17. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on the economy, trade and competitiveness will next meet. [32457/26]

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We need retrofitting as quickly and as much as possible. It is part of the answer to the cost-of-living crisis and the climate crisis. The problem is that the way the Government has gone about it with its privatised model is now beginning to result in significant problems. I will give a few examples from my constituency. Philomena Doran, a 92-year-old widow in Oldbawn, got a 100% grant to get wraparound external wall insulation, but the external wall insulation was put on during Storm Chandra, when the building advice states clearly that it cannot be put on when it is raining. She went to the SEAI and got nowhere.

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Another woman, Clare Hayes, got in touch, where the provider did not provide the necessary declaration for her to get the grant.

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She did not get anywhere with the SEAI. Where are people meant to go?

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That was one of them.

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The work was during the storm and they-----

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35. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on EU and international affairs will next meet. [32458/26]

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The Taoiseach rightly says that Israel has committed genocide in Palestine. I do not know whether he accepts that Israel is still committing genocide in Palestine but surely that has to mean something in terms of what he does. Surely it is a contradiction for him to say that Israel is committing genocide and then spend his time trying to ensure we do nothing to punish, impact or prevent the continuation of that genocide. Does the convention on genocide mean anything to the Taoiseach? If it does, he will vote to support our Bill for comprehensive sanctions on Israel. The idea that a state can continue in this way without comprehensive sanctions by any state that claims to stand up for human rights makes no sense whatsoever.

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If it is symbolic, why would it damage Ireland?

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