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Animal Health and Welfare (Prohibition of Animal Testing for Botox) (Amendment) Bill 2024: First Stage (18 Sep 2024)

Question put and agreed to.

Animal Health and Welfare (Prohibition of Animal Testing for Botox) (Amendment) Bill 2024: First Stage (18 Sep 2024)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Since this is a Private Members' Bill, Second Stage must, under Standing Orders, be taken in Private Members' time.

Animal Health and Welfare (Prohibition of Animal Testing for Botox) (Amendment) Bill 2024: First Stage (18 Sep 2024)

Paul Murphy: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Animal Health and Welfare (Prohibition of Animal Testing for Botox) (Amendment) Bill 2024: First Stage (18 Sep 2024)

Question put and agreed to.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Sep 2024)

Simon Harris: When will the election be held? I thank the Deputy for raising that important issue and reporting significant progress on the housing numbers in his constituency and the benefit of the Part 8 process because we are seeing a significant increase in housing supply and we are using public lands to help deliver housing supply. The LDA is really showing very significant potential when others...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Sep 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Last weekend the National Ambulance Service announced cuts to staff hours in counties Cork and Kerry that would have led to ambulance bases being closed one day a week. In north Cork, there are five ambulances and one would be lost each day and two on a Wednesday. West Cork has four and would lose one a day. Thankfully, those latest cuts have been shelved, but there is no doubt the service...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Sep 2024)

Simon Harris: I thank the Deputy for raising the matter and acknowledge the significant concern there was in Cork and Kerry this week. I am pleased my colleague, the Minister for Health, intervened to stop that proceeding and is now working to ensure funding is provided to augment front-line services because I acknowledge that, despite the additional budget we have put into the National Ambulance Service,...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Sep 2024)

Alan Farrell: I contacted the Minister for Transport, Deputy Ryan, about this matter this morning and I regret he was not able to attend the Dáil this afternoon. I want to raise the very important issue of the recent timetable changes across the Irish Rail network that have resulted in the introduction of an appallingly unpredictable service in what had been heretofore a relatively good and reliable...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Sep 2024)

Simon Harris: I thank the Deputy for raising this matter. It is an issue that is coming up quite a bit. Councillor Aoibhinn Tormey also raised this matter recently in terms of the unpredictability of the service and the Deputy has listed a number of areas in his constituency that are impacted. I will certainly talk to the Minister, Deputy Ryan, directly about the matter to see if he can engage with the...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Sep 2024)

Brendan Smith: In recent budgets, the Government quite rightly introduced a number of measures to help families deal with the increased costs of living. At this time of year there are huge financial pressures on many families who have a student or students attending further and higher education. The Government introduced once-off student contribution supports and a rental tax credit. I sincerely hope...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Sep 2024)

Simon Harris: I thank the Deputy. I definitely do not want give him a lame duck excuse on this so he should let me engage directly with the Minister. I acknowledge this is an issue the Deputy has brought up time and time again. Let me in the first instance engage with the Minister on this matter to see if there is a way of advancing it once and for all. I will revert to the Deputy on that. Obviously,...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Sep 2024)

Johnny Guirke: I raise with the Taoiseach what is happening with housing developments around the country. The one I raise today is Bailey Hill in Navan, County Meath by Kingscroft Developments. There has been serious delay after delay when it comes to finishing the houses and giving people the keys to their new homes. Many young people and couples are in this predicament. A couple signed sale agreed in...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Sep 2024)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I thank the Deputy. It is not in order or appropriate to name individuals and make allegations against them.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Sep 2024)

Simon Harris: Obviously I will respect your ruling, a Cheann Comhairle. On a more general level, I can imagine the anticipation and excitement, of a young couple or anybody getting the keys of their new homes and the disruption that can cause to their life, to put it mildly, if there is a delay with that. Let me inquire through the appropriate channels of the Department of housing if there is any...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Sep 2024)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: We have four remaining Deputies and the time is up. I ask for 30-second questions from each of them.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Sep 2024)

Leo Varadkar: I thank the Ceann Comhairle. I raise with the Taoiseach the appalling catastrophe unfolding in Sudan. As the House may know, civil war has raged there for approximately two years, leaving 150,000 dead. Some 2 million refugees have left Sudan already, with millions displaced within the country, and the UN has declared famine in Darfur. It is the only place in the world where the...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Sep 2024)

Patrick Costello: I raise the issue of school provision in Dublin South-Central. While the small increase in variety with Synge Street becoming a Gaelcholáiste has been welcome, there is still no Gaelcholáiste for Dublin 10 or Dublin 12 and no non-denominational, non-religious school for Dublin 8. These issues need to be fixed and the Department of Education has quite frankly been opaque and...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Sep 2024)

Mattie McGrath: The Taoiseach visited Clonmel recently; I was glad to see that. I hope he walked O’Connell Street. A businessman contacted me this week due to ongoing incidents of violence, open drug dealing and intimidation on the streets. He is threatening to remove his store from O’Connell Street. He has been there for a number of years and has a successful business. The lack of...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Sep 2024)

Simon Harris: I was delighted to be in Clonmel recently with Councillor Michael Murphy for the turning of the sod of the new Garda station.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Sep 2024)

Mattie McGrath: You did not turn the sod.