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Committee on Disability Matters: Inclusive Education for Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Sep 2025)

Liam Quaide: I thank Mr. O'Neill. Ms Murrihy spoke very poignantly about the impact of the school placement crisis and its impact on families. The statistics she outlined on the distances families are forced to travel to school are very stark. There is the dislocation from communities, restricted practices, and the impact on attainment and general well-being among children with additional needs. I...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Sep 2025)

Liam Quaide: I visited CDYS in Mitchelstown on two occasions recently and I was hugely impressed by the work it does with young people, not just from north Cork but also from parts of counties Limerick and Tipperary. It also works closely with young people from the asylum-seeking and refugee community living locally. The staff exhaust all grants available to them to maintain an innovative, diverse range...

Abolition of Carer's Allowance Means Test: Motion [Private Members] (1 Oct 2025)

Liam Quaide: I move: "That Dáil Éireann: recognises: — the invaluable contribution of family carers, who provide full-time care to family members with disabilities, chronic illnesses, or age-related care needs, often at great personal, financial and emotional cost; — that family carers play a critical role in the Irish care system, providing unpaid labour that saves the...

Abolition of Carer's Allowance Means Test: Motion [Private Members] (1 Oct 2025)

Liam Quaide: I thank all my colleagues who supported our motion. The Minister, Deputy Calleary, emphasised in his response to the motion that he will not be opposing it and that there is "nothing between us", regarding the means test for carer's allowance. Yet, there is a major difference between abolishing the means test for carer's allowance in budget 2026 and abolishing it in budget 2030. Within...

Situation in Gaza: Statements (1 Oct 2025)

Liam Quaide: I was nine or ten years old when I first read about the Holocaust. I vividly remember what a profound impact it had on me at the time. I learned of unthinkable acts committed by people against other people and it shattered the rather innocent view I had of human nature up until that point. I recall going into a very dark state of mind, something akin to what the novelist Martin Amis later...

Situation in Gaza: Statements (1 Oct 2025)

Liam Quaide: Thank you, Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Costs (1 Oct 2025)

Liam Quaide: 261. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to recent changes in the eligibility criteria for funding of current PhD candidates who commenced their research prior to 1 September 2025; his views on the impact this will have on this cohort of candidates who would have had a reasonable and legitimate expectation of being able to apply for funding given the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Fish Kill in the River Blackwater: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)

Liam Quaide: I thank the Chair for allowing me to attend as a guest today. I also thank the witnesses for being here. There is a very striking pattern of non-compliance by North Cork Creameries outlined in the interagency report. This was referred to in the EPA's opening statement, by Senator Noonan, by Deputy Eoghan Kenny and by Mr. Arnold in his opening statement. Given those repeated breaches in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Fish Kill in the River Blackwater: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)

Liam Quaide: How would Mr. Ryan rate the responses of North Cork Creameries to the EPA's enforcement actions to date? Mr. Ryan mentioned that they are now compliant but are operating at reduced capacity. Compared with earlier this year, how reduced is capacity? When exactly did this reduction in operations take place?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Fish Kill in the River Blackwater: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)

Liam Quaide: Is the EPA happy with how they are operating at the moment?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Fish Kill in the River Blackwater: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)

Liam Quaide: It sounds like there has been a pattern over a number of years. What other measures did North Cork Creameries have to take over the years to comply with the EPA's enforcement actions? Did they undertake those actions willingly and in a timely fashion? How would the EPA rate their general responsiveness?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Fish Kill in the River Blackwater: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)

Liam Quaide: Did it take a lot of perseverance on the part of the EPA to get those actions undertaken?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Fish Kill in the River Blackwater: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)

Liam Quaide: Has the EPA ever revoked the licence of a creamery or large dairy plant?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Fish Kill in the River Blackwater: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)

Liam Quaide: The interagency report notes that North Cork Creameries failed to test wastewater treatment plant samples taken on 5 August and 6 August as required as a condition of their discharge licence. What explanation did they give for this? Is this omission unusual for North Cork Creameries? It sounds like the EPA is on site quite a lot and monitoring operations closely. Was this an anomaly?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Fish Kill in the River Blackwater: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)

Liam Quaide: Would 5 August and 6 August be fairly anomalous in terms of what they were reporting?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Fish Kill in the River Blackwater: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)

Liam Quaide: I invite the agencies to respond to the very strong points made by Mr. Arnold of Killavullen Angling Club in his opening statement about the delays to investigations and the gaps in the conclusions that resulted.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Fish Kill in the River Blackwater: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)

Liam Quaide: I ask the various agencies for their response to the points Mr. Arnold of Killavullen Angling Club made in his opening statement about the delays that occurred and the disjointed nature of the overall investigation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Fish Kill in the River Blackwater: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)

Liam Quaide: On what percentage of the days when they were meant to produce that data did they not do it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Fish Kill in the River Blackwater: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)

Liam Quaide: Dr. Ryan emphasised the lack of a causal link between North Cork Creameries and the Blackwater fish kill. He referred to some conjecture in the public domain about culpability. He appeared to be responding to that. As a neutral enforcement agency, I find it unusual that the EPA would be at pains to rule out the involvement of an entity in a case of such seriousness, which is still very...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Fish Kill in the River Blackwater: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)

Liam Quaide: In the previous round, I asked how close North Cork Creameries had got to indictment, which is where the threshold for very serious penalties is met, as a result of its regulatory breaches. Dr. Ryan said that he did not want to prejudice any possible future prosecutions. My question was about previous non-compliance rather than current regulatory proceedings, however. Can that question be...