Results 21-40 of 4,937 for speaker:Maurice Quinlivan
- Committee on Disability Matters: Progressing the Delivery of Disability Policy and Services: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jun 2025)
Maurice Quinlivan: If Dr. Hartney wishes to answer, I ask her to be brief.
- Committee on Disability Matters: Progressing the Delivery of Disability Policy and Services: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jun 2025)
Maurice Quinlivan: Senator, in fairness, you have asked the question a number of times. The answer you got is-----
- Committee on Disability Matters: Progressing the Delivery of Disability Policy and Services: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jun 2025)
Maurice Quinlivan: I thank the Senator and I agree 100% with what he said. Dr. Hartney might not have been expecting that question, in fairness, from the Senator.
- Committee on Disability Matters: Progressing the Delivery of Disability Policy and Services: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jun 2025)
Maurice Quinlivan: I thank the Deputy. Before we finish and before I thank everybody for coming in, I have just a quick comment. In the opening statement it was said that the National Disability Authority is a statutory agency to provide guidance and advice to the Government . Without pre-empting what the committee might decide later, I imagine that all the members are practically and really concerned about...
- Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters: An Garda Síochána (24 Jun 2025)
Maurice Quinlivan: I was really disappointed with the Minister of State's response. There was nothing new that we did not know about before we came in here tonight. It pains me when I talk about these issues in the city of Limerick that I love but it pains me more to see ordinary working families being abandoned by the State. In 2008, Limerick had 92 community gardaí; we now have 30. In 2008, John...
- Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters: An Garda Síochána (24 Jun 2025)
Maurice Quinlivan: They are not there yet.
- Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters: An Garda Síochána (24 Jun 2025)
Maurice Quinlivan: That is not true. It is down 5% in the last five years.
- Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters: An Garda Síochána (24 Jun 2025)
Maurice Quinlivan: It is wrong.
- Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters: An Garda Síochána (24 Jun 2025)
Maurice Quinlivan: No disrespect to the Minister of State but I am really disappointed that nobody from the Department of justice is present. This is a really important issue as my colleague has outlined. I will preface my comments by saying the Government really needs to intervene here. It needs to commit to a fully resourced Garda operation targeting drug dealing and feuding in order that hardworking...
- Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Funding Strategy for Traveller-Specific Accommodation: Discussion (19 Jun 2025)
Maurice Quinlivan: I thank Mr. O'Sullivan for his presentation. He can correct me if I am wrong but he said there are roughly 1,000 Travellers on the housing waiting list. Is that correct?
- Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Funding Strategy for Traveller-Specific Accommodation: Discussion (19 Jun 2025)
Maurice Quinlivan: When you put in your housing application form, you can self-identify as Traveller or not-----
- Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Funding Strategy for Traveller-Specific Accommodation: Discussion (19 Jun 2025)
Maurice Quinlivan: -----and people are doing that. Is Mr. O'Sullivan concerned that many are not identifying as Traveller?
- Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Funding Strategy for Traveller-Specific Accommodation: Discussion (19 Jun 2025)
Maurice Quinlivan: Did Mr. O'Sullivan say that 1% of those on that application who identified as Travellers were looking for a halting site, and roughly more than 1% were looking for a group setting within a Traveller-----
- Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Funding Strategy for Traveller-Specific Accommodation: Discussion (19 Jun 2025)
Maurice Quinlivan: So 97% or 98% of Travellers who have identified as such are looking for a regular-type house.
- Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Funding Strategy for Traveller-Specific Accommodation: Discussion (19 Jun 2025)
Maurice Quinlivan: As mentioned by other Deputies and Senators here, in his opening statement, Mr. O'Sullivan referenced how the Department changed from allocating a specific budget to local authorities in funding from 2020. Could he briefly explain the process? Let us say I am from Limerick council and am applying. How does that work? Can Mr. O'Sullivan briefly explain to me how that goes? Do I come to...
- Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Funding Strategy for Traveller-Specific Accommodation: Discussion (19 Jun 2025)
Maurice Quinlivan: Has the money that has been drawn down been spent?
- Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Funding Strategy for Traveller-Specific Accommodation: Discussion (19 Jun 2025)
Maurice Quinlivan: Does it have to be spent within the year or is there leeway on that?
- Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Funding Strategy for Traveller-Specific Accommodation: Discussion (19 Jun 2025)
Maurice Quinlivan: My colleagues raised the point that some local authorities would be better and more proactive than others. Some of the figures that jump out at us are that Leitrim and Monaghan drew down nothing in 2024. There could be reasons for that. Cork council only drew €26,000, which seems impossible for Cork council, given the number of Travellers. It would be bizarre to think that but...
- Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Funding Strategy for Traveller-Specific Accommodation: Discussion (19 Jun 2025)
Maurice Quinlivan: In fairness to Cork County Council, it is down 90% from the two previous years, so how did that work?
- Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Funding Strategy for Traveller-Specific Accommodation: Discussion (19 Jun 2025)
Maurice Quinlivan: Would Mr. O'Sullivan suggest that councils should be proactively going ahead with that stuff before they apply for the funding?