Results 1-20 of 60 for going forward speaker:Mary Fitzpatrick

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 May 2024)

Mary Fitzpatrick: ...been talked about for a long time. It has secured planning permission. There is a great design in place. The project is shovel ready. The council should move ahead and make an application and I urge the Government to support that application. I give a big shout-out to Francesca Arkins and the Arkins Dance Academy in the north inner city, which has been teaching young girls and boys...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: National Monuments (7 Mar 2024)

Mary Fitzpatrick: ...response and his presence in the House. The reply is very disappointing and concerning because it indicates the State continues to wait for private owners and developers to determine what they are going to do, if they are going to do it. I appreciate those private owners are at the mercy of An Bord Pleanála and those who engage in it and that we have a planning process that needs...

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (24 Jan 2024)

Mary Fitzpatrick: ...Seanad I was a city councillor. I was chair of a joint policing committee in Dublin Central and a founding director of the Cabra Community Policing Forum. I understand the importance of having good structures in place to deal with issues that arise in our communities around policing. I know the Minister shares the ambition we all have for safer communities. I believe safer communities...

Seanad: Recent Violence in Dublin City Centre: Motion (29 Nov 2023)

Mary Fitzpatrick: I thank the Minister for being here and I thank the Fine Gael group for putting forward this motion. It gives the House an opportunity to discuss what was arguably the most important public order event in recent times, not just in the city but in the country. I want to start, as everyone else has done, by thinking about Gaelscoil Choláiste Mhuire. The Cathaoirleach Gníomhach and...

Seanad: Housing For All: Statements (7 Nov 2023)

Mary Fitzpatrick: I thank the Minister for coming to the House today. I commend him, the Government and everybody who is involved in delivering Housing for All and making it a reality. It is great to see the Minister come here today and report real progress in every element of housing. When the Government was formed and the housing challenge was to be addressed, the Minister stood up and took on the job....

Seanad: Provision of Free HRT Treatment: Motion [Private Members] (18 Oct 2023)

Mary Fitzpatrick: I thank the Minister of State and commend Senator O'Reilly on bringing forward this private members' motion. I am very happy to support it along with my colleagues in Fianna Fáil. I am delighted the Minister of State is here to take the motion. I suspect she can empathise not just with the motion but with every menopausal woman out there in the world. All of us are fighting to put a...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Road Safety (17 Oct 2023)

Mary Fitzpatrick: Go raibh maith agat, a Aire. It is indeed welcome, not just to this House, but to communities and families across the city and, indeed, the country to know that this Government has enacted new laws giving new powers to An Garda Síochána to tackle the issue and seize and destroy vehicles that are being used in an antisocial manner. It is really important that dangerous driving has...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Housing Provision (11 Oct 2023)

Mary Fitzpatrick: ...to the House. The Minister of State obviously had a big day yesterday with the big budget. Well done. The Minister of State helped to secure a record budget for the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage. That is very welcome. Housing For All is the biggest housing plan in the history of the State. It is set to deliver more than 300,000 homes. I do not believe there is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Dereliction and Vacancy: Discussion (15 Jun 2023)

Mary Fitzpatrick: ...recruit nurses and doctors. For all of the right reasons, we are making massive investment in social infrastructure in the city and housing is not being delivered. The social housing programme is going very strong, but no new private homes are being built in the city, and there have not been any built for ten years. We can talk about the derelict sites list, CPOs, and all of these...

Seanad: Naming of National Children's Hospital for Dr. Kathleen Lynn: Motion (24 May 2023)

Mary Fitzpatrick: I thank my colleague, Senator Clifford-Lee, and all the Senators who have spoken on this important motion. I welcome that we have clarity on the naming of the hospital and that it is a Government decision. I accept that the Government’s number one priority is on the commissioning and opening of the hospital. That is exactly what its priority should be and we fully support that. I...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Special Educational Needs (18 May 2023)

Mary Fitzpatrick: ...Grangegorman that has served the Educate Together school for many years is ideally located. The Educate Together school community has waited a long time for the new purpose-built school. I look forward to it moving into that on the Grangegorman campus, and I wish it well. This is very positive news. It would be really helpful if the Minister and the City of Dublin ETB could facilitate...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Regulations: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (11 May 2023)

Mary Fitzpatrick: ...of State and all who are in attendance here today. We appreciate their time. These are three sensible regulations and I am happy to support them. I am delighted to see them being brought forward. It is always about the small things, both in life and in politics. These might seem like minor interventions, but they are really important. I thank the Minister of State and everyone who...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 May 2023)

Mary Fitzpatrick: ...run through the site and there is a siding. I ask the Deputy Leader to engage with the Minister for Transport and ask him to use his offices and those of his Department to get Irish Rail to bring forward its proposal, with the funding it has been provided, to deliver a stop for DART south west in Cabra at the time of that service going live.

Seanad: Public Water Connection Charges: Motion (26 Apr 2023)

Mary Fitzpatrick: I thank the Senators for bringing forward this motion, which I am delighted to support on behalf of the Fianna Fáil Party. When I read the motion, it immediately brought to mind the city of Rome. One of its nicknames is La Regina dell'Acqua. Basically, it is a city where water runs free. In fact, in the 19th century Rome was the very first city to introduce free water fountains with...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: National Monuments (25 Apr 2023)

Mary Fitzpatrick: ...not provided with such a timeline before coming here today.That indicates to anybody listening or taking an interest that there is no confirmed timeline. I would appreciate if the Minister of State could go back to the OPW and express to it the deep disappointment of this House, all the stakeholders in the national monument, the wider community and anyone who has any interest in our...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Mar 2023)

Mary Fitzpatrick: ...been glacial. It has been painfully slow. I was really pleased that in the past two years, working with the Minister for Education, Deputy Foley, we have made significant progress, with the project going to planning and to tender. It is heartbreaking for the pupils, teachers and the whole school community that all of that work and accelerated progress in the past two years has now...

Seanad: Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023: Second Stage (22 Feb 2023)

Mary Fitzpatrick: Comhghairdeas on bringing this piece of legislation to the House today on Second Stage. With my colleagues, I look forward to supporting the legislation. It is an important piece of work. It was my privilege, along with Senators Boyhan, Cummins, Seery Kearney and others, to do the pre-legislative scrutiny in the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage. It is...

Seanad: Transport Police Service: Motion (25 Jan 2023)

Mary Fitzpatrick: ...vocal. Because this issue was raised, I will address it. From my party's perspective, we did have this in our manifesto in the previous general election. It did not make it into the programme for Government. As flattered as I am to be referred to as being "in government", my colleagues and I support Government. We are in a coalition. I appreciate the coalition support from right...

Seanad: Planning and Development and Foreshore (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (6 Dec 2022)

Mary Fitzpatrick: .... I agree with the Minister that it is urgent. The urgency required to solve the housing crisis cannot be overstated. On that basis, the Fianna Fáil group will support the Bill and we look forward to progressing the legislation, and any legislation that can enable our local authorities, approved housing bodies and anybody who wants to help to solve the housing crisis, to solve our...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Relating to Quarries and Deleterious Materials: Discussion (6 Dec 2022)

Mary Fitzpatrick: ...construction sector generally. I appreciate all of the work that the witnesses have done to date. As the Chair indicated, we would like to come out of the committee with even greater confidence that, going forward, people can have confidence in the construction sector generally and in the materials being used. We talk about these materials, such as concrete, and hopefully it is a...