Speeches: 11 June 2026

This bill is about rationing access to something that there shouldn't be a shortage of.

Homes are homes and it is about building quality homes.

The liquidation of Tickets.ie has had a devastating impact on a number of festivals, including some not-for-profit.

Will you act now? Will you listen? Will you provide energy credits as an immediate solution for people who are really struggling?

For the majority of people who are trying to access social housing support in Galway it is extremely difficult if not impossible.

This is not a matter of handouts. This is a matter of keeping alive a diverse and thriving range of festivals across the country in a moment of crisis, and preventing the potential ripple effect that their collapse will have on our rural communities and our cultural sector.

One of the worst parts of the Bill is the disapplication of section 15 of the Climate Act.

The idea that some mothers and babies should get better care because of having more money is absolutely abhorrent.

These arms are then being used to kill Ukrainian men, women and children.

The adults attending a day activation unit deserve to have modern and state-of-the-art facilities.

What has happened previously cannot be allowed to continue and Minister I would implore you again to emphasize to all the stakeholders other departments and the other statutory agencies that this has to be prioritized.

None of this is going to do anything for low and middle income households who are really, really under pressure.

So after having to wait until 17 to have a diagnosis and 23 to have a surgical intervention, she's left in limbo.