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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Benefits (27 Feb 2025)

John McGuinness: Thank-you.

Housing Commission Report: Statements (27 Feb 2025)

John McGuinness: I wish the Minister and the Minister of State well in their work. It is a hugely important area and they are going to need all of the breaks and support that they can get in this House and in councils. When I think of local authority housing, I think of the question I am often asked, which is: why, in the 1950s, were we able to build so many well-structured houses for people who were...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Schemes (27 Feb 2025)

John McGuinness: 301. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection how the Government plans to support employers in explaining the auto-enrolment scheme to their employees, or if there is a plan to communicate and educate employees directly about the scheme; if a worker must earn €20,000 to date before being enrolled, or whether one week’s earnings of €384.62 will be...

Policing and Community Safety: Statements (4 Mar 2025)

John McGuinness: Go raibh maith agat.

Policing and Community Safety: Statements (4 Mar 2025)

John McGuinness: We have five.

Oideachas trí Mheán na Gaeilge: Tairiscint [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] (4 Mar 2025)

John McGuinness: In accordance with Standing Order 85(2), the division is postponed until the weekly division time on Wednesday, 5 March.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Road Network (4 Mar 2025)

John McGuinness: Go raibh maith agat.

Waste in Public Expenditure: Motion [Private Members] (5 Mar 2025)

John McGuinness: I thank the Deputy.

Waste in Public Expenditure: Motion [Private Members] (5 Mar 2025)

John McGuinness: I thank the Deputy. The debate has now-----

Waste in Public Expenditure: Motion [Private Members] (5 Mar 2025)

John McGuinness: -----and I put the question on Aontú's-----

Waste in Public Expenditure: Motion [Private Members] (5 Mar 2025)

John McGuinness: Okay. As the debate is concluded, I must deal with Aontú's amendment to the Minister's amendment.

Waste in Public Expenditure: Motion [Private Members] (5 Mar 2025)

John McGuinness: In accordance with Standing Order 85(2), the division is postponed until the weekly division time on Wednesday, 5 March 2025.

Policing and Community Safety: Statements (Resumed) (5 Mar 2025)

John McGuinness: Yesterday, the Minister stated that he would listen carefully to what was said by Members in this House because they are on the ground experiencing all of what is happening in respect of crime and so on. I will take him at his word. To learn to improve the morale in An Garda Síochána, we need only go to John Barrett, who did a great service in exposing many controversies and...

Seachtain na Gaeilge: Ráitis (5 Mar 2025)

John McGuinness: Tá áthas orm a bheith anseo inniu chun Seachtain na Gaeilge a cheiliúradh. Tréimhse iontach atá inti a thugann deis dúinn ár dteanga agus ár gcultúr a chur chun cinn. Is cuid dár n-oidhreacht í an Ghaeilge. Tá sí beo agus bríomhar agus is teanga ár sinsir í. Tá sí le cloisteáil inár gceol,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Cancer Services (6 Mar 2025)

John McGuinness: Thanks, Minister.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Eating Disorders (6 Mar 2025)

John McGuinness: The Minister of State without interruption.

International Women's Day: Statements (Resumed) (6 Mar 2025)

John McGuinness: It is right and proper that we acknowledge International Women's Day in this House, and statements are the appropriate way to do that. Some Members have doubts about that but I think it causes us to pause in what is normally a busy schedule in politics and to reflect on a particular issue. It allows us to give our own opinions as to how far we have come and whether we have advanced any...

International Women's Day: Statements (Resumed) (6 Mar 2025)

John McGuinness: -----how we interact with someone who holds office and is interested in change-----

International Women's Day: Statements (Resumed) (6 Mar 2025)

John McGuinness: Perhaps the Deputies would have respect for me. I listened very carefully to them.

International Women's Day: Statements (Resumed) (6 Mar 2025)

John McGuinness: I strongly believe that in this House we have to lead by example, regardless of how we feel about each other politically. Looking back on my career, in my years on Kilkenny Corporation I was influenced by the likes of Margaret Tynan, who was a trailblazer in her own way and encouraged women to stand for politics, Evelyn White, Carmel Boyd and other strong characters who formed policy at...