Taisce) Bill 2024 aims to support rural communities, residents and young people in obtaining planning permission without the constant interference of bodies such as An Taisce. T…

This Bill is the legal foundation for one of the most important health reforms in years: a digital health service. The Health Information Bill provides a clear legal framework to enable vital initiatives in dig…

Its provisions underpin the Government's roadmap, Digital for Care: A Digital Health Framework for Ireland 2024-2030, and align with the EU's digital decade target of all patients having access to their digital…

Again, the national climate objective is properly named within the national planning framework but it is not given the same space in the national planning statement, which can effectively override the national …

The policy objective of the Bill is to enhance the 2014 Act primarily in the areas of corporate governance, company law enforcement and supervision, company law administration and corporate insolvency. I will d…

This whole Bill, which is short, was brought about simply by a decision of the High Court to declare as unconstitutional the imposition of a mandatory life sentence where a child convicted of murder has aged ou…

Amendment No. 145 seeks to ensure that where a development plan is consistent with the national planning framework and the national marine planning framework and to be brought into alignment with a national pla…

Section 96 states, "Where section 95 applies, the [gambling] Authority shall, subject to subsection (2 ), determine whether a premises where it is proposed to provide a gambling activity is suitable for use for…

Deputy McDonald asked what the Government is doing about this and what steps it is taking to ensure that the hospital is completed and can meet the healthcare needs of our children. The National Paediatric Hosp…

I have received notice from the following Senators that they propose to raise the following matters: Senator Victor Boyhan - The need for the Minister for Health to make a statement on the controls and measures…

Thursday's business shall be: - Finance (Provision of Access to Cash Infrastructure) Bill 2024 (Second Stage)** - Companies (Corporate Governance, Enforcement and Regulatory Provisions) Bill 2024 (Second Stage)…

• General Practitioner Services — Victor Boyhan IND
• Physical Education — Ollie Crowe FF
• Schools Building Projects — Seán Kyne FG
• Rail Network — Timmy Dooley FF

Over the summer, there have been conflicting views from the Minister for Finance, the Minister for local government and the Minister for agriculture on the residential zoned land tax. A cousin of Senator O'Dono…

Finally, amendment No. 16 - these are the three amendments I have chosen to speak about out of this group of amendments - relates to the amendment in the name of Senator McDowell where he again talks about the …

The High Court ruled that a person who commits murder as a child but turns 18 years of age before he or she is sentenced cannot be subject to the mandatory life sentence for murder. A child convicted of murder …

Anything we do to improve healthcare in the mid-west region must be done with Aoife in mind, but many other families have suffered because of unsafe care and a lack of capacity at University Hospital Limerick, …

• Q2 Covid-19 Pandemic — Denis Naughten IND