I have also received notice from Senator Marie Sherlock of the following matter: The need for the Minister for Education to make a statement on the new pay arrangements for hourly-paid bus escorts including a c…

• Employment Permits — Robbie Gallagher FF
• Flood Risk Management — Seán Kyne FG
• Special Educational Needs — Marie Sherlock LAB
• Public Transport — Regina Doherty FG
• International Agreements — Lynn Boylan SF
• Childcare Services — Mary Fitzpatrick FF

A number of targeted measures and initiatives are being developed to provide better security of tenure and greater rent certainty for tenants, as well as enhancing the supports and services available to both te…

He can listen to the two senior Sláintecare managers, Laura Magahy and Tom Keane, and the former chair of the South/South West Hospital Group, Professor Geraldine McCarthy, all of whom have now resigned.…

I will allow the Minister, Deputy Stephen Donnelly, and the Minister of State, Deputy Butler, to come back to the Deputy on the detail of that. Can the Minister take this up with the Cabinet and the Minister, D…

I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Local Government Act 1998 and provide for a statutory review of the demographics and socio-economic profile of each local authority…

Senator Sherlock raised the north inner city MetroLink, as did Senator Fitzpatrick. Senator McGreehan raised the issue of the ESRI report and spoke passionately about the need for people with disabilities to do…

The new system introducing penalty points for masters of fishing vessels is unfair and unbalanced with nonsensical elements, according to the Irish Fish Producers Organisation, IFPO. Why apply penalty points to…

Colm Markey, MEP, and Ms Maria Walsh, MEP. Sometimes, whether it is Angela Merkel or whoever else - not everyone can differentiate people sometimes - people see European leaders standing up for Ireland and they…

Section 9 provides a power for the Minister to amend specific references to a Garda district or Garda rank in statutory instruments, and to make certain other amendments, to give effect to a determination of th…

It provides that the Minister for Education may request the agency to undertake or commission research into matters in respect of his or her education welfare functions and that the agency may give information,…

Earlier this year, two very brave women, Una Ring from Cork and Eve McDowell from Sligo, both victims of stalking, came together to campaign for a change in the law in this area that would make stalking a stand…

If gas and electricity prices soar this winter, in the light of what he and I have just outlined, will the Government use the opportunity to make maximum price orders under the Consumer Protection Act to ensure…

I have also received notice from Senator John McGahon of the following matter: The need for the Minister for Transport to make a statement on his plans to introduce high-speed rail services between Belfast, Dun…

The Tánaiste was Taoiseach when I raised the issue of a €1,000 bonus for front-line workers last year. The Tánaiste will be aware that Shannon Airport has key transatlantic destinations to the likes of Boston a…

• Northern Ireland — Victor Boyhan IND
• Defence Forces — Lisa Chambers FF
• Transport Policy — John McGahon FG
• Rail Network — Emer Currie FG
• Water Pollution — Malcolm Byrne FF
• Childcare Sector — Paul Gavan SF

These voluntary contributions are anything but voluntary and parents are often put under significant pressure. It will oblige schools to make apparent that these contributions are indeed voluntary and make them…

I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009, Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014 and subsequent regulations to reduce socia…

I am speaking on behalf of the Minister for Justice on a motion referring to a draft proposal by the Council of the European Union on the extension of the period defined in the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agree…

The matters raised by Deputies Patrick Costello; Niamh Smyth and Holly Cairns; Neale Richmond and Jennifer Carroll MacNeill; and Duncan Smith, Dessie Ellis, Alan Farrell and Louise O’Reilly, have been selected …