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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Grant Aid to Rural Towns and Villages: Discussion (6 Nov 2019)
Paudie Coffey: Under the Scottish model, can towns and villages interact with that agency for direction and help?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Grant Aid to Rural Towns and Villages: Discussion (6 Nov 2019)
Paudie Coffey: The partnership, in turn, interacts with the local authority.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Grant Aid to Rural Towns and Villages: Discussion (6 Nov 2019)
Paudie Coffey: Instead of going around with pilot projects, there is a shared resource with expertise----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Grant Aid to Rural Towns and Villages: Discussion (6 Nov 2019)
Paudie Coffey: ----that any town or village prioritised by a local authority----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Grant Aid to Rural Towns and Villages: Discussion (6 Nov 2019)
Paudie Coffey: I do not want to delay the meeting any further. Could our guests send us that model for further detailed consideration?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Grant Aid to Rural Towns and Villages: Discussion (6 Nov 2019)
Paudie Coffey: Briefly, Dungarvan is a perfect example of what can be done. Concerns have been raised regarding shed-type development on the outskirts of towns. One often hears criticism of local authorities, but Mr. McCarthy is correct that Waterford County Council and Dungarvan Town Council insisted that the Dunnes Stores shopping centre be established on the former Waterford Foods site in the heart of...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Grant Aid to Rural Towns and Villages: Discussion (6 Nov 2019)
Paudie Coffey: There was pressure while those decisions were being made. Tesco and other companies were trying to set up outside the ring road and there was significant pressure on the town council, but it held its view and insisted on development in the town centre, and that has benefited the town.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Grant Aid to Rural Towns and Villages: Discussion (6 Nov 2019)
Paudie Coffey: We will store some questions for next week.
- Seanad: Services for People with Disabilities: Motion (13 Nov 2019)
Paudie Coffey: We will resume with the motion on sight loss disability services. I call on Senator Conway to move the motion.
- Seanad: Services for People with Disabilities: Motion (13 Nov 2019)
Paudie Coffey: I thank Senator Swanick. I call Senator Victor Boyhan who has eight minutes.
- Seanad: Services for People with Disabilities: Motion (13 Nov 2019)
Paudie Coffey: It is every Member-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Town Centre Living Initiative: Discussion (13 Nov 2019)
Paudie Coffey: It was every local authority.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Town Centre Living Initiative: Discussion (13 Nov 2019)
Paudie Coffey: That was our understanding.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Town Centre Living Initiative: Discussion (13 Nov 2019)
Paudie Coffey: I thank all the witnesses for attending and bringing with them their experience and evidence regarding the town centre living initiative and their wider experience as key stakeholders in trying to regenerate our towns in the various local authorities around the country. I also thank the Department for its input in assisting people. One recurring theme that came up from all the evidence...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Town Centre Living Initiative: Discussion (13 Nov 2019)
Paudie Coffey: I offer my apologies to the committee as I have to leave to chair the next session of the Seanad. I would appreciate it if my questions could be answered. I will read the responses later. I also apologise to the delegates, but there is nothing I can do, as I have to take the Chair.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Education: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Dec 2019)
Paudie Coffey: I acknowledge the contributions from the various representatives and organisations present. There is a lot of work going into improving educational opportunities across all sectors, including disadvantaged people and the Traveller community. If one goes back to the facts that the Chair stated at the outset, it is disappointing that we are not achieving the learning outcomes that we would...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Education: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Dec 2019)
Paudie Coffey: This is a very important point because the statistics Ms Sheehan cited show there is an element of success in further training and education in the vocational system. For this reason, we should prioritise and focus on where we can achieve maximum success. We should have an action plan for higher education. We need community modules. The ETB system is in every community in the country and...
- Seanad: Local Government Funding: Statements (5 Dec 2019)
Paudie Coffey: I welcome the Minister of State and his officials to the Seanad to debate an important aspect of local government, namely, the sustainability of local government funding. It would be remiss of us not to put on record that this year we celebrated 120 years of the local government system in Ireland. Despite inadequacies and imperfections in the system, it has sustained itself over the that...
- Seanad: Local Government Funding: Statements (5 Dec 2019)
Paudie Coffey: The Senator's time is ticking.
- Seanad: Local Government Funding: Statements (5 Dec 2019)
Paudie Coffey: Go raibh maith agat, Senator Horkan. I call Senator Maria Byrne.