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Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil: Motion (8 Oct 2024)

Duncan Smith: Revelations published on the front page of The Sunday Times that a Member of the Oireachtas has been recruited by Russian intelligence have been scoffed at, laughed at and dismissed by many since, but this is a matter of the utmost importance and seriousness. I have not seen anything, either internally from the Oireachtas or politically, in terms of how we are actually going to counter and...

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil: Motion (8 Oct 2024)

Ivana Bacik: Hear, hear.

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil: Motion (8 Oct 2024)

Mattie McGrath: I do not know what is going on with this Taoiseach, but he has the media and the people driven demented. He has us driven demented. I think he is becoming demented himself.

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil: Motion (8 Oct 2024)

Niall Collins: That is a two-way street.

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil: Motion (8 Oct 2024)

Mattie McGrath: I think it is time now to stop all the tricks and the games of snakes and ladders and have a bit of cop-on and respect for the people, as well as this House. Call the election. Let the dog see the rabbit. Let us out there, rather than playing games up and down, backward and forward, running over to Joe Biden and back. He is afraid he will not be Taoiseach again and that he will not be...

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil: Motion (8 Oct 2024)

Simon Harris: You will never be Taoiseach anyway.

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil: Motion (8 Oct 2024)

Mattie McGrath: It is a bit of a charade. The Taoiseach is trying to drive the whole country demented, especially the electorate, but it can see what is going on and will catch him in good time.

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil: Motion (8 Oct 2024)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: We are dealing with a proposal on the Order of Business, and nothing else. Does the Taoiseach want to comment?

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil: Motion (8 Oct 2024)

Simon Harris: First, I am concerned to hear Deputy Barry would like to have a vote on my movements and where I can or cannot go. That certainly does not work. Second, I could have easily done what many taoisigh do regularly when attending official business and sent someone in here to deputise on my behalf. What I did was to ask the House to agree to take Leaders' Questions early because I need to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: The Role of Media in Climate Action: Discussion (8 Oct 2024)

Christopher O'Sullivan: I thank the Cathaoirleach. To add to the comments on RTÉ programming, I especially want to shout out for "Mooney goes Wild", which is the only show solely focused on biodiversity. It is understated but extraordinary. We all know the national participation that "Dawn Chorus" gets. It is an extraordinary show. Long may it continue to air, perhaps more in prime time. I am just giving...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: The Role of Media in Climate Action: Discussion (8 Oct 2024)

Christopher O'Sullivan: Fair enough. I genuinely feel that they have a place, especially in rural parts of Ireland. I know the witnesses are coming at it from a health perspective and we have to take that on board. They are saying that fossil fuel pollution is causing deaths. We have to take that on board but, coming back to the point that Senator Dooley made, it is a question of how we bring people with us.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: The Role of Media in Climate Action: Discussion (8 Oct 2024)

Christopher O'Sullivan: It is a very interesting discussion and we have had a brilliant exchange of views. The alcohol industry got around it with its 0.0% products and I imagine the same would happen with car companies selling their EV products, which is okay too. It is interesting to hear the percentage of revenue for RTÉ. It is a lot of money. Many of these adverts are being targeted online, by the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla (Atógáil) - Topical Issue Debate (Resumed): Prison Service (3 Oct 2024)

Chris Andrews: I thank the Minister of State and appreciate his coming in but the reality is that 600 prisoners in Mountjoy Prison are in addiction and there is no addiction nurse. Appointing clinical leads is well and good, but who will they work with? There are no addiction nurses for them to work with. How will that operate? It seems extraordinary. There are 180 prisoners in Mountjoy on methadone. ...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla (Atógáil) - Topical Issue Debate (Resumed): Prison Service (3 Oct 2024)

Colm Burke: I set out in my reply that there are 19 addiction counsellors working across 11 prisons, providing an invaluable rehabilitative service to prisoners, and it is hoped that in the coming months this service will be further enhanced. I understand the point the Deputy has raised but believe there is now a commitment to further expand the role of the nurses. I hope that will happen over the next...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla (Atógáil) - Topical Issue Debate (Resumed): Prison Service (3 Oct 2024)

Cuireadh an Dáil ar athló ar 5.18 p.m. go dtí 2 p.m., Dé Máirt, an 8 Deireadh Fómhair 2024. The Dáil adjourned at at 5.18 p.m. until 2 p.m. on Tuesday, 8 October 2024.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla (Atógáil) - Topical Issue Debate (Resumed): Heritage Sites (3 Oct 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: I thank Deputy Durkan for raising this important matter. I note the point he has raised. I have stated, in my time as Minister of State, that Lime Avenue is not a permanent access point. There are varying views in terms of it being a temporary access. As far as a permanent access is concerned, however, that is not something I am looking at. The Deputy is right; there is a need for a...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla (Atógáil) - Topical Issue Debate (Resumed): Prison Service (3 Oct 2024)

Prison Service

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla (Atógáil) - Topical Issue Debate (Resumed): Prison Service (3 Oct 2024)

Chris Andrews: I wish to join with my colleagues in extending my sympathies to the family of Mary O’Rourke. She was a former colleague who was robust and had a big personality. As for the Topical Issue, after a week in which the budget was announced, when the Government has finished clapping itself on the back for its give-away budget it is important to remember that 70% of prisoners in Irish...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla (Atógáil) - Topical Issue Debate (Resumed): Prison Service (3 Oct 2024)

Colm Burke: I too wish to send my condolences to the family of Mary O’Rourke. I first met Mary when she was a Minister and I was the Lord Mayor of Cork in 2003. We had an entertaining engagement because, as Lord Mayor of Cork, one of the jobs you have is to visit every school in the city and grant a half-day. Her colleague, Noel Dempsey, withdrew the right to grant the half-day. I remember...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla (Atógáil) - Topical Issue Debate (Resumed): Heritage Sites (3 Oct 2024)

Heritage Sites