Results 521-540 of 1,023,343 for in 'Dáil debates' OR (speaker:Mick Barry OR speaker:James Browne OR speaker:Christopher O'Sullivan) in 'Committee meetings'
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 May 2024)
Simon Harris: We provided a lump sum payment for families on qualified child payment. Sinn Féin did not.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 May 2024)
Mary Lou McDonald: I can feel another fact check coming on.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 May 2024)
Simon Harris: We increased the income threshold for working families, and Sinn Féin did not do that either. In Northern Ireland, where Sinn Féin is now leading the government longer than I am leading this one, it does not yet have a strategy to tackle child poverty. The Deputy can read what the Northern Ireland Audit Office has said.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 May 2024)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Thank you, Taoiseach, time is up.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 May 2024)
Simon Harris: When is the Sinn Féin First Minister going to deliver a child poverty strategy in Northern Ireland?
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 May 2024)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: On behalf of the Labour Party, I call Deputy Ó Ríordáin.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 May 2024)
Niall Collins: You are all very quiet over there.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 May 2024)
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I was privileged on Monday to visit the SAOL Hub-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 May 2024)
David Cullinane: Another fact check coming.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 May 2024)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Can we have a little order please?
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 May 2024)
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I want to talk about disabilities-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 May 2024)
David Cullinane: More lies.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 May 2024)
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: -----if people would give me the opportunity. On Monday, with our local Labour representative Patrick Dempsey, I was privileged to visit the SAOL Hub in Ballyfermot Community Civic Centre run by Stewarts Care. We heard first-hand the challenges facing young adults with disabilities - the under-resourcing and lack of opportunities. As the Taoiseach knows, disabled people are at a much...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 May 2024)
Simon Harris: I thank the Deputy for raising this important matter. I acknowledge the work of SAOL, and people are happy to engage with that organisation. There are a couple of issues, and I would like to address each of them. On comprehensive employment and the need to do more for people with disability to access the workforce, I acknowledge that it was a former colleague of the Deputy's, Fergus...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 May 2024)
David Cullinane: More lies.
- Neutrality and the Triple Lock: Motion [Private Members] (29 May 2024)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: In accordance with Standing Order 80(2), the division is postponed until the weekly division time on Wednesday, 29 May 2024. Now, later than scheduled, we proceed to Leaders' Questions.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 May 2024)
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 May 2024)
Mary Lou McDonald: The cost of living is putting enormous pressure on households. A report by Barnardos published this morning highlights the sharp impact on families and children. Nearly half of parents say they or their children have gone without or cut back on the basics over the past six months. This includes food, clothes, medicine, electricity and heat. Some 47% of parents say they are forced to cut...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 May 2024)
Simon Harris: I welcome the opportunity to discuss the important issues highlighted by the Barnardos survey published this morning. I am very grateful to Barnardos for the work it does and the survey it produced. I thank its dedicated staff and volunteers. Objectively, Ireland is making progress when it comes to child poverty. The consistent poverty rate for children is now lower than it has been at...