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Joint Committee on Social Protection, Rural and Community Development: Child Poverty: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)

Louise O'Reilly: Ms Bayliss made the point that it does not matter if maintenance has been paid or not so long as it is court ordered. You might never see a shilling of it and it is still counted. That is the biggest issue.

Joint Committee on Social Protection, Rural and Community Development: Child Poverty: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)

Louise O'Reilly: They can see your bank statements and that it does not go in.

Cost of Disability: Motion [Private Members] (14 Oct 2025)

Louise O'Reilly: I thank everyone who made a contribution to the debate. The Minister of State will agree the depth of feeling is very much evident in the Chamber. The cost-of-living crisis cuts deeper and lasts longer for people with disabilities and the Government knows this. The motion sets out an alternative to the Government's approach. The least we should expect from any decent Government is that it...

Cost of Disability: Motion [Private Members] (14 Oct 2025)

Louise O'Reilly: I move: That Dáil Éireann: acknowledges: — the additional costs disabled people face in their day to day lives; — an Indecon report, commissioned by Government back in 2021 confirmed the cost of disability, estimating it to be on average between €9,482 and €11,734 per annum; — this was not the first report showing a cost of disability; and...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Oct 2025)

Louise O'Reilly: It is not normal.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Oct 2025)

Louise O'Reilly: You are not poor; you are just not using the right methodology.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Oct 2025)

Louise O'Reilly: There is an energy crisis in homes now, Taoiseach.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Oct 2025)

Louise O'Reilly: The pressure is on families.

Financial Resolutions 2025 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (9 Oct 2025)

Louise O'Reilly: I welcome the opportunity to make a contribution in respect of the budget. The people who were really celebrating on Tuesday when the announcements were made were the landlords, the developers and the vulture funds. This was a budget for them. The Government might as well have just handed the biro to them and let them write the budget. Not unlike the previous speaker, who is a Fianna...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic Violence (9 Oct 2025)

Louise O'Reilly: 41. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he is aware of the impact that the housing crisis is having on victims of domestic abuse; to provide an update on the engagement he has had with his Department regarding this issue; if he understands that victims and survivors are losing time, spent on waiting lists, because they cannot return to the place where their...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (9 Oct 2025)

Louise O'Reilly: 84. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when Rush Garda Station will open on a full time basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53677/25]

Financial Resolutions 2025 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (8 Oct 2025)

Louise O'Reilly: When they are filling up their cars they will remember.

Financial Resolutions 2025 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (8 Oct 2025)

Louise O'Reilly: And the Minister of State is endorsing it now.

Financial Resolutions 2025 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (8 Oct 2025)

Louise O'Reilly: Hush now, Michael.

Financial Resolutions 2025 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (8 Oct 2025)

Louise O'Reilly: Yes.

Financial Resolutions 2025 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (8 Oct 2025)

Louise O'Reilly: Answer it now.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Oct 2025)

Louise O'Reilly: Hear, hear.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Provision (8 Oct 2025)

Louise O'Reilly: If the answer is "zero", will the Minister just say it? Is he embarrassed or ashamed? I would be if I was sitting where he is but I do not think the Government knows any shame. The answer is "zero". As we are here this morning, the average rent in north County Dublin is €2,223. The Minister might tell me who is going to be able to afford that rent because people on an ordinary...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Provision (8 Oct 2025)

Louise O'Reilly: I want an answer from the Minister.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Provision (8 Oct 2025)

Louise O'Reilly: I want an answer. I am entitled to an answer.