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Fisheries: Statements (22 Oct 2025)

Paul Lawless: I raise a very serious issue that is happening in my constituency in Mayo. That is the proposed closure of the Cong hatchery. This facility is one of the most important pieces of infrastructure in Mayo. It is fundamentally important. It is the jewel in the crown of the tourism sector in south Mayo. Cong, Ballinrobe, much of south Mayo and Galway rely on this important angling and tourism...

Office of the President: Motion [Private Members] (22 Oct 2025)

Paul Lawless: The motion is rooted in three simple, democratic principles, namely, that every Irish citizen should have the right to vote for the President, that the Office of the President should be transparent and accountable and the process for standing for election should be fair and open to all citizens, not just the politically connected, and that voting rights for Irish citizens should be extended...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (22 Oct 2025)

Paul Lawless: 31. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will request the European Commission to change the VAT classification for beauty salons, in order that they may benefit from the same reduced VAT rate as hairdressers announced in Budget 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57497/25]

Finance Bill 2025: Second Stage (21 Oct 2025)

Paul Lawless: -----of the most egregious nature, of a young girl who was raped-----

Finance Bill 2025: Second Stage (21 Oct 2025)

Paul Lawless: -----by an alleged asylum seeker-----

Finance Bill 2025: Second Stage (21 Oct 2025)

Paul Lawless: -----who had received a deportation order.

Finance Bill 2025: Second Stage (21 Oct 2025)

Paul Lawless: We have raised this on so many occasions.

Finance Bill 2025: Second Stage (21 Oct 2025)

Paul Lawless: I am speaking about the mismanagement of the budget funds in terms of IPAS centres.

Finance Bill 2025: Second Stage (21 Oct 2025)

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Finance Bill 2025: Second Stage (21 Oct 2025)

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Finance Bill 2025: Second Stage (21 Oct 2025)

Paul Lawless: This budget has very little to do with ordinary families across Ireland. It is to do with Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil and where they are in the election cycle. After the budget, I picked up some Fine Gael election material. So many promises have been broken. The Deputy is right that the Minister believes he can hold the Government together. There will not be an election for a couple...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trade Agreements (21 Oct 2025)

Paul Lawless: 154. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his assessment of the environmental impact of the proposed EU-Mercosur trade agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49376/25]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committees (21 Oct 2025)

Paul Lawless: 180. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Justice, Migration and Social Affairs will next meet. [57268/25]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committees (21 Oct 2025)

Paul Lawless: 181. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Disability will next meet. [57269/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Official Travel (21 Oct 2025)

Paul Lawless: 203. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of trips he took part in during 2025; and the destinations of those trips. [57270/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: EU Agreements (21 Oct 2025)

Paul Lawless: 229. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the specific measures the Government is taking to ensure that Ireland's participation in the European Union's permanent structured cooperation framework and any EU defence arrangements do not compromise Ireland's commitment to multilateralism, the UN charter, and its sovereign right to not participate in collective defence given Ireland's...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Data (21 Oct 2025)

Paul Lawless: 499. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total commercial rates intake from businesses in the town of Kiltimagh, County Mayo by Mayo County Council, in the most recent year and for each of the previous five years. [57358/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (21 Oct 2025)

Paul Lawless: 729. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children being recalled for clinical review following the CHI hip dysplasia audit; and to clarify whether this includes surgeries performed prior to 2021, given that over 2,200 letters have already been issued to families. [56544/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (21 Oct 2025)

Paul Lawless: 730. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown by hospital and year of the 497 children identified for recall due to pelvic osteotomy procedures performed between 2021 and 2023. [56545/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (21 Oct 2025)

Paul Lawless: 731. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown by county patient address of the 497 children identified for recall due to pelvic osteotomy procedures performed between 2021 and 2023. [56546/25]