To come to the basics, this is a question as to whether we continue down the road of a failed war on drugs or recognise the reality that we will not stop people taking drugs as a result of criminalisation and, …

In the interim period, people should pay the licence fee because it provides a real service of value to the Irish people. When the company's workers joined a new water main to the existing one and started pumpi…

We are really lucky in this House to have a Senator like Senator Clonan, who is fighting for our children with disabilities. I will outline to the Members that I, as Cathaoirleach, selected the issue raised by …

I ask him on the floor of the Dáil to tar suas go dtí Tiobraid Árainn, come to Tipperary and meet the different groups there to get a better understanding of how the town is choked and business and ordinary liv…

The Bill designates Coimisiún na Meán as the digital services coordinator for Ireland.…

For the first time, it will be an offence for an adult to compel, coerce, direct or deceive a child for the purpose of engaging in criminal activity, or for an adult to induce, invite, aid, abet, counsel or pro…

The whole issue of care, the care economy, supporting carers, and ensuring we have respite care for those who need to be cared for and for the carers is vitally important. For them, it was not just about the ca…

This Bill will enable the creation of a new research and innovation funding agency, Taighde Éireann, or Research Ireland. However, the most important and the flagship of these commitments regarding research and…

The Minister is getting reassurances from the Department of children that these will be like oil and water and no one who arrived from Ukraine prior to the passing of this legislation will be in designated cent…

They concern section 172 and the appointment of the police ombudsman under section 174, which relates to the terms and conditions of office, and the insertion of a new section 173. Section 215 deals more broadl…

These amendments address issues raised on Committee Stage, specifically the establishment of a seasonal employment permit, the introduction of the option of employment permit holders to change employer under th…

I must now deal with a postponed division relating to the motion regarding the International Court of Justice and genocide in Gaza. On Tuesday, 30 January 2024, on the question, "That the amendment to the motio…

Incredibly, the Minister failed to provide a progress update on the 3,550 genuinely affordable homes to rent or buy that the Government promised to deliver through local authorities and approved housing bodies,…

I move: Tuesday's business shall be: - Motion re Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions (without debate) - Statements on the Coordination of Services for those Seeking Protection in Ireland (working title…

• Schools Building Projects — Vincent P. Martin GP
• Health Promotion — Tim Lombard FG
• Third Level Fees — Alice-Mary Higgins IND
• Road Projects — Sharon Keogan IND

• Q1+ Cabinet Committees — Mattie McGrath IND
• Q13+ Cabinet Committees — Cian O'Callaghan SD
• Q24+ Cabinet Committees — Cian O'Callaghan SD

Alongside Ukrainian people seeking protection, 26,500 people from different nationalities are also seeking protection here.…

I would like to express my own deepest sympathy to the family of John Connor, and indeed, to the people of Roscommon, who were very well represented by John. John Connor was both a TD and a Senator and served f…

Israel must also prevent its troops from committing genocide, prevent incitement to commit genocide, allow more humanitarian aid into Gaza and take action to preserve evidence of genocide.…

This tribunal is an opportunity to deal with the historic abuse in our Defence Forces. Indeed, the reports of the Commission on the Defence Forces outline figures that have to be achieved for the future of our …