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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Accommodation (22 May 2024)

Michael Ring: I wish to express my view and then I will make a decision whether I will or will not proceed. I am very disappointed. This is the third time I put down a Topical Issue debate and the senior Minister has not come in. People want to be elected to this House, and when they get elected, they want to become Ministers. When they become Ministers, it is like that thing we used to have in the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Accommodation (22 May 2024)

Michael Ring: This has been going on since 2010. I will simplify it for the Minister of State, that he might bring it back to the Department. The first thing I will do today is write to the Comptroller and Auditor General about why taxpayers' money is going to be wasted. The school has been abandoned in recent years but the Department is going to put taxpayers money into it now. Holy Trinity is the...

Road Safety and Maintenance: Motion [Private Members] (15 May 2024)

Michael Ring: The next grouping is the Rural Independent Group.

Road Safety and Maintenance: Motion [Private Members] (15 May 2024)

Michael Ring: The Deputy should give way to his colleague.

Road Safety and Maintenance: Motion [Private Members] (15 May 2024)

Michael Ring: I thank the Deputy. We will move on to the Sinn Féin Deputies, who have 20 minutes. Deputies Martin Kenny, Patricia Ryan, Johnny Guirke, Thomas Gould, Paul Donnelly, Ruairí Ó Murchú and Mairéad Farrell are all sharing the time.

Road Safety and Maintenance: Motion [Private Members] (15 May 2024)

Michael Ring: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rural Schemes (9 May 2024)

Michael Ring: 41. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the total amount of funding made available for the LIS since her Department was established in 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20892/24]

Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (8 May 2024)

Michael Ring: I thank the Minister, but his time is up.

Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (8 May 2024)

Michael Ring: Deputies, please. Can we have order?

Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (8 May 2024)

Michael Ring: The next speaking slot is Sinn Féin's, with five speakers. I would like it if they were fair to one another and only took two minutes each.

Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (8 May 2024)

Michael Ring: I call on Deputy Ó Broin, who is sharing his time.

Europe Day: Statements (8 May 2024)

Michael Ring: The Deputy had his say. He was late coming in. I was lenient and let him contribute, but now he should have a bit of manners.

Europe Day: Statements (8 May 2024)

Michael Ring: No, I thank the Deputy. Let the Minister of State speak.

Europe Day: Statements (8 May 2024)

Michael Ring: I thank the Minister of State. That concludes statements to mark Europe Day.

Europe Day: Statements (8 May 2024)

Michael Ring: The Minister of State has the floor.

Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 May 2024)

Michael Ring: I agree in principle with the Minister of State's Bill because we know we have a problem with gambling in the country. However, as all the previous Deputies have said, the proposal in the Bill is wrong. It is not going to work. I ask the Minister of State not to ask us to vote for the legislation tonight if there is something wrong with it. It is fine for the officials but these voluntary...

European Union Migration and Asylum Pact: Motion [Private Members] (1 May 2024)

Michael Ring: I thank the Deputy. Deputy Catherine Murphy is next.

European Union Migration and Asylum Pact: Motion [Private Members] (1 May 2024)

Michael Ring: We all agree with the Deputy but that is not a point of order.

European Union Migration and Asylum Pact: Motion [Private Members] (1 May 2024)

Michael Ring: Much as I agree with the Deputy, I must call Deputy Martin Browne.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Primary Care Centres (1 May 2024)

Michael Ring: I am disappointed with the response from the Minister of State and I will tell him why. This primary care centre was to be completed in 2020. Works have been at a standstill since 2021. We are now into 2024. I want there to be the same urgency with this work as there was for the national children's hospital in Dublin. In that case, the Government stepped in and had to renegotiate with...