The amendments are simply to reflect the change in the name of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform, which was for…

Housing for All represents the most ambitious housing plan in the history of the State. I am pleased to stand here today to support the Minister and to say he is doing a good job, as are his officials, the peop…

The Minister shall- (a) not more than 3 months after the completion of work carried out by the Firearms Expert Committee, publish in full the considerations and recommendations of the Firearms Expert Committee,…

Senator O'Reilly spoke about the Croí Cónaithe scheme and the vacant homes. If they go to local authorities as HAP or RAS tenants we want the local authorities to purchase their homes so they become tenants of …

Neely to give particular priority to ensuring that all protected disclosures on hand in IFI, which could not be progressed in the absence of a working quorum, are dealt with promptly and in accordance with IFI'…

Addressing the first grouping of amendments, particularly amendments Nos. 1, 2, 10, 20, 22, 23, 29, 30, 32, 33, and 36 to 44, inclusive, I wish to ask the Minister about the process for determining the rates of…

We have record homelessness, record house prices, record rents and now the Government is about to make a disaster even worse by ending a no-fault eviction ban - we are only calling it an eviction ban but it is …

Thursday’s business shall be: - Statements on Government Supports for the Irish Sheep Sector (not to exceed 145 mins) - Statements on the Report of the Independent Review Group on Dignity and Equality issues in…

Senator Mary Seery Kearney - The need for the Minister for Health to make a statement on the decision to move all nurses from the Curlew Road health centre to the Armagh Road health centre in Crumlin, leaving D…

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This Bill intends to close that loophole, prevent landlords from carrying out these mass evictions, and ensure that renters do not have to go through the trauma and stress of being served with these evictions a…

I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to compel local authorities to provide members of the public and public representatives with substantive replies to written communications withi…

A UN database of companies operating in the illegal Israeli settlements on Palestinian land was published by the UN Human Rights Council in 2020.…

Senator O'Loughlin has proposed an amendment to the Order of Business, seconded by Senator Ardagh, that No. 23 be taken before No. 1. Senator Burke requested a debate with the Minister, Deputy Eamon Ryan, on re…

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It is giving to a commission of four judges and four laypersons a role in determining which of the eligible judges of the superior courts should be in the Court of Appeal and Supreme Court, and who should becom…

We stand here today, as spokespeople for the climate within our respective parties, debating not climate initiatives, climate actions or climate targets but an accounting exercise. It is an accounting exercise …

However, the TCA does not provide for any form for requests for mutual assistance in criminal matters but instead mandates the Specialised Committee on Law Enforcement and Judicial Cooperation, a committee whic…

Last year, we abolished inpatient hospital charges for children, introduced free contraception for women aged from 17 to 25 and reduced the maximum amount a family pays for medicines to €80.…

As the private rental market continues to fail to provide sufficient and affordable housing, the Government decision to end the eviction ban will see more people enter into homelessness and hardship.…