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Appointment of An Leas-Ombudsman Póilíneachta: Motion (1 Jul 2025)

Appointment of An Leas-Ombudsman Póilíneachta: Motion (1 Jul 2025)

Jack Chambers: I move: That Dáil Éireann, noting that the Government on the 24th June, 2025, nominated Brian Doherty for appointment by the President as An Leas-Ombudsman Póilíneachta, recommends, pursuant to section 171(3)(b) of the Policing, Security and Community Safety Act 2024 that Brian Doherty be appointed by the President as An Leas-Ombudsman Póilíneachta.

Appointment of An Leas-Ombudsman Póilíneachta: Motion (1 Jul 2025)

Question put and agreed to.

Fourth Report of the Standing Committee of Selection: Motion (1 Jul 2025)

Fourth Report of the Standing Committee of Selection: Motion (1 Jul 2025)

Mary Butler: I move: That Dáil Éireann, pursuant to Standing Order 33, and with effect from 2nd July, 2025, approves the Fourth Report of the Standing Committee of Selection, copies of which were laid before Dáil Éireann on 27th June, 2025, and discharges members from Committees and appoints members to Committees accordingly.

Fourth Report of the Standing Committee of Selection: Motion (1 Jul 2025)

Question put and agreed to.

Ceisteanna - Questions (1 Jul 2025)

Ceisteanna - Questions: Census of Population (1 Jul 2025)

Census of Population

Ceisteanna - Questions: Census of Population (1 Jul 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 1. To ask the Taoiseach the date for the next planned census. [26980/25]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Census of Population (1 Jul 2025)

Mary Butler: On 1 March 2022, the Government formally decided to conduct a census of population in 2027 to be carried out by the Central Statistics Office, CSO. The exact census date has not yet been decided. It is expected, however, that census data collection will run in April and May of 2027. Census 2027 will be a major undertaking for the CSO as for the first time in Irish history, the public will...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Census of Population (1 Jul 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: It is vital that we have information about the people we have here and the level of need. We all understand the issues, be they housing or disability. It makes sense that the means of acquiring this information be streamlined so I hope this happens perfectly. Sometimes we must deal with legacy issues involving funding. This is an issue in Louth, where I am from, particularly with regard...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Census of Population (1 Jul 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: What is the point of having the CSO provide figures and details regarding the population across the country if the Government keeps ignoring those figures when it comes to the delivery of key services? The CSO tells us how many older people we have, but we are not providing enough nursing home beds for them. The CSO tells us the number of younger people, but we are not providing enough...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Census of Population (1 Jul 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: It is really important that when we have CSO information, we use it to plan for services in areas. I look at my own county of Meath, which has the lowest number of mental health beds, the lowest number of GPs and the lowest number of gardaí per population; has some of the largest class sizes in the State; and has the lowest number of playgrounds per population. The issue of GPs has...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Census of Population (1 Jul 2025)

Mary Butler: The question asked the date for the next planned census. All three Deputies have raised issues relating to health and I am not in a position to answer them. What I will take on board is the importance of the CSO and the data it provides. It is very useful to plan for services. Deputy Tóibín said we do not have enough nursing home beds. I am very proud to stand here, as the...

Disregard of Historic Offences for Consensual Sexual Activity Between Men Bill 2025: First Stage (1 Jul 2025)

Pádraig Rice: I thank Deputy Ó Snodaigh and the members of the LGBT+ Restorative Justice Campaign, Kieran Rose, Brian Sheehan, Karl Hayden and others, for their work. I am delighted to co-sign this Bill on behalf of the Social Democrats. It is now 32 years since homosexuality was decriminalised, but some men are still living with the negative impact of criminalisation. Let us be clear: the...

Disregard of Historic Offences for Consensual Sexual Activity Between Men Bill 2025: First Stage (1 Jul 2025)

Paul Murphy: I thank Deputy Ó Snodaigh and the campaigners on this issue. It is outrageous that there are still people today walking around with historical convictions for the so-called crime of being gay. The Government, of course, will say no one should be criminalised for consensual sexual activity, but a working group was set up to examine disregarding those convictions back in 2021 and still...

Disregard of Historic Offences for Consensual Sexual Activity Between Men Bill 2025: First Stage (1 Jul 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: I thank Deputy Ó Snodaigh for bringing forward this legislation and the campaign group for highlighting the issue. I want us to recall the original provision under which these men were convicted. Section 61 of the Offences Against the Person Act 1861 states that "Whosoever shall be convicted of the abominable crime of buggery, committed either with mankind or with any animal shall be...

Disregard of Historic Offences for Consensual Sexual Activity Between Men Bill 2025: First Stage (1 Jul 2025)

Catherine Connolly: Go raibh maith agat. I thank the campaigners and Deputy Ó Snodaigh for bringing forward this Bill. It aims to provide for the disregarding of certain criminal convictions that arose from a selection of legislation all through the 19th century and, indeed, one Act going back to the 17th century, as well as the Common Law. It had nothing to do with justice or fairness. It was...

Disregard of Historic Offences for Consensual Sexual Activity Between Men Bill 2025: First Stage (1 Jul 2025)

Verona Murphy: Is the Bill being opposed?

Disregard of Historic Offences for Consensual Sexual Activity Between Men Bill 2025: First Stage (1 Jul 2025)

Mary Butler: No.