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- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Nov 2024)
Mary Lou McDonald: -----that is directed at delivering affordable homes for families, as well as affordable rents and finally tackling the scourge of homelessness. It is a plan rooted in concern for citizens and communities and not kowtowing to the high and mighty vulture funds, cuckoo funds, the big developers and the corporate landlords. That is the Fine Gael way, a Cheann Comhairle, and I look forward to...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Nov 2024)
Simon Harris: Me too.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Nov 2024)
Mary Lou McDonald: It is a fact the Government's belated housing targets are 20% below what is required according to its own Housing Commission. These are not Sinn Féin figures; they are the Government's figures. The Government has yet again failed to recognise the scale of the crisis and the need we face. I asked the Taoiseach to explain the fact that he has undershot by 20%. The memo was brought to...
- Prelude (5 Nov 2024)
- Prelude (5 Nov 2024)
Chuaigh an Ceann Comhairle i gceannas ar 2 p.m.
- Prelude (5 Nov 2024)
Prayer and Reflection.
- Prelude (5 Nov 2024)
Paidir agus Machnamh.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Nov 2024)
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Nov 2024)
Mary Lou McDonald: When Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil joined together with the Green Party in coalition four years ago, they promised that it would be the Government to fix housing. This was a very bold claim from the parties that had, in fact, created the housing crisis in the first place. Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil have had more than a decade to solve housing but it has only made it worse. Now, as...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Nov 2024)
Matt Carthy: Hear, hear.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Nov 2024)
Mary Lou McDonald: They can choose to back a real housing plan from Sinn Féin. This is a plan to make housing affordable, to bring homeownership back to the reach of working people, to get families off council waiting lists and into homes, to end long-term homelessness and to give hope back to a generation so badly failed by Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil. This is hope that they can have a home of their...
- Equitable Beef Pricing Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (24 Oct 2024)
Question put.
- Equitable Beef Pricing Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (24 Oct 2024)
Bernard Durkan: In accordance with Standing Order 80(2), the division is postponed until the next weekly division time on Wednesday, 6 November 2024.
- Equitable Beef Pricing Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (24 Oct 2024)
Cuireadh an Dáil ar athló ar 5.27 p.m. go dtí 2 p.m., Dé Máirt, an 5 Samhain 2024. The Dáil adjourned at at 5.27 p.m. until 2 p.m. on Tuesday, 5 November 2024.
- Equitable Beef Pricing Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (24 Oct 2024)
James Lawless: Are there no other speakers? It is that time of the evening and that time of the cycle. Only a few of us brave souls are left.
- Equitable Beef Pricing Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (24 Oct 2024)
Martin Browne: It is the graveyard shift.
- Equitable Beef Pricing Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (24 Oct 2024)
James Lawless: I thank Deputy Browne. I thank Deputy Tóibín for introducing the Bill and provoking the debate. He has attempted to address a significant issue. I have given reasons, which I will recap, as to why the Government is not in a position to support the Bill but, notwithstanding that, I commend the Deputy on his initiative in bringing it forward. I listened with interest to Deputy...
- Equitable Beef Pricing Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (24 Oct 2024)
Peadar Tóibín: The Government is missing two massive points. First, it is missing the point that the market is already distorted. I have a degree in economics. Anybody who analyses the food market in this country will tell you that it is, by definition, a distorted market. It is not unusual for the Government to preside over distorted markets. Much of the economy, such as the insurance industry,...
- Equitable Beef Pricing Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (24 Oct 2024)
Martin Browne: I appreciate the introduction of this Bill. For too long, our farmers have had to navigate a marketplace that is not designed with their needs in mind, while at the same time having to comply with measures that are outdated and schemes designed and rolled out by the Department in a manner that can, at best, be described as inefficient. Farmers are workers too. They are involved in one...
- Equitable Beef Pricing Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (24 Oct 2024)
James Lawless: I thank Deputy Tóibín for bringing this Bill forward and for his passionate contribution to the debate. I have listened with interest to his setting out of his stall and I have taken careful note of what he has said. We can all agree that farmers should receive a fair and equitable price for their produce. The programme for Government recognises the economic and social role of...