I ask that An Taoiseach prioritises the talks with the Irish Thalidomide Association and that there is a conclusion to the saga and hell that thalidomide victims have had to go through for more than 60 years. I…

• Q1 School Accommodation — Sorca Clarke SF
• Q2 School Accommodation — Seán Canney IND
• Q3 Special Educational Needs — Sorca Clarke SF
• Q4 Teaching Qualifications — Sorca Clarke SF

The Minister shall, within 12 months of the passing of this Act, lay a report before both Houses of the Oireachtas reviewing the terms, conditions and remuneration afforded to workers holding regular permits an…

In addition, the Bill provides for the payment of contributions by participants, their employers and the State, the investment of contributions and the payment of retirement savings out of participants’ account…

• Q7 Schools Building Projects — Rose Conway-Walsh SF
• Q8 School Enrolments — Bernard Durkan FG
• Q9 School Curriculum — Richard Bruton FG
• Q12 School Transport — Rose Conway-Walsh SF
• Q16 School Transport — Bernard Durkan FG
• Q27 School Transport — David Stanton FG
• and 4 more

• Special Educational Needs — Mairéad Farrell SF
• Fishing Industry — Pádraig Mac Lochlainn SF

• Q1 Student Accommodation — Mairéad Farrell SF
• Q3 Apprenticeship Programmes — Mairéad Farrell SF
• Q4 Student Visas — Gary Gannon SD
• Q5 Student Accommodation — Mairéad Farrell SF

I have received notice from the following Senators that they propose to raise the following matters; Senator Erin McGreehan - The need for the Minister for Health to ensure ease of access to healthcare provider…

• Meals-on-Wheels Services — Mark Wall LAB
• Health Services — Erin McGreehan FF
• Road Projects — Seán Kyne FG
• Rail Network — Maria Byrne FG

• Q6 Education Costs — Richard Boyd Barrett PBP
• Q7 Further and Higher Education — Brendan Smith FF
• Q8 Artificial Intelligence — Richard Bruton FG
• Q13 Further and Higher Education — David Stanton FG
• Q14 Nursing Education — Rose Conway-Walsh SF
• Q16 Dental Services — David Stanton FG
• and 3 more

The Senator raised an important point about the need to upgrade our road infrastructure so when an accident or something happens, not just in the Dublin area but throughout the country, a whole city does not co…

Section 23A of the 1994 Act provides for a Garda power to issue a fixed-charge notice on a person where the Garda has reasonable grounds for believing the person is committing, or has committed, an offence of d…

• Q49 Departmental Programmes — Louise O'Reilly SF
• Q50 Small and Medium Enterprises — Matt Shanahan IND
• Q51 Employment Rights — Louise O'Reilly SF
• Q53 Business Supports — Mattie McGrath IND
• Q52 Work Permits — Verona Murphy IND

• Q54+ Business Supports — Brendan Smith FF
• Q55 Industrial Development — Bernard Durkan FG
• Q56 Export Controls — Matt Carthy SF
• Q57 Industrial Development — David Stanton FG
• Q59 Business Supports — James O'Connor FF
• Q60 Renewable Energy Generation — Darren O'Rourke SF

The Minister received the first report from the Housing Commission on the right to housing last August. The chair of the Housing Commission this morning, John O'Connor, who is someone I assume the Deputy respec…

I will raise the point the Deputy raised directly with the Minister, Deputy Donnelly. If the Deputy can give me the details, I will raise the issue with the Minister of State, Deputy Chambers, and get him to lo…

The Bill would cap electricity prices at 25 cent per kilowatt-hour, significantly less than the current average price of 35.83 cent. It would cap the price of natural gas at 8 cent per kilowatt-hour, significan…

With this Bill, the CRU would finally have oversight of energy companies' hedging practices. This legislation seeks to make amendments to the Electricity Regulation Act 1999 to give the Commission for Regulatio…

The increased cost of business scheme has seen a broad take-up, with 74,000 businesses having registered to date, or almost 62% of the total number of eligible businesses. The second ICOB grant for the retail a…

We should also do something about the profiteering of energy companies, which have increased energy costs for business, and about the profiteering of insurance companies, but we should not attack workers in the…