Currently, private security firms engaged in the enforcement of court orders, including the repossession of properties, do not fall under a category for licensing through the Private Security Authority.…

The enactment of the Loan Guarantee Schemes Arrangements (Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland) Bill 2021 will enable the Ministers to implement the Brexit impact loan scheme and provides the potential for …

It provides that the "Minister shall engage with the relevant business and agriculture stakeholders and representee groups regarding the application of favourable interest rates to monies loaned in accordance w…

That is fine, because the farmers and people of the countryside are excellent custodians of the land. The only way we can protect farmers under designation of land is by way of consultation. As the Minister of …

All of this happens against the backdrop of the publication of the utterly discredited Affordable Housing Bill 2021 by the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, and the pr…

I have also received notice from Senator Ivana Bacik of the following matter: The need for the Minister for Education to provide an update on the opening of autism spectrum disorder, ASD, units in schools in th…

I put it to the Taoiseach that we need statements in this House asserting that Ireland will stand with the rule of international law and the Palestinian people. As has been said, the Government remains extremel…

• Bord na Móna — Fiona O'Loughlin FF
• Tax Code — Mary Fitzpatrick FF
• Passport Services — Niall Ó Donnghaile SF
• Special Educational Needs — Ivana Bacik LAB
• Housing Policy — John Cummins FG
• Health Services Staff — Martin Conway FG

• Q1+ Northern Ireland — Neale Richmond FG
• Q6+ Northern Ireland — Cian O'Callaghan SD
• Q8+ Departmental Functions — Mary Lou McDonald SF

I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 37 and the name of the Member in each case: (1) Deputy Bernard J.…

Senator Mullen needs to remind himself that in 2018 the people voted by a two-thirds majority to repeal the eighth amendment having had sight of the legislation proposed to bring in legal abortion in Ireland.…

The European Union launched its Team Europe initiative in April last year and has so far mobilised a budget of over €40 billion of resources from the European Union, its member states and financial institutions…

I move amendment No. 5: In page 7, between lines 22 and 23, to insert the following: “(b) Where a review is carried out, the Commission shall afford the candidate an opportunity to be heard. ”. The Minister use…

As I have said time and again, people will only get some relief and see substantial change in the delivery of social and affordable homes when we do not have a Government made up of Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael, p…

• Q47 Foreign Conflicts — John Brady SF
• Q48 Foreign Conflicts — Brendan Howlin LAB
• Q49 Foreign Conflicts — John Brady SF
• Q50 Diplomatic Representation — Cathal Berry IND
• Q51 United Nations — John Brady SF

• Q52 EU Meetings — John Lahart FF
• Q53 Tourism Industry — James O'Connor FF
• Q54+ International Relations — Michael Creed FG
• Q55 Humanitarian Access — David Stanton FG
• Q56+ Historical Conflicts — John Brady SF
• Q58+ Northern Ireland — Brendan Smith FF

• Human Rights — Bernard Durkan FG
• Middle East — Pádraig Mac Lochlainn SF
• Housing Issues — Jennifer Murnane O'Connor FF
• Vaccination Programme — Jennifer Whitmore SD

I have also received notice from Senator Barry Ward of the following matter: The need for the Minister for Education to make a statement on plans for the allocation of premises for Gaelscoil Laighean, Dún Laogh…

• Community Development Initiatives — Micheál Carrigy FG
• Closed-Circuit Television Systems — Robbie Gallagher FF
• School Accommodation — Barry Ward FG
• Schools Building Projects — Sharon Keogan IND
• Emergency Departments — Seán Kyne FG
• Covid-19 Pandemic — Marie Sherlock LAB

We need to support local jobs for local people and our public procurement process should reflect that insofar as possible. I support the Minister of State, Senator Hackett, on the need for a debate on public pr…