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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: All-Island Strategic Rail Review: Iarnród Éireann (22 Oct 2025)

Pa Daly: I welcome the witnesses and congratulate Ms Considine on her new appointment. She has a tough act to follow. Not only did Mr. Jim Meade oversee a very progressive team, as Ms Considine stated, but he also oversaw a mindset change. I remember about ten years ago, when I was on the council, three of us from Tralee went to a council meeting in Rathmore. We took the train and people laughed...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: All-Island Strategic Rail Review: Iarnród Éireann (22 Oct 2025)

Pa Daly: Is the company operating the Cork-Dublin line, for example, not making a profit at the moment?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: All-Island Strategic Rail Review: Iarnród Éireann (22 Oct 2025)

Pa Daly: Is there a timeline for that, given that one of the 32 recommendations is to continue to benchmark and monitor service quality and continuous improvement? Service, in my view, is being able to buy a bottle of water on a train on a four-hour journey.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: All-Island Strategic Rail Review: Iarnród Éireann (22 Oct 2025)

Pa Daly: Will Ms Considine have an answer before Christmas?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: All-Island Strategic Rail Review: Iarnród Éireann (22 Oct 2025)

Pa Daly: Ms Considine has spoken about the challenges Irish Rail has. Is there any particular project she would like to bring forward but the funding has not been granted? What would be the first in line?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: All-Island Strategic Rail Review: Iarnród Éireann (22 Oct 2025)

Pa Daly: Would it be fair to say that if the funding was available for the western rail corridor, Irish Rail would do that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: All-Island Strategic Rail Review: Iarnród Éireann (22 Oct 2025)

Pa Daly: It is frustrating that it is not there.

Electricity (Supply) (Amendment) Bill 2025: Second Stage (4 Nov 2025)

Pa Daly: I did not get a chance earlier to pay tribute to and congratulate Catherine Connolly. I also pay tribute to Sr. Stan who was a Listowel woman and a Kerry woman. In a week when we saw the outrageous attack on the house in Drogheda and convictions for racially motivated murders, I would love to know what she would have thought about the way the country is going. I pay tribute to her for all...

International Protection Processing and Enforcement: Statements (5 Nov 2025)

Pa Daly: Unfortunately, we have turned a corner in this State. During the past week, we have had convictions for racially motivated murders and the lives of babies put in danger in Drogheda, where there was no way out of a burning building except down a stairs. Some of the online commentary in response to the attack in Drogheda were: "the person who did it must be staying there", "it was an inside...

Electricity (Supply) (Amendment) Bill 2025: Committee and Remaining Stages (5 Nov 2025)

Pa Daly: I move amendment No. 1: In page 3, between lines 19 and 20, to insert the following: “(2) To insert new subsections after subsection (4): “(4A) The Board shall borrow to invest in projects on the basis of a prioritisation framework which encompasses— (a) congestion softeners in areas of high congestion, (b) security encompassing hospitals, Garda stations, water...

Electricity (Supply) (Amendment) Bill 2025: Committee and Remaining Stages (5 Nov 2025)

Pa Daly: I will come back in regarding a number of matters. One relates to what the Minister said about PR 6. While I appreciate that what was published during the summer is a draft decision, that is all we have to go on at the moment. We do not fully know what will be there but under the CRU's draft decision, households and SMEs will see their electricity network charges increase, while large...

Electricity (Supply) (Amendment) Bill 2025: Committee and Remaining Stages (5 Nov 2025)

Pa Daly: I move amendment No. 2: In page 4, lines 32 to 36, to delete all words from and including “and” in line 32 down to and including line 36 and substitute the following: “ “(c) up to such amount as will enable such employees or trustees to maintain the same percentage of capital stock they held of the total capital stock issued by the Board that they held...