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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Jun 2024)

Heather Humphreys: The Deputy mentioned it earlier. We benefit every day from people who come to work in this country. Migration plays an essential role in our society and economy. We have a rules-based immigration system that is both firm and fair. It is vital to ensure the integrity of that system and that it is robust enough to cope with complex and fast-changing migratory patterns. That pact will do...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Jun 2024)

Mattie McGrath: I never mentioned the health service but I acknowledge the wonderful service that nurses, doctors and all kinds of specialists give. I have been a beneficiary of that myself, but the Minister is trying to distract me. I never mentioned it today. The people voted on the Lisbon Treaty in 2009. They did not vote for this. That is sure and certain. The Government has scant regard for...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Jun 2024)

Heather Humphreys: There was debate.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Jun 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: There was loads of debate.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Jun 2024)

Mattie McGrath: There were no questions and answers and no proper scrutiny. There was one meeting of the committee, where the Minister was unable to answer any questions. I was there on that day. At the next meeting of the committee, as kind of an add-on, all the NGOs were brought in. They were wheeled out to tell us what we were not doing right. The people who are running this country now are the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Jun 2024)

Ivana Bacik: I am troubled by the Minister's reply. Of course we all agree that the key issue here is achieving increased supply and delivery of homes. I could not agree more with the Minister but the problem is her Government has not done enough to address this. Even the Government's own targets in Housing for All are clearly and patently too low. We have been promised the publication of increased...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Jun 2024)

Heather Humphreys: I thank the Deputy. I am happy to take the example the Deputy has given me and to get the details from her later. I will raise it with the Minister because if there are issues that need to be changed to make it work better, we are happy to take views on board. There is no doubt about that. What I am saying to the Deputy, however, is that we continue to offer a suite of different supports...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Jun 2024)

Noel Grealish: I have raised various issues regarding law and order with several taoisigh and Ministers for Justice going back through the years. I have produced figures in this House showing how more than 32,000 crimes a year are being committed by offenders while out on bail, an increase of 41% on the total of ten years ago, and amounting to about 90 crimes every day of the year. We are paying out...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Jun 2024)

Heather Humphreys: I thank the Deputy. The point he makes is absolutely correct. There are a lot of fines outstanding there that have not been paid. If a person is due to pay a fine, I think he or she should be paying it. If the person does not pay it, the route is back into court again, as I understand it. Then we will be faced with situations where people who did not pay maybe relatively small fines have...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Jun 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: Well said.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Jun 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: With the greatest of respect to the Taoiseach, whatever it was he said on Monday did not work because the industrial action started at one minute past midnight today. As the Minister rightly said, people are facing into a chaotic summer now. They have spent all year working hard, they have spent all this time saving up and they are looking in now. The Minister tells me her heart goes out...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Jun 2024)

Heather Humphreys: The Deputy knows better than most that we have very good industrial relations machinery within this State. The Labour Court intervened and it has a long history of resolving disputes, as the Deputy and I know well. This dispute will be resolved. They are always resolved in the end, but it is about the pain people have to go through in the interim. We are committed and we have asked the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Jun 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: Hear, hear.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Jun 2024)

Ivana Bacik: Average house prices are now a whopping 35% higher nationally than they were at the start of the pandemic. Daft.ie tells us that in the past three months house prices have risen again. Coupled with a spiralling cost of living and slow wage growth, owning a home is getting further and further out of reach for far too many people. That fact is borne out by Threshold’s annual tenant...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Jun 2024)

Heather Humphreys: I thank the Deputy for raising this matter. The issue, of course, as we all know, is supply. The only way to address all the issues is to increase supply and the Government has been doing that. Over 32,000 housing units have commenced in the first five months of 2024. That is around the same number as in the whole of 2023. Some 500 individuals or couples are buying their first home every...

Primary School Funding: Motion [Private Members] (26 Jun 2024)

Question put and agreed to.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Jun 2024)

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Jun 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: This morning, pilots at Aer Lingus started industrial action in the form of a work-to-rule. As a consequence, Aer Lingus has already cancelled almost 300 flights with more to follow. The impact of the work-to-rule and specifically the ban on overtime is difficult to predict and passengers have been warned that their flights may be cancelled right up to the moment they arrive at the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Jun 2024)

Heather Humphreys: Before I answer the question, would the Ceann Comhairle mind if I paid a short tribute to the late Tommie Gorman? It was with shock and sadness that we learned of Tommie's sudden passing yesterday. He was a true professional and an absolute gentleman. Outside of his job as an RTÉ correspondent, he had a genuine interest in the Northern Ireland peace process. Even though he was...

Primary School Funding: Motion [Private Members] (26 Jun 2024)

Michael Ring: I call Deputy McNamara. His group has ten minutes in total. I, too, congratulate him on his recent election to the European Parliament. I wish him well. There are ten minutes between Deputies McNamara, Fitzmaurice and Harkin.