For 49 years now, the people of Cyprus have suffered gross violations of international law and human rights as a result of the Turkish invasion and continuing occupation of more than one third of the territory …

I will discuss the merits of this particular hate crime Bill because I do not believe the current legislation does address hate crime, which is the ultimate signal crime. Will the Minister confirm the public co…

This Bill will introduce measures additional to those required at EU level, including an annual licensing requirement to sell these products, a ban on the sale of these products to minors, a ban on the sale of …

Big tobacco is no longer big tobacco only; it is big vaping. What we have now is the normalisation of smoking and vaping. I welcome and support the Bill which aims to prohibit the sale of nicotine-inhaling prod…

I also acknowledge the work done by SIPTU and the National Retained Firefighters Association, NRFA, in mobilising and representing the retained firefighters so well. He stated he had initiated a review of the m…

Deputy Gino Kenny - to discuss the medical cannabis access programme Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn - to discuss the allocation of funding to schools with a large intake of students from refugees or asylum-seekin…

It is not just firefighters that this is impacting. We have to find a way out of this dispute with the retained firefighters. I do not think there are any retained firefighters in the House.…

• Q63 Misuse of Drugs — Paul Donnelly SF
• Q64 Vacant Sites — Seán Sherlock LAB
• Q65 Voluntary Sector — Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire SF
• Q66 Departmental Policies — Catherine Connolly IND
• Q67 Departmental Schemes — Danny Healy-Rae IND

• Q68 Island Communities — Mairéad Farrell SF
• Q69+ Departmental Funding — Cathal Crowe FF
• Q71 Public Participation Networks — Marc Ó Cathasaigh GP
• Q73 Departmental Funding — Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire SF
• Q74 Rural Schemes — Alan Dillon FG
• Q78+ Clár Forbartha Tuaithe — Brendan Griffin FG

• Early Childhood Care and Education — Louise O'Reilly SF
• School Accommodation — Michael Ring FG
• Climate Change Policy — Danny Healy-Rae IND
• Road Network — Christopher O'Sullivan FF

• Q1 Health Services — David Cullinane SF
• Q2 Hospital Overcrowding — Duncan Smith LAB
• Q3 Emergency Departments — David Cullinane SF
• Q4 Home Care Packages — Róisín Shortall SD
• Q5 Mental Health Services — Mark Ward SF

• Homeless Persons Supports — Victor Boyhan IND
• Fire Service — Sharon Keogan IND
• Mental Health Services — Tim Lombard FG
• Medicinal Products — Lisa Chambers FF

• Q10 Medical Cards — Bernard Durkan FG
• Q7 Pharmacy Services — Richard Bruton FG
• Q6 Departmental Strategies — Alan Farrell FG
• Q8 Health Services Staff — Pádraig O'Sullivan FF
• Q11 Industrial Disputes — Duncan Smith LAB
• Q13 General Practitioner Services — Thomas Pringle IND
• and 2 more

As the Cathaoirleach alluded to, Senator Lombard is a long time advocate of Senator Murphy's proposition that we reduce the VAT on sunscreen products. I am accepting the amendment to the Order of Business, as p…

In the area of hospital beds, over the past three years there have been more hospital beds delivered than at any other time since the foundation of the HSE.…

• Q81 Student Accommodation — Mairéad Farrell SF
• Q82 Third Level Education — Cathal Berry IND
• Q83 Apprenticeship Programmes — Mairéad Farrell SF

• Q84 Irish Language — Marc Ó Cathasaigh GP
• Q86 Third Level Costs — Alan Farrell FG
• Q87 Student Accommodation — Pádraig O'Sullivan FF
• Q90 Apprenticeship Programmes — Thomas Gould SF
• Q89 Further and Higher Education — Brendan Smith FF
• Q91 Legislative Programme — Mairéad Farrell SF
• and 4 more

There are more than 2,000 retained firefighters in the country. I have only a minute to answer and I want to answer on the retained fire service, because I commissioned the report on the retained fire service i…

I do not have an update for the Deputy right now but I will speak to the Minister of State, Deputy Chambers, about it and get him to respond to the Deputy directly. I will speak directly to the Minister, Deputy…

The grooming of children to participate or partake in crime is a serious issue that destroys countless lives and limits the untold potential of young people across the State and, therefore, I strongly support t…