Breast density is one of several factors that can influence breast cancer risk. If they have dense breast tissue, it is not showing up as a lump. I can see what the HIQA report will hopefully recommend, that is…

I want to raise the issue of the ECCE scheme and its impact on children who miss the eligibility criteria by only a matter of days or weeks, particularly kids with additional needs. This was to ensure he was ab…

In that context, my Department is working closely with the Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment as the Department with policy responsibility for renewable energy in order to identify the component …

Portumna Forest Park is both an economic driver for Coillte and a recreational forest park for the people of Portumna. Portumna Forest Park is also part of Coillte’s portfolio of recreational forests. While the…

I would like the opportunity to have a debate with the Minister of State with responsibility for older people or the Minister for Health. We hear about young people leaving the country, but the Government need …

The engagement with MEPs has a central role in that link between the Seanad Chamber, Senators and Members of the European Parliament from Ireland and the wider European community.…

The motion calls for affordable, accessible, and high-quality childcare for all families; further reductions in childcare fees in budget 2027; continued investment in childcare capacity, including State-owned f…

Now, as we meet and as we speak, they are being ripped off for home heating oil and fuel prices are soaring again, just as we told the Government they would. In last year’s budget, the Government ignored PAYE w…

Thursday's business shall be: - Statements on World Pharmacists Week (not to exceed 2 hours and 25 minutes) Thursday evening business shall be the Second Stage of the Electricity Regulation (Climate Action and …

I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Public Health (Tobacco) Acts 2002 to 2024 to prohibit the sale and supply of tobacco products, nicotine products and nicotine inhal…

Today I am introducing the Dublin Local Authorities (Visitor Accommodation Levy) Bill 2026, which will provide a legal framework for Dublin's four local authorities to decide whether to introduce a levy on paid…

Section 8 provides for amendments to section 263 to allow a public services cardholder, at his or her request, to inscribe his or her date of birth on the public services card to enable the public services card…

One is that the increase in the price of home heating oil is principally driven by the international wholesale price of oil and not by new Government tax. The Home Heating Oil (Emergency Mineral Oil Tax Reducti…

While the report was required to consider trade-offs and opportunity costs associated with future data-centre development, it was not commissioned as a comprehensive cost-benefit analysis comparing the economic…

Aer Lingus announced in July, as the Minister of State rightly said, that 500 jobs would be lost at the airline. The Minister of State also needs to confirm that he will meet directly with the affected workers …

The report calls for the establishment of a joint forum to develop a bilateral approach to all-island labour mobility and discusses a range of issues such as taxation arrangements, social security, and mobility…

The approach will align regional enterprise priorities more closely with the regional spatial and economic strategies, RSESs, of the regional assemblies. This will strengthen the links between enterprise develo…

Broadly speaking, of the total of 85 actions, 24 actions have been completed, 24 actions are on track for completion within their original timelines and 35 actions are in progress and expected to be delivered a…

Through Enterprise Ireland and the local enterprise office network, whose mandate includes supporting small businesses to develop and grow, our Department provides a continuum of supports to assist businesses a…

The introduction of a visitor accommodation levy was proposed in Foundations for the Future, the report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare, published in September 2022 and more recently in Capital City, …