Results 661-680 of 1,352 for speaker:Mary Fitzpatrick
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Nov 2022)
Mary Fitzpatrick: The council can come back to me.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Nov 2022)
Mary Fitzpatrick: It would be great if the council could send that information on.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Nov 2022)
Mary Fitzpatrick: Go raibh maith agat. I will move on to Waterford.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Nov 2022)
Mary Fitzpatrick: I get that. What are Waterford’s homeless numbers like and how many are either identifying as homeless or in emergency accommodation?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Nov 2022)
Mary Fitzpatrick: Is the council finding that the subvention from the Department to achieve affordability is sufficient? Both councils mentioned the challenge between the cost of construction versus the income levels. Do they have a sufficient subsidy to be able to make that work?
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2022: Second Stage (16 Nov 2022)
Mary Fitzpatrick: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. Tá an-áthas orm tacú leis on mBille seo. On behalf of the Fianna Fáil group in the Seanad, I am pleased to welcome and support this Bill. It is an important piece of legislation. The Bill provides for Irish Water to be separated from Ervia and to allow it to act as a stand-alone national authority for water services. This...
- Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Heritage Centres (17 Nov 2022)
Mary Fitzpatrick: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire Stáit as ucht bheith anseo inniu. I have a very simple question and I would like a very simple answer to it. When is the State going to open the 1916 commemorative centre at 14-17 Moore Street? The address was the last headquarters of the 1916 leaders - Pearse, Connolly and others. It is more than 100 years ago. We celebrated the centenary in 2016....
- Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Heritage Centres (17 Nov 2022)
Mary Fitzpatrick: I acknowledge the progress made and do not want to be entirely dismissive. Significant appointments of professionals have been made. Seven professional services are to be negotiated with and are to engage in the project. It is important that we get the best and most-expert professionals involved in creating the 1916 commemorative centre. It is important that the centre be the best in its...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Nov 2022)
Mary Fitzpatrick: I, too, welcome H.E. Ms Larysa Gerasko, the Ambassador of Ukraine, who is the Ukrainian people's representative in our country. I join with others in condemning Russia's invasion and attempted annexation of an independent state. I reiterate our resolve to stand in solidarity with the Ukrainians and utterly condemn Russia's attack not just on Ukraine, but on our democracy and Western...
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (23 Nov 2022)
Mary Fitzpatrick: Next Tuesday.
- Seanad: Planning and Development (Exempted Development) (Number 4) Regulations 2022: Motion (23 Nov 2022)
Mary Fitzpatrick: It is good to see the Minister of State back in good health. I thank him for bringing these regulations to the Seanad. The Fianna Fáil group will support this emergency measure, which is born out of the need to respond to a world that is experiencing unprecedented levels of conflict in many different territories. We are lucky to live on a largely peaceful island, of which it is a...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (8 Nov 2022)
Mary Fitzpatrick: I thank everyone for their attendance today. I commend all their staff on the work they do. The bus service is really important in the city. It is hugely valuable socially and economically. We appreciate it and we would like the witnesses to pass on that appreciation to their staff. They are hearing many complaints here and people would think it was all bad; it is not. The services are...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (8 Nov 2022)
Mary Fitzpatrick: Does Go-Ahead known what the cost is?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (8 Nov 2022)
Mary Fitzpatrick: Both Mr. Edwards and Ms Keane will be happy to hear it was reflected in the survey results that buses are considered to be one of the safest modes of public transport in comparison with the DART, the Luas, mainline rail or taxis. I say "Well done." I would like the details relating to cost sent on. I will move on to the NTA. One of the issues that came up was reporting. People feel...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (8 Nov 2022)
Mary Fitzpatrick: Why did the NTA submit both applications at the same time? There are 16 spines on BusConnects and there are others being progressed. That is crippling the local community.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (8 Nov 2022)
Mary Fitzpatrick: No one disputes that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (8 Nov 2022)
Mary Fitzpatrick: But there are 15 other spines.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (8 Nov 2022)
Mary Fitzpatrick: You have to buy a Leap card.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (8 Nov 2022)
Mary Fitzpatrick: It is also something else to lose. People do not understand why it cannot be done.