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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2025)

Verona Murphy: Please, Deputy McDonald-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2025)

Micheál Martin: -----Government on a fundamental humanitarian question. That is not acceptable. From the very beginning of this war we did everything to get Irish citizens out of Gaza. Our embassies and our diplomats did everything possible to do it. Why does the Deputy think we would try to delay children coming out of Gaza? How dare you make that assertion.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2025)

(Interruptions).

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2025)

Micheál Martin: That is not on my agenda and it is not on the Government's agenda. A Government memo is immaterial. We discussed this on Monday evening - the Tánaiste, the Taoiseach with the Minister for justice. There is no delay in this respect.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2025)

Ivana Bacik: I begin by welcoming an important young visitor Minnie McDermott to the Visitors Gallery. I again welcome yesterday's announcement about the establishment of a commission of investigation into sexual abuse in schools. I pay tribute, as I know we all do, to the Ryan brothers, David and the late Mark, for their bravery in stepping forward and speaking out about their experiences of abuse....

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2025)

Micheál Martin: I thank the Deputy for raising what is a very serious issue. I agree with her about the work of the Ryan brothers, in particular, as a catalyst for the decision by the Minister, Deputy Norma Foley, to set up the scoping inquiry which led to the Minister, Deputy Helen McEntee, yesterday bringing to Government proposals for the establishment of a commission of investigation into the handling...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2025)

Ivana Bacik: We all want to see those accountable to be made to contribute. I welcome that the Government is exploring and examining legal options. However, this is not a new phenomenon; we have known about this issue for years. The Labour Party produced a Bill to ensure that we can pursue religious orders and unincorporated associations. I have sent the Taoiseach a copy I will send him another copy....

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2025)

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: There is an immediate need for the Government to intervene to end the delay in evacuating very sick and injured children from Gaza to Ireland for urgent medical treatment. Last year, as the Taoiseach knows, the Government agreed to evacuate 30 of these children. There were two successful evacuations of 12 children in December and May. However, the vital evacuation of the remaining 18...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2025)

Micheál Martin: I thank the Deputy for raising this important issue. One of the appalling features of the war on Gaza has been the indiscriminate slaughter of innocent children. The serial killing of children as a result of indiscriminate bombing, attacks and shootings has shocked the world. The scale of injuries suffered by so many children is truly appalling. As a country, we have a strong tradition...

Transparency for Supermarket Profits: Motion [Private Members] (9 Jul 2025)

Amendment to amendment put.

Transparency for Supermarket Profits: Motion [Private Members] (9 Jul 2025)

Micheál Carrigy: In accordance with Standing Order 85(2), the division is postponed until the weekly division time this evening.

Transparency for Supermarket Profits: Motion [Private Members] (9 Jul 2025)

Cuireadh an Dáil ar fionraí ar 11.53 a.m. agus cuireadh tús leis arís ar 12.01 p.m. Sitting suspended at 11.53 a.m. and resumed at 12.01 p.m.

Transparency for Supermarket Profits: Motion [Private Members] (9 Jul 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: With respect, we do not need the Government to continue to monitor events closely. We need it to act and we have needed it to act for a long time. The Society of St. Vincent de Paul has told us that almost 50% of the people who ring them do so about groceries - almost 50%. The Barnardos report published yesterday showed that almost one fifth of children are missing out on school trips...

Transparency for Supermarket Profits: Motion [Private Members] (9 Jul 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: Here are the pure, basic facts. Grocery prices have gone up 36% since 2021. That is an additional €3,000 on an average family grocery shop. It is an incredible increase and it is putting huge pressure on families. Some 71% of Irish families say they are very concerned about food prices and we have seen that four in ten parents skip meals so their children can eat. That is a...

Transparency for Supermarket Profits: Motion [Private Members] (9 Jul 2025)

Danny Healy-Rae: I thank the Social Democrats for bringing this topic before us today. This topic is in everyone's mouth, that the cost of everything has gone up. There is a major difference between one supermarket and another. There are different prices in different towns. No one can understand who the regulator is, what he is doing or where he is because he is not visible to any of us. The regulator...

Transparency for Supermarket Profits: Motion [Private Members] (9 Jul 2025)

Mattie McGrath: I compliment the Social Democrats on this very important motion. I do not know whether it will fall on deaf ears but I fear it will, like so many other motions that have gone before. I remember when Deputy Danny Healy-Rae's brother, now Minister of State, Deputy Michael Healy-Rae, and I, along with a small number of IFA activists, worried vegetable and fruit producers, went to some...

Transparency for Supermarket Profits: Motion [Private Members] (9 Jul 2025)

Jerry Buttimer: I am responding on the motion on behalf of the Minister of State, Deputy Dillon. I thank the members of the Social Democrats for their contributions this morning and thank all Members of the House for their varied and interesting comments. I begin by reiterating that the Government fully acknowledges the concerns raised in this Private Members' motion regarding the rising cost of...

Transparency for Supermarket Profits: Motion [Private Members] (9 Jul 2025)

Paul Gogarty: As others have said, people are suffering from massive price inflation across a range of areas, including in supermarkets, the subject of this debate. The causes are varied, including wars, energy price hikes, supply shortages, Brexit and so on, but the suspicion remains that the supermarket chains are making excessive profits. As Ireland is the second most expensive country in Europe,...

Transparency for Supermarket Profits: Motion [Private Members] (9 Jul 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: The Irish people are resilient, but resilience should not be mistaken for indifference, nor should the quiet dignity of the Irish people and their endurance be used as an excuse for Government inaction. We are over three years into the cost-of-living crisis and it has touched every home, every dinner table and every shopping list. I speak regularly to parents who are cutting corners and...