Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan - To discuss the reimbursement of a drug and implementation of the drug reimbursement system. Deputies George Lawlor, Sinéad Gibney and Richard Boyd Barrett - To discuss mass redundanc…

• Hospital Services — Sorca Clarke SF
• Bus Services — Aindrias Moynihan FF
• Planning Issues — Ruth Coppinger PBP
• Job Losses — George Lawlor LAB
• Early Childhood Care and Education — Marie Sherlock LAB

• Mental Health Services — Tom Clonan IND
• Education and Training Provision — Nessa Cosgrove LAB
• Sports Funding — Mark Duffy FG
• Tax Reliefs — Maria Byrne FG

I thank Senator Ruane for her work in championing that committee and the report and for bringing the experience of people she knew to the Seanad and to the committee. Senator Noel O'Donovan also spoke about the…

We now move to the Guardianship of Infants and Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2026, which was changed from Guardianship of Infants (Amendment) Bill 2026. The Bill ensures that, following the conviction of a parent…

Only 435 houses built with defective concrete blocks, or 13% of the homes, have had remediation works and the State-funded scheme to address the situation has not been sufficient. Thousands of homeowners affect…

The holder of this office shall be known as the director of criminal justice international co-operation, and is referred to in the Bill as “the Director.” Section 8 also provides that the Schedule to the Bill s…

These include the insertion of a new Part into the Bill to provide an enabling basis for remote hearings and the use of electronic documents in criminal proceedings and international co-operation proceedings, a…

The Taoiseach voted against Sinn Féin's proposals and, as a result of his decision, diesel will go up 32 cent and petrol will go up 27 cent. It is going to increase the price of diesel by 32 cent and petrol by …

When there is a potential threat between a prison officer and a person incarcerated in prison, the idea that somebody could reach for incapacitant spray interrupts the potential relationships that could be buil…

It was an excellent symposium attended by Darina Allen, where a lot of topics around food security, food safety, biosecurity, health and soil health were discussed, including the school meals programme, the pos…

It is great that the Government has brought in some social welfare updates to help people but we also need real enforcement to tackle the shysters abusing their children in this way, such as automatic deduction…

• Q1+ Cabinet Committees — Peter 'Chap' Cleere FF
• Q21+ British-Irish Co-operation — Darren O'Rourke SF

We must now and always speak up on Pride, support Pride, educate people on what Pride means and on what this State was like before Pride. Everyone who supports Pride should be proud of Pride. We will see that m…

I welcome the opportunity to speak on the Regulation of Artificial Intelligence Bill 2026. I very much welcome the opportunity to speak on the Regulation of Artificial Intelligence Bill. I re-emphasise that the…

We should treat nicotine pouches and any other nicotine consumption products the same as we are treating vapes. As people will know, nicotine pouches are small, odourless tobacco-free pouches that contain nicot…

The Bill, as amended, provides that, where an individual has completed active cancer treatment and has remained in remission for a period of five years, their cancer history must be disregarded for the purposes…

We debated at length, when we debated the local democracy task force and other local government issues, how Ireland has a very centralised government system and we are one of the most centralised in Europe when…

The NAMA CEO is now going to go into a senior role in the NTMA. All individuals working in NAMA have always have been employees of the NTMA assigned to perform NAMA functions. The NAMA CEO position will cease o…

These women are survivors of horrific sexual abuse inflicted on children by teacher Leo Hickey at Dunderrow National School in Cork in the sixties and seventies. The Dunderrow women were also abused by Leo Hick…