Results 521-540 of 595 for speaker:William Aird
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (8 Oct 2025)
William Aird: 110. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of homes delivered and approved in County Laois under both the affordable purchase scheme and the first home scheme from 2022 to 2024 and to date in 2025; the proposed numbers for 2026 and subsequent years; the measures being taken to expand affordable housing options for working households above the social...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Oct 2025)
William Aird: How does the Taoiseach propose to support workers and families who do not qualify for affordable housing, HAP, cost rental or any of the other schemes provided by local authorities when their income is simply not sufficient enough to secure an adequate mortgage to meet the current market price? Every week I meet people in my constituency of Laois: SNAs, nurses, gardaí, teachers,...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Oct 2025)
William Aird: The cheapest house in Portlaoise is €500,000.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Anaerobic Digestion: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)
William Aird: I would agree with Mr. Phelan. He said he is a part-time tillage man and that is a certainty anyway because he could not be full-time at it unless he was Coolmore or the like. I have a number of questions prepared. I am a farmer myself. I will go through them all and then the witnesses can answer. My first question is for the Irish Bioenergy Association. What are the key policy or...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Anaerobic Digestion: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)
William Aird: That will take a couple of years.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Anaerobic Digestion: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)
William Aird: I am sorry to interrupt, but I have to get answers from Nephin as well.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Anaerobic Digestion: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)
William Aird: I am sorry to cut across Mr. Lochhead. Will Mr. Gildea tell me why I should set one of these up? Why did it take him so long to do it? What were the pitfalls?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Anaerobic Digestion: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)
William Aird: How much did it cost?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Anaerobic Digestion: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)
William Aird: That is way above most people's capacity. I am only making the point-----
- Tillage Sector: Statements (15 Oct 2025)
William Aird: I welcome the opportunity this evening to speak on the tillage sector. I thank all the tillage farmers in County Laois who voted for me in the general election. The tillage sector is a vital and strategic part of Irish agriculture, the rural economy and our environmental ambitions. It is a cornerstone of our agrifood system. Across Ireland, 344,000 ha are devoted to tillage, supporting...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Anaerobic Digestion: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)
William Aird: The Deputy would want to be careful the way he is driving. Did anyone see the film of him with the Zetor tractor?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Anaerobic Digestion: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)
William Aird: Mr. Gildea has extra capacity. Is it correct that although it can be used, the ESB will not pay him?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Anaerobic Digestion: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)
William Aird: I thought the ESB was looking for all this. If so, why is it not doing what is required? Who is stopping it?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Anaerobic Digestion: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)
William Aird: I understand all that, but in Portlaoise, where I am based, we do not have enough electricity. This is stifling the building of houses and everything else. This is the big problem. ESB Networks was out looking for people like Mr. Gildea who could sell to it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Anaerobic Digestion: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)
William Aird: Still, it will not connect and take Mr. Gildea's gas.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Anaerobic Digestion: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)
William Aird: I understand his project is viable without the ESB, but it is saying that a contribution can be made to it and everybody else looking for electricity. Why is it not taking it? I understood it would be down the day before yesterday-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Anaerobic Digestion: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)
William Aird: Pardon?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Anaerobic Digestion: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)
William Aird: It is going to the grid but not being paid for.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Anaerobic Digestion: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)
William Aird: I understand.
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Trade Agreements (14 Oct 2025)
William Aird: 143. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which he plans to safeguard Irish farm competitiveness in the face of ongoing EU trade negotiations, including Mercosur, the EU-UK agreement, and US tariff policies on Irish agriculture; if he will request mandatory safeguards to prevent Irish beef, dairy, and tillage producers being undermined by imports produced to...