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Ireland
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Party: Fianna Fáil
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People Before Profit introduced the Eviction Ban 2022 bill, declaring a housing emergency for 12 months during which tenants could not be evicted without fault (except for anti-social behaviour or property damage). The bill included a clause for the Minister to extend the emergency ban.
prom_8_ev_11 - source https://www.pbp.ie/people-before-profit-bill-to-extend-the-ban-on-evictions/ OpenA previous temporary eviction moratorium (winter 2022/2023) slowed the growth of homelessness, especially among children and families, according to analysis by the Simon Community. Around 2,700 notices to quit were paused before the ban lapsed in March 2023.
prom_8_ev_14 - source https://www.simon.ie/how-effective-was-the-temporary-eviction-moratorium/ OpenIn 2024, the government supported nearly 54,000 home energy upgrades through SEAI. Since 2019, 186,000 homes have benefited from more than €1.2 billion in government-funded home energy upgrade supports.
prom_8_ev_4 - source https://www.gov.ie/en/department-of-climate-energy-and-the-environment/press-releases/government-supported-nearly-54000-home-energy-upgrades-through-seai-in-2024/ OpenThe School Transport 2030 review recommended changes including expansion of current eligibility criteria (reducing distance thresholds from 3.2km to 1km for primary, 4.8km to 2km for post-primary) and addressing operational issues. These were to be phased in from September 2025.
prom_7_ev_14 - source https://sinnfein.ie/news/ministers-failure-to-implement-recommendations-of-school-transport-review-will-deny-children-a-place-on-their-local-school-bus-darren-orourke-td/ OpenThe Government published an Acute Inpatient Hospital Bed Expansion Plan targeting 4,367 acute hospital inpatient beds. The ESRI projects a need for 4,400-6,800 additional inpatient beds by 2040.
prom_7_ev_13 - source https://www.medicalindependent.ie/in-the-news/breaking-news/government-announces-plan-for-delivery-of-over-4000-acute-hospital-beds/ OpenCabinet approved the new NMH project to go to tender, with the building to be located on the eastern side of the St Vincent's campus.
prom_7_ev_48 - source https://www.medicalindependent.ie/in-the-news/breaking-news/cabinet-approves-for-new-national-maternity-hospital-project-to-go-to-tender/ OpenThe Acute Hospital Inpatient Bed Capacity Expansion Plan 2024–2031 was published on 29 May 2024 by then-Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly, targeting 4,367 acute hospital beds by 2031. It was described by the government as the largest planned expansion of public acute hospital inpatient capacity in decades.
prom_8_ev_22 - source https://www.irishtimes.com/health/2024/05/29/almost-3000-new-acute-hospital-beds-to-be-delivered-by-2031-says-donnelly/ OpenIarnród Éireann lodged a Railway Order application with An Bord Pleanála in July 2024 to seek permission to extend the electrified DART network from Malahide to Drogheda.
prom_8_ev_20 - source https://www.nationaltransport.ie/news/dart-coastal-north-railway-order-application-lodged-with-an-bord-pleanala-to-bring-dart-to-drogheda/ OpenThe DART+ South West project received statutory approval (Railway Order) from An Coimisiún Pleanála on 13 November 2024, but construction has been deferred to at least 2030.
prom_7_ev_18 - source https://www.dartplus.ie/en-ie/projects/dart-south-west OpenSEAI reported 11,910 home energy upgrades in Q1 2025, up 2% year-on-year. By early 2026, over 257,000 home energy upgrades had been delivered since 2019 with over €1.7 billion in government funding.
prom_8_ev_5 - source https://www.seai.ie/news-and-events/news/11910-home-energy-upgrades-first-quarter-2025 OpenThe 2025 Programme for Government pledges to ramp up targets to deliver more B2-equivalent home retrofits each year from 2026 to 2030. Meeting the 500,000 target will require an average annual retrofit of approximately 63,444 homes.
prom_8_ev_6 - source https://www.energyireland.ie/halfway-to-2030-what-the-new-government-means-for-retrofitting/ OpenIreland is reportedly falling behind on its goal to ensure 500,000 existing homes undergo deep energy efficiency upgrades by 2030, facing financial, structural, and policy-related barriers.
prom_8_ev_7 - source https://news.myhome.ie/myhome-living/ireland-lagging-behind-on-retrofit-targets-37538 OpenAn Coimisiún Pleanála approved the Railway Order for the DART+ Coastal North project, granting planning permission to extend the electrified DART network from Malahide to Drogheda MacBride Station, covering 37 km of the Northern Line.
