All of the concerns expressed by pregnant women were confirmed in a report on maternity services across the 19 maternity hospitals for HIQA. The location of the national maternity hospital is mentioned in the n…

The Government always said - and we have heard an echo of this from the Taoiseach today - that it could not introduce a ban on evictions, a rent freeze or proper rent controls that would bring rents down to aff…

Will the Taoiseach today join me in requesting publicly that, considering this commission member's decision to appear at the Oxford event, she and her colleagues now appear also before the Oireachtas committee,…

I refer to the ideas of building cost-rental housing for those who do not qualify for social housing, of building council-led affordable housing on council land, of financial support being provided in the short…

• Q1+ Government Communications — Mary Lou McDonald SF
• Q5+ Economic Policy — Richard Boyd Barrett PBP
• Q10+ Departmental Functions — Mary Lou McDonald SF

The national recovery and resilience plan is aligned with both the economic recovery plan and the review of the national development plan that is currently under way. The national recovery and resilience plan i…

Many of us on all sides of this House are strongly of the view that we should not roll over these draconian powers for the Minister of Health and the Government. These are emergency powers which have never been…

In terms of the nursing homes scheme, and the TAPS in particular, the first point I have to make is that the results from the vaccination programme have been very significant in terms of nursing homes, with a r…

I have also received notice from Senator Ollie Crowe of the following matter: The need for the Minister for Transport to make a statement on the plans being put in place for the redevelopment of Ceannt and Oran…

There will be time for a debate on that and for me and the Minister for Health to bring clarity to the House, but it has not come before Government.…

• School Facilities — Ivana Bacik LAB
• Schools Building Projects — Seán Kyne FG
• Railway Stations — Ollie Crowe FF
• Departmental Funding — Eugene Murphy FF
• Departmental Reports — Gerard P. Craughwell IND
• Sports Funding — Micheál Carrigy FG

There is a lot of talk about weaning people off the PUP, but these events show us that the real weaning that is needed is the weaning of official Ireland and the Government of its addiction to Covid lockdowns a…

• Q1+ Departmental Projects — Cian O'Callaghan SD
• Q7+ Urban Development — Mary Lou McDonald SF
• Q10+ Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements — Cian O'Callaghan SD

Subject to the passage by the Dáil of the Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) Bill 2021,and it being considered, by virtue of Article 20.2.2° of the Constitution, as a Bill initiated in the Dáil,…

I move amendment No. 14: In page 12, between lines 34 and 35, to insert the following: “Rights and jurisdiction of State in respect of the Continental shelf 19. The amendment proposes to insert a new section on…

I send my solidarity to the people of Belarus, who are suffering under the Lukashenko regime. It is a huge audience in Belarus, considering Belarus has a population of just 9.5 million people.…

The matters raised by the Deputies Pringle, Stanton, Quinlivan and Ó Cuív have been selected for discussion.…

Commitments made by the insurance industry that a reduction in insurance awards would result in a reduction in insurance costs for consumers are not being met. In September, the Consumer Insurance Contracts Act…

• Q63 Cybersecurity Policy — Darren O'Rourke SF
• Q64 National Broadband Plan — Seán Canney IND
• Q65 North-South Interconnector — Darren O'Rourke SF
• Q66 National Broadband Plan — Catherine Connolly IND

• Q67 Cybersecurity Policy — Paul McAuliffe FF
• Q68 Digital Hubs — Aengus Ó Snodaigh SF
• Q69 National Broadband Plan — Ruairí Ó Murchú SF
• Q70 Departmental Schemes — Seán Canney IND
• Q71 National Broadband Plan — Brian Stanley SF
• Q73 Environmental Policy — Richard Bruton FG
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