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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Traveller Accommodation (30 May 2024)

Thomas Gould: I thank the Minister of State. In my constituency there is a major development of the Spring Lane halting site. We have made a number of observations and Cork City Council has taken a lot of them on board. We have done a lot of work with the Traveller community on this site and with the broader community because we want the development to work. We particularly want it to work for the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Schemes (30 May 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

Thomas Gould: ...is trying to use the affordable housing scheme and the shared equity scheme. I am seeking clarity. What I have been told is that the maximum available equity is €100,000 or 22.5%. That is what Cork County Council has told me in respect of the affordable home schemes in Whitechurch and White’s Cross. I would love to help this person. The Minister and I can disagree on...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Vacant Properties (30 May 2024) See 3 other results from this debate

David Stanton: ...? Does the Department have access to the registers? Are vacant homes officers now active in each local authority area? If so, are they working exclusively on vacant homes? With regard to Cork County Council, which oversees the biggest county in the country, does the Minister of State accept that Cork needs more vacant homes officers than counties that are far smaller to cover the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Provision (30 May 2024) See 7 other results from this debate

Pádraig O'Sullivan: The majority of Deputies from Cork city and county would attest to that. To be fair, the councils have been trailblazers in the delivery of units. I commend them on the work they are doing and I wish them continued success in the years ahead. It is, however, incumbent on me to reiterate to the Minister that while many of the things we have said are positive, be it the exemptions for...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Homeless Persons Supports (30 May 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

Eoin Ó Broin: ...absolutely correct that he has turned the dial and that there has been a step change. That step change is the most dramatic increase in child homelessness under any Minister in modern times. In Cork city, Limerick city, Waterford and Dublin, homelessness is rising. When Deputy O'Brien became Minister, there were just over 2,500 children in emergency accommodation funded by his...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Provision (30 May 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: ...purchase new homes. Recently-published quarter 1 2024 delivery figures show more than 4,000 approvals have been issued since the scheme launched, with 75% of approvals issued in counties Dublin, Cork, Kildare, Meath and Wicklow.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Provision (30 May 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: ...the fund we set up. With regard to the first home scheme, over 4,000 approvals were issued with the majority of them in areas where there are affordability challenges, such as counties Dublin, Cork, Kildare, Meath and Wicklow. We have actually had to approve a further €40 million, which will be matched by the retail banks, because the first home scheme is going from strength to...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Broadcasting Sector (30 May 2024) See 2 other results from this debate

Thomas Gould: ...the question of funding for local radio stations. In my constituency, local radio is important not only in bringing people the global and national news but also local news. We have stations in Cork such as Red FM, 96 FM, C103 FM, Cork City Community Radio and CUH FM Community Radio that play a vital role. It has been even more vital this year because of what happened with GAAGO....

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (30 May 2024)

Brian Stanley: If you are driving a car at 100 km/h and you are going to Cork, you will get there at the set time of what it takes, but if you drive at 60 km/h, it will take longer. Yes? Okay. We will suspend the meeting for ten minutes-----

Seanad: Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad (30 May 2024)

Jerry Buttimer: ...Fisheries Ireland. Senator Tim Lombard - The need for the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to make a statement on plans to begin the process of having a directly elected mayor for Cork city and county. Senator Malcolm Byrne - The need for the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to make a statement on the ongoing protests in Georgia and to reiterate Ireland's...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Mayoral Election (30 May 2024) See 4 other results from this debate

Martin Conway: Before I call on Senator Lombard, I welcome Maebh Doyle to the Public Gallery. Maebh is a transition year student from Bandon, County Cork, who is spending this week with Senator Lombard. I sincerely hope she is having a good week in Leinster House and that she sees how hard politicians work and how democracy operates. I also hope she will choose politics as a career because, in spite of...

Seanad: Order of Business (30 May 2024)

Tim Lombard: That is no problem, and I thank the Chair. I want to raise the issue of beaches and where we are with our beach environment at the moment. Cork County Council, from this weekend, will roll out 40 lifeguards over, I think, 12 beaches around County Cork. It is a really important and valuable asset that we are going to have lifeguards out from now until the second week of September. However,...

Committee on Public Petitions: Business of Joint Committee (30 May 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

Pat Buckley: Before I let Deputy Harkin back in, I will come in. I represent east Cork. I have the benefit of the fact that it took us nearly 15 years to get the Cork-Midleton line reinstated. That line used to go to Youghal. We had many well-attended public meetings on restoring the rail line to Youghal and, obviously, taking traffic off the N25. At the time, obviously, it came down to money and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Women and Constitutional Change: HERe NI (30 May 2024) See 2 other results from this debate

...a member of the oversight committee. This project aims to empower civic voice and foster participation around shared issues. The second is a joint project between Ulster University and University College Cork on critical epistemologies across borders. My colleague, Jennifer McKinnon, and I took a group of older LGBTQIA+ women from our organisation to Dundalk in February to participate...

Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (29 May 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: ...to support, with regard to the specialist input permitted under the Act by means of overseas doctors who are not accredited as specialists in Ireland. The concern is not whether they live in Cork or Manchester; it is whether they are accredited by the Irish Medical Council because that is our way of ensuring patient safety and ensuring that whatever specialist advice is being given is up...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (29 May 2024)

Christopher O'Sullivan: In a slight departure from the triple lock, I will bring the Taoiseach back to Bere Island off west Cork. The Department of Defence has an important training facility there for naval personnel. Unfortunately, there is an issue with Department of Defence-owned infrastructure there, namely, a slipway at Lawrence Cove. It is an important slipway used by naval personnel but also by a car ferry...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (29 May 2024)

Christopher O'Sullivan: I do not say this lightly, but when it comes to our islanders and healthcare, they are treated as second-class citizens. This is especially the case in the west Cork islands and I will explain why. On Bere Island, which is near Castletownbere, at one point they had two full-time nurses. They had nursing cover on the island for 24 hours a day, seven days per week, but they now only have one...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 May 2024) See 2 other results from this debate

Thomas Gould: ...is living with his parents because he cannot afford to buy a house. He has saved every penny he can and has substantial savings. He applied and was accepted for an affordable housing scheme run by Cork County Council but even with all of his savings, a gift from his parents, a good job, and a mortgage offer from a bank, he is still €20,000 short. He does not qualify for social...

Seanad: Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad (29 May 2024)

Jerry Buttimer: Before I ask the Acting Leader to outline the Order of Business, I welcome the students from Leamlara National School in County Cork. I had the pleasure of meeting them earlier. I want to welcome Aaron, who is here as well. Cuirim céad míle fáilte roimhe and to all his friends, students and teachers. They are all welcome. They are from a great part of east Cork. There...

Seanad: Health (Scoliosis Treatment Services) Bill 2024: First Stage (29 May 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

Jerry Buttimer: I welcome the other group of students from Leamlara in east Cork who are here today. We already had their other colleagues and classmates here earlier. It is always good to see the home of hurling represented in Leinster House. They are very welcome.