Speeches: 29 April 2026

Taoiseach, far too many people in Ireland today are suffering the trauma of losing their home and that's a direct result of your government's policy.

Basically I'm alive today and many others are because of linear accelerators and the people who operate those and to prepare the plan and provide all the sort of ancillary supports in St. Luke's and all the other places to deliver cancer services across the country.

There are concerns arising for workers in IADT in my area as to where they go as an institution and where they go in terms of their terms and conditions.

When will you, because I've asked you repeatedly, raise the social housing income thresholds so working people in this situation have some chance of being housed?

I mean, the ultimate answer to getting patients through the system is this rollout programme, like that is the solution to getting patients through the system, and making it more productive in how we treat patients with radiation oncology in Ireland.

There's now no doubt that Israel and the United States represent the greatest threat to global security and are a risk to social cohesion right across Europe.

It is for that reason that I am here before you this evening in this House to put forward this motion, which will extend the hand of assistance under the Defective Concrete Block scheme to parts of two more local authorities, Fingal and Wexford.

An insult to the thousands of renters all over the country, that this government would prefer to see them paying thousands every month to live in cabins in back gardens, rather than regulate Airbnb.

So, Commissioner, just as Jacqui showed the determination in Ireland, Europe must now show the same resolve now.

This country is completely at sea when it comes to defence and security, and they want to get rid of the triple lock in the middle of this mess.

The horror stories coming out from the family law courts can only be described as state-sponsored cruelty.

The defective concrete blocks represents one of the greatest scandals ever.

When too much of our capability comes from one external source, we expose ourselves to vulnerabilities that are strategic, political and economic.

Access affects outcomes, and access is a problem.

We made it a crime to abuse, harass or exploit somebody online and now there are real, tangible consequences.

The time for secrecy has ended.

We have nothing to replace fertiliser at this time and trying to get rid of it, Van der Lijn or whatever trying to cut our production one way or another.

Only when our economies are powered by secure, carbon-free electricity will we be able to stop worrying about the whims and actions of dictators and unreliable partners, the conflicts they entangle the world in and the damage they can do to our living standards.

We need to ensure that there is controlled transparency with strong and amenable safeguards rather than blanket secrecy.

We must make Coco's Law a European law, and we must do so now.

It is an issue of child welfare and even scientific truth.

The secrecy around family law cases creates a breathing ground for corruption.

This is terribly wrong, and you're now spreading the inequality and injustice to people on the East Coast too.

We need an emergency budget now, families desperately need energy credits now.

I want Deputy Gogarty and colleagues to know that I'm fully committed to reforming the family justice system through the implementation of the Family Justice Strategy 2022-2025.

This scheme is by its nature far too narrow, exclusionary and limited.

That is a damning indictment of our services, and that is no reflection on yourselves, but if we've got older machines, and if they're less precise, like in this day and age, it's unacceptable.

It's a small cohort of people, but they're providing a powerful service for people who need it.

We need an EU-wide legislation that holds both perpetrators and platforms accountable, real enforcement, clear rules and real consequences.

Families and damaged homes do not need their motives questioned, they need systems to function properly, they want a scheme that works.

For many families, side-by-side building is the only workable way to rebuild while staying within their communities in Donegal.

Max is a product of a failed care system.