However, there is no mention of public housing, social housing, affordable housing or any criteria. The Minister and I know that if the Land Development Agency buys a plot of State land and says 90% of it will …

• Qualifications Recognition — Aodhán Ó Ríordáin LAB
• Social Welfare Benefits — Jennifer Carroll MacNeill FG
• Community Employment Schemes — Holly Cairns SD
• Missing Persons — Duncan Smith LAB

Importantly, our feminism must be inclusive and recognise the unique struggles faced by women of colour, trans women, Traveller women and disabled women. This means promoting women who will promote other women …

My colleague, Deputy Ó Broin, our spokesperson on housing, has put forward viable and realistic options for affordable housing, for example, through the delivery of public housing by local authorities, approved…

The Deputy knows that a sampling review into illegal birth registrations was commissioned in 2018 by the then Government to identify whether there were markers on files to indicate a practice of illegal birth r…

If one looks at the situation in banking right now, one sees the massive closure of bank branches and the threat that poses to rural communities and jobs, one sees what has been exposed at Davy's and now, on to…

I measc na n-eagraíochtaí a bhfuil ionadaíocht acu ar an gcoiste seo tá Údarás na Gaeltachta, Foras na Gaeilge, Conradh na Gaeilge, Cumann na bhFiann, Oireachtas na Gaeilge, Gael Linn, Gaeloideachas, Glór na nG…

In line with the published phases of the return to in-class, in-person teaching over the next weeks, we hope to see even more students return to schools, including 260,000 primary school students in the more se…

The recent announcements by Ulster Bank and Bank of Ireland are of very significant concern for people who hold individual personal bank accounts with those banks. The decision of Bank of Ireland, following in …

I have received notice from Senator Aisling Dolan that, on the motion for the Commencement of the House today, she proposes to raise the following matter: The need for the Minister for Education to make a state…

• Schools Building Projects — Aisling Dolan FG
• Environment Fund — Micheál Carrigy FG
• Social Welfare Benefits — Ollie Crowe FF
• Flood Prevention Measures — Denis O'Donovan FF
• Covid-19 Pandemic Supports — Timmy Dooley FF
• Local Enterprise Offices — Victor Boyhan IND

This morning I listened to the CEO of Bank of Ireland, Francesca McDonagh, talking about bank closures and the decision by Bank of Ireland to close a number of branches across the country, including in Oughtera…

To that end, I welcome the mandatory quarantine of travellers from the 20 countries. That means we have to follow NPHET’s advice, remove discretional movements, have PCR testing post arrival here, extend mandat…

If the case numbers in some EU countries were to get out of hand, would this legislation cover hotel quarantine for travellers arriving from EU countries? There are 33 countries on that list and countries can b…

The new section, which is Part 1 in the Bill, is to insert a technical amendment to section 252(1), add three new subsections, namely, subsections (1A), (1B) and (1C) and insert a technical amendment to section…

I have also received notice from Senator Paul Gavan of the following matter: The need for the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to make a statement on the income thresholds for social housing …

• International Programmes — Frances Black IND
• Forestry Sector — Eugene Murphy FF
• Project Ireland 2040 — Seán Kyne FG
• Local Authority Housing — Paul Gavan SF
• Parental Leave — Emer Currie FG
• Employment Rights — Mary Fitzpatrick FF

I welcome the White Paper on the ending of direct provision. I also welcome the White Paper on ending direct provision. Senator Pauline O'Reilly raised the very welcome announcement on behalf of the Government …

With regard to public transport, just as there has been a very significant drop in international travel passenger numbers to Ireland, impacting our maritime and aviation sectors, so too have we seen a similar d…

Dublin Airport traffic levels are down 95%, and traffic levels in Shannon Airport and Cork Airport are down around 99%. Aviation and associated businesses tell us that Covid-19 has hit the aviation industry mor…