Results 601-620 of 1,352 for speaker:Mary Fitzpatrick
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (11 Oct 2022)
Mary Fitzpatrick: Why is it taking two years from planning permission on a site such as St. Finbar's Court to construction commencing?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (11 Oct 2022)
Mary Fitzpatrick: I appreciate that. I also appreciate that Dublin City Council and all of the other local authorities have that challenge in dealing with the Departments of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Public Expenditure and Reform and Finance. I appreciate the due diligence, cost-benefit analysis and all of the feasibility studies that have to be done. They are all really important steps in the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (11 Oct 2022)
Mary Fitzpatrick: There is the cost of not doing it. There is a cost to not building or not delivering. That is the cost that is not being counted.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Oct 2022)
Mary Fitzpatrick: I would like to talk about public transport in Dublin Central. Obviously, every senior citizen in Dublin Central can avail of free travel and young people up to the age of 24 are enjoying a 50% discount on public transport. That is welcome. Does the Leader know that feeling when one has been standing at a bus stop and has been waiting and waiting and the next thing three buses all come...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Oct 2022)
Mary Fitzpatrick: As politicians, we often give out about our health services. I went out for a run this morning, tripped, fell on my face - I am fine, though it is not obvious - and ended up in the Mater Hospital. I give huge thanks to all the staff in the Mater's emergency department. They are just tremendous given what they deal with and we are very lucky to have them and everybody who works in our...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Oct 2022)
Mary Fitzpatrick: I wish to raise the issue of antisocial behaviour and public safety. I draw the House's attention to a public transport safety survey that my colleagues and I conducted over the summer months, to which we had more than 1,300 respondents, largely from across the Dublin area. Of those who responded, 93% had witnessed antisocial behaviour on public transportation; 36% were victims of...
- Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Deferment of Termination Dates of Certain Tenancies) Bill 2022: Second Stage (27 Oct 2022)
Mary Fitzpatrick: I thank the Minister of State and the Government for bringing forward this legislation to ban no-fault evictions during the winter months of November until March. Is there an issue, a Chathaoirleach?
- Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Deferment of Termination Dates of Certain Tenancies) Bill 2022: Second Stage (27 Oct 2022)
Mary Fitzpatrick: Is there an issue?
- Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Deferment of Termination Dates of Certain Tenancies) Bill 2022: Second Stage (27 Oct 2022)
Mary Fitzpatrick: Is everybody in agreement? I do not mind waiting to speak. I thank the Minister of State and the Government for bringing forward this ban on residential no-fault evictions during the winter months of November until March. As we start this debate, it is important that we all stop for a moment and take stock of the context of this legislation. The context is that we have almost 11,000...
- Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Deferment of Termination Dates of Certain Tenancies) Bill 2022: Second Stage (27 Oct 2022)
Mary Fitzpatrick: There is a point of order there.
- Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Deferment of Termination Dates of Certain Tenancies) Bill 2022: Second Stage (27 Oct 2022)
Mary Fitzpatrick: Now.
- Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Deferment of Termination Dates of Certain Tenancies) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (27 Oct 2022)
Mary Fitzpatrick: I remind the House that the objective is to ensure everyone has a secure, sustainable home-----
- Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Deferment of Termination Dates of Certain Tenancies) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (27 Oct 2022)
Mary Fitzpatrick: It is really important that we remember that our intention is to ensure that everyone has a safe and secure home. I reject the presentation that this legislation seeks to discriminate against any citizen.
- Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Deferment of Termination Dates of Certain Tenancies) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (27 Oct 2022)
Mary Fitzpatrick: I reject the assertion that the legislation discriminates against any citizen; it does not. It is important that we do not have a falsehood go out of this House asserting that the legislation is discriminating against any individual or group in society.
- Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Deferment of Termination Dates of Certain Tenancies) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (27 Oct 2022)
Mary Fitzpatrick: It is not. The legislation does not discriminate against any individual in society. The legislation treats all renters and all citizens equally. I want to raise the issue of withholding of rent. It is important that the legislation does not discriminate against any member of society. It is important that we remember that small landlords are citizens as well. I want to share with the...
- Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Deferment of Termination Dates of Certain Tenancies) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (27 Oct 2022)
Mary Fitzpatrick: The Senator cannot-----
- Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Deferment of Termination Dates of Certain Tenancies) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (27 Oct 2022)
Mary Fitzpatrick: On a point of order, it is not acceptable to call Members liars.
- Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Deferment of Termination Dates of Certain Tenancies) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (27 Oct 2022)
Mary Fitzpatrick: It is not acceptable to say that we are only lying.
- Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Deferment of Termination Dates of Certain Tenancies) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (27 Oct 2022)
Mary Fitzpatrick: We are not lying in this House and the record needs to reflect that.
- Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Deferment of Termination Dates of Certain Tenancies) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (27 Oct 2022)
Mary Fitzpatrick: This is an important point of order, a Leas-Chathaoirligh. This House is not lying and is not passing legislation that discriminates against anybody. That is a fact.