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Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (2 Jul 2025)

Paul Gogarty: Part of Citywest Hotel is now a holding or detention centre for those awaiting deportation. Is there a coherent policy? Are those awaiting deportation at IPAS centres allowed to roam free or are they locked into hotel rooms 24 hours a day? If detainees are held pre-deportation or pending prison transfer, that means the role of the centre is not purely accommodation; it is quasi-detention....

Committee on European Union Affairs: Danish Presidency of the Council of the European Union: Ambassador of Denmark to Ireland (2 Jul 2025)

Paul Gogarty: I thank the ambassador for his presentation and answers so far. I am curious about this and want to get the wider context. Denmark has shown great leadership on green issues, as the ambassador mentioned. Trying to get the EU to move as a block is very slow and quite difficult. I am trying to get my head around the issue of the genocide, as we call it, in Gaza. Denmark was invaded by the...

Committee on European Union Affairs: Danish Presidency of the Council of the European Union: Ambassador of Denmark to Ireland (2 Jul 2025)

Paul Gogarty: I would like nothing more than the Irish ambassador to Denmark to be absolutely grilled on the nitrates directive when it is our turn. Given the size of the CAP funding that is supporting farmers, does Mr. Thuesen think it could be reoriented, wholly or in part, for more environmental sustainability initiatives, which farmers would be leading the way on, in many cases?

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Nursing Homes (2 Jul 2025)

Paul Gogarty: 205. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of people under 65 who have transitioned out of nursing homes since 2021; the number in the same cohort who have entered nursing homes in that same period; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36248/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Disability Services (2 Jul 2025)

Paul Gogarty: 206. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the rationale behind cutting the budget for the enhanced quality of life scheme, which supports personal assistants and electric wheelchairs and so on, from €812,000 to €251,000 in the past year; if this reduction can be justified in the context of the Government’s stated aim to end the institutionalisation of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (2 Jul 2025)

Paul Gogarty: 225. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people in nursing homes living with early onset Parkinson’s disease and other neurodegenerative conditions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36249/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (2 Jul 2025)

Paul Gogarty: 226. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people under 65 currently occupying hospital beds while awaiting placement in a nursing home; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36250/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (2 Jul 2025)

Paul Gogarty: 227. To ask the Minister for Health the reason Cherry Orchard Hospital campus is not being used to provide a full range of services for people with neurodegenerative conditions in Dublin Mid-West and neighbouring constituencies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36252/25]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 Jun 2025)

Paul Gogarty: With the news reports of increasing levels of domestic abuse, the family courts are under more pressure than ever. I and others have raised before the need to get rid of the in camera rule. I am aware the Minister is doing something at the end of the year, but this possibly needs to happen more quickly because we still have cases going on where so-called experts are giving section 32 and...

Legislative and Structural Reforms to Accelerate Housing Delivery: Motion [Private Members] (25 Jun 2025)

Paul Gogarty: I support the motion on housing tabled by my colleagues in the Independent Technical Group. This is probably the 20th or 25th discussion on housing that we have had since the start of the year. I worry that as we are almost 10% through the lifetime of this Dáil, we will end up not getting anything done. We need to focus very quickly on putting in some measures that will actually...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: General Scheme of the Industrial Development (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2025: Discussion (25 Jun 2025)

Paul Gogarty: I will continue with the consultancy issue seeing as we are on that thread. The Arts Council had a botched IT project that involved consultants and wasted at least €5.3 million. Anecdotally, we have a lot of examples where public sector companies spend a lot of money on consultants and it is usually not very efficient - it is usually a case of “How long is a piece of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: General Scheme of the Industrial Development (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2025: Discussion (25 Jun 2025)

Paul Gogarty: For those performance criteria, could the Department give me examples of targets that companies must reach within a two- to five-year period with the types of grants that already exist, as opposed to under the new legislation which makes it easier?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: General Scheme of the Industrial Development (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2025: Discussion (25 Jun 2025)

Paul Gogarty: Great, thank you. Looking at the limited timeslot, I want to move on to something else. Many questions have been raised about data storage companies coming into Ireland and the amount of energy they use, etc. My personal view is that unless they can produce a comparative amount of renewable energy, they should not be allowed into the country. In that context and in light of the EU's...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: General Scheme of the Industrial Development (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2025: Discussion (25 Jun 2025)

Paul Gogarty: Very briefly, in five seconds, would a company investing in wave technology, for example, be able to get grants to further develop that technology through this system?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: General Scheme of the Industrial Development (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2025: Discussion (25 Jun 2025)

Paul Gogarty: Okay, thank you.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: General Scheme of the Industrial Development (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2025: Discussion (25 Jun 2025)

Paul Gogarty: It is good to be able to broaden things away from the legislation. However, it is an opportunity to ask questions when the witnesses are here. I would like to talk a little about industrial policy. I note that the chairperson of the IDA is on the task force on infrastructure the Minister set up. A lot of that infrastructure relates to transport, the national grid and energy but crucially...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: General Scheme of the Industrial Development (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2025: Discussion (25 Jun 2025)

Paul Gogarty: They do want to go to Dublin. That is the challenge. Is there a way of disincentivising Dublin, as well as incentivising regions?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: General Scheme of the Industrial Development (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2025: Discussion (25 Jun 2025)

Paul Gogarty: Elon Musk is trying to get everyone back working in offices and there is a benefit to that but is it part of IDA policy to ensure people can work from home part of the time, both in the regions and in Dublin, to reduce the pressure on things?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: General Scheme of the Industrial Development (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2025: Discussion (25 Jun 2025)

Paul Gogarty: In essence, the Department is not ruling out Ireland being marketed in the future as an ideal location for data storage that will say "by the way lads, we have grants available for you to do this." I am asking a judgment-neutral question here.