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Legislative and Structural Reforms to Accelerate Housing Delivery: Motion [Private Members] (25 Jun 2025) See 6 other results from this debate

Danny Healy-Rae: I thank Deputy Michael Collins and his group for tabling this motion and giving us all an opportunity to talk about housing and discuss it as much as we can to see if we can help. This is one of many motions, Bills and whatever trying to address housing, but we really need to get down to work and see after the people to ensure that everyone has a home. The answer has to be to build more...

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters: School Accommodation (25 Jun 2025)

Duncan Smith: ...-growing population. There is a lack of primary school places in the village of Portmarnock, which is an issue I have been raising for a number of months. I have tabled parliamentary questions to the Minister. Unfortunately the responses have been most unsatisfactory. I tabled a parliamentary question about primary school places and get a response about post-primary school enrolments...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Litter Pollution (25 Jun 2025) See 1 other result from this debate

Teresa Costello: From the outset, I wish to be clear that I fully support and commend all Government schemes and funding streams aimed at anti-littering efforts and environmental awareness. These initiatives have a huge impact in local communities. I have seen this first hand in Tallaght where there has been an impressive growth in Tidy Towns groups and community clean-up initiatives, supported by South...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Bus Services (25 Jun 2025)

Manus Boyle: I thank the Minister of State. It is great to hear that he will come to Donegal. The model there is working. There are just wee pockets that have been left behind. If they could be taken into consideration, we would have a scheme that would work for everybody. I know of four elderly people in Mountcharles who have no vehicle or cannot drive. A service to bring them into Donegal town...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Housing Provision (25 Jun 2025)

Chris Andrews: ...in older flat complexes such as Pearse House, Mercer House and Markievicz House, which were all build by Herbert Simms not far off a century ago. People's homes have been neglected by the State to the point that many are near unlivable. Residents are being forced to live in completely unacceptable conditions, with rampant mould and pest infestations, broken and outdated utilities, poor...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Jun 2025) See 3 other results from this debate

Fiona O'Loughlin: I also extend a welcome to the chargé d'affaires from Slovenia, a beautiful country that I had the opportunity to visit, and to Councillor Niall Kelleher, his aunt, mum and son Noah, who, I understand, is very interested in politics and very involved in Comhairle na nÓg. I hope they have an interesting and good day in Leinster House. When driving here this morning, I listened to...

Seanad: Dental Services: Motion (25 Jun 2025) See 1 other result from this debate

Cathal Byrne: I thank the Minister of State for attending the Chamber to hear this important motion introduced by my Fine Gael party colleagues. It is refreshing, having listened to many of the contributions that have been made across the Chamber, that there is cross-party unity on this issue that is important for so many people across the country. At the outset, I will speak on the need for mobile...

Seanad: Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse Bill 2024: Report Stage (25 Jun 2025) See 2 other results from this debate

Helen McEntee: I thank Senators for their engagement. I thank, in particular, Senator Boyhan for his engagement on this particular section and these amendments. As he has outlined, I support the idea. We have followed through on having a review of the criteria for the educational supports that will follow once this Bill is enacted. As I outlined to the Deputy on the proposal for a review after one year,...

Seanad: Disability (Personalised Budgets) Bill 2024: Second Stage (25 Jun 2025) See 3 other results from this debate

Tom Clonan: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I thank the Minister for coming to the House this evening, and for meeting me in the past weeks to discuss this piece of legislation. I appreciated that engagement. I will put a context for moving this personalised budgets Bill to debate stage. Ireland is, by all objective measurements, an ableist State. That is a shameful state of...

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters: Disability Services (25 Jun 2025) See 1 other result from this debate

Jerry Buttimer: I thank the Deputy for raising this important matter. I apologise that the Minister is not here and that I do not have a copy of the speech for the Deputy. I will get it to her as soon as possible. Like her, I deal with parents and children every day and every week and she is right that there is frustration. We all need to work collaboratively to ensure access to services is improved...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Delays in Departmental Scheme Payments: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jun 2025) See 4 other results from this debate

Mr. Francis Morrin: I thank the Cathaoirleach and members for their invitation to attend this committee meeting to give an update on some of the support schemes for farmers. I begin with an update on what many farmers will know as the single farm payment, that is, payments under Pillar 1 of the Common Agricultural Policy, CAP, which are fully EU funded. They include the basic income...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Future of the An Post Network: Discussion (25 Jun 2025) See 1 other result from this debate

Mr. David McRedmond: The way the protocol works is a property is offered to the LDA first, the local authority second and the market third. Even when we go to the market, we look at what the possible uses are and the most likely beneficial uses.

Committee on Disability Matters: Progressing the Delivery of Disability Policy and Services: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jun 2025) See 13 other results from this debate

Dr. Aideen Hartney: The National Disability Authority, NDA, is a statutory agency established to provide evidence-informed advice and guidance to the Government on disability policy and practice and to promote awareness and application of universal design. My colleagues and I welcome the opportunity to engage with this committee at this early stage in its work and to address key points of...

Committee on Education and Youth: Education for Children with Special Educational Needs: Minister of State at the Department of Education and Youth (25 Jun 2025) See 3 other results from this debate

Emer Currie: My sense of it is that it is not as many as last year, but it is still a significant number. Today is an important day because many schools broke for the holidays. All the talk over the summer will be, “Where are you going to big school?” For those families, their life is on hold over the summer. It is a difficult time. I am dealing with parents who have done everything...

Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: General Scheme of the Industrial Development (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2025: Discussion (25 Jun 2025) See 11 other results from this debate

Mr. John Hughes: I welcome the opportunity to present to the committee today on the general scheme of the industrial development (miscellaneous provisions) Bill 2025. I am the principal officer heading up the inward investment unit of the Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment. In alignment with the latest programme for Government, the proposed Bill is aimed at enhancing...

Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Carbon Budget: Climate Change Advisory Council (25 Jun 2025) See 7 other results from this debate

Ms Marie Donnelly: I thank the committee for the invitation to join today. I hope the screen and the sound work okay. We have given a written opening statement. It is a little long, so with the Chair's indulgence, I will just identify some of the key points from it but we will happily take questions on any of the elements of the opening statement or indeed any other questions that might...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 11 - Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation (Revised)
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Revised)
Vote 14 - State Laboratory (Revised)
Vote 15 - Secret Service (Revised)
Vote 17 - Public Appointments Service (Revised)
Vote 18 - National Shared Services Office (Revised)
Vote 19 - Office of the Ombudsman (Revised)
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (Revised)
Vote 43 - Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (Revised) (25 Jun 2025)

Emer Higgins: It depends. In terms of sourcing, they often are. If the Deputy can imagine it, we have two different wings of the Office of Government Procurement. One is in relation to policy and one in relation to sourcing. From a policy perspective, our officials work to devise frameworks, guidelines, circulars and a lot of support for Government Departments and agencies to be able to understand the...