Speeches: 16 April 2026

If successive governments had taken our climate commitments seriously, we wouldn't be in the cost-of-living crisis that we are now, with some of the highest energy prices in Europe.

Eimear has been advised by multiple hospital consultants that this operation cannot be carried out in Ireland and must only take place in Baltimore, USA.

The report is in with over 12 months. Why isn't there a decision taken on it to proceed?

This is a constant and consistent failure by this department in recent years.

Since I came into the Dáil I've been calling for the exploration of the Barry Royal field.

There is real opportunities and I hope when that happens the government come with money, with support and enable us to have a fit for purpose airport that I believe can transform the south east region.

Why do you as Minister for Finance, as Tánaiste of this government, simply ignore them, refuse to listen to them and refuse to act on their behalf on the issue of home heat and oil?

doing the right thing for children and young people is our absolute ultimate it is our absolute priority

A free trade agreement is not a goal per se, but an instrument to create prosperity and trust.

Tánaiste, can I please appeal to you to intervene in this case to ensure that these children get the special classes that they need in St Cecilia's special school.

Those who casually use this label would do better to educate themselves on what genuinely far-right ideology actually is before throwing the term around so recklessly.

Can I ask that a bit of common sense would be used and that this old customs post... be made available to allow these trucks to park up whilst they await attending their ships?

Low water pressure in a certain area of Ballyhooly continues to disrupt daily household practices and this only gets worse as we approach the summer months.

The fact that five years into a cost-of-living crisis the government is still ignoring the demands of workers, carers and disabled people on the cost of living is truly outrageous.

No parent needs to go down that legal route.

Your comments are disgraceful and inaccurate, and that's becoming kind of the norm.

We need increased facilities both in rural and urban Ireland and I sincerely hope that the money that's allocated can be spent as quickly as possible and not have the interminable delays that have occurred over the years in so many worthwhile projects.

There are roughly 900 children at any one time on a waiting list for assessments of needs.

I think there's been an overall huge improvement.

FOI material released to me raises serious concerns about these audits including the reliance in incomplete software testing and clear compliancy gaps.