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Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Jun 2021)

Paul Donnelly: I thank the Cathaoirleach. I want to mention two things. We are talking here, and the Minster has talked as well, about local authorities developing lands. We have a site in Mulhuddart in Dublin 15 called Churchfields which has been delayed for a good number of years on the basis that there is no funding coming from central government and there is no affordable housing. That was delayed...

Affordable Homes in the Poolbeg Strategic Development Zone: Motion (29 Jun 2021)

Paul Donnelly: I have been down at the site of the former Irish Glass Bottle Company in recent weeks while canvassing for Senator Boylan. I was struck by the potential the site holds for the future of our city. The key question for everyone involved in delivering the plan for this site is how we want to see our city grow in the next decade. Everything else will follow from that question. Is the vision...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 42 - Rural and Community Development (Further Revised) (16 Jun 2021)

Paul Donnelly: I will start with the broader question of the Estimates. I see there is a reduction of 15% from 2020 to 2021. I understand with the pandemic last year there was an increase in special funding arrangements but 2021 has been as difficult for the community sector as was 2020. I will speak to the community services programme and funding for staff. There is a bit of concern in that the...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 42 - Rural and Community Development (Further Revised) (16 Jun 2021)

Paul Donnelly: On the remote hubs, will the Minister comment on the outrageous suggestion that workers would be faced with lower salaries and lower wages for volunteering to work from home or from remote hubs? Will the Minister please comment on that?

Select Committee on Social Protection: Proposed Regional Employment Service: Discussion (16 Jun 2021)

Paul Donnelly: I concur with the comments of Deputy Ó Cathasaigh. I was also sent the document from Maynooth. Has the Minister read it? If she had, she would be much more concerned about moving forward with the policy that is currently proposed. As others wish to contribute and time is very short, I will ask some questions. Has there been any consultation with the local employment service, LES,...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Proposed Regional Employment Service: Discussion (16 Jun 2021)

Paul Donnelly: Deputy Kerrane has already asked some of the questions that I wanted to. One question, requiring a simple yes-no answer, is whether there will be walk-ins to the new services?

Industrial Relations (Provisions in Respect of Pension Entitlements of Retired Workers) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (30 Jun 2021)

Paul Donnelly: I thank Deputy Bríd Smith for bringing forward the Bill. Like other Deputies, I have received many representations over the year regarding pensions and pension entitlements. The core issue for retired workers relates to where significant changes are made to the pensions of retired workers but those workers are unable to influence, and find it difficult to participate in, the decisions...

Ban on Rent Increases Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (6 Jul 2021)

Paul Donnelly: I am sharing time with Deputies Munster, Ellis and Cronin. Regarding the Minister's amendment to the Bill, the people will recognise the can being kicked down the road again. Unfortunately, unlike him and most of us in the House, they cannot wait 12 months. Their rent is due every month. The Minister's do-nothing attitude this evening will not help anyone, but our Bill will help everyone....

Post Office Network: Motion [Private Members] (7 Jul 2021)

Paul Donnelly: I thank the Regional Group of Independents and commend the Sinn Féin amendment as well. The postal service is an essential national and public service. Something we are looking at in the context of community development is societal value. We cannot look only at the financial value of everything. We must look at societal value and what is contributed to our communities. ...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (7 Jul 2021)

Paul Donnelly: The programme for Government commits to examining the issue of defective housing within the first 12 months of government, having regard to the housing committee's report Safe as Houses, authored by Deputy Ó Broin. The Government's 12-month deadline has now passed and the working group chair was not appointed until March, which means a final report is unlikely before the end of next...

Ceisteanna - Questions: European Council (7 Jul 2021)

Paul Donnelly: My colleague, Deputy Brady, made a presentation to the European Parliament standing Delegation for relations with Palestine last week to brief parliamentarians from across the EU on the Dáil motion on the annexation of Palestinian lands by Israel. Michael Lynk, the UN special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territory also attended. Ireland is recognised...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (7 Jul 2021)

Paul Donnelly: 184. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline to return to indoor training for dance schools; if persons are allowed to return to gyms for individual training and to partake in sports in which multiple persons are using the same equipment and so on; the reason this is not the case in relation to dance classes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30594/21]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Schools Building Projects (8 Jul 2021)

Paul Donnelly: I want to raise the issue of Danu Community Special School and its proposed relocation to Riversdale Community College. Several years ago, parents of children with additional needs in Dublin West worked hard and relentlessly to ensure their children's needs were met. They campaigned for and won the right to establish a special school in the area. The next task they faced was to find a...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Schools Building Projects (8 Jul 2021)

Paul Donnelly: Reflecting on some of the answers given by the Minister of State, it is the opinion of the Danu Community Special School, Riversdale Community College and the parents that the agreement made stipulated that there would be temporary classrooms in Riversdale Community College, those classrooms would be refurbished and then a new school would be built on the site. The parents themselves...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (13 Jul 2021)

Paul Donnelly: 231. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons waiting on a driver test in the Dublin 15 area in tabular form. [37400/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (13 Jul 2021)

Paul Donnelly: 408. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of and timeline for the commencement of building work on a school (details supplied). [37399/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Control of Dogs (13 Jul 2021)

Paul Donnelly: 639. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when a review of measures relating to the control of dogs in Ireland will be published; and if this consultation document will also include questions on the restricted breeds of dogs. [37827/21]

Lifting of Covid-19 Restrictions: Motion [Private Members] (14 Jul 2021)

Paul Donnelly: I welcome the motion. The Covid pandemic has provided us with enormous challenges, and I acknowledge that there are no easy answers and that every decision made on this is a very difficult one that has to be made. With those challenges, however, comes a huge responsibility on those making those decisions to consult as many people as possible to get as wide an agreement as possible on the...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Funding (14 Jul 2021)

Paul Donnelly: 500. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the progress made in relation to providing multi-annual funding for community, voluntary and charity sector. [38728/21]