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Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2023: From the Seanad (28 Feb 2024)

Maurice Quinlivan: ...with only limited functions and responsibilities. It certainly is not the beacon of hope or progress that other local authorities would aspire to, unfortunately. The continual delays in bringing forward the legislation, coupled with the lack of real powers for the elected mayor will only serve to dampen support for the role. The plebiscite in 2019 was defeated in Cork and Waterford and...

Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2023)

Maurice Quinlivan: ...In Limerick, it narrowly passed for reasons. We need to convince those people who did not vote for it, and if we do not enact something like this amendment, we will probably have another problem, going forward. That is the genesis of the amendment.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ireland-Canada Trade Relations: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

Maurice Quinlivan: The next group is Fine Gael, which has 14 minutes. Deputy Stanton to go first. He has been a champion of trade between Ireland and Canada. He pushed this for many months before we got to this stage. This time next week, four of us from the committee will be in Canada. I am looking forward to that.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (15 Nov 2023)

Maurice Quinlivan: I thank the Minister of State for his clarification. The concern we have is who is going to define the interference specified in the legislation going forward. We have a serious concern about it so we will push this amendment.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (15 Nov 2023)

Maurice Quinlivan: ...mayor this power is a demonstration of how much power will remain in the hands of unelected officials. That is the huge concern we have. As I said, this does not necessarily specifically relate to Limerick, but going forward. The mayor should have the ability. He or she will get five staff members, four of whom will come from existing council staff. The new director general will have...

Road Safety: Statements (26 Oct 2023)

Maurice Quinlivan: ...time available to me I would like to raise two issues that are particularly important to my constituency of Limerick, namely, the delays in completing the Coonagh to Knockalisheen road and the ongoing scourge of scrambler misuse in urban areas. The Coonagh to Knockalisheen road is a vital project and piece of infrastructure and, when completed, will service the community of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with Chairperson of Enterprise Ireland (25 Oct 2023)

Maurice Quinlivan: That concludes out consideration of this matter for today. I thank our witnesses for visiting the committee. I wish Mr. Carey all the best in his role going forward and well done to him. That concludes the meeting in public session for today. I propose that the committee go into private session to consider other business. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Living Wage (12 Oct 2023)

Maurice Quinlivan: ...be repurposed to assist the smaller and medium enterprises in the initial period of introducing the living wage. It could and should be used for what it was there for, which is to support businesses going forward. It is within the gift of the Government to deliver such support and it is within its gift to deliver a true living wage. Low pay workers, many of whom work and are at risk...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Facilities (3 Oct 2023)

Maurice Quinlivan: I stood in this Chamber six years ago, in May 2017, with a different Minister of State sitting opposite, when we in the mid-west region were looking forward to the imminent opening of the new emergency department in University Hospital Limerick, UHL. None of us was naive enough to believe it would solve all the problems in the hospital, or even in the emergency department, but we were led to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals - Net Zero Industry Act (5 Jul 2023)

Maurice Quinlivan: That concludes our consideration of this matter for today. I thank all the representatives for assisting the committee. We will be considering the matter further as we go forward. I propose that we go into private session to discuss our order of business. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Education Costs: Motion [Private Members] (20 Jun 2023)

Maurice Quinlivan: As schools throughout the country close their doors for the summer, parents, teachers and students can look forward to a well-earned break and some recovery before the cycle starts again in late August. I salute our primary, post-primary and third level educators for the work and support they have offered our learners over the past academic year. Being an educator is a tough but at the same...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ireland's Trade Relationship with Canada: Discussion (20 Jun 2023)

Maurice Quinlivan: ...visit them, which I hope will happen before Christmas. We have previously discussed organising such an engagement. I again thank the witnesses. We will be considering this matter further as we go forward.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Enterprise Policy (13 Dec 2022)

Maurice Quinlivan: ...need to establish an Irish enterprise agency for a number of reasons. The Minister of State will agree that our over-reliance on a number of major international corporations is a risk to the State going forward, with ten companies paying a significant proportion of corporation tax. Any changes to this, which would be well out of our control, could put grave stress on our public finances....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: EU Legislative Proposal on Corporate Sustainability and Due Diligence: Discussion (7 Dec 2022)

Maurice Quinlivan: I thank Mr. Linehan and the representatives for attending the meeting today to assist the committee in consideration of this important matter. The committee will further consider this matter as we go forward in the next couple of days. That concludes the committee's business in public session.

Declaration of a Housing Emergency: Motion [Private Members] (22 Nov 2022)

Maurice Quinlivan: ...-bedroom apartments are available, one at a cost of €1,200 and the other at €2,000. One two-bedroom apartment is available for €2,400. Three three-bedroom houses are available, starting at €1,600 and going up to €2,500. Most people cannot afford those prices. There are record levels of homelessness and house prices have increased further, beyond the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Issues Facing Small Businesses: Discussion (16 Nov 2022)

Maurice Quinlivan: ...Grocery Dairy and Allied Traders Association assisting the committee in consideration of this important matter. The committee, as everyone has suggested, will consider this matter further as we go forward. Our business in public session is now concluded and I propose we go into private session to consider that matter further. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Financial Resolutions 2022 - Financial Resolution No. 6: General (Resumed) (29 Sep 2022)

Maurice Quinlivan: ...welcome some of the measures in the budget but am really disappointed by others, particularly those relating to rent. While the €500 tax credit will be welcomed by a lot of renters, it will not go far in easing the cost of renting in Limerick and across the State. The Government said previously that a rent tax credit without rent certainty and a rent freeze would be a transfer of...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla (Atógáil) - Topical Issue Debate (Resumed): Passport Services (14 Jul 2022)

Maurice Quinlivan: ...are not specific to passport applications. We see those booking driver tests facing a 14-week wait for a test date. The Covid pandemic can be blamed for only so much. It is obvious there was no forward planning and no anticipation of the huge volume of people who would seek to travel after restrictions were lifted, especially in the summer. Coupling the problematic passport application...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla (Atógáil) - Topical Issue Debate (Resumed): Passport Services (14 Jul 2022)

Maurice Quinlivan: ...would recover quickly and that people would travel for holidays, business, and, most important, to meet family members who are abroad. Why were we not prepared for this when we knew that was going to happen? Why were additional staff not sought during the pandemic? Not knowing whether they are going to receive their passport two days before their flight happens places a tremendous...

Working Group of Committee Chairmen: Public Policy Matters: Engagement with the Taoiseach (12 May 2022)

Maurice Quinlivan: ...involving a significant workload engaging with stakeholders to get expert advice, producing well-researched reports, scrutinising and strengthening Bills. As the Taoiseach is aware, a lot of the work goes under the radar, as it should do. Many committees, however, are under huge pressure due to their workload and I would like to request additional resources to support members with...