For more than 30 years, this LEADER programme, delivered by the local development companies, has maximised the drawdown of the money available and the impact of the EU funds to create jobs in rural Ireland and …

In light of the intensified infection prevention measures now required in nursing homes, especially during this month in the lead-up to Christmas and beyond where additional precautions and staff will be requir…

I have also received notice from Senator Timmy Dooley of the following matter: The need for the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to make a statement on the extension of the defective concrete…

Unfortunately, the protected disclosure regime has a number of weaknesses. As one of the world’s greatest whistleblowers Edward Snowden once said, "The sad truth is that societies that demand whistleblowers be …

• Planning Issues — Victor Boyhan IND
• Defective Building Materials — Timmy Dooley FF
• Disability Services — Martin Conway FG
• Further and Higher Education — John McGahon FG

As we discussed during the debate on the Finance Bill, the purpose of this Bill is to ratify agreements to the European Stability Mechanism, ESM, treaty and the Single Resolution Fund, SRF, intergovernmental ag…

We must scrap the secretarial assistant's pay scale and pay our SAs properly. The reality of the role of a secretarial assistant has evolved significantly over the last five to ten years and there is a dichotom…

I ask Senator Ruane to convey my very good wishes to Senator Flynn with that launch. I raised with the Minister, Deputy Stephen Donnelly, in the Seanad last night the issue of the cohort of 230,000 people who r…

I will begin with their tax treatment in the application of capital gains tax, or, more to the point, how that tax does not apply to them. These funds pay no corporation tax on their rental profits and no capit…

I know that it has been both challenging and exhausting for principals, teachers, SNAs, school staff, boards of management and everybody involved in the school community sector but it has been vitally important…

During the time that mandatory hotel quarantining was in operation, 151,350 cases were detected in the State, so mandatory hotel quarantining detected 0.39% of cases. Not including the hotel quarantine regulati…

The matters raised by Deputies McNamara, Michael Moynihan, Colm Burke and Andrews have been selected for discussion.…

• Health Services — Michael McNamara IND
• Dental Services — Michael Moynihan FF
• Road Network — Colm Burke FG
• Child Abuse — Chris Andrews SF

The matters raised by Deputies Ó Ríordáin, Christopher O'Sullivan, Creed and Guirke have been selected for discussion.…

I have also received notice from Senator Garret Ahearn of the following matter: The need for the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to make a statement on the straw incorporation measure. I have also…

• Natural Resources — Johnny Guirke SF
• Covid-19 Pandemic — Aodhán Ó Ríordáin LAB
• School Accommodation — Michael Creed FG
• Special Educational Needs — Christopher O'Sullivan FF

• Public Sector Pay — Gerard P. Craughwell IND
• Antisocial Behaviour — Ollie Crowe FF
• Agriculture Schemes — Garret Ahearn FG
• Hospice Services — Fiona O'Loughlin FF

I will quote from the expert group on the role of ventilation in reducing the transmission of Covid from 2 March 2021: Stand-alone HEPA filter devices can be useful in reducing airborne transmission in spaces w…

Will the Taoiseach get rid of the sliding scale and allow us to have a scheme that can be built on? There are issues about where they will get all the masks if they have to give more masks to kids during school…

I commend the Minister, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, Councillor Martin McDermott in Donegal, Senator Blaney, Deputy Calleary, the Minister, Deputy McConalogue, Deputy McHugh, my constituency colleague, Senator Burke…