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Údarás na Gaeltachta (Amendment) Bill 2024: Céim an Choiste (26 Mar 2025)

Pa Daly: Cuirim fáilte leis an mBille seo chun Údarás na Gaeltachta a bhuanú. Ba chóir go mbeadh plé ar gach cúram a bhaineann leis an nGaeltacht, go mórmhór i gCiarraí. Tá a fhios agam go mbíonn an t-údarás ag plé le cúrsaí cosúil le pleanáil teanga, tionscail agus forbairt pobail. Chomh maith leis sin,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Road Projects (27 Mar 2025)

Pa Daly: 81. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the efforts his Department is making to increase the resourcing of local improvement schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14571/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Road Projects (27 Mar 2025)

Pa Daly: I ask the Minister about the efforts that his Department is making to increase the resourcing of local improvement schemes and make a statement on it. In Kerry in particular over the past eight years, 225 roads have been improved but that is about 30 per year and, as the Minister probably knows, there are 500 roads on the list, which means it will be 25 or 30 years before we will get to all...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Road Projects (27 Mar 2025)

Pa Daly: I thank the Minister for the reply. By way of context, a lot of people in County Kerry, from various areas such as Listry, Astee, Ballyconry, Ballyduff and Dromod in south Kerry, have been asking me about this. There has been a certain amount of kite-flying over the last few months by Government-supporting Independent TDs who have been announcing that there has been an increase in money...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Road Projects (27 Mar 2025)

Pa Daly: Going over the statistics since 2017, as the Minister referenced, it seems to me that Kerry County Council and the roads department there have been quite efficient. I believe that €5,000 less than the full allocation was spent in one of those years. It seems that it was €21,000 less than the full allocation in 2020. It does seem to me that when we subtract the 2024 amount...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Schemes (27 Mar 2025)

Pa Daly: 83. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development for an update on the town and village renewal scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14577/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Schemes (27 Mar 2025)

Pa Daly: I would like an update on the town and village renewal scheme. Will the Minister make a statement on that?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Schemes (27 Mar 2025)

Pa Daly: I thank the Minister for the reply. It will be particularly relevant to towns in Kerry, particularly Listowel, Dingle, Kenmare and Cahirciveen Since Covid, many people have been returning to rural towns to live. However, town centres in Kerry, maybe with the exception of Killarney, are under severe pressure. There is a lot of dereliction in them. Is the Minister satisfied with the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Schemes (27 Mar 2025)

Pa Daly: I am glad the Minister brought up the town centre first approach because I see it was in the last programme for Government and it is in the current one. If it was the case there was a priority for town centre first, then the Department of Justice or the Courts Service would not be deciding to close the current courthouse in Tralee and to move it to another side of town without any plan to do...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Irish Communities Abroad (27 Mar 2025)

Pa Daly: I am thankful for the opportunity to raise this issue. Coventry was once the most Irish city in England and in the early 1960s, there were 20,000 Irish-born people living in Coventry. The industries there attracted Irish people who worked in factories, on the buses and in hospitals. They built the ring road, housing estates and the new cathedral. The Irish community flourished. People...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Irish Communities Abroad (27 Mar 2025)

Pa Daly: I thank the Minister of State for the reply. The support that is provided in the scheme, which is administered by the Department of foreign affairs is very much appreciated. It is appreciated by the clients, the survivors and elderly Irish people from all over the midlands and also by the staff who help them with their needs. However, the policy within Government is that the Government...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (27 Mar 2025)

Pa Daly: 36. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills education the discussions that have been had with the Department of Transport to ensure that students of higher education facilities are able to commute to their place of education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14576/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Policies (27 Mar 2025)

Pa Daly: 51. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures being taken to ensure that our workforce has the skills and education for our green energy transition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14570/25]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Schemes (27 Mar 2025)

Pa Daly: 425. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he will report on the local improvement schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9452/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (27 Mar 2025)

Pa Daly: 312. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the processing of a section 317 review will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14741/25]

Support for Householders, Businesses and Farmers Affected by Storm Éowyn: Motion [Private Members] (1 Apr 2025)

Pa Daly: Storm Éowyn devastated entire communities. Households, businesses and farmers suddenly had their access to essential power, heat and water cut off. Many were waiting weeks for it to be restored. People could not wash, turn on the lights or heat their homes. For some, the lack of water and power posed a real risk to their lives. I commend my colleague Deputy O'Reilly on tabling the...

Financial Resolutions 2025 - Financial Resolution: Value Added Tax (2 Apr 2025)

Pa Daly: Ordinary workers, families and businesses the length and breadth of the country are crippled by exorbitant gas and electricity bills. Week in and week out, people come to our office who are struggling to afford to keep the lights on and heat their home. Often, we have no choice but to send them to apply for an additional needs payment or to the Society of St. Vincent de Paul. That is why...

Finance (Provision of Access to Cash Infrastructure) Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (2 Apr 2025)

Pa Daly: I wish to discuss the overall Bill. I was recently in Liverpool, and in one of the local chip shops, there was a message on the glass screen that read: Cash is our preferred method of payment. With cash, we retain 100% of its value. The card processing companies get 0%. Big banks get 0%. Keep cash alive and support local businesses. Over recent years, organisations that should...

Diverting Young People from Criminal Activity: Statements (Resumed) (3 Apr 2025)

Pa Daly: Ar dtús, ba mhaith liom beagáinín a rá mar gheall ar Mick O'Dwyer. Mick O'Dwyer was like a god when I was growing up in County Kerry; he was the greatest of all time. He was so famous that I thought for many years the anti-internment song, "The Men Behind the Wire", was about the Kerry football team. Lots will be said about how he transformed Kerry football and won...

Diverting Young People from Criminal Activity: Statements (Resumed) (3 Apr 2025)

Pa Daly: However, with disability service improvements, properly resourced occupational therapy, assessments and mental health-----