The issue of mould and damp is of endemic proportions across social housing in Ireland. Tenants are living in conditions that are creating devastating health outcomes. Local authorities need to be given powers to make affected social housing habitable, and fast.

Minister said on RTÉ today she is willing to put pensions on the table as part of talks to end the strike by school secretaries and caretakers. But instead of negotiating on the airwaves, she should offer such assurances to Fórsa directly. @JenCumminsTD .

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During the election, FF and FG promised to reduce college fees. The promise was then included in the programme for govt. Incredibly, now they want to raise them by €1,000 - a whopping 50%. This govt can’t be trusted. Their promises are not worth the paper they are written on.

The govt’s newly launched Disability Strategy is full of aspirational language but lacks funding commitments or implementation details. For a sector that is so deep in crisis, a strategy with meaningful targets is urgently needed. @LiamQuaide .

Tune in to @TodaywithClaire from 11.30am when @WhitmoreJen will be joining this week's panel for the Gathering.

Coming up now on @drivetimerte, @Aidan_Farrelly_ is about to join the programme.

When questioned today on when the National Children's Hospital will open, Health Minister suggested that people should ‘ask BAM’. But it is the Minister’s job to deliver this hospital. She must answer questions about when it will open. @PadraigRice .

The Irish tricolour was designed to bring people together – not to sow division. While there are a small number of people who seek to weaponise the flag, we must not take the bait. It's time we once again raise the tricolour as a symbol of pride and unity.

Today marks one week of strike action by school secretaries and caretakers. But all we have seen so far from govt is a petty blame game between FF and FG. This will not help resolve this dispute. Labour Court must now intervene. @JenCumminsTD .

There must be full transparency from the HSE on the cost of outsourcing Assessments of Need. We also need proper State investment in primary care services - and an end to retrograde recruitment barriers. @LiamQuaide .

Tune in to @TonightVMTV at 10pm when @GaryGannonTD will be joining the show.

Minister's request that Tusla conduct a review following latest missing child case is welcome. But clarity needed on full scope of review. And confirmation that agency is properly resourced to carry it out effectively and efficiently. @Aidan_Farrelly_ .

Most women will have experienced medical gaslighting. All too often, their symptoms are not taken seriously - or even believed. This patronising and paternalistic approach to women’s healthcare must end.

The Irish government must live up to commitments to oppose the Mercosur trade deal if robust protections for the environment and agricultural sector are not in place, according to @WhitmoreJen.

Forthcoming National Drugs Strategy must be designated by govt as interim. It would be a breach of democratic accountability to publish a definitive drugs strategy before the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Drug Use has completed its work. @GaryGannonTD .

Today @RoryHearneGaffs and @JenCumminsTD handed a letter into the Dept of Education on behalf of three families whose children with additional needs do not have school places this year. But these aren't the only three cases – the Minister for Education must intervene.

Today, @RoryHearneGaffs and @JenCumminsTD handed in a letter to the Minister for Education on behalf of three families struggling to secure special education places. No parent should have to fight for their child's constitutional right to an education.

Tune in to @drivetimerte after 5pm this evening when @GaryGannonTD will be joining the programme.

The Central Bank no longer facilitating the sale of Israeli bonds is welcome if overdue. “It has long been clear Israel is engaged in not just a wholesale breach of international law and daily war crimes – but a genocide against the people of Gaza.”.

The @SocDems stand with disability rights campaigner Cara Darmody. It is unacceptable, in a country with huge resources, that thousands of children are waiting so long for an Assessment of Need – and subsequently for the delivery of services and supports. State has failed them.

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