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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Water and Energy Connections in Rural Areas: Discussion (6 Dec 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I must cut off the discussion now.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Water and Energy Connections in Rural Areas: Discussion (6 Dec 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I am very glad for you.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Water and Energy Connections in Rural Areas: Discussion (6 Dec 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Go raibh míle maith agaibh go léir. That concludes the business of the committee in public session. I propose that the committee go into private session to consider other business.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Assisted Decision-Making (5 Dec 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: That is not a criticism.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Assisted Decision-Making (5 Dec 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Not on this occasion.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Assisted Decision-Making (5 Dec 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I have been informed in the past, but to my knowledge I was not informed on this occasion.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Assisted Decision-Making (5 Dec 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I have no great gripe in regard to the Minister of State, Deputy Burke. I bring this case up partially in the context of having been contacted by a few individuals looking for assistance regarding applications. I am very conscious of one in particular. By way of context, the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act was passed several years ago. It is a good piece of legislation. It is one...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Assisted Decision-Making (5 Dec 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I note the point relating to the steering group. I am sure the Minister will not be able to commit to it on the floor of the House, but I might suggest that he request a meeting. The man to whom I have referred might have useful insights and if somebody from the steering group was in a position to speak to him, it might help. I have been contacted by a few others who are at the start of...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Assisted Decision-Making (5 Dec 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: This is similar to the last debate. I do appreciate the Minister of State making time to be here. I do not generally have an issue with Ministers of State taking Topical Issues, but is it is preferable when the Minister of State is in the relevant Department. Maybe it is a function of late night Topical Issues and the way the Dáil is structured at the minute, but I do not think-----

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Sports Funding (5 Dec 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: In the context of sport, perhaps our most unique sport is the game of hurling. There has been a fair bit of controversy in recent weeks in respect of the proposals relating to the counties where clubs do not have hurling teams. Does the Minister of State have concerns about the proposal that exists? If we are going to promote the game in those counties, the game generally needs to be...

Renters: Motion [Private Members] (5 Dec 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Last week's report from the RTB, as shocking as it was, was no great surprise. It only confirmed what we already knew, which is that there has been a shocking increase in rent across Cork and across the country on this Government's watch. We know this from the ever-increasing number of people calling to our constituency offices who simply cannot put a roof over their heads any longer....

Confidence in the Minister for Justice: Motion (5 Dec 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I agree with the Minister, Deputy O'Gorman, on gender-based violence. It is not a soft issue by any manner or means. It is an issue of crucial importance that all parties must tackle. I am aware that he was not referring to Sinn Féin in that regard but it is important to put that on the record nonetheless. Is minic a deirtear i dtaobh rúin mímhuiníne go bhfuil...

Confidence in the Minister for Justice: Motion (5 Dec 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: -----and the opponents it would dearly wish to have. It is beside the point.

Confidence in the Minister for Justice: Motion (5 Dec 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Government TDs are entitled to their characters. Some of them believe them and some, less honourably, do not. That is neither here nor there and is of no concern to communities on the ground. When we boil this down, there are now fewer gardaí on the streets and fewer Garda stations open than there were when Fine Gael took office. We are two years past the 2021 targets and in terms of...

Confidence in the Minister for Justice: Motion (5 Dec 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I believe the Minister, Deputy McEntee, is a decent woman who is committed to public service. I believe she has empathy but empathy will not put any additional Garda boots on the ground where we need them, on the streets. People have talked a lot about the spectre, as they see it, although the public and gardaí on the ground do not see it like that, of a Sinn Féin Minister for...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (30 Nov 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: On Monday night, a petrol bomb was thrown at a house in Onslow Gardens in Cork city. A number of children were very fortunate to escape without injury. In the past three weeks, there have been two shooting incidents in the city and very many more serious incidents. Communities in Cork city feel neglected and terrified when incidents like this happen. It is not only Dublin that the...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (30 Nov 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Absolutely, but we do not have enough gardaí.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (30 Nov 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: That is-----

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (30 Nov 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: We are not getting enough on the streets.

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (29 Nov 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: That is effectively what I was expecting. I just wanted to confirm that my understanding was correct. Kudos to whomever spotted it. It seems like a very small part of the estate of Classes Lake on the Ballincollig-Ovens boundary. It is just about within the city council boundary and, therefore, Cork North-West. I just wanted to confirm that is the case and it is all in keeping with it....