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An Bille um an Aonú Leasú is Daichead ar an mBunreacht (An Aois Vótála a Laghdú go Sé Bliana Déag), 2025: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Forty-first Amendment of the Constitution (Reduction of Voting Age to Sixteen Years) Bill 2025: Second Stage [Private Members] (13 Nov 2025) See 15 other results from this debate

Malcolm Byrne: A wise man.

Science Week: Statements (13 Nov 2025) See 18 other results from this debate

Marian Harkin: I thank everyone in the House for the opportunity to have this debate and their contributions. Many of them were quite insightful and thoughtful. As a former science and maths teacher, I am pleased to see so many people across the country participating in Science Week because it is about making science fun, accessible, interesting and real. I agree with Deputies Eoin Hayes and Paul...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (13 Nov 2025) See 69 other results from this debate

Simon Harris: I thank Deputy Cahill for raising this issue and for the comprehensive list of towns and townlands in County Kerry where there are challenges in relation to mobile phone coverage. I know the Minister for communications has a blackspot task force operating in his Department to identify these. It is quite peculiar how this happens. There are areas very much in the heart of urban and rural...

Ceisteanna ó na Comhaltaí Eile - Other Members’ Questions (13 Nov 2025) See 4 other results from this debate

Simon Harris: Go raibh maith agat for raising this matter. I thank the Deputy for the work he is doing on the Oireachtas committee and as our party spokesperson in the area of climate action. He triggered a number of thoughts on my part in relation to this. The overriding priority has to be that the perfect is not the enemy of the good when it comes to homeowners being supported. The Government and I...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 Nov 2025) See 87 other results from this debate

Simon Harris: As is often the case, I agree with the Deputy on some things and disagree with him on others. I will try to take him through that. Rents in this country are too high. That is why we have taken a number of measures to try to increase supply. I am of the view that when you increase the supply of housing, there is a demand-and-supply effect. I also believe that we need to do other things in...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Eligibility (13 Nov 2025) See 9 other results from this debate

Eoin Hayes: I thank the Minister and his officials for creating a task force for the Fastway workers. I am conscious that we are not just talking about people who are in typical employment situations. We are talking about people who are self-employed, who are contractors and who are franchisees. According to the information I have, about 1,000 people are in that category as opposed to the 300 who were...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Pensions Reform (13 Nov 2025)

Pensions Reform

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Appeals (13 Nov 2025) See 6 other results from this debate

Dara Calleary: They are 20 permanent staff for the appeals office. You do not just drop somebody into an appeals office. They need training and experience and there is a process in place within the appeals office to do that. It would have taken time for those 20 to be trained up and get stuck in but they are definitely getting stuck in. I also point out that we introduced new social welfare appeals...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Eligibility (13 Nov 2025)

Social Welfare Eligibility

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Appeals (13 Nov 2025) See 9 other results from this debate

Dara Calleary: I thank Deputies Ardagh and Daly for this question. DCA is a non-means-tested payment of €360 per month and is payable in respect of a child aged under 16 who has a severe disability. The child must require continuous care and attention substantially over and above that required by other children their age. Applications for DCA are decided by a deciding officer on an individual...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Social Welfare Eligibility (13 Nov 2025) See 7 other results from this debate

Barry Heneghan: I appreciate the update on the work the Minister is doing and the meetings we have had. The issue is that the existing threshold does not reflect the hidden cost of disability, which has been mentioned by Deputies across the House this morning, or the medical, transport and energy costs people face. I welcome the fact the Minister has been carrying out a consultation. We need to modernise...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (13 Nov 2025)

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Schemes (13 Nov 2025)

Social Welfare Schemes

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Social Welfare Payments (13 Nov 2025) See 7 other results from this debate

Paul Murphy: I presume the Minister is not disputing the fact that the budget made disabled people poorer, despite the measures he is announcing. The disability support grant was cut by €400. In respect of the living alone allowance, the lump sum of €200 was cut. That is another €200 gone. The fuel allowance was reduced for disabled people, resulting in a net loss of €160....

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Pension Provisions (13 Nov 2025) See 7 other results from this debate

Eoin Hayes: I thank the Minister. I very much hope the fees will be under 0.1% of assets under management. It would be extremely concerning if they were anywhere near that. My understanding from the Minister’s answer is that the fees have not been detailed, and this goes to the heart of the question of whether the State is adequately prepared to introduce auto-enrolment on 1 January as the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Fuel Poverty (13 Nov 2025) See 7 other results from this debate

Dara Calleary: I will certainly engage with the Deputy in that regard. We also have a commitment in the programme for Government to examine key benefits such as the fuel allowance, households benefits and the living alone allowance. That is an ongoing activity to make sure they are as relevant and targeted as possible. The household benefits package is specifically targeted at older people. It is...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Social Welfare Benefits (13 Nov 2025)

Social Welfare Benefits

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Pension Provisions (13 Nov 2025) See 7 other results from this debate

Louise O'Reilly: However, they are going to be disadvantaged if the Government does not fund them. Bearing in mind the hands-off approach that the Government takes to these agencies, we should remember that although it caused the homelessness crisis with its policies, it has asked people to come in to shore it up. Some of the agencies are funded only by the State, and if they do not have additional funding...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Small and Medium Enterprises (13 Nov 2025)

Small and Medium Enterprises

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (13 Nov 2025)