Speeches: 2 July 2026

What I'm asking Minister is, let's keep our antenna up, we've got to be responsive and the Government have to be agile and flexible enough to be able to turn on, up or recalibrate the supports, particularly for this sector that I'm speaking about here today.

So I suppose really in essence I think it's very important when we talk about a taskforce, we need to understand how the work and the implementation of that taskforce is devolved.

So on behalf of the government, I am opposing this bill, the Animal Health and Welfare Ban on Hair Coursing Bill of 2020 and I'll now outline the reasons for you why

This remarkable crop has over 70 recognised uses including hemp concrete, insulation, textiles and building blocks.

More than €50 million has already been blown, has been written off, on a project that has failed safety testing, is more than two years behind schedule, and by any reasonable measure has been a complete and utter failure.

If he's not going to answer that question, then I have no more questions.

As a general principle, the army should not be used for crowd control or dealing with protesters at all.

This represents a staggering departure from child welfare standards.

It must be stood down and massively reformed, because it's just not fair.

Fundamentally, I don't accept that the denial of the rights of an Irish citizen to a fair trial is just a matter for his legal team.

It seems to me effectively what's happened is a corporate or a partially corporate capture of our research program and if it continues this is going to be to the detriment of all of us.

At the very least, let's give apprentices the minimum wage.

The truth is the vast vast majority of Irish people want hare coursing banned.

I think that it is fundamentally cruel and wrong for us to put animals through difficult, hard, damaging, sometimes death-causing situations purely for our own entertainment.

If we are serious about tackling delays in our planning system then we must be also serious about tackling delays in the property registration system.

I'm dealing with a situation at the moment where an elderly man of 90 who worked all his life, paid his taxes, cannot get access to an occupational therapy appointment despite at least eight separate medical referrals.

You need to ban the export of alumina to Russia.

If it was your child how would you feel as a parent?

Ireland must place food security firmly on the agenda.

the transition to a lower carbon economy will only succeed if it is practically balanced and supported by the public measures such as these demonstrate

The first ever all-Ireland university is a really exciting project and I'm advancing that legislation.

This email system is playing handball against Haystacks, that's what it's like.

Can you confirm that those homeowners will be entitled to a technical review?