Speeches: 9 June 2026

Taoiseach, this is about whether states that are guilty of grave crimes against humanity can continue to enjoy normal and indeed preferential treatment while atrocities continue.

What we're looking at is the public infrastructure project that unlocks the zoned land.

There shouldn't be a pay apartheid for home care workers.

The idea we're selling it off to private developers who are then going to build housing that nobody can afford is a scandal.

So there was a structural deficit which required additional funding in the supplementary estimate, but you didn't do bad budgeting. So why wasn't it in the budget?

I just don't understand why the delays, I just don't, genuinely I don't understand.

So please drop the guillotine and allow for proper debate on that bill.

I want to thank the Leader, I want to thank the Government for bringing a bit of common sense to this matter.

In relation to the International Protection Act which will be commenced on Friday, we should all note and the Taoiseach spoke extensively to this, that the only changes on Friday is that the balance between the state and the asylum applicant will shift in favour of the state.

I find it completely incomprehensible that anybody believes our national team should line out against the terror state of Israel whilst this genocide is ongoing.

Every woman accessing maternity services should be entitled to the highest quality care. It should not be an optional extra reserved for those who can pay for it.

I'd like to propose under Standing Order 35-3 an amendment to the order of business so that we will include this week's Dáil's scheduled statements and questions on the EU pact on migration and asylum and the international protection system.

Sport should not become a tool of political direction by government or opposition.

I'm just being honest and open here in terms of trying to find a way through this because what the current situation is not sustainable and I'm very clear about that.

No decisions, I have to say, have been made on where the Army headquarters will be located but it's important to say this process... has to be gone through before any decision can be taken on the Army headquarters.

The government 750 million euro intervention was a serious response to the situation and one of the most significant across the EU.

This legislation also commits or recommits to increase carbon tax every single year till 2030.

We're running a huge surplus and you're sitting on it.

We should not, however, reduce this issue to one or two football games or events.

Until we fix housing, the social contract will remain broken.

It's our Irish team I'm concerned about at this stage.

Do not leave the people behind without ensuring that they have packages to bind them going forward.

Our tax system cannot rely so heavily on taxation on fuel Minister given that rural people in Ireland are at a disadvantage because they have to drive further, because of agriculture, because of contracting, because of the whole issue of trying to survive in rural Ireland.

If anyone by now is still questioning the dangers of uncontrolled migration to the safety of our citizens then I must ask what more proof do they need?

We must demand that UEFA act with moral clarity and expel Israel from international football.

Very comprehensive Cabinet agenda today, significant legislation and also the bringing of our priorities for the European Union Presidency which we will be launching this week, including competitiveness, values and security, the three key pillars of our Presidency.

The FAA is completely within its rights to fulfil its international fixtures and the Government acknowledges its right to do so.

Decisions relating to migration, to justice and home affairs are rightly decided in Ireland by those elected by the Irish people.

For government to have allowed the decline that has already occurred, borders on the criminal.

Israel is guilty of genocide, of war crimes, of crimes against humanity and the crime of apartheid.

No matter what way you cut it, this is an infringement on basic rights for children.

It's a technology which has the values of venture capitalism, which are deeply anti-humanist, kind of embedded within them.

The question for the Taoiseach is whether the government will finally concede to the family's request to have an independent inquiry into the death of Terence Wheelock.

Not only is it massively unjust and unaffordable for many, it flies in the face of what elected councillors have already agreed.

Children with Down Syndrome have an equal right to education appropriate to their needs too and an hour a day of special education support in mainstream does not provide that.

They can't be bled dry by a government, by landlords, by energy companies any longer.

You make a clear statement about your opposition to playing the genocidal team of Israel, to call for their exclusion from international sport, and then you need to say we're going to back up the FAI in that, we're going to ensure that grassroots football will not pay any price as a result of taking a principled position.

Allow the people to decide.

The only reason to get rid of it is if you want to send troops outside of the framework of international law.

Deputy Paul Murphy questions claims that AI will help solve climate change, citing evidence from climate researchers Professor Hannah Daly and Professor Jennie Stephens. The witnesses argue that many promised climate benefits of AI are speculative and unsupported by evidence, while the energy demand and emissions from data centres are already measurable and growing.

PAYE workers have been told in this bill that they're going to have to wait.

We need to put Irish citizens first, we need to put our own businesses first here and there needs to be a proper focus and I think you need to move back from your left-wing policies because I can see it shifting far and far to the left.

The recognition of suffering cannot justify turning Irish sport into a political battlefield.

If they were serious about tackling the cost-of-living crisis they would target resources where they're needed most and they crucially would build resilience and reduce our dependence on fossil fuels.

From a capital perspective, our job is to live within our NDP allocation.

Best value for money does not mean best quality foods.

They couldn't afford to buy an electric car, people have built new homes and have aerated houses with heat pumps and solar panels, I recommend it but when the snow hit and they had three weeks without power, what did they do?

Why aren't they putting in a tutorial system that removes all waste and treats it before it goes back to source?

I broker peace.

We are living in a rip-off republic and the truth is right now the government is one of the main causes of expensive prices in Ireland right across the system.

It is not possible to offset all of the recent market-driven fuel price increases using the tax system.

Our value to coastal communities should not be decided by the length of our vessel when an awful lot of us are full-time in the smaller vessels.