Ruairí Ó Murchú

Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to confirm that further amendments to the Assessment of Need provisions (currently contained in the Disability (Amendment) Bill 2025 will be considered following the outcome of the current…

Paula Butterly

Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Transport following the conclusion of legal proceedings relating to the N52 Ardee bypass, if he will confirm that full construction funding will be provided to allow works to commence at the earliest opportunity; and if he will make a…

Paula Butterly

Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of additional bus drivers who have entered or re-entered the workforce as a result of the decision to increase the maximum age limit for bus drivers from 70 to 72 years; the number currently availing of…

Paula Butterly

Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the pilot expansion of the home school community liaison scheme to high-need non-DEIS schools; whether consideration is being given to making the scheme permanent and extending it to further…

Ruairí Ó Murchú

Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Education and Youth her Department's long-term plans for the provision of additional school places, at primary and secondary schools in Louth.

Ruairí Ó Murchú

Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Education and Youth the measures in place to ensure that children awaiting an assessment of need or formal diagnosis are not disadvantaged when seeking access to special education supports or placements; and if her Department intends…

Erin McGreehan

Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation for an update on the Dundalk flood relief scheme.

Ruairí Ó Murchú

Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation for an update on the implementation of flood relief schemes identified under the Catchment Flood Risk Assessment and Management programme in County Louth…

Paula Butterly

I, too, acknowledge James MacGuill’s contribution to the courts in Louth, Dublin and across the country. As Deputy Ó Murchú said, he was a giant in more ways than one. When he took on a case, there is no doubt that it was very much the client at the centre of everything. He was…

Ruairí Ó Murchú

We had the civil legal aid review group, under former Chief Justice Frank Clarke, which operated from June 2022 to July 2025. In fairness, a considerable amount of work has been carried out by the justice committee. I congratulate all those who were involved in what has been a…

Ruairí Ó Murchú

We have a history in the State whereby even when we try to address mistakes made and circumstances that people have been put through, we do not go the full road we need to in relation to all those who have been adversely impacted. I was at the children's committee earlier. We had…

Joanna Byrne

I want to pick up on that point and also repeat a line in Mr. McKeon's opening statement, when he said "Importantly ... [the devolved model] also provides flexibility to accommodate local circumstances ...". I need to raise with the Department a case from my constituency of…

Ruairí Ó Murchú

We all want to see this pay agreement delivering for the workers as they deliver for us. The Minister has spoken already about significant provision but I am still working on the basis, and we have seen some commentary around it, that there is further headroom. While I accept he…

Ged Nash

It should be one of the Minister's core objectives to do exactly that and to have value for money and accountability in public spending. As I said in my earlier contribution, public spending has increased significantly over the past six years. Much of that has been unplanned. The…