The Deputy should be aware that in 2021 a reasonable profit figure of 6% was recommended to the Minister for Health by the Health Insurance Authority, the statutory regulator of the private health insurance mar…

We all knew Terry Brennan as a friend. Terry Brennan had no enemies at all; he had all friends. They were particularly friendly with Terry for a long number of years and introduced him to me and, from what Terr…

We have no issue with what is in the Bill, as such, or with the amendments but we have a serious issue with the absence of the duty of candour in the Bill. The issue is with the process and the absence of a sta…

The Minister shall, within six months of the passing of this Act, lay before both Houses of the Oireachtas a report on private pension tax relief including: (a) an assessment of the cost to the exchequer; (b) a…

An employee can take the leave to care for a person of whom the employee is the relevant parent, the spouse or civil partner of the employee, the cohabitant of the employee, a parent or grandparent of the emplo…

We can see that from the beginning of the Minister's speech where she outlined the various payments, including the autumn double paymen; the €500 lump sum paid to all people receiving a long-term disability pay…

In respect of addressing the challenges of the sector, there have been extensive commitments by the Minister to address the long-standing challenges in the early learning and childcare sector, including the fol…

The Deputy's answer with regard to rental is to increase tax with a new tax on rental properties, increased tax for landlords and an income tax on capital gains. That is tokenism. -----it be a derelict sites ta…

Thursday’s business shall be: - Motion re Proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the opt-in under Article 3 of Protocol 21 to the TFEU ( to conclude within 55 minutes ) - Water Environment (Abstractions and Assoc…

• Animal Welfare — Lynn Boylan SF
• Peace Commissioners — Robbie Gallagher FF
• Industrial Development — Seán Kyne FG
• Housing Schemes — Ollie Crowe FF
• Wastewater Treatment — Martin Conway FG

The shared island initiative was one of the Taoiseach and a sum of €500 million was set aside in the programme for Government for a number of projects that were aimed at benefiting communities North and South a…

These sanctions are a financial penalty, suspension of a gambling licence, revocation of a gambling licence or imposition of a condition on a gambling licence. With regard to the Bill and the whole are of gambl…

If the same approach is taken for the redress scheme for homeowners with Celtic Tiger era defects, it will be simply too long. To take it back a step, thousands of residents in Dublin Fingal, the area I represe…

Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill - to discuss extra funding for domestic, sexual and gender-based violence, DSGBV, service providers announced on 21 November. Deputies Darren O'Rourke, Johnny Guirke, Ged Nash a…

While the main legislative provisions relating to An Bord Pleanála are being examined in detail as part of the review of planning legislation currently being led by the Attorney General, this Bill deals with ce…

A working group report that examined defects in housing found that a lack of fire safety material, structural defects and water ingress are likely to affect up to 80% of apartments and duplexes built between 19…

• Q2 An Garda Síochána — Mick Barry PBP
• Q1 An Garda Síochána — Martin Kenny SF
• Q3 Parole Boards — Martin Kenny SF
• Q4 An Garda Síochána — Peter Fitzpatrick IND
• Q5 Asylum Applications — Catherine Connolly IND

The National Tourism Development Authority (Amendment) Bill 2022 provides the basis to enable the continued provision of capital funding to the National Tourism Development authority, Fáilte Ireland, for the pu…

I now invite the Minister to speak on the subject matter of the amendments in group 1, namely, amendments Nos. 1 and 263 to 273 inclusive. This group includes amendments Nos. 2, 8 to 11, inclusive, 17 to 37, in…