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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (5 Dec 2023)

Matt Carthy: 129. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the actions he has taken in response to the forced displacement of Palestinians from their homes in the West Bank; the increased funding announced for illegal Israeli settlement construction and expansion in the West Bank, described by the High Representative for Foreign Policy and Security Policy as a breach of international humanitarian...

Special Report by the Ombudsman for Children on Direct Provision: Motion (30 Nov 2023)

Thomas Pringle: ...in areas such as housing and wealth distribution will drive instability in our society. It already has. Look around this Chamber, look at last week and look at social media. The fight for limited resources is destroying our country and turning us against one another. It does not have to be this way. We have enough to provide for everyone. We cannot begin to turn on or abandon the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Foreign Conflicts (30 Nov 2023)

Chris Andrews: ...of any peace process or two-state solution. The Tánaiste mentioned humanitarian aid on numerous occasions. Of course, I welcome that. It is really important. The difficulty is that when Israel destroys that humanitarian aid that has been allocated to Palestinians, blows it up or wrecks it, there are no consequences for Israel doing that. The illegal settlements are an ongoing...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Middle East (30 Nov 2023)

Peter Fitzpatrick: ...Like the Tánaiste, I condemn terrorism. I have no time for it at all. So far, more than 10,000 innocent women, children and older people have been killed and 60,000 buildings have been damaged or destroyed. I believe the Tánaiste, the Government and the Department of Foreign Affairs have done a fantastic job over recent weeks. That is important. Look at the release of...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Finance Accounts 2022
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 1 – Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2022
Chapter 2 – Reporting Ireland’s EU Transactions
Chapter 24 – Performance of the Ireland Apple Escrow Fund
Chapter 25 – Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (30 Nov 2023)

...behind it, whether it was trying to get clear title to the asset or, in the case of some of the hospitality assets, they could not be sold during Covid because the value would have been destroyed. At this point in time, at the end of 2023 as we head into 2024, it really does feel like there is a good window of opportunity for the liquidators to dispose of these assets. Touch wood, that...

Committee on Public Petitions: Reform of Insurance for Thatched Heritage Buildings: Discussion (30 Nov 2023)

Eugene Murphy: .... Could we look at more research, for example, whereby a product could be used under the thatch and there could be a thinner amount of thatch to prevent fire or whatever happening or completely destroying the property? There must be a way of getting around this. I do accept, however, and I think we all have to accept, that it is very hard to maintain this old tradition under a structure...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ukraine War (30 Nov 2023)

Micheál Martin: ...Assistance package agreed for Ukraine in 2023. This package will allow Ukraine to continue to pay wages and pensions, maintain essential public services, ensure macroeconomic stability and restore critical infrastructure destroyed by Russia. In June, European Commission President von der Leyen announced a €50 billion package aimed at covering immediate reconstruction costs and...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ukraine War (30 Nov 2023)

Micheál Martin: ...aims to assist Ukraine over a four-year period from 2024-27 to continue paying wages and pensions, maintain essential public services, ensure macroeconomic stability, but also to restore critical infrastructure destroyed by Russia. In September, I was pleased to announce a further €23 million in humanitarian and institutional support for Ukraine and Moldova. As part of this...

Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2023: Motion (29 Nov 2023)

Holly Cairns: ...born in the Republic. No dogs born in the North are included. There is no way of knowing the extent of the overbreeding problem if we do not know how many dogs are born in a given year. Thousands of dogs have been bred and then destroyed because they did not make the cut. Destinations for exports of dogs to any country other than the UK are not recorded on the system despite the fact...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: I am sticking to facts. Israel cannot wait to go back on the pretence of getting rid of Hamas. What it is really doing is destroying Palestine and the Palestinian people while you nod and shake your heads in relation to it.

Capital Supply Service and Purpose Report Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (29 Nov 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: ...quality. All infrastructure projects the Government promised when it came to Dublin and the Cabinet were covered by people who forgot about anyone outside of Dublin. What has the Government done? It has destroyed Dublin as well because people in Dublin and their children cannot come home because it made it too expensive by never investing in infrastructure outside of Dublin.

Seanad: Recent Violence in Dublin City Centre: Motion (29 Nov 2023)

Emer Currie: ...watched as a mob tried to burn it down. I also extend them to transport workers who take pride in their jobs, with us taking pride in them in return, who saw their trams and buses, symbols of our State, destroyed, and to the public who were caught up in the sorry mess and experienced, maybe for the first time, what hate looks like when it is up close. Every immigrant now feels that he or...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Trade and Employment (Supplementary) (29 Nov 2023)

David Stanton: ...Government have been very helpful and impactful. It is impossible to calculate the emotional hit that people get when their houses and everything they have worked for all their lives have been destroyed. This morning, Deputy James O'Connor and I spoke in the Dáil about crèches that were ruined as well. This has a knock-on impact on businesses because if people cannot get...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (State Guarantees, International Financial Institution Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (29 Nov 2023)

Pearse Doherty: ...of supporting the principle of solidarity which is at heart of the European Union supporting a country that, through no fault of its own, has found its economy in free fall and its infrastructure destroyed, and for member states across the European Union to support it. Notwithstanding that, obviously, we need to tease out the technical details of the legislation. Sections 17 and 18 and...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flood Risk Management (28 Nov 2023)

Mairead Farrell: ...this may not have happened before or it may not have happened to this extent before, but we know this will happen again and asked what can we do to ensure it does not. Her business was completely destroyed in terms of what had been there previously. That was something that was not expected and was not anticipated. This is only really the start of our winter season, of our storm season...

Neutrality: Motion [Private Members] (28 Nov 2023)

Matt Carthy: ...decisions are so profound that they can have implications for years to come. That is particularly the case when it comes to participation in conflicts. One wrong decision by one Minister or one Government could destroy decades of proud Irish tradition in respect of neutrality in an instant. That is why we need a framework within the Constitution that sets out the basis on which...

Policing, Protests and Public Order: Statements (28 Nov 2023) See 6 other results from this debate

Neale Richmond: ...children that has scarred a community and we saw anarchy from thugs, whipped up by the far right, on our capital’s main thoroughfare through Thursday night. We saw businesses and public vehicles destroyed and An Garda Síochána attacked. No one should ever feel scared to go to work and we saw on Thursday night workers sheltering in stockrooms and basements and having to...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Nov 2023)

Noel Grealish: ...on Sunday night and Monday morning, 12 and 13 November, with the storm doing extensive damage to a number of businesses in Galway and, in particular, in Clarinbridge. Shops and businesses were destroyed when a 4 ft high storm surge swept in in ten minutes and out in 15, destroying everything in its path. While these businesses have welcomed the emergency fund relief scheme of up to...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Nov 2023)

Ivana Bacik: ...legislate his way out of this. How will the Government address whole-of-government failures on policing? Will it move to initiate an independent review into the failures which allowed a small group of people last week to destroy property, injure our police and terrorise our community? We must see accountability and know why those failures occurred.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Nov 2023)

Lynn Ruane: ...turning on each other and eating each other up while we all sit here and have debates. We call for more police while they are the ones who are still suffering. People with nothing are killing and destroying people with nothing. None of them have anything. They have nothing to lose and they are eating each other up. We are all super privileged to be able to stand in this Chamber and...