prom_8_ev_19 - source https://www.transportforireland.ie/news/an-coimisiun-pleanala-approves-dart-coastal-north-railway-order/ OpenJennifer Whitmore TD (Social Democrats) stated: 'We were promised electric DART carriages, first in 2025, then 2026, now 2029.' She expressed deep disappointment over continued delays to the battery-electric DART service for Wicklow.
prom_9_ev_21 - source https://www.eastcoast.fm/news/wicklow-news/dart-extension-to-wicklow-town-facing-further-delay-until-2029/ OpenThe Irish Independent reported that in 2019, the DART for Wicklow Town was announced as serving passengers by 2023-2024, with timeframes for 2025 and 2026 also missed, and the extension now pushed back to 2030.
prom_9_ev_22 - source https://m.independent.ie/regionals/wicklow/news/dart-extension-to-wicklow-town-pushed-back-to-2030/a983333713.html OpenSinn Féin TD John Brady echoed the complaint: 'We were promised electric DART carriages, first in 2025, then 2026, now 2029', criticising the government for failing Wicklow commuters.
prom_9_ev_23 - source https://www.facebook.com/TeachtaJohnBrady/posts/wicklow-being-let-down-again-by-the-governmenti-am-deeply-frustrated-and-angry-a/1284495210151176/ OpenThe HSE service plan pledges five additional surgical hubs in Cork, Waterford, Limerick, Galway, and North Dublin to open by end of 2025. Cork's surgical hub was expected to open between March and June 2025 and cater to 28,000 patients a year.
prom_7_ev_21 - source https://www.echolive.ie/corknews/arid-41743272.html OpenThe HSE plans to open six surgical hubs across Ireland. When fully operational, each hub is targeted to deliver 4,000 extra day case procedures, 5,800 minor operations, and 18,500 outpatient appointments. The Mount Carmel hub (first to open) delivered 3,729 procedures in 2025, 24% above its target.
prom_7_ev_20 - source https://www.rte.ie/news/2025/0213/1496589-surgical-hub-dublin/ OpenMinister for Health Jennifer Carroll MacNeill officially launched the HSE Health App on 25 February 2025.
prom_8_ev_18 - source https://www.rte.ie/news/health/2025/0225/1498912-hse-app/ OpenTenders were sought in 2024 for the new National Maternity Hospital — a seven-storey, 50,000m²+ building with 244 beds at Elm Park on the St Vincent's campus. Projected completion is late 2028 to early 2029, with costs potentially reaching €2 billion.
prom_7_ev_47 - source https://www.irishtimes.com/health/2025/05/12/bill-for-new-national-maternity-hospital-could-reach-2-billion/ OpenCiaran Cuffe criticised Transport Minister Darragh O'Brien for 'stalling on DART+ South West till 2030', calling it 'quite an own goal' and linking the delay to climate policy failures.
prom_7_ev_16 - source https://www.facebook.com/CiaranCuffeDublin/posts/thats-quite-an-own-goal-by-transport-minister-darragh-obrien-to-delay-the-fingla/1233329105274439/ OpenLegislative changes in 2025/2026 now permit electronic record-keeping in community pharmacies, removing a key barrier to e-prescribing. Vendor procurement for the national ePrescribing solution was underway by mid-2025, with competitive dialogue following.
prom_9_ev_19 - source https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2025-06-26/337/ OpenThe Programme for Government includes a commitment to expand free GP services to children up to at least 12 years. Children under 8 already have automatic free GP visits. Extension to ages 8-12 would cover approximately 200,000 additional children.
prom_8_ev_23 - source https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2025-07-03/359/ OpenFree GP care is currently available to all children under 8 in Ireland. The government plans to extend GP visit card eligibility to children aged 8 to 12 in 2026, covering approximately 200,000 additional children.
prom_8_ev_27 - source https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2025-07-03/359/ OpenSinn Féin's Darren O'Rourke TD criticised the Minister's failure to implement the review's key recommendation that from September 2025 the distance criteria be reduced — this has not been implemented.
prom_7_ev_15 - source https://sinnfein.ie/news/ministers-failure-to-implement-recommendations-of-school-transport-review-will-deny-children-a-place-on-their-local-school-bus-darren-orourke-td/ OpenThe Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment launched a public consultation on Ireland's first National Life Sciences Strategy in October 2025. The Programme for Government 2025 includes a commitment to develop this strategy to ensure the sector remains competitive.
