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- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Jul 2025)
Anne Rabbitte: The compulsory purchase order, CPO, system is there to support development. I wish to raise a road that was developed in Galway, the N63. When a local authority serves a notice to treat, that is when it has entered into an arrangement, on behalf of Transport Infrastructure Ireland, TII, or the National Transport Authority, NTA, to purchase land to develop it. In this instance, the notice...
- Seanad: Domestic Violence (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (2 Jul 2025)
Anne Rabbitte: We will now address the Domestic Violence (Amendment) Bill 2024 on Committee Stage. This has been restored from the previous Seanad, just to put it in context.
- Seanad: Domestic Violence (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (2 Jul 2025)
Anne Rabbitte: I thank Senator Ryan for a very powerful contribution this afternoon. Senator Noonan is indicating that he wants to contribute to the discussion on this amendment.
- Seanad: Domestic Violence (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (2 Jul 2025)
Anne Rabbitte: That is correct.
- Seanad: Domestic Violence (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (2 Jul 2025)
Anne Rabbitte: Thank you very much, Senator Kelleher. I welcome Norah Patten. I think that is her in the green in the corner. She is very welcome. She is Ireland's first woman astronaut and is the special guest in our Visitors Gallery. I thank her for joining us.
- Seanad: Domestic Violence (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (2 Jul 2025)
Anne Rabbitte: I thank the Senator for her powerful contribution. As it is Committee Stage, if people indicate, I will allow them to come back in.
- Seanad: Domestic Violence (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (2 Jul 2025)
Anne Rabbitte: I thank Senator Harmon. I welcome the Crumlin-Drimnagh group to the Gallery. I also see John Bourke, chairman of WALK, which is a fantastic disability organisation. He is accompanied by Deputy Ardagh. This also gives me the opportunity to thank Sarah Benson, the chief executive of Women's Aid, for being here for all the contributions today on the Bill and the very important amendment....
- Seanad: Domestic Violence (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (2 Jul 2025)
Anne Rabbitte: When is it proposed to take the next Stage?
- Seanad: Domestic Violence (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (2 Jul 2025)
Anne Rabbitte: Is that agreed? Agreed.
- Seanad: Domestic Violence (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (2 Jul 2025)
Anne Rabbitte: When is it proposed to sit again?
- Seanad: Domestic Violence (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (2 Jul 2025)
Anne Rabbitte: Is that agreed? Agreed.
- Joint Committee on Social Protection, Rural and Community Development: Rural and Community Development Matters: Department of Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht (2 Jul 2025)
Anne Rabbitte: I thank the Minister, Minister of State and officials for attending the committee. I am coming off a high of good news, given that just last week, we managed to open the courthouse in Portumna with a significant investment of €2.9 million from the Department. It is important to point out that it was delivered on time and within budget. That was down to the collaboration between the...
- Joint Committee on Social Protection, Rural and Community Development: Rural and Community Development Matters: Department of Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht (2 Jul 2025)
Anne Rabbitte: Sorry for coming in to ask more questions but I love the Ministers' Department, I must admit. I will focus on CLÁR. I commend the Ministers' putting another tranche of funding there. The €100,000 for particular programmes in two municipal areas is welcome. I would love to see a focus on the likes of Changing Places. Would you believe we have only six Changing Places in the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Housing Delivery, Service and Supply: Discussion (1 Jul 2025)
Anne Rabbitte: I thank both groups for being with us this afternoon. Coming from the west, I acknowledge all the work the witnesses' organisations did during Storm Éowyn. However, people living in Dunmore in County Galway, which is just 40 miles north of where I live, had to wait for 41 days for their connection back to the ESB. They felt very forgotten about. What plans are in place in the event of...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Housing Delivery, Service and Supply: Discussion (1 Jul 2025)
Anne Rabbitte: In that vein, regarding the upgrade of the network, one has to look at another aspect of rural Ireland, which is trees. Will a mechanism or plan be put in place to assist in that regard? From talking to the local authorities, they do not have the money to cut trees. At the same time, if we have trees too close to the overhead lines, it is a huge issue. Has a proposal gone to Government or...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Housing Delivery, Service and Supply: Discussion (1 Jul 2025)
Anne Rabbitte: My next question relates to the grid. In the past three months, how close have we gone to the blackout stage or having to use our gas plants? How many times in the last three months has the ESB had to turn on the switchgear generators and use our reserves because we were in the black?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Housing Delivery, Service and Supply: Discussion (1 Jul 2025)
Anne Rabbitte: Maybe I should come at it from another way. Did ESB Networks get many phone calls in the last three months indicating that the supply was at a tight line?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Housing Delivery, Service and Supply: Discussion (1 Jul 2025)
Anne Rabbitte: I come from Portumna where we have the Coolpowra transmission site. We also have one in Cashla in Athenry. We have such a dearth of energy, which I totally understand. I am trying, for our community, to understand how many times switchgear energy has been used. What is the need? When you are building a 440 kVA generator in the likes of Portumna and it has to transmit enough power for...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Housing Delivery, Service and Supply: Discussion (1 Jul 2025)
Anne Rabbitte: How many times has ESB Networks hit red in the last three months? How many times has ESB Networks got the phone call?