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Taoiseach a Ainmniú - Nomination of Taoiseach (9 Apr 2024)

Eamon Ryan: Similarly, I would argue with regard to the Minister, Deputy Donnelly, that any honest assessment of the outcomes for delivery to improve the health qualities of our people would again show a record of improvement that we need to continue with a laser focus because that is what is important for our people. Similarly, as the Taoiseach said, we, as a people, are starting to turn and show real...

Taoiseach a Ainmniú - Nomination of Taoiseach (9 Apr 2024)

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Taoiseach a Ainmniú - Nomination of Taoiseach (9 Apr 2024)

Eamon Ryan: There are immediate tasks in warming up the Irish people in delivering a solar revolution, delivering retrofitting and delivering public transport. The Deputies can laugh at that but it actually improves and transforms the quality of people's lives, which it is our job to deliver. We have immediate projects. Rather than having an election, I believe we should spend our time delivering a...

Taoiseach a Ainmniú - Nomination of Taoiseach (9 Apr 2024)

Michael Healy-Rae: They will get a hammering anyway.

Taoiseach a Ainmniú - Nomination of Taoiseach (9 Apr 2024)

Eamon Ryan: That is a question, Michael. That would be up to the people. The people have a choice there. This is a big, historic, important European election where, on the one hand, we have people putting themselves forward saying “Europe is full”, “Climate action can wait”, “I would not touch those vaccines” or “We do not need to restore...

Taoiseach a Ainmniú - Nomination of Taoiseach (9 Apr 2024)

Mattie McGrath: They abolished the borough councils.

Taoiseach a Ainmniú - Nomination of Taoiseach (9 Apr 2024)

Eamon Ryan: We all know about those incredibly difficult decisions. Anyone here who has been a councillor knows it is one of the hardest places to be because sometimes you have to take a hard vote. The public gallery is behind you and you have to raise your hand for something that you believe is right but is not what everyone wants to see. Our constitutional imperative should be focusing on those...

Taoiseach a Ainmniú - Nomination of Taoiseach (9 Apr 2024)

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Taoiseach a Ainmniú - Nomination of Taoiseach (9 Apr 2024)

Eamon Ryan: I think he is very well-placed. Just as background, as a teenager, he established the AAA autism group in Wicklow. Believe it or not, this is not that unusual. Right across the country, there are civic actions like that where people are co-ordinating and organising to improve the quality of the lives of their people. In autism alone, we have Snowflakes Autism Support in Swords, which...

Taoiseach a Ainmniú - Nomination of Taoiseach (9 Apr 2024)

Deputies: Hear, hear.

Taoiseach a Ainmniú - Nomination of Taoiseach (9 Apr 2024)

Micheál Martin: On a personal level, I congratulate Deputy Harris, his wife Caoimhe, his family and his supporters. Particularly for Saoirse and Cillian, this will be a day they will remember differently as time evolves. It is a very special moment for them and for Mary and Bart as well. We all know that nobody can succeed in making a real impact in our public life by themselves. Just like the tough...

Taoiseach a Ainmniú - Nomination of Taoiseach (9 Apr 2024)

Eamon Ryan: I start by thanking Deputy Varadkar for the work he has done, particularly in the past four years but also over his time in this Dáil. As leader of his party and as Taoiseach, he leaves the county in a position whereby the economy has never been stronger. History will judge Leo's timing in how he managed Brexit with the British Government, knowing when was the time for a deal and what...

Taoiseach a Ainmniú - Nomination of Taoiseach (9 Apr 2024)

Deputies: Hear, hear.

Taoiseach a Ainmniú - Nomination of Taoiseach (9 Apr 2024)

Micheál Martin: -----but our Constitution could not be clearer. Each Member of this Dáil carries a mandate for a full term, and the choice of all office holders can change throughout this mandate. I confess that I have been amazed by the brazenness of the largest Opposition party on this matter, given that "I will be seeking support at the Sinn Féin convention" has long been one of the emptiest...

Taoiseach a Ainmniú - Nomination of Taoiseach (9 Apr 2024)

Deputies: Hear, hear.

Taoiseach a Ainmniú - Nomination of Taoiseach (9 Apr 2024)

Micheál Martin: In fact, today, no Opposition party, large or small, has a leader who went through a competitive election before assuming the role. We will have more time during the debate on the nomination of Ministers to discuss substantive policy matters and the range of work which will be our focus during the rest of this Dáil's mandate. We have significant work to do over the next 12 months...

Taoiseach a Ainmniú - Nomination of Taoiseach (9 Apr 2024)

Micheál Martin: Gabhaim buíochas leis an gCeann Comhairle. Ba mhaith liom i dtosach báire mo bhuíochas a ghabháil le Leo Varadkar a rinne sárobair ar son na tíre mar Thaoiseach. Ceannaire ab ea é a bhí sásta comhoibriú leis na páirtithe eile sa Rialtas seo agus d'éirigh linn dul chun cinn mór a dhéanamh le blianta beaga anuas. D'oibrigh...

Taoiseach a Ainmniú - Nomination of Taoiseach (9 Apr 2024)

Members applauded.

Taoiseach a Ainmniú - Nomination of Taoiseach (9 Apr 2024)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I understand the Minister of State, Deputy Peter Burke, will second the proposal.

Taoiseach a Ainmniú - Nomination of Taoiseach (9 Apr 2024)

Peter Burke: I thank the Ceann Comhairle. I second the name of Simon Harris to lead the thirty-fourth Government of Ireland. Every Member of this House is elected by their communities for a five-year mandate. It is this great assembly's constitutional duty to elect a Taoiseach. On 15 December 1994, the late John Bruton put it best before he was nominated as Taoiseach, when he described the office...