• Road Network — Robbie Gallagher FF
• Lobbying Reform — Chris Andrews SF
• Water Charges — Eileen Lynch FG
• Hospital Facilities — Dee Ryan FF

Surely there are no commercial considerations in asking whether the site has been acquired, when it will be acquired and whether we will be told when it has been acquired. I know he has been a long-time advocat…

I asked him, first of all, whether the Government would vote against Mercosur when the vote comes to the European Council, and I asked him whether he would work with like-minded member states to form a blocking…

Enforcement is going to be very important now with regards to the ban on the single-use vapes, but also in terms of the appropriate disposal of the multiuse vapes as well. That Bill sought to ban disposable vap…

The alliance reports that the Irish fishing industry will have 57,000 tonnes less quota to fish in 2026 and is now at risk. Foreign vessels were also fishing and filling their boats and sailing home out of Iris…

I will request a debate with the Minister of State in the new year about apprenticeships. I will request a debate with the Minister, Deputy O'Donovan, in the House on that matter in the new year as well. I will…

One of them was to ask both the Ministers for Finance and public expenditure the funding allocated to Vote 15, which in the past was Vote 22. He said in a reply to me in 2005 that the allocation for the secret …

In deciding to extend the scope of the service, the Minister must have regard to the extent to which demand by borrowers for credit is being met by regulated financial service providers, the importance to borro…

The amendment will make it more likely that the proceeds of crime are repurposed in the communities that are most impacted by crime. The communities most impacted by crime are great communities. We and the Mini…

I support amendment No. 1 moved by Senator Tully, which seeks to ensure that: Accounts of the Fund shall be prepared on an annual basis, in such form and ... in such manner as the Minister for Finance may direc…

Before I call on the Minister to open the debate, I remind the Members that two separate motions are being debated in this slot: the motion regarding the proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the Planning and De…

I do not see any incompatibility between there being a jurisdiction for a Norwich Pharmacal order that continues in the High Court, not on a statutory basis, and, at the same time, there being a statutory-based…

The National Minimum Wage Act allows for lower or subminimum rates of the minimum wage for employees aged 20 years and younger. Subminimum youth rates are the age-based regime of the national minimum wage, wher…

I have received notice from the following Senators that they propose to raise the following matters: Senator Seán Kyne - The need for the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to make a statement on the…

At the same time, the Government cancelled energy credits in a budget of €9.4 billion, in which, astonishingly, it managed to leave working people worse off. If the Government really cared about fairness, if th…

• Animal Diseases — Seán Kyne FG
• Pharmacy Services — Maria McCormack SF
• Bus Services — Evanne Ní Chuilinn FG
• Schools Building Projects — Fiona O'Loughlin FF

Thursday's business shall be: - Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) (Amendment) Bill 2025 (Second Stage) (if not previously concluded, to adjourn after 3 hours and 24 minutes) Thursday evening business shall be …

As someone who was an early school leaver, not because of my dislike of school but because of my vehement dislike of doing homework, it is past time that we have that debate on the future of homework within our…

• Q1+ Cabinet Committees — Séamus McGrath FF
• Q16+ Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements — Malcolm Byrne FF

It is about the issue with flat rate VAT and selling livestock in a mart. When a VAT-registered business makes its VAT returns, the inputs and outputs are calculated and where a business has paid more VAT than …