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Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: National Monuments (13 Jul 2022)

Mary Fitzpatrick: The Minister of State is very welcome and I thank him for coming in to take this Commencement matter in which I seek a date from his Department for the appointment of a design team for the national monuments site at Nos. 14-17 Moore Street. It is more than 106 years since the 1916 rebels, including Pearse, McDermott, Connolly and Plunkett, surrendered on Moore Street here in the heart of our...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: National Monuments (13 Jul 2022)

Mary Fitzpatrick: I thank the Minister of State. Am I to understand from the reply that a design team will be appointed within the next three to four weeks? I hope that is what he is saying because there is genuine bewilderment as to what is happening. It is over a year since the report was submitted. The recommendations were accepted and endorsed, and they have been backed with €12 million of...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: National Monuments (13 Jul 2022)

Mary Fitzpatrick: Please do.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Jul 2022)

Mary Fitzpatrick: I extend my sympathies to Senator Dooley and to Deputy Farrell, and to any Member of the Houses and the staff. Many of us have lost loved ones over the Covid period. It has been a strange time. I hope that everyone gets a bit of time during the recess to have that time to themselves. I thank all the staff in the Seanad who have assisted me and all of us. We have had a very heavy...

Seanad: Remediation of Dwellings Damaged By the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Committee Stage (13 Jul 2022)

Mary Fitzpatrick: I thank the Acting Chairperson for allowing me to contribute. I thank the Minister for his reply, his officials for all the work they have done on the Bill, and all the homeowners who have been in contact with me and my colleagues in counties Donegal, Mayo, Clare, Sligo and other counties. Everyone who speaks here today speaks with the best interests of the homeowners. Perhaps some of us...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Inflationary Costs in the Construction Industry: Discussion (28 Jun 2022)

Mary Fitzpatrick: I will start with Ms Hegarty. While I want to get to discuss the costs she spoke about, I want to correct a point. She stated that "Under Housing For All, no housing is planned in Dublin city for households earning over €36,000 and under €80,000 per annum." We are talking about affordable housing there. The latest Dublin City Council housing report shows that on top of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Right to Housing: Discussion (5 Jul 2022)

Mary Fitzpatrick: I thank all the witnesses for attending today. I am delighted that this is at least the second time that this committee has met to discuss the right to housing since being established, which reflects the importance that this committee places on that right. The programme for Government contains a commitment to granting a right to housing and, as part of the Housing for All policy, the...

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Members of the European Parliament (20 Sep 2022)

Mary Fitzpatrick: I thank the three MEPs, who are very welcome. I thank them also for all of the work they do on behalf of the people of Dublin. I appreciate that they do it in the context of the European Union community but it is very important that we have strong representation within the European Parliament. I want to make a particular reference to the pandemic. How quickly we all forget. It is great...

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Members of the European Parliament (20 Sep 2022)

Mary Fitzpatrick: In their responses, I would like to hear how the MEPs think the European Parliament and the European Union in general can support Ireland to accelerate our achievement of our offshore wind energy goals.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Private Rental Sector: Discussion (20 Sep 2022)

Mary Fitzpatrick: I thank all our guests for attending, for providing their statements in advance and for the ongoing work they all do. This is a very challenging sector of which we are all acutely aware. I have some questions about the proposals and suggestions made by Threshold, the first of which relates to renters, to giving them more support and to the reintroduction of the tax relief for them, something...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Private Rental Sector: Discussion (20 Sep 2022)

Mary Fitzpatrick: How would the budget be used?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Local Government (Maternity Protection and Other Measures for Local Authority Elected Members) Bill 2022: Discussion (22 Sep 2022)

Mary Fitzpatrick: I thank the Minister of State and all of his team for bringing forward this legislation. It is very important. I speak as a former local authority member who, when pregnant, was in the chamber, and when I was in the labour ward over in the Rotunda Hospital, my absence was noted and reported. It is an unfair pressure that is put on local authority members. They feel torn between the duties...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Sep 2022)

Mary Fitzpatrick: Like other speakers, I welcome today's budget, which will protect families, individuals and businesses and invest in social infrastructure. It is important. I would like to raise with the Leader the ongoing closure of the Dublin 7 Intreo office. It is located on the Navan Road at Cabra Cross and serves Cabra, Phibsboro, Stoneybatter and the general Dublin 7 area, with a population of more...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 Oct 2022)

Mary Fitzpatrick: I congratulate everybody involved in the breast cancer awareness campaign for the month of October. I also congratulate everybody who has survived breast cancer or cared for those with breast cancer. I encourage everybody to care for their pair and to be breast aware. I also raise the issue of crime in the capital, in particular crime in communities like mine in Dublin Central, as well as...

Seanad: Water Environment (Abstractions and Associated Impoundments) Bill 2022: Second Stage (5 Oct 2022)

Mary Fitzpatrick: I welcome the Minister of State and thank him for bringing forward this important Bill. It is important, at a fundamental and basic level, that we responsibly manage our water resources in a sustainable way. To do that, we need to know what is going on with them, how much water we are abstracting, where it is being abstracted and how it is being managed. On behalf of the Fianna Fáil...

Seanad: Situation in Iran: Motion (11 Oct 2022)

Mary Fitzpatrick: It is frightening that we have to debate this motion. I am honoured to second it on behalf of the Fianna Fáil Members of Seanad Éireann, but it pains me that people in any part of the world have to debate this issue and that girls, women or any other human beings are living under such fear and oppression. Our motion unreservedly condemns the abuse of Mahsa Amini by the Iranian...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Oct 2022)

Mary Fitzpatrick: I second that.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Oct 2022)

Mary Fitzpatrick: I would like to know what is going on with the Intreo office for Dublin 7. I have raised this issue a number of times. I have written to the Minister and requested a meeting with him. Indeed, I asked the Leader to request that the Minister meet members of the local community. More than 1,500 people have signed a petition calling for the Intreo office for Dublin 7 to be reopened. The...