prom_9_ev_51 - source https://enterprise.gov.ie/en/consultations/public-consultation-on-national-life-science-strategy.html OpenThe public consultation was described as a 'once-in-a-generation policy opportunity' for Ireland's life sciences sector, with submissions from Ibec, AmCham, and other industry bodies.
prom_9_ev_52 - source https://www.pharmaawards.ie/news/irelands-first-life-sciences-strategy-a-once-in-a-generation-policy-opportunity OpenThe Journal reported that DART+ South West construction was originally hoped to begin in 2025/2026 but has been pushed out to at least 2030, described as a four-year delay that 'flies in the face' of climate and transport goals.
prom_7_ev_17 - source https://www.thejournal.ie/dart-south-west-line-6886810-Nov2025/ OpenThe Department of Transport funded a third fleet order for 100 new electric DART carriages in December 2025. Plans include deploying battery-electric DART carriages to Wicklow from around 2029 onwards.
prom_9_ev_24 - source https://www.irishrail.ie/en-ie/news/third-order-of-new-dart-carriages-placed OpenThe Government's 2025 Waiting List Action Plan targeted 50% of patients waiting less than Sláintecare targets (10 weeks outpatient, 12 weeks inpatient/day-case). By end of 2025, only 31.8% of outpatients and 41.2% of inpatients were within target — the goal was significantly missed.
prom_7_ev_26 - source https://www.irishtimes.com/health/2026/01/09/health-service-failed-to-meet-goal-for-cuts-to-hospital-waiting-lists-in-2025/ OpenPBP highlighted RTB data showing eviction notices increased by 41%, with nearly 60% of evictions occurring because landlords want to sell the property. PBP called the housing and homelessness crisis 'out of control'.
prom_8_ev_13 - source https://www.pbp.ie/new-rtb-eviction-data-housing-and-homelessness-crisis-still-out-of-control-children-families-biggest-victims/ OpenThe Minister for Health published the Waiting Time Action Plan 2026 targeting Sláintecare goals of 10 weeks for outpatient and 12 weeks for inpatient/day case. However, waiting lists grew by 86,300 patients in 2025.
prom_7_ev_22 - source https://www.gov.ie/en/department-of-health/press-releases/minister-for-health-publishes-the-waiting-time-action-plan-2026/ OpenThe Minister for Health published the Waiting Time Action Plan 2026, setting Sláintecare targets of 10 weeks for outpatient appointments and 12 weeks for inpatient/day case treatment. Long waits over 12 months fell 58% since 2021.
prom_8_ev_16 - source https://www.gov.ie/en/department-of-health/press-releases/minister-for-health-publishes-the-waiting-time-action-plan-2026/ OpenThe new National Maternity Hospital is now forecast to open in late 2028 to early 2029, according to the latest estimates.
prom_9_ev_18 - source https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/new-national-maternity-hospital-due-late-2028-to-early-2029-as-health-officials-tell-of-lessons-learnt/a95230970.html OpenThe IPU welcomed 2026 amendments to pharmacy legislation allowing prescriptions transmitted electronically to be retained in electronic form.
prom_9_ev_20 - source https://ipu.ie/communication/ipu-welcomes-introduction-of-electronic-record-keeping-legislation-for-community-pharmacy/ OpenGP referral access (85% of referrals) is being added to the app, with specialist referrals planned for mid-2026. The Minister for Health welcomed growing adoption rates.
prom_8_ev_17 - source https://www.imt.ie/news/hse-app-downloaded-over-200000-times-since-launch-06-01-2026/ OpenHospital waiting lists grew by 86,300 patients in 2025, with 7,540 adults and 510 children waiting 18 months or more — significantly breaching Sláintecare targets.
prom_8_ev_15 - source https://www.rte.ie/news/health/2026/0112/1552566-hospital-waiting-lists/ OpenPeople Before Profit representatives campaigned for and introduced a Bill in the Dáil for a three-year ban on no-fault evictions, led by figures including Richard Boyd Barrett TD and Mick Barry TD (Solidarity–People Before Profit).
prom_8_ev_12 - source https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2026-02-11/25/ OpenA new four-year Framework Agreement was signed between the Irish Government and IPHA with a 180-day target for HSE reimbursement decisions. Ireland also struck new five-year drug pricing deals aimed at accelerating patient access to innovative treatments.
