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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Housing Delivery, Service and Supply: Discussion (1 Jul 2025)

Micheál Carrigy: What about the treatment plants?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Housing Delivery, Service and Supply: Discussion (1 Jul 2025)

Micheál Carrigy: I thank the delegates.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Housing Delivery, Service and Supply: Discussion (1 Jul 2025)

Micheál Carrigy: I am sorry, Deputy, but Senator Murphy is next.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Housing Delivery, Service and Supply: Discussion (1 Jul 2025)

Micheál Carrigy: I call Deputy Joe Cooney.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Housing Delivery, Service and Supply: Discussion (1 Jul 2025)

Micheál Carrigy: I call Deputy Conor D. McGuinness.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Housing Delivery, Service and Supply: Discussion (1 Jul 2025)

Micheál Carrigy: We will not mention water charges. Before we finish up, I will mention a positive. I ask Uisce Éireann to keep in mind that we have had a significant problem in the south Longford and Ballymahon area on a specific length of line that has burst more than 25 times in recent months. The pipe is servicing several towns and rural areas and is close to the Center Parcs site. Only in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Housing Delivery, Service and Supply: Discussion (1 Jul 2025)

Micheál Carrigy: As I said, it is causing significant issues for hundreds of residents in the area and in several towns.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Housing Delivery, Service and Supply: Discussion (1 Jul 2025)

Micheál Carrigy: I am aware of that and I am delighted a contractor will be there. I think quarter 3 was the commitment we were given.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Housing Delivery, Service and Supply: Discussion (1 Jul 2025)

Micheál Carrigy: I just ask that this would happen for the residents. I thank Ms Attridge. That concludes our consideration. I thank the representatives from Uisce Éireann and ESB Networks for coming in and answering the considerable number of questions posed by the members. We appreciate them giving us their time. As I said at the beginning of the meeting, I ask them to pass on our thanks to the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Reviews (26 Jun 2025)

Micheál Carrigy: 328. To ask the Minister for Health if she will urgently investigate the delay in reviewing an MRI scan for a person (details supplied); the reasons for the delay in the scan being read, which is preventing the patient from returning to work as a professional driver; if she will ensure that the scan is prioritised given the impact on the individual’s employment and income; and if she...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Future of the An Post Network: Discussion (25 Jun 2025)

Micheál Carrigy: Could I ask An Post what other business it sees that could be provided by the network? I know I am over time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Future of the An Post Network: Discussion (25 Jun 2025)

Micheál Carrigy: I apologise for leaving the meeting but I was co-ordinating another event. If I repeat a question that has already been asked, I also apologise. The future is dependent on the €75 million in funding to sustain the post office network and, I will say again, to sustain communities. We are in a digital world. Some would say that the post office network has become obsolete,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Future of the An Post Network: Discussion (25 Jun 2025)

Micheál Carrigy: Payments into the post office network are secure and cannot be collected by somebody illegally. If the Department wants to bring back a payment, a stop is put on the system and the payment can be sent back. I remember looking at the figures a number of years ago when, on average, €65 million per year was returned by An Post to the Department of Social Protection in respect of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Future of the An Post Network: Discussion (25 Jun 2025)

Micheál Carrigy: Can we hear from An Post and the Department? I thank the Cathaoirleach.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Future of the An Post Network: Discussion (25 Jun 2025)

Micheál Carrigy: I welcome the witnesses. I must put on the record that I am a postmaster. I am a member of the Irish Postmasters Union and I am a contractor of An Post. The post office has been in the family for 50 years in the community in Ballinalee, County Longford. It is important that the word "community" was mentioned because every single one of the 900-odd post offices is part of a community and...

Nursing Homes and Care for Older Persons: Statements (Resumed) (24 Jun 2025)

Micheál Carrigy: We were all shocked by the recent “RTÉ Investigates” programme but it is important to put on record that this is not the case for the entire nursing home sector. Across the country, many nursing homes provide excellent service to our family members. We need to increase the support that we put into both public and private nursing homes. I visit nursing homes on a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Key Challenges to Tackling Homelessness: Discussion (24 Jun 2025)

Micheál Carrigy: Apologies have been received from Senator Maria McCormack. I advise Members of the constitutional requirement that they must be physically present within the confines of the Leinster House complex in order to participate in public meetings. The key challenges to tackling homelessness is the topic of our meeting today. It presents a complex array of challenges that require a co-ordinated...