News & Statements

I thank the Minister for the opportunity to contribute to the statement on the report of the pyrite panel. The report is a significant step in addressing a serious issue for tens of thousands of individuals across north Leinster.

Pyrite Update – 23 October 2012

To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which progress is being made to address the ongoing issue of pyrite...

Rent Supplement Update – 23 October 2012

To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 367 and 368 of the 16 of October 2012, if she has examined the considerable hardship now caused to single person's due to the differentiation...

Pyrite Update – 23 October 2012

To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which progress is being made to address the ongoing issue of pyrite...

Rent Supplement Update – 23 October 2012

To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 367 and 368 of the 16 of October 2012, if she has examined the considerable hardship now caused to single person's due to the differentiation...

Malala Yousafzai – Foreign Affairs and Trade

To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which unilaterally or in conjunction with his EU and UN colleagues he can focus worldwide attention on the fate of Malala Yousufzai who was gunned down for having the temerity to raise the question of girls' rights to education...

Fybromyalgia Support Services

To ask the Minister for Health his future plans to engage with the Department of Social Protection in order to ensure that sufferers of Fibromyalgia received their entitled payments at the earliest possible point with particular reference to both Departments recognising the illness as a long term illness; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Malala Yousafzai – Foreign Affairs and Trade

To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which unilaterally or in conjunction with his EU and UN colleagues he can focus worldwide attention on the fate of Malala Yousufzai who was gunned down for having the temerity to raise the question of girls' rights to education...