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- Planning and Development (An Taisce) Bill 2024: Second Stage [Private Members] (9 Oct 2024)
Catherine Connolly: I am here to say that it is deeply worrying that this type of discussion would proceed in this way on a date when we are actually reducing the participation of ordinary people in making submissions. I absolutely object to the word "objection", if that is not a funny way of putting it. Objections do not carry anything. They are submissions by concerned residents and citizens relating to the...
- Planning and Development (An Taisce) Bill 2024: Second Stage [Private Members] (9 Oct 2024)
Catherine Connolly: I will finish. I rarely go over my time. We have liquid gas being put under strategic infrastructure, with no accountability. On every level, I deplore this motion, while I share Members' concerns about bánú na tuaithe. Go raibh maith agat, a Chathaoirligh. Thank you for your patience.
- Planning and Development (An Taisce) Bill 2024: Second Stage [Private Members] (9 Oct 2024)
Catherine Connolly: With the greatest respect to the Rural Independent Group Members, with whom I agree on many issues, particularly their concerns regarding rural Ireland, to introduce a debate in a manner that reduces people involved in An Taisce to cranks, crackpots and serial objectors working against normal people is not acceptable to me as someone who spent 17 years working at local level and knows exactly...
- Planning and Development (An Taisce) Bill 2024: Second Stage [Private Members] (9 Oct 2024)
Catherine Connolly: I have given great leeway during this debate so far, but I am a little worried about what is happening in terms of identifying people and making allegations, albeit about an organisation. Clearly the words are getting closer and closer to identifying people and making allegations that they are not ethically correct.
- Planning and Development (An Taisce) Bill 2024: Second Stage [Private Members] (9 Oct 2024)
Catherine Connolly: I have stopped the clock for a moment.
- Planning and Development (An Taisce) Bill 2024: Second Stage [Private Members] (9 Oct 2024)
Catherine Connolly: No, it is not a debate.
- Planning and Development (An Taisce) Bill 2024: Second Stage [Private Members] (9 Oct 2024)
Catherine Connolly: Please resume your seat.
- Planning and Development (An Taisce) Bill 2024: Second Stage [Private Members] (9 Oct 2024)
Catherine Connolly: Please resume your seat. If you do not-----
- Planning and Development (An Taisce) Bill 2024: Second Stage [Private Members] (9 Oct 2024)
Catherine Connolly: -----I am going to-----
- Planning and Development (An Taisce) Bill 2024: Second Stage [Private Members] (9 Oct 2024)
Catherine Connolly: Deputy, I am asking you to resume your seat until I finish what I have to say.
- Planning and Development (An Taisce) Bill 2024: Second Stage [Private Members] (9 Oct 2024)
Catherine Connolly: Can you sit down, please? Thank you. I have given great leniency so far. It is important that there is robust discussion. I am simply cautioning you. That is what I am doing. I am cautioning all Members, including myself, in this debate in relation to this matter.
- Planning and Development (An Taisce) Bill 2024: Second Stage [Private Members] (9 Oct 2024)
Catherine Connolly: No, no. There is no-----
- Planning and Development (An Taisce) Bill 2024: Second Stage [Private Members] (9 Oct 2024)
Catherine Connolly: I am going to start the clock.
- Planning and Development (An Taisce) Bill 2024: Second Stage [Private Members] (9 Oct 2024)
Catherine Connolly: Will the Deputy resume his seat? This is not an interchange.
- Planning and Development (An Taisce) Bill 2024: Second Stage [Private Members] (9 Oct 2024)
Catherine Connolly: This is not an interchange.
- Planning and Development (An Taisce) Bill 2024: Second Stage [Private Members] (9 Oct 2024)
Catherine Connolly: It is now 10.10 a.m. I will absolutely suspend the Dáil if there is no respect shown to the Chair. I have asked for caution. I did not ask for an interplay. I have asked for caution out of respect to Members.
- Planning and Development (An Taisce) Bill 2024: Second Stage [Private Members] (9 Oct 2024)
Catherine Connolly: Out of respect, I have stopped the clock, which is a rare thing.
- Planning and Development (An Taisce) Bill 2024: Second Stage [Private Members] (9 Oct 2024)
Catherine Connolly: I am now letting the clock run and we are going on to the next speaker. I call Deputy Michael Collins.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Early Childhood Care and Education (9 Oct 2024)
Catherine Connolly: Next, I call Deputy Wynne to discuss the ECCE scheme's cut-off point for disabled children who need AIM-model funding for equipment to access preschool safety. I ask her not to mention anybody's name.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Early Childhood Care and Education (9 Oct 2024)
Catherine Connolly: Yes.