Credit Unions

170. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the progress the Government has made in supporting credit unions to expand their capacity for mortgage and business lending. [68404/26]

School Accommodation

337. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on an application for additional accommodation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67799/26]

Schools Building Projects

333. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on an application for additional accommodation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67802/26]

Rail Network

184. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Transport for an update on the rollout of new DART carriages; and the additional capacity each individual carriage provides. [67544/26]

State Pensions

24. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Social Protection the way in which his Department is preparing for the long-term impact of an ageing population on the sustainability and adequacy of the State Pension system [67550/26]

Schools Building Projects

323. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on a new school building (details supplied); and the reason Stage 2A is taking longer than expected. [67938/26]

34th Dáil debate — 2026-10-01

Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí Since I have been elected to this House, I have heard little or nothing from the other side of the House on job creation. It never seems to feature. It is all about eating the size of the pie, eating the pie that we have and how we are going to cut up the pie. It is never about how we will make more pie. I went to college in 1990 when unemployment was 18%, just coming out of the 1980s. I remember 2012, when we were at 16% unemployment after the crash. Commissioner Hoekstra

34th Dáil debate — 2026-10-01

Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí I echo Deputy O'Callaghan's points. I have visited Moatview Early Education Centre and I have met Susan Russell and the staff. They do great work. It is an area of serious disadvantage. This service has lasted since 1992, through many years, providing absolutely vital early learning education to local children. I cannot countenance the area losing this service. It would be an absolute travesty. I do not think it will. There is a tactical funding issue here. I think the cen

34th Dáil debate — 2026-10-01

Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí This is a good response. It sounds like there is a gap between the board of directors and the service. As Deputy O'Callaghan has mentioned, a very good and capable manager is running the service. Based on what we have heard, it looks like we need to get the directors to the table as well. I understand that the directors run what is a legal entity, and that is how Pobal will fund it. I get that. I appeal to Pobal and the directors. Let us get everybody around the table with

34th Dáil debate — 2026-09-24

Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí Is the Minister for Transport aware of ongoing capacity issues on the north side's 15 bus route and the measures that are being taken to ensure local residents finally get a usable and dependable 15 service?

34th Dáil debate — 2026-09-24

Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí I raised this in February and the response at the time was it was planned that a revised schedule for route 15 would be introduced in September. It is now September. I welcome the clarity on what the NTA is proposing but now it is saying, per the Minister of State's response, it will introduce its changes in December. Everything is being dragged out. We are talking about a fair increase in bus services raising about €70 million of which only a quarter is really targeted at