Results 501-520 of 595 for speaker:William Aird

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Supports for Private Advisory Providers Delivering Advice on Nitrates and Water Quality Improvements: Agricultural Consultants Association (8 Oct 2025)

William Aird: -----but no farmer I know is able to do the work.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Supports for Private Advisory Providers Delivering Advice on Nitrates and Water Quality Improvements: Agricultural Consultants Association (8 Oct 2025)

William Aird: Everybody should be sharing their information on the derogation-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Supports for Private Advisory Providers Delivering Advice on Nitrates and Water Quality Improvements: Agricultural Consultants Association (8 Oct 2025)

William Aird: -----and that is hugely important.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Supports for Private Advisory Providers Delivering Advice on Nitrates and Water Quality Improvements: Agricultural Consultants Association (8 Oct 2025)

William Aird: And Deputy Newsome Drennan should not be heckling either.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Supports for Private Advisory Providers Delivering Advice on Nitrates and Water Quality Improvements: Agricultural Consultants Association (8 Oct 2025)

William Aird: Mr. Canning said that farmers should be paying the advisers; that I should be paying them.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Supports for Private Advisory Providers Delivering Advice on Nitrates and Water Quality Improvements: Agricultural Consultants Association (8 Oct 2025)

William Aird: I understand that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Supports for Private Advisory Providers Delivering Advice on Nitrates and Water Quality Improvements: Agricultural Consultants Association (8 Oct 2025)

William Aird: They need the information.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Supports for Private Advisory Providers Delivering Advice on Nitrates and Water Quality Improvements: Agricultural Consultants Association (8 Oct 2025)

William Aird: If I asked a Teagasc adviser, he would say that the witnesses are earning five times more money than he is.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Supports for Private Advisory Providers Delivering Advice on Nitrates and Water Quality Improvements: Agricultural Consultants Association (8 Oct 2025)

William Aird: Does the Department of agriculture feed into the information the Agricultural Consultants Association has? There are so many people there and the consultants have a huge amount of knowledge. I presume the Department looks for that knowledge on derogation and everything like that. The consultants have a whole lot of knowledge so I presume it looks for that knowledge.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Court Accommodation (9 Oct 2025)

William Aird: 10. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 58 of 3 July 2025, if he will commit to ensuring that funding is made available to complete the new courthouse for Portlaoise, County Laois; the expected delivery of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53872/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Court Accommodation (9 Oct 2025)

William Aird: I thank the Minister for the opportunity to raise the issue of a new courthouse for County Laois. They requirement for a new courthouse has long been recognised. The National Development Plan, NDP, 2018-2027 identified the need for new courthouses in a number of locations with substandard facilities, including in my hometown of Portlaoise. The current facilities in Portlaoise are...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Court Accommodation (9 Oct 2025)

William Aird: I thank the Minister for his response and his commitment to meet a group of stakeholders to discuss the urgent need for a courthouse in Portlaoise. The immediate priority is clear. We need funding for the development of the new courthouse in Portlaoise and a clear and definite timeframe for commencement and completion. As the Minister mentioned, an important first step has already been...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Court Accommodation (9 Oct 2025)

William Aird: -----that the existing courthouse is no longer fit for purpose. It causes congestion, which has a negative effect on businesses and residents in the town. There is a lack of privacy and dignity for those attending the court-----

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Court Accommodation (9 Oct 2025)

William Aird: I will conclude by referring to the serious security conditions.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Court Accommodation (9 Oct 2025)

William Aird: Will the Minister acknowledge that the Midlands Prison is located in Portlaoise? He knows what happens in a courthouse, and the logistics involved in bringing prisoners down from a prison of that size twice a week. That is why I asked if it can be done. As the Minister stated, the site has been secured. The need is obvious and the benefits are evident. I urge the Minister to prioritise...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Court Accommodation (9 Oct 2025)

William Aird: No one but us in Portlaoise has anything like the Midlands Prison, in which there are 1,500 prisoners.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (7 Oct 2025)

William Aird: 306. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to outline the progress to date on the delivery of cost-rental homes in County Laois; the steps being taken to ensure rents under these schemes remain affordable, relative to average local incomes; the additional measures being considered to assist working families facing high rental costs while awaiting cost-rental or...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (7 Oct 2025)

William Aird: 473. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Gardaí assigned to each station in County Laois from 2022 to 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53873/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (7 Oct 2025)

William Aird: 602. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on when spinal muscular atrophy screening will be included in the new born heel-prick test; the implementation for roll out; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53143/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Fire Stations (8 Oct 2025)

William Aird: 94. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will commit to the recommended delivery of a new fire station in Rathdowney, County Laois in the new Fire Services Capital Programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53589/25]