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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Official Apology (6 Oct 2021)

Hildegarde Naughton: ...Limited was selected to undertake the review and tasked to report back to the Minister for Transport with recommendations on how Ireland should approach marine casualty investigations going forward. Clinchmaritime Limited is headed by Captain Steve Clinch, a former chief inspector of marine accidents in the UK's marine accident investigation branch who has experience working at a high...

Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Second Stage (28 Sep 2021)

Hildegarde Naughton: I thank Senators for the contributions they have made to this Second Stage debate. I am going to endeavour to respond to as many of the issues raised as possible. Senators Buttimer, Murphy and Ahearn raised the regions and supporting our regional airports. As Members will know, policy on regional airports has been influenced by the need to optimise conditions for regional development and...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Wind Energy Generation (16 Sep 2021)

Hildegarde Naughton: ...has been exploring options for the facilitation of ORE by the ports, including possible funding under the European Recovery and Resilience Facility. It was decided this would not be one of the projects going forward to Europe as part of Ireland’s National Recovery and Resilience Plan due to prioritization of other more mature projects that are in line with EU timelines to maximise...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic Violence (13 Jul 2021)

Hildegarde Naughton: ...how we support victims of DSGBV is the audit of how responsibility for how DSGBV services is segmented across Departments and agencies. The report of the audit has now been finalised and was brought to Government today. Going forward, the audit will be an important piece of work which will help ensure we have the right structures in place to respond to all of the issues arising as a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Prevention (8 Jul 2021)

Hildegarde Naughton: ...organisations. Justice Plan 2021 outlines a range of actions to progress this. Among those is the forthcoming publication of a Review on Penal Policy, which will set out actions to be taken going forward in order to reduce the rate of reoffending. A number of initiatives have been introduced over the past decade to reduce reoffending including Community Return and Community...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (18 May 2021)

Hildegarde Naughton: ...is resident in Ireland, they must have an Irish/EU driving licence.  As Ireland does not have a driving licence exchange agreement with Mexico, holders of a Mexican driving licence are required to go through the process of obtaining an Irish licence as set out in national and EU legislation. This is a matter of public safety. People with a full but...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Data (12 May 2021)

Hildegarde Naughton: .../annex to the rear of the courthouse. In view of the fact that dry rot has spread extensively throughout the extension, the Courts Service proposes to bring this element of the facilitating works forward rather than incur the cost of treating the dry rot only to demolish the extension at a later date as part of the overall development. The Courts Service will need to go through the Part IX...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Legislative Measures (5 May 2021)

Hildegarde Naughton: On 16 February this year, the Government approved proposals which I brought forward to legislate to deal with the anti-social use of scramblers and other similar vehicles. This legislation will be brought forward by way of amendments at committee stage to the forthcoming Road Traffic Bill. The timing of the introduction of these proposals is therefore dependent on the Bill. As the...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Ports Development (24 Mar 2021)

Hildegarde Naughton: ...an assessment of options for the facilitation of ORE by the ports, including possible funding under the European recovery and resilience facility. However, it was decided this would not be one of the projects going forward to Europe as part of Ireland's national recovery and resilience plan due to prioritisation of other more mature projects that are in line with EU timelines to...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aviation Policy (24 Mar 2021)

Hildegarde Naughton: ..., mostly at chief executive level, to focus on a strategy to enhance the competitiveness of Irish aviation and develop opportunities for growth across the industry value chain including, but going beyond, the core airport and airline services. On 5 March 2021, a special meeting of the Steering Committee of the NCADF was convened, under the joint chairmanship of Minster Ryan and myself,...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Environmental Protection Enforcement (28 Jan 2021)

Hildegarde Naughton: ...of an online system for submission of their individual plans. Further correspondence is to issue week beginning 1st February in relation to the requirements for individual plans and the process going forward. All correspondence has been issued electronically due to the restrictions in place as a result of COVID-19.

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 31 – Transport (Revised) (21 Oct 2020)

Hildegarde Naughton: ...29 for the Department of Environment, Climate and Communications. The Estimate is, in fact, a further Revised Estimate, published in September 2020 to take into account the significant and ongoing disruption to a number of services caused by the Covid-19 crisis. As a result, from time to time, I will make a distinction between the budget planned for core services and investment, and...

Seanad: Aviation Industry: Statements (1 Oct 2020)

Hildegarde Naughton: ...in the industry across the country, not to mention our reliance as an island nation on foreign direct investment and on ensuring we maintain connectivity. The Senators can be assured that the Government and my Department are working very hard at a cross-departmental level in regard to the financial supports. We could see that in the Government's reaction at the outset of Covid in putting...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Haulage Industry (24 Sep 2020)

Hildegarde Naughton: ...industry, academia and public bodies, these studies examine how best to maximize the emission reduction potential of the existing HDV fleet, and to identify the most viable decarbonisation options going forward, and also, in some cases, involve consultation with operators. My Department has also co-funded, with Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII), a freight decarbonisation study,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: European Commission Strategy on Climate Action: Discussion (16 May 2019)

Hildegarde Naughton: ...our political parties has not been strong, we are working hard to change that. Climate change has arguably never been higher on the political agenda in Ireland than it is today. Just a few weeks ago, Ireland became the second country in the world to declare a biodiversity and climate emergency, sending a strong message that the Oireachtas is taking these interlinked global challenges...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2019)

Hildegarde Naughton: I appreciate those comments. I could not have done it without the committee members. Let us go forward for climate change and climate action. We need to go into private session briefly to agree the terms of our standing committee.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Food Waste (18 Dec 2018)

Hildegarde Naughton: I welcome the Minister of State's response. Government could do more. I welcome the initiatives that are taken to encourage citizens. There is a great awareness out there among citizens but we could encourage citizens and retailers to put a more serious effort into tackling this issue. I agree that education is the way to go. Education played a key role in the Reduce, Reuse and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Report on Positive Mental Health in Schools: Minister for Education and Skills (18 Oct 2018)

Hildegarde Naughton: I congratulate the Minister on his appointment. I know he will bring his experience as a teacher to the role, which will be very valuable. Members of the committee are looking forward to working with him in a constructive way. This consideration of the action plan for education gives us an opportunity to feed into the plan, which is critical. We are considering the area of well-being....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Influence of Social Media on Elections and Referenda: Discussion (17 Apr 2018)

Hildegarde Naughton: Could I ask the commissioner to forward that to the committee clerk because I am sure all the members would be interested in that. I am going to bring in Deputies Eamon Ryan, Lowry and Lawless and Senators McDowell and Higgins, all of whom are most welcome. I will start with Deputy Ryan.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Statements by Committee Members on Recommendations oif Citizens' Assembly (6 Dec 2017)

Hildegarde Naughton: I start by commending the Chairman on the way she has handled these proceedings from the outset. It was very clear to everybody, even before we started, that this was not going to be an easy process. It is not an easy matter to deal with. I take this opportunity to commend the clerk, the secretariat and all the witnesses who came before us. It has been a very worthwhile exercise. We...