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- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2024)
Paul Murphy: I certainly will. When we talk to people, most people are actually open to hearing that and they can be won to that argument and know it is the Government's responsibility. They want there to be a real alternative-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2024)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Time, Deputy, please.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2024)
Paul Murphy: -----on offer in a few months' time.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2024)
Simon Harris: It is always interesting when the Dáil reconvenes after an election and people decide to present the election results in whatever way suits them. All I know is that more people went out and voted for my party than any other party. More people went out and gave Fianna Fáil seats in the local elections than any other party. Many people voted for the Green Party. The people on this...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2024)
Paul Murphy: I thank all the People Before Profit activists who stood for election and campaigned for our candidates and all those people who voted for us. We plan to use our increased council representation to fight for working class people across this country. Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil are looking pretty pleased with themselves today. I think the Taoiseach said that Fine Gael did better in these...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2024)
Simon Harris: Be careful, so.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2024)
Paul Murphy: One crucial fact that should be mentioned is that Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael combined had the lowest percentage vote in the history of the State in local elections. Their vote share dropped. They did not have a better election. They had a worse election. Their parties are still deeply unpopular.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2024)
Patrick O'Donovan: How much did you get?
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2024)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: How much did you get?
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2024)
Paul Murphy: A general election will focus the minds. If a clear left alternative is on offer and there is a chance to end the rule of 100 years of Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael, which are responsible for the housing crisis, the health crisis, the lack of action on the cost of living, and the disgraceful situation facing families with kids with additional needs, I think many people will take that chance...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2024)
(Interruptions).
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2024)
Paul Murphy: Let us allow people to have a choice in the next election. I think if we inspire people with the chance for an alternative to Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael, many people will take that choice.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2024)
Patrick O'Donovan: One choice has been ruled out anyway.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2024)
Simon Harris: I am not really sure where to start there. There will be a general election in due course. I am really looking forward to it because there will definitely be alternative political views on offer. I am not sure who is in this left coalition or whether Sinn Féin is in it. Maybe its members are not sure themselves either, but they will work it out after they have the review. Every...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2024)
Simon Harris: I congratulate Deputy Cairns on the election of the councillors from her party. I wish everybody who was elected well. Lots of people voted for my party as well, and for my coalition party colleagues in Fianna Fáil and the Green Party. Her view of how people view the political situation is not always in line with what the people actually decided to do at the ballot box on Friday....
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2024)
Holly Cairns: Respectfully, I said people did not buy the rhetoric on carers.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2024)
Simon Harris: In your view.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2024)
Holly Cairns: What the Taoiseach just said is a really good example of how different the rhetoric is versus the reality of what people experience. The problem with what he is saying is that people have heard it all before. Carers have heard the same promises, not just from him but from his predecessor and the taoisigh before them. Instead of things getting better, they are getting worse. Already...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2024)
Simon Harris: I did not say we are doing a report. We do not need any more reports. I said that between now and budget day, we will review the means test. When I talk to carers-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2024)
Holly Cairns: You mentioned a report on respite.