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Ceisteanna - Questions: Constitutional Amendments (30 Apr 2024) See 21 other results from this debate

Richard Boyd Barrett: We proposed an amendment to the Planning and Development Bill that would increase the amount of social and affordable housing we get from developments. Currently, as the Taoiseach is aware, we get 10%, or more recently, we may get 10% affordable housing. That means 80% of what is being built is unaffordable. We proposed, like other places such as Austria, that we would increase it to 50%...

Ceisteanna - Questions: An Garda Síochána (30 Apr 2024) See 14 other results from this debate

Paul Murphy: There is a serious issue with accountability regarding deaths related to the Garda. A reply to a previous parliamentary question stated that between 2007 and 2021 there were 228 fatal incidents either in or shortly after Garda custody. They were referred to GSOC. In 2005 Terrence Wheelock went out to buy a paintbrush. He was arrested by the Garda. He was brought to Store Street Garda...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (30 Apr 2024) See 29 other results from this debate

Paul Murphy: As they are UN-authorised, they meet the triple lock.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Apr 2024) See 122 other results from this debate

Thomas Gould: Last Friday, the Residential Tenancies Board, RTB, revealed that 544 families and individuals received notices to quit in Cork city in the first three months of the year. Those are people who are facing eviction in the next few months. Can you imagine being one of those parents not knowing where you and your family are going to live in a few months' time? In a seven-week period, 15,000...

Safe Deposit Boxes and Related Deposits Bill 2022: Referral to Select Committee (30 Apr 2024)

Ceisteanna - Questions (30 Apr 2024)

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Apr 2024) See 38 other results from this debate

Thomas Pringle: I thank the Taoiseach for his answer. The one thing we can do is to target the algorithms the companies use. Putting age profiles and barriers on accounts is grand but the algorithms are the problem and they are what we should be targeting. If we were serious about protecting young people, that is what we would be doing. In his response, the Taoiseach mentioned the ban against harmful...

Prelude (30 Apr 2024)

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: International Agreements (25 Apr 2024) See 10 other results from this debate

Neale Richmond: I will restate a few points. I acknowledge that the reports were made by a UN committee. The Government also has a position. We cannot always take everything as read. On the process and the vote the Deputy mentioned, I will provide exact clarity. It is important to recall that Ireland signed up to the OECD two-pillar solution in October 2021. We intend to follow through on our...

Report on Politically Exposed Persons: Motion (25 Apr 2024)

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Postal Services (25 Apr 2024) See 4 other results from this debate

Anne Rabbitte: I welcome the opportunity to outline the position on this matter on behalf of the Minister, Deputy Eamon Ryan, and the Minister of State, Deputy Chambers. They are both very aware of the impact that decisions relating to changes in An Post operations have on communities and individuals in both rural and urban areas. An Post is a commercial State company with a mandate to act commercially...

Civil Registration (Electronic Registration) Bill 2024: Second Stage (25 Apr 2024) See 14 other results from this debate

Joe O'Brien: I thank the Deputies who contributed to the discussion this afternoon. I appreciate the support of Deputies across the board for progressing the measures contained in this Bill, which will have a positive impact on the interactions that citizens have with the State civil registration service and will greatly assist in the modernisation of the service. The introduction of online registration...

Civil Registration (Electronic Registration) Bill 2024: Referral to Select Committee (25 Apr 2024)

Message from Select Committee (25 Apr 2024)

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters (25 Apr 2024)

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate (25 Apr 2024)

Health (Waiting Lists) Bill 2024: First Stage (25 Apr 2024) See 10 other results from this debate

Mark Ward: Parents of children with disabilities who are being failed by the public system should automatically be able to avail of private treatment for their children at the State's expense. Parents of children with disabilities who are waiting for assessments of need currently face extraordinarily long waiting times. While waiting for these assessments, children are often failing to reach their...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 Apr 2024) See 49 other results from this debate

Mark Ward: Will the Minister of State meet the families?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Apr 2024) See 94 other results from this debate

Charlie McConalogue: I thank 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...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Agriculture Schemes (25 Apr 2024) See 4 other results from this debate

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