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Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jan 2015)

Jim D'Arcy: Thankfully, tests by Louth County Council-----

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jan 2015)

Jim D'Arcy: I would ask the Cathaoirleach to give me 30 seconds more. Tests by Louth County Council indicate that the water supply for Dundalk is not yet affected but surely it is only a matter of time. As people, particularly children and young babies, are at risk due to this contamination, I ask the Leader to invite the Minister of State at the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy...

Seanad: Improving the Quality of Early Years Education: Statements (21 Jan 2015)

Jim D'Arcy: Go raibh maith agat, a Chathaoirligh. Ba mhaith liom fáilte a chur roimh an Aire go dtí an Teach. I admire anybody who deals with early years education. When I was a teacher I only taught in an infants' class for 20 minutes and afterwards I decided I could not do it any more. Teaching such young children is a very challenging and complex task. People dealing with children of...

Seanad: Mediation Services: Motion (4 Feb 2015)

Jim D'Arcy: I second the motion.

Seanad: Mediation Services: Motion (4 Feb 2015)

Jim D'Arcy: I am reserving my right to speak.

Seanad: Mediation Services: Motion (4 Feb 2015)

Jim D'Arcy: Ba mhaith liom chomhgairdeas agus buíochas a gabáil le Senator Martin Conway as an rún agus an obair mhór atá déanta aige air. Unlike Senator O'Donovan, I do not have a legal background but I have expertise in family law for different reasons. There are only advantages to mediation. Most disputes can be followed by mediation almost immediately, thereby...

Seanad: Mediation Services: Motion (4 Feb 2015)

Jim D'Arcy: Mediation assists parties embroiled in disputes to resolve matters their own way, to find a solution that all of them can live with and, most important, it gives the parties an avenue to allow them to continue to do business together, as they have reached a solution together. It also allows parties to regain trust in each other and to know they can continue to interact and work together...

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Feb 2015)

Jim D'Arcy: I ask the Leader once again to invite the Minister of State at the Department of Finance, Deputy Simon Harris, to the House to discuss diesel laundering and sludge, the waste product. I welcome the fact that Uisce Éireann has said there is no risk at present to the water in Dundalk but, that said, the little streams and tributaries supplying the water are polluted. This is damaging to...

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Feb 2015)

Jim D'Arcy: Deputy Adams praised the "diligence" of Irish Water in investigating this and bringing forward the report, in addition to its commitment to improve the water further. Perhaps he will be joining us; one would never know.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Feb 2015)

Jim D'Arcy: I am not talking about a coalition but about coming in.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Feb 2015)

Jim D'Arcy: It is important that we have the debate because everybody seems to be talking now about the VAT rebate. We need a significant discussion on that and to hear the Minister's views on it. When Deputy Adams talks about this, he is well aware that since it is a Treasury matter, his masters in the North, Her Majesty’s Government, are responsible for it. Therefore, we need to get talking...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Developments in Cross-Border Transport Infrastructure: Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (5 Feb 2015)

Jim D'Arcy: I know the A5 very well because we often travelled from Dundalk to Gweedore and stopped at Flinty McArdle’s in Hackballscross and Juniors in Castleblayney and we might have called into the pub in Moy Bridge if there was a stop, and the Traveller’s Rest. There was the Rossbracken Inn. They are all gone now. One has to go direct.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Developments in Cross-Border Transport Infrastructure: Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (5 Feb 2015)

Jim D'Arcy: We spent more time off the road than on it, but of course we had a designated driver. The A5 is nearly the last of the motorways needed. It would pay for itself because it would bring plenty of investment into those areas where it is needed. As a minimum we need certainty about the design for the part from Clontibret to Aughnacloy. There is no point having 400 m sterilised for the next...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Developments in Cross-Border Transport Infrastructure: Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (5 Feb 2015)

Jim D'Arcy: Let us not scapegoat Louth County Council. It is the only body that has spent money on this project. It has spent more than €1 million to date on it. Nobody else has spent a penny. The estimate was provided by Roughan and O'Donovan and not Louth County Council. The costing was analysed, including by the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport. Everything was above board. I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Developments in Cross-Border Transport Infrastructure: Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (5 Feb 2015)

Jim D'Arcy: There are two reports.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Developments in Cross-Border Transport Infrastructure: Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (5 Feb 2015)

Jim D'Arcy: The Deputy asked a question and the Minister is not answering it. I am answering it. There are reports with both the Special EU Programmes Body and the Department on the tender costs, which have been accepted.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Feb 2015)

Jim D'Arcy: Given all of the travails relating to the Narrow Water Bridge, I am very pleased that a recommendation to grant planning permission for a ferry service between Greenore in County Louth and Greencastle in County Down was made at Thursday's meeting of Newry and Mourne District Council. This is a tremendous boost to the area's tourism prospects and provides a much-needed link between two areas...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Feb 2015)

Jim D'Arcy: I am glad of the support of Senator David Cullinane, a great Border man himself. I ask the Deputy Leader to invite the Minister of State with responsibility for tourism, Deputy Michael Ring, to the House to outline how the links between Fáilte Ireland and the Northern Ireland Tourist Board can be recalibrated to reflect this new situation.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Feb 2015)

Jim D'Arcy: I welcome the announcement made by the Minister for Education and Skills on 10 February on the immediate establishment of the inclusion support service under the remit of the National Council for Special Education. I admire the aspiration to offer a better and more integrated service to schools within the areas of continuing professional development in special education for teachers,...

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Feb 2015)

Jim D'Arcy: I welcome the report of the committee of the British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly on cross-Border police co-operation and illegal trade. In particular, I commend Senator Paul Coghlan for his major role in producing the report. The committee notes that the extensive challenges posed by cross-Border trade remain. It recognises the legislative efforts made to curb illicit trade but recommends...