In recent years, Housing for All has given Dublin City Council the ability to build those mixed communities on those public sites through cost-rental, affordable and social housing. The Department of housing, w…

As the Deputy can appreciate, I am not familiar with the specific school he referenced or what has occurred relating to SNAs, apart from stating that the overall number of SNAs will continue to increase nationa…

The Enterprise rail service is the only cross-Border rail service on the island of Ireland. With regard to the all-island rail review, the programme for Government is clear on the need to continue investment in…

Anywhere rail lines have been reopened or new rail lines have been initiated, they have been a success. For Limerick, Cork and Waterford, the key enablers all included some reference to rail transport or rail p…

We must always be clear that Israel has committed a genocide on the people of Gaza. We hear that Israel provides aid to the people of Gaza, but we know that it does not. Gaza remains an open wound festering and…

The Principal Act is amended by the insertion of the following section after section 26: “ Abolition of Reynolds defence 26A . (1) Any common law defence known as the Reynolds defence that, immediately before t…

I move amendment No. 1: In page 5, between lines 17 and 18, to insert the following: “(3) Before this Act comes into operation the Minister shall publish a report which outlines the following: (a) the degree of…

I have received notice from the following Senators that they propose to raise the following matters: Senator Mark Duffy - The need for the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to amend section 16…

First the Government decided to hit students and their families with big rent increases and now Fianna Fáil's Minister for higher education, Deputy Lawless, has announced that the Government is going to hike up…

• Fire Service — Mark Duffy FG
• Water Supply — Joanne Collins SF
• EU Funding — Joe Conway IND
• Hospital Services — Robbie Gallagher FF

I move: Tuesday's business shall be: - Motion re Nomination to Appoint the Deputy Police Ombudsman (without debate) - Motion re Fourth Report of the Standing Committee of Selection (without debate) - Statements…

I rise today in support of my party colleagues in the continued efforts by the Fine Gael group of Senators to highlight the need for the Minister for higher education, Deputy James Lawless, to sustain and conti…

I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to make provision for a process for the disregard of certain historic criminal convictions arising from consensual sexual activity between men; …

I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013 to improve the welfare of pigs by prohibiting teeth-clipping, tail-docking and castration, limit…

For those in the Visitors Gallery, the Bill is the Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse Bill 2024.…

• Q1 Census of Population — Ruairí Ó Murchú SF

One aspect of school life of the child where the reflections are not as positive is in the area of transition, be that children transitioning from one primary school to perhaps a school for children with additi…

What O'Connell Street, the GPO, Moore Street and all of Dublin city centre needs is what the motion calls on the Government to do.…

• Q2 Homeless Persons Supports — Eoin Ó Broin SF
• Q3 Housing Policy — Conor Sheehan LAB
• Q4 Vacant Sites Levy — Thomas Gould SF
• Q5 Public Private Partnerships — Rory Hearne SD
• Q6 Housing Schemes — Eoin Ó Broin SF
• Q7 Housing Provision — John Clendennen FG

• Q8+ Wastewater Treatment — Joe Cooney FG
• Q10+ Legislative Measures — Roderic O'Gorman GP
• Q11 Housing Policy — Eoin Ó Broin SF
• Q12 Local Authorities — Joe Neville FG
• Q13 National Planning Framework — Edward Timmins FG
• Q14 Local Authorities — Conor Sheehan LAB
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