Dáil 2/2

Jun 4, 20212 min read

Press Release: ‘Right to Housing' Referendum

Green Party Spokesperson on Housing Francis Noel Duffy TD has today (June 4th) called on Government to progress the Programme for...

May 26, 20211 min read

MetroLink Plan

Green Party Minister for Transport Eamon Ryan has confirmed to me that the planning application for MetroLink is expected to be lodged...

May 10, 20211 min read

Climate Bill 2021

Rachal Carson's 'Silent Spring', published in 1962, inspired the modern environmental movement, which began in earnest a decade later. It...

Apr 12, 20211 min read

EU Affairs Committee Hearing on CETA

The Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) has been a topic of great discussion the past number of weeks, and months. I have...

Feb 17, 20211 min read

Statement on the Land Development Agency Bill 2021

I welcome the potential of the LDA Bill 2021 to assist in the mitigation of our housing crisis, however I have grave concerns with the...

Jan 29, 20211 min read

Standards in Homeless Accommodation

Today, the Housing Committee held a hearing on homelessness. It was joined by Prof. Eoin O'Sullivan, School of Social Work and Social...

Jan 28, 20211 min read

Questions to the Minister for Housing on Public Housing Delivery and The Right to Housing Referendum

This pandemic has made us fully realise the importance of a safe and secure home, and the referendum on a right to housing will enshrine...

Dec 1, 20201 min read

Topical Issue on Exclusion of Social Tenants in the Marianella Apartments

The social exclusion of tenants in the Marianella luxury housing development in the Dublin suburb of Rathgar seriously concerned me. The...

Dec 1, 20201 min read

Housing Defects

Thousands of homeowners around the country have been paying huge bills, in some cases for years, because of structural housing defects...

Nov 10, 20201 min read

Housing Committee hearing on Strategic Housing Developments (SHDs)

The Strategic Housing Development (SHD) scheme was established in 2017 to fast-track planning applications to improve the delivery of...

Oct 28, 20202 min read

EU Response to COVID: Vaccine distribution & fighting misinformation

The science is clear: life can not resume as normal until vaccines are developed and taken. While different state measures such as border...

Jun 10, 20201 min read

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Housing

With respect to planning and climate action transition, this state has a horrendous legacy when it comes to its planning strategy on...

Jun 9, 20201 min read

Government’s Sustainability Standards: have they reached their goal?

We have come very far since the Green Party’s Sustainable Energy legislation brought in standards for new builds through Part L. These...

May 27, 20201 min read

Remote Working & COVID

Remote-working will likely have a huge impact upon the future of employment for most Irish businesses. We have the opportunity to...

May 26, 20201 min read

Wildlife & Biodiversity

Since the Pandemic began, and human activity reduced, wildlife has started to flourish again in many parts of Ireland. Yet there are...

May 20, 20202 min read

The Beef-processing Industry

I was raised in the market town of Carrickmacross, where I fondly remember wandering around the cattle market of a Friday, curiously...

May 20, 20201 min read

Meat-Processing Plants and COVID-19

Meat processing facilities have become one of the worst-hit workplaces in both Ireland and around the world during the COVID-19...

Mar 26, 20203 min read

My Maiden Speech in Dáil Eireann - ‘Pride’

I stand here today in difficult circumstances. I believe I have entered the Dáil in a time of great change and where unity is required....