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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Oct 2025)

Joe Flaherty: Yesterday was budget day, an important day in the life of any democracy. I assume many other Members, like me, were deeply troubled to see several streets in the perimeter of the Government buildings closed down. There was no protest, and no people were gathering. A small number of businesses on nearby streets were closed off. There were tourists looking at what was going on and wondering...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Oct 2025)

Joe Flaherty: I warmly welcome budget 2026. It is fair to say that no one budget can achieve everything a nation aspires to but this is a seismic budget in terms of what we are setting out to achieve on the single biggest challenge we have in the country, which is housing. We will have 10,200 social homes delivered in 2026 and 15,000 starter homes, through a variety of schemes, such as the first home...

Seanad: Budget 2026 (Finance): Statements (7 Oct 2025)

Joe Flaherty: I welcome the Minister of State, my constituency colleague, Deputy Troy. I commend him on his very positive input into what is a progressive budget. We have spoken on many of the macro points in the budget but all politics is local and I want to look at it on a more micro level and highlight some of the issues as they continue to pertain to Longford. We would have preferred to see some...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Oct 2025)

Joe Flaherty: The people of Ireland, almost in our entirety, are shocked at what is ongoing in the Middle East. Ireland has been very much in the vanguard when it comes to pressing the case for Lebanon, Gaza and the West Bank. No country of our size has done more. We have dragged many of the larger European countries to the table and emphasised at European level, national level and at every opportunity...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Oct 2025)

Joe Flaherty: I remind Sinn Féin of the impact that kidnapping has had on this country, in the main perpetrated by-----

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Oct 2025)

Joe Flaherty: -----Senator Ryan's party. Tiede Herrema was not given the opportunity to record a video before he was kidnapped. Jean McConville was not given-----

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Oct 2025)

Joe Flaherty: -----an opportunity to record a video before she was kidnapped.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Oct 2025)

Joe Flaherty: Ben Dunne was not given an opportunity. Don Tidey was not given an opportunity. Paddy Kelly, an Army private-----

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Oct 2025)

Joe Flaherty: -----and Gary Sheehan, the Garda probationer, who were on duty that day in Ballinamore were not given an opportunity to record a video before they were shot dead by the IRA.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Oct 2025)

Joe Flaherty: Thomas Niedermayer was not given an opportunity-----

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Oct 2025)

Joe Flaherty: -----to record a video either.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Oct 2025)

Joe Flaherty: I have absolute solidarity for Senator Andrews but it is not kidnapping.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Oct 2025)

Joe Flaherty: Tell Sinn Féin’s press office it is not kidnapping.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Oct 2025)

Joe Flaherty: And detained, not kidnapped.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Oct 2025)

Joe Flaherty: They are detained.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Oct 2025)

Joe Flaherty: They are detained.

Seanad: Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Oct 2025)

Joe Flaherty: We are dealing with an amendment in section 4 in the names of Senator Nicole Ryan and Senator Patricia Stephenson. The Minister was in possession at the time. Does he wish to continue?

Seanad: Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Oct 2025)

Joe Flaherty: Does anybody else wish to speak to this amendment? No.

Seanad: Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Oct 2025)

Joe Flaherty: Does the Senator wish to speak to it?

Seanad: Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Oct 2025)

Joe Flaherty: Does anybody else wish to speak to it? No. Has the Minister any contribution?