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| TD | Party |
|---|---|
 Brian Brennan | Fine Gael |
 Malcolm Byrne | Fianna Fáil |
 Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin | Sinn Féin |
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Brian Brennan
Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 41437/26, without response from the HSE, if she will provide an update on the request made to ensure the HSE and primary care networks fully transition from an outdated medical model of…
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Malcolm Byrne
Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment noting the success of the International Artificial Intelligence Summit in Dublin on 14 October 2026, if he would consider developing it as an annual event.
Malcolm Byrne
This debate is particularly important because it is about the health and safety of the children of our nation, particularly our most vulnerable children. The test for the State has to be how we treat our children. I find the Minister to be incredibly empathetic. She puts the…
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Brian Brennan
Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason incremental credit has been refused to a person (details supplied); and if officials from her Department can meet with the applicant to resolve the issue.
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Malcolm Byrne
Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Defence if she would consider the use of EU SAFE loans to amortise the costs of defence investment over the 30-year life of the equipment, as is done in other EU states, including France and Spain.
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Malcolm Byrne
Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Taoiseach to provide an update, including the publication date, of the National Security Strategy.
Malcolm Byrne
This is an important debate. Any decision that we make with regard to defence, security or foreign policy must be in line with our values, which are consistency with international law and respect for human rights, for the rule of law and for democracy. This country has always…
Malcolm Byrne
I welcome many of the measures within this Bill, particularly the research and development tax credits. I note that there are provisions here to tighten some of the rules around high net worth individuals making donations, for instance, for sporting purposes. There is an anomaly…
Ceisteanna - Questions ›
Malcolm Byrne
I welcome the establishment of the Cabinet committee on artificial intelligence, which the Taoiseach will chair. I commend the Government on the hosting of the International AI Summit last week, and particularly our colleague, the Minister of State, Deputy Niamh Smyth, for all of…
Brian Brennan
I warmly welcome the Government's arts capital investment fund announced in budget 2027. My concern is for the towns and villages that do not have existing entertainment venues. I feel they are simply being excluded. Arklow, for example, is a case study for lack of investment. It…
Malcolm Byrne
I am going to defend the international AI summit because the focus of the summit, and very clearly how it was presented, was to revolutionise Europe's competitiveness. On the same day, there was a summit taking place around copyright and intellectual property, IP. It was open to…
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Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin
Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health if she will address the lack of public laboratory access for patients at a GP practice in Gorey; the reason University Hospital Waterford has refused access due to capacity while St Vincent’s Hospital cites catchment…
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Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin
Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the total financial cost and security assessment criteria behind choosing a location (details supplied) for the recent EU Defence and Foreign Affairs Ministers' meetings; the reasons a civilian…
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Brian Brennan
Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if support will be available to the sports organisations affected by the liquidation of a company (details supplied) who have an approved Sports Capital Grant being processed.
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Brian Brennan
Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport further to the recent announcement of the Arts Capital Investment Fund (details supplied), his plans to expand the scheme to allow for the development of facilities where there are none in place.
Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate ›
Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin
Following the recent local authority rent chaos in County Wicklow, when rents rocketed by more than 100% for some pensioners in the middle of a cost-of-living crisis, will the Minister of State examine the introduction of a more uniform State-wide differential rent scheme, one…