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Nomination of Member of Government: Motion (26 Jun 2024)

Marian Harkin: With the permission of the Ceann Comhairle I want to pay tribute to a favourite son of Sligo, Tommie Gorman, who has left us way too soon. Tommie was a highly respected and trusted journalist for whom context, accuracy and outcomes mattered just as much as the story itself. We also saw Tommie as a real person. Many people felt they walked alongside him on his personal cancer journey and...

Nomination of Member of Government: Motion (26 Jun 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I wish the Minister, Deputy McGrath, well when he goes to Europe. I ask him to bat as hard as he can for this country. I know he has to do it for every country as a Commissioner but many crossroads are coming up for Ireland, such as the derogation and various pieces of legislation such as the nature restoration law and various other measures. I ask the Minister to be mindful of where he...

Nomination of Member of Government: Motion (26 Jun 2024)

Mick Barry: What is the legacy of the outgoing Minister, Michael McGrath? It is an Ireland where banks and financial institutions made profits of €5 billion plus last year while mortgage holders were stretched on the rack of consecutive interest rate rises. It is an Ireland where a privatised airline can make profits of €225 million but is prepared to bring the country to the brink of...

Nomination of Member of Government: Motion (26 Jun 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: Gabhaim buíochas leis an gCathaoirleach Gníomhach. Ar dtús, guím gach rath ar an Aire Stáit mar gheall ar an bpost nua atá aige. Is post an-deacair agus an-tábhachtach é freisin. I wish the Minister the best of luck with the job he has before him. It is a very difficult job and a very important one as well. It gives an opportunity to develop a...

Nomination of Member of Government: Motion (26 Jun 2024)

Mattie McGrath: Ar an gcéad dul síos, déanaim comhghairdeas leis an iarAire, an Teachta McGrath agus leis an Aire nua, an Teachta Chambers. I congratulate and compliment the Minister, Deputy Michael McGrath, on his appointment to the European Commission. It is a wonderful day and time for him. I wish him well. I also wish well his wife, Sarah, Tom, Jack, and the lads, and his mother and...

Nomination of Member of Government: Motion (26 Jun 2024)

Holly Cairns: I congratulate the Minister of State on his appointment to his new post. Today is undoubtedly a very proud day for him and his family. Some people have commented on his age and queried if it should exclude him from the role. While I am glad not to be the only one patronised because of their age, it goes without saying that I do not think the Minister of State's age is an issue. We need...

Nomination of Member of Government: Motion (26 Jun 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am sharing time with Deputy Barry. The Taoiseach said the nominations of Deputies McGrath and Chambers to their new posts were about policies and not personalities. I agree, so I will focus on policy and not personality. First, it is extremely worrying that the discourse around Deputy McGrath's nomination to the European Commission is focused on the horse-trading going on in terms of...

Nomination of Member of Government: Motion (26 Jun 2024)

Michael McGrath: That is a disgusting lie.

Nomination of Member of Government: Motion (26 Jun 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Turning to the question of the finance portfolio, we will be voting, for policy and not for personal reasons, against the nomination of Deputy Chambers because we have had more than 100 years of Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael Ministers for Finance. We think they have had their chance and have not delivered, not even when this country has more revenue and is wealthier than it has ever been....

Nomination of Member of Government: Motion (26 Jun 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: This is a big day for Teachtaí Michael McGrath and Chambers. They are elevated to high office as this Government is in its endgame, as Europe stands at a crossroads and as the world watches on at the relentless slaughter in Gaza. My first message to the Government and to its nominee to the European Commission is that nobody representing the Irish people can support Ursula von der Leyen...

Nomination of Member of Government: Motion (26 Jun 2024)

Micheál Martin: The Deputy is backtracking.

Nomination of Member of Government: Motion (26 Jun 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: Today, as one Minister moves on and another Minister moves in-----

Nomination of Member of Government: Motion (26 Jun 2024)

Micheál Martin: The Deputy is tracking back to the future.

Nomination of Member of Government: Motion (26 Jun 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: -----one thing is certain: everything will remain exactly the same. That is the present reality and that must change.

Nomination of Member of Government: Motion (26 Jun 2024)

Micheál Martin: So the Deputy will not be visiting Davy stockbrokers anytime soon.

Nomination of Member of Government: Motion (26 Jun 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: The choice that will face the people at the next election is stark. It is a choice for more of the same or for something new and something different.

Nomination of Member of Government: Motion (26 Jun 2024)

Micheál Martin: That is not true.

Nomination of Member of Government: Motion (26 Jun 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: The country has had enough of Fine Gael in power, enough of Fianna Fáil propping them up, enough of record homelessness, eye watering rents and runaway housing prices and enough of a Government which believes that €500,000 is the price of an affordable home. A general election is coming; it cannot come soon enough. When it does, Sinn Féin will make its case and the people...

Nomination of Member of Government: Motion (26 Jun 2024)

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Nomination of Member of Government: Motion (26 Jun 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: Where are your €300,000 houses?