prom_8_ev_49 - source https://www.euractiv.com/news/ireland-strikes-new-five%25E2%2580%2591year-drug-pricing-deals-speeding-access-to-medicines/ OpenReuters reported that the initial earlier cut to excise duty of 15 cent per litre on petrol and 20 cent on diesel was part of a €250 million energy package, with the subsequent €505 million package layering additional 10 cent cuts on top, confirming the cumulative nature of the 27c/32c totals.
prom_7_ev_5 - source https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/ireland-temporarily-cut-fuel-duty-235-million-euro-energy-package-2026-03-23/ OpenThe National Children's Hospital has missed at least 18 planned completion deadlines. As of March 2026, the opening could be pushed to spring, summer, or even autumn 2027, with costs ballooning to approximately €2.2 billion.
prom_7_ev_46 - source https://www.rte.ie/news/health/2026/0325/1565068-childrens-hospital-ireland/ Open€80 million in Exchequer funding for the First Home Scheme in 2025, matched by participating banks (€160 million total), to support the purchase of approximately 2,000 homes.
prom_7 - source src_search_20260410T0526 Open€303 million made available for the delivery of homeless services in 2025.
prom_8 - source src_search_20260410T0526 Open€90 million to support the retrofitting of approximately 2,500 local authority social homes to a Building Energy Rating of B2, as part of the Programme for Government commitment to retrofit 36,500 local authority homes by 2030.
prom_9 - source src_search_20260410T0526 OpenThe Irish Government announced a €505 million fuel support package on 12 April 2026, including a further 10 cent (VAT inclusive) reduction in excise on petrol (bringing total reduction to 27 cent/litre) and on diesel (bringing total reduction to 32 cent/litre), plus a €100 million Fuel Subsidy Support Scheme for farmers, agricultural contractors, and fishers. Announced by Taoiseach Micheál Martin and Tánaiste Simon Harris.
prom_7_ev_0 - source https://www.gov.ie/en/department-of-the-taoiseach/press-releases/government-announces-new-package-of-fuel-supports/ OpenCritics labeled the €505 million package a 'panic package' intended to stall fuel protests rather than address root causes, with concerns that the measures were insufficient to address rising fuel costs in the longer term.
prom_7_ev_6 - source https://europeanconservative.com/articles/news-corner/irish-government-unveils-e505m-panic-package-to-stall-fuel-protests/ OpenMinister Heydon announced details of the €100 million Fuel Subsidy Support Scheme: approximately 120,000 farmers and 1,500 full-time agricultural contractors eligible, with support rate of approximately 20 cents per litre (€200 per 1,000 litres), running from March to July 2026 with €20 million disbursed per month. Up to €5 million per month allocated for fishers, forestry, and specialist horticulture.
prom_7_ev_3 - source https://www.gov.ie/en/department-of-agriculture-food-and-the-marine/press-releases/minister-heydon-announces-further-details-of-the-100-million-fuel-support-schemes-for-farmers-contractors-and-fishers/ OpenThe excise duty reductions took effect from midnight on 14 April 2026, with the total reductions confirmed at 27 cent/litre on petrol, 32 cent/litre on diesel, and 7.4 cent/litre on marked gas oil (green diesel). These reductions run until 31 July 2026.
prom_7_ev_1 - source https://www.thejournal.ie/fuel-price-reductions-start-today-7012984-Apr2026/ OpenFuel prices began to fall at Irish pumps following the excise cuts taking effect, with some stations reporting drops of up to 10 cent per litre, though the industry warned full reductions would take several days to filter through as older stock was sold.
prom_7_ev_4 - source https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/04/15/fuel-prices-fall-in-many-places-as-excise-cuts-come-into-effect/ OpenThe Oireachtas (Irish Parliament) officially recorded the total reduced excise amounts in a parliamentary question response: 32 cent per litre of diesel, 27 cent per litre of petrol, and 7.4 cent per litre of green diesel.
prom_7_ev_2 - source https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2026-04-16/204/ OpenThe National Children's Hospital has missed at least 18 planned completion dates and is roughly 4 years late. Costs have ballooned to approximately €2.2 billion. As of May 2026, the opening date remains uncertain.
prom_9_ev_17 - source https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2026/0501/1571254-national-childrens-hospital/ OpenIreland has among the lowest rates of access to new cancer medicines in Western Europe, and its drug reimbursement system has been called 'fundamentally broken' by deputies.
prom_8_ev_50 - source https://www.euractiv.com/news/irelands-drug-reimbursement-system-fundamentally-broken-deputies-warn-as-patients-await-rare-disease-therapy/ Open