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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: ...the Deputy for raising this issue. It has been a challenging spring for all farming sectors. That has come on the back of a very difficult autumn last year. We have just come out of one of the longest and most unprecedented wintering periods we have seen for a long time, lasting almost seven months from last September until now, in many instances. That has made it very difficult for...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Apr 2024)

Mick Barry: ...in the back. Yesterday, we learnt that the garda who shot him will not stand trial. George's grieving mother, his sisters and brothers, a working class migrant family, will now have to fight a long and hard battle for justice - even for basic information - as many others have had to in the past. On Tuesday, the State apologised to the Stardust families. The House rose in standing...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Apr 2024)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Deputy, hold on. As a matter of long-standing principle, we have a separation of powers. The separation of powers means that in this House, we do not criticise or comment on affairs before the courts. The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, DPP, is independent. Its actions and decisions may not be commented on in this House. That is in accordance with the long-established...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Apr 2024)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: -----but you will not come in here and abuse the long-established principle of the separation of powers. You will not come in here and make statements about decisions of courts or those of the Director of Public Prosecutions. It is as simple as that. You cannot have a separate-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Apr 2024)

Ivana Bacik: ...across the country, it is slowing down responses from local authorities to those facing eviction and it means that many people are still on the sharp end of this housing crisis. When will the Government accept that it is unacceptable to wait so long before we see publication of the higher targets? When will it accept there is far too little urgency or ambition on the delivery of housing...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The Government will continue to assess evolving need in terms of medium- and long-term targets. There will be a full assessment in the context of updating those targets. What we are absolutely focused on is increasing delivery and capacity and making a real difference. We are not in any way taking the foot off the throttle in doing as much as possible regarding new housing supply. While...