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Criminal Justice (Promotion of Restorative Justice) (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (17 Jul 2025)

Pa Daly: ...who did a lot of work in helping us to prepare the Bill. I also thank Leigh Daly who worked in my office and the Office of Parliamentary Legal Advisers, OPLA, for its work in helping us along with the Bill. Many changes to criminal justice are needed, but what better place to start than with something that is a win-win for everyone. I understand the Government is not opposing the Bill...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Financial Services (17 Jul 2025)

Robert Troy: ...exemption threshold to €12 million from the current €8 million. This will reduce the regulatory burden for smaller issuers and increase their access to capital in order to invest for long-term growth. The Deputy is right that the value of money on retail deposit offers major potential. The savings and investments union, on which the Government is hugely engaged, will be...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Overcrowding (17 Jul 2025) See 1 other result from this debate

Maurice Quinlivan: ...enough. It is talking about 2028, in three years' time and potentially two years later than that. In Limerick city and county, where the Minister of State lives, the people he and I represent cannot wait that long. We need immediate action that treats the situation with the urgency it deserves. In recent weeks an average of 100 people per day have been on trolleys and the hospital is...

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters (17 Jul 2025)

Verona Murphy: ...has been given under Standing Order 39 and the name of the Member in each case: Deputies Barry Heneghan, Naoise Ó Muirí and Cian O'Callaghan - To discuss the lack of community infrastructure in Clongriffin and Belmayne. Deputy Michael Cahill - To discuss a proposal by Kerry VFI pubs to allow for a draught excise rebate. Deputy Edward Timmins - To discuss the growth and...

Central Bank (Amendment) Bill 2025: Second Stage [Private Members] (17 Jul 2025) See 4 other results from this debate

Robert Troy: ...the relevant Minister to see what can be done. We are not legislating in the abstract here; we are responding to very real barriers faced by our fellow citizens. I thank Deputy Ardagh, who has a long-standing commitment to this issue and has brought us to where we are today. Her work in raising this, both in the Seanad in the previous term and in the Dáil, in partnership with...

Proceeds of Crime and Related Matters Bill 2025: Second Stage (17 Jul 2025) See 9 other results from this debate

Jim O'Callaghan: ...their case and CAB will be following them closely after that. The message should go out that it is a pointless activity getting involved in crime. It may generate money in the short term but in the long term it will result in imprisonment and a person's assets being seized and a very negative reflection on their life. Deputy Kelly made some comments about the role of Ruairí...

Occupying Power (Securities and Handling of Settlement Goods) Bill 2025: First Stage (17 Jul 2025)

Duncan Smith: ...of Justice, ICJ, to provide an advisory opinion on the legal consequences arising from the ongoing violation by Israel of the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination and from its prolonged occupation, settlement and annexation of the Palestinian territory occupied since 1967. In its advisory opinion the ICJ confirmed that all states are under an obligation not to recognise...

Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2025: First Stage (17 Jul 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: ...stakeholders. This will be a bit of a biology lesson. I imagine most people have no real understanding, when you mention the word "sprat", of what sprat is. Sprat are a small fish, maybe 10 cm long. They only live for three, four or five years. They are a short-lived species. They tend to congregate in our inshore areas and the fishing for them is primarily in September. They are...

Taxes Consolidation (Development of Regional Film Industry) (Amendment) Bill 2025: First Stage (17 Jul 2025)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: ...major hubs, as is clear from the imbalance in how the industry's section 481 tax relief is spread. In 2024, 70% of recipient projects were based in Leinster and over 54% in the Dublin and Wicklow region alone, the major hub for film production capacity, with a total expenditure value of €402.9 million. As a Dublin TD, I say long may this investment last. However, compared with 62...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (17 Jul 2025)

Barry Ward: ...borne great fruits for this country in stopping the drug shipment. The patrolling of this enormous exclusive economic area is a very difficult task. Is there a role for more economical means, such as the use of long-range sophisticated scout drones to patrol these waters? This would also save money and carbon emissions. It is an opportunity for us to patrol these waters more...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Jul 2025) See 6 other results from this debate

Peadar Tóibín: ...year's targets either. The Government has made record-breaking house prices, record-breaking rents and record-breaking numbers of people who are homeless at the moment. I asked the Minister for housing about how long it took to get a planning application through An Coimisiún Pleanála. He said he did not know. In many cases, it is taking more than 16 months and some...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Mental Health Services (17 Jul 2025) See 1 other result from this debate

Colm Burke: ...service in areas and giving support. I must compliment the Department on the amount of work it has done in this area. In real terms, while it is spending €5 million, it is a huge saving in the long term for the State. All these projects really benefit the children and families and the State in the long term in respect of assisting people at a very early age.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Schemes (17 Jul 2025)

Edward Timmins: ...worthwhile initiative. However, there is a problem. Many schools do not have smart meters, which means they cannot sell excess electricity back to the grid. This installation is taking way too long. I know of a school that will not get a smart meter until 2028. Many schools are now only getting 25% of the electricity generated as a credit, whereas they should be earning much more....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Schools Building Projects (17 Jul 2025)

Helen McEntee: ...school buildings. The pipeline includes school building projects in six special schools, of which three are new school buildings, delivering more than 100 new classrooms and modernised school accommodation along with more than 160 projects delivering new classrooms and modernised accommodation for SEN provision in mainstream schools. My Department also announced the opening of a new...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: School Transport (17 Jul 2025) See 1 other result from this debate

Darren O'Rourke: We waited a long time for the review. To be clear, it stated that reducing the distance criteria would enable more children to be eligible for transport, increasing uptake and thus facilitating greater access to the labour market for working parents. This is mainly women. There are obvious benefits in terms of the environment, socialisation and meeting our climate action targets. The...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Strategies (17 Jul 2025)

Jen Cummins: Youth work is indeed fundamental to our society. I stand here as a TD who came through youth work and youth theatre. I was a youth worker for a very long time. I see in my community the importance of youth work. Responsibility for youth has come within the remit of the Department. We very much need to keep it as a priority. There is a lot in education, and I would not like youth work,...

Select Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Copyright and Related Rights (Amendment) Bill 2025: Committee Stage (17 Jul 2025) See 2 other results from this debate

Niamh Smyth: ...of the controller. In contrast, the courts possess the requisite experience and knowledge of case law to adjudicate on matters of equity, drawing on well-established bodies of case law and a long-standing tradition of applying equitable remedies. The Office of the Controller of Intellectual Property is a reasonable entity when it comes to the granting and registration of intellectual...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Coastal Protection (17 Jul 2025) See 1 other result from this debate

Kevin Moran: ...in delivering major schemes. I am looking at this in my Department to see if we can streamline how we deliver schemes in terms of the planning process. As I said earlier, 11 years to deliver a scheme is too long. There are constraints that we need to comply with and deliver on. I will work closely with the Deputy.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Procurement Contracts (17 Jul 2025) See 1 other result from this debate

Jack Chambers: ...best practice into contract management. The wider point has to be acknowledged that if things become too risk averse and no decision is made, then we do not have any delivery and have a long list of hypothetical projects that are not delivered over time. We need a balanced discussion on delivery, in addition to that on risk and cost which is sometimes the broader discussion in this...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flood Risk Management (17 Jul 2025)

Cathal Crowe: ...north Clare comes under the jurisdiction of Clare County Council. Its budget for managing that watercourse and river is minuscule. It does not have the diggers or the heavy machinery, such as the long reach diggers the Minister of State and I are very familiar with, that can clear out all the silt. It has none of that. The OPW gets approximately 90% of the budget with 10% going to...