The issue of the further regulation of nicotine inhaling products has been raised. That law cannot simply be applied across to packaging for nicotine inhaling products. A number of the Deputies mentioned the en…

• Visa Applications — Robert Troy FF
• Healthcare Infrastructure Provision — David Stanton FG
• Rental Sector — Dessie Ellis SF
• Rural Recreation Policy — Éamon Ó Cuív FF

Within the areas covered by 18 OPW flood defence schemes, both fixed and demountable, the results were that 92% of policies had flood cover in areas covered by fixed flood defences, 72% of policies had flood co…

• Job Losses — Johnny Guirke SF
• Defective Building Materials — Paul Murphy PBP
• Climate Change Policy — David Stanton FG
• EU Regulations — Jackie Cahill FF

• Mining Industry — Shane Cassells FF
• Greenhouse Gas Emissions — Lynn Boylan SF
• Disability Services — Fiona O'Loughlin FF

As with the Senator, Councillor Paddy Meade got in touch with me this morning and I am sure that, along with other members of the House, our thoughts are with the workers in Tara Mines. Senator Hoey spoke about…

Congress has called for the ending of age discrimination with regards to the minimum wage and earlier this year, as the minimum wage went to €11.30, Mandate Trade Union pointed out the folly and injustice of de…

While the issue has arisen relating to county home institutions, there are similar implications for the mother and baby home institutions under the scheme, which are included in Schedule 1 to Part 2.…

The Government will work with the company to see what we can do to get the mine reopened and Tara Deep advanced in order that we can secure the future of the mine for decades ahead. New nursing homes are openin…

It is a matter that is under the responsibility of the Minister of State, Deputy James Browne, so I will ask him to come back to the Deputy directly. On the nature restoration----- Is the Minister putting his o…

• Q1+ Economic Policy — Mary Lou McDonald SF
• Q10+ Cabinet Committees — Neasa Hourigan GP
• Q21+ Cabinet Committees — Bernard Durkan FG

However, any fair analysis has to recognise these three key indicators: more people living in rural Ireland, more jobs in rural Ireland and more investment in rural Ireland. Today, the focus is on rural develop…

Section 45 will insert a new section 77A into the Roads Act 1993 which will provide the basis in future for the use of traffic cameras and other data-gathering devices by Transport Infrastructure Ireland, TII, …

Section 4 provides for the establishment of an honours system to be known as Gradam an Uachtaráin, GU. Section 8 states the decision to award the honour of Gradam an Uachtaráin shall be solely at the discretion…

The Local Government Reform Act 2014, introduced by the Taoiseach's own party in Government, established the National Oversight and Audit Commission, NOAC, as an independent statutory body, to provide oversight…

I move: Tuesday's business shall be: - Motion re Proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the terms of the Agreement Establishing the EU-LAC International Foundation (without debate) - Public Health (Tobacco Produc…

• Cancer Services — Catherine Ardagh FF
• Hospital Services — Tim Lombard FG

• Q1+ Council of Europe — Seán Haughey FF
• Q9+ Departmental Strategies — Mary Lou McDonald SF

I, too, echo the Cathaoirleach's contribution and that of Senator Lombard in relation to former Senator Paul Coghlan. I join others in expressing my deepest sympathies to the Coghlan family on the passing of th…

• Q20+ Cross-Border Co-operation — Mary Lou McDonald SF