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Immigration: Motion [Private Members] (6 Dec 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: They voted against it because they might have to pay their own workers a little bit more money.

Immigration: Motion [Private Members] (6 Dec 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: This is the politics of the Rural Independents because they want to consistently tell me-----

Immigration: Motion [Private Members] (6 Dec 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: What they want to consistently tell people is, "You need to be afraid of the outsider; vote for me." I would say to the Cathaoirleach Gníomhach and to the Minister-----

Immigration: Motion [Private Members] (6 Dec 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I did not utter a word when I was listening to the falsehoods and scaremongering-----

Immigration: Motion [Private Members] (6 Dec 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: -----of the presentations the Deputy made earlier this morning.

Immigration: Motion [Private Members] (6 Dec 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: And I was elected by the people of Dublin Bay North.

Immigration: Motion [Private Members] (6 Dec 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Five times-----

Immigration: Motion [Private Members] (6 Dec 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Five times over the past month, Deputy Danny Healy-Rae, in particular, has linked criminality with immigration. Five times, on the record of this House, the Deputy has said that elderly people, women and children are scared alive because of immigration. Is he in any way surprised that he is raising temperatures, tension and fear in local communities when he consistently-----

Immigration: Motion [Private Members] (6 Dec 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: You know exactly what you are doing.

Immigration: Motion [Private Members] (6 Dec 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: They know exactly what they are doing when they are linking immigration with criminality.

Immigration: Motion [Private Members] (6 Dec 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I will state clearly what immigration does to this country. I agree that the Irish are all over the world. It is stunning hypocrisy for us. Two weeks after somebody set fire to a bus on O'Connell Street and had a riot through the city, they must be laughing this morning that the national Parliament is having a discussion on immigration. They must have really felt that they achieved their...

Immigration: Motion [Private Members] (6 Dec 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: There are things that are more important that getting votes. There are things more than re-election for yourself. There are things that are more important to the human condition about solidarity and about looking somebody else in the eye and knowing that he or she is a fellow human being doing his or her best to raise his or her family and to contribute to society, and what Members in this...

Confidence in the Minister for Justice: Motion (5 Dec 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Hear, hear.

Confidence in the Minister for Justice: Motion (5 Dec 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: After careful consideration of the track record of this Government in the areas of crime, policing and addressing the root causes of crime, the Labour Party will not be supporting the Government's motion. We did not rush to political point scoring in the aftermath of 23 November. We were traumatised when the news filtered through of a vicious assault on innocent schoolchildren and their...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (5 Dec 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 269. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how many schools currently utilise temporary prefab accommodation for classrooms; how much was spent on leasing or rental of such buildings in 2022; how much is budgeted for them for 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53894/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (5 Dec 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 384. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for a breakdown of overtime in An Garda Síochána from 2018 to 2022 and to date in 2023; and to detail if possible where the overtime is worked; and where the gardaí working the overtime are based. [53341/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Enrolments (30 Nov 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Okay, so the Department is willing to accept that the school made a mistake. However, can the Minister reiterate to every school across the country the reality that they cannot link a payment to enrolment? Will the Minister also accept there is a toxic relationship between money and education in this country? There is far too much of an assumption within school management sometimes that a...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Enrolments (30 Nov 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 78. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures her Department has in place to end the practice of non-fee-paying schools linking the payment of a fee with the acceptance of an enrolment place. [52250/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Enrolments (30 Nov 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: This is related to the reputed practice of a particular school that came to my notice of linking the payment of a fee with the enrolment of a child. I want the Minister to comment on that practice and set out the Department policy in respect of it.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Enrolments (30 Nov 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I have no intention of naming the school. The school management has told the Minister that they made a mistake. We need to have robust communication from the Minister. I appreciate the effort she made in contacting the school. The parents from that school will be very appreciative of those efforts. It is quite outrageous that a school would say a mistake was made in making the connection...