I have also received notice from Senator Malcolm Byrne of the following matter: The need for the Minister for Transport to provide an update on the timeline for completion of the M11 motorway from Oylegate to R…

• Driver Test — Aidan Davitt FF
• Just Transition Fund — Timmy Dooley FF
• An Bord Pleanála — Victor Boyhan IND
• Special Educational Needs — Mary Seery Kearney FG
• Covid-19 Pandemic — Erin McGreehan FF
• Qualifications Recognition — Niall Ó Donnghaile SF

More broadly, we need to have a conversation about public banking because we cannot have what Senator Chambers referred to as a "duopoly" when it comes to banking.…

On the conclusion of Matters on the Business of the Seanad, the sitting shall be suspended until 1.30 p.m.; Statements on Ag Climatise - The National Climate and Air Roadmap for the Agriculture Sector.…

All of us know survivors and know people who have been in mother and baby homes. Many issues need to be urgently addressed regarding the way in which the commission is treating survivors and witnesses with thei…

Despite working - yes, I believe that what student nurses and midwives do is actual work and I will not be shifted from that view - according to reports given to me by student nurses and midwives, the vaccine r…

The other element is a co-ordinated approach to the complex health and social needs of homeless people between the HSE, the Dublin Region Homeless Executive, DRHE, and voluntary homeless and drug and alcohol se…

Tomorrow, NatWest will announce the future of Ulster Bank in this State. Has the Tánaiste spoken to either of the pillar banks or Permanent TSB to track a path forward in the interest of Ulster Bank staff and c…

As we move down the list to more and more groups of people, we have asked NIAC to give consideration to groups that could be prioritised, not just family carers but also people under 70 who may have a medical c…

I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to prohibit the ownership of veterinary practices by persons other than those persons who are veterinary practitioners and to provide for relate…

I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to prohibit differential pricing in respect of certain subscription service supplied to consumers; to require certain traders to establish schem…

The Government has rapidly put in place comprehensive packages to help businesses and workers during the pandemic, including the employment wage subsidy scheme, EWSS, the pandemic unemployment payment, PUP, the…

First, it is important to note that the LDA will deliver a minimum of 50% affordable housing on public land in addition to 10% social housing. I welcome the Minister's commitment to ensuring that the Land Devel…

The matters raised by Deputies Pádraig O'Sullivan, Catherine Murphy, Niamh Smyth and Sorca Clarke have been selected for discussion.…

• Special Educational Needs — Pádraig O'Sullivan FF
• Horse Sport Ireland — Catherine Murphy SD
• Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries — Niamh Smyth FF
• Water Pollution — Sorca Clarke SF

However, everybody in the House is well aware that our insurance sector needs a much deeper reform programme to address problems right across the board, including health insurance, childcare insurance, public l…

The Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health has unanimously agreed to write to the National Immunisation Advisory Committee on prioritising family carers for the vaccine because family carers are front-line health…

It is completely unacceptable that each week at the Business Committee we request time for the most important issue in the country to be discussed and scrutinised in the Dáil, which is our management of the Cov…

Will the Taoiseach acknowledge the real distress this dithering and indecision has caused for leaving certificate students and their families? I hope the Taoiseach will answer me on those three matters of the l…

I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to provide that regard be had by public bodies to the desirability of reducing socio-economic and other inequalities suffered by those in rural …