Results 681-700 of 1,132 for speaker:Garret Ahearn

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Feb 2024)

Garret Ahearn: I welcome the group from Mayo. I was going to talk about Irish Water but I want to return to the comments of Senator Mullen. I do have respect for the Senator, but it is very disturbing that he would see the Chamber as a fit place in which to raise his concerns. When he says there are two sides to a story, perhaps he should go to the other side to find out the story before he raises it in...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Feb 2024)

Garret Ahearn: How would you get it? You could go to the Taoiseach's office and ask why he left. We all know why you raised it and the purpose of raising it.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Feb 2024)

Garret Ahearn: Anyone who has any understanding of press conferences knows that when a press conference is finished, journalists shout questions and it is pretty much 50:50 whether they are answered or not. They are not alone-----

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Feb 2024)

Garret Ahearn: They are not alone-----

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Feb 2024)

Garret Ahearn: They are not alone as journalists who do not get questions answered sometimes. To portray them as these individuals who are not being answered is totally untrue. Every week, politicians, Ministers and the Taoiseach answer questions - no matter how ridiculous some are - from the floor. It is very disingenuous.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Feb 2024)

Garret Ahearn: I wish to raise an issue I have raised numerous times in this House, which relates to Irish Water and if we could have a debate with the Minister, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, about it. There is outage after outage of water services in Clonmel. People are at their wits' end. People are coming to and ringing our office the whole time. Sometimes, it might take four or five days to solve the...

Seanad: Employment Permits Bill 2022: Second Stage (27 Feb 2024)

Garret Ahearn: I welcome the Minister of State, a former Seanadóir, back to the House. I thank the Minister of State and his officials for the work they have done on this. It is funny that for years I only knew of work permits as things that soccer players coming from abroad needed to be able to play in the UK. In the last number of years they have become a big thing in Ireland. The reason for this...

Seanad: Employment Permits Bill 2022: Second Stage (27 Feb 2024)

Garret Ahearn: Next Tuesday.

Seanad: Employment Permits Bill 2022: Second Stage (27 Feb 2024)

Garret Ahearn: Tomorrow at 10.30 a.m.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Inshore Fisheries (28 Feb 2024)

Garret Ahearn: The Minister of State is very welcome to the Chamber. I thank him for taking this very important question, which relates to inland fisheries, particularly fishermen and clubs in Tipperary. The River Suir is regarded as one of the best rivers in the country for salmon fishing. About a third of the salmon are in the rivers Suir, Nore and Barrow. The stock has been depleting over many years,...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Inshore Fisheries (28 Feb 2024)

Garret Ahearn: I thank the Minister of State for his reply, which was appreciated. It is the detail I am looking for. I acknowledge that the response states IFI will provide the detail.I am referring to the simple things. The IFI says it gets weekly calls to the hotline and that it responds to them in a timely manner, but there is no information about how many calls it gets per week. It would be good to...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Feb 2024)

Garret Ahearn: I also welcome Senator McGreehan's brother. If, as she claims, he is responsible for her having an interest in politics, then I blame him for the arguments I have with her in this Chamber, although we are meant to be on the same side. I welcome the news today from the Minister, Deputy Humphreys, and the Minister of State, Deputy O'Donnell, on the plans for the town centre first programme...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Mar 2024)

Garret Ahearn: Tipperary County Council has put forward two important projects for the town of Clonmel. It is awaiting a response and a decision by two Departments. The library in Clonmel has made an application for library capital funding through the Department of Rural and Community Development. This is a really ambitious project to redevelop the main library in Mick Delahunty Square, Clonmel. It is a...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Mar 2024)

Garret Ahearn: If that was the case, then you would have to clarify-----

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Mar 2024)

Garret Ahearn: But-----

Seanad: Private Rental Sector: Motion (6 Mar 2024)

Garret Ahearn: You would know that there was a poll at the weekend. Every time Sinn Féin slides, the only thing it seems to think it can talk about is housing. Yet, every time they talk about housing after a polling collapse, they make another blunder of some kind. What I hear most now in Tipperary is people saying how Sinn Féin does not have a clue what it is talking about. It does it week...

Seanad: Private Rental Sector: Motion (6 Mar 2024)

Garret Ahearn: Through the Chair, I actually welcome the interruption. The Senator said it would be because it would increase the price of housing. I do not agree with her but let us say she is right. Let us take an example of a house in Clonmel that costs €300,000 where someone wants to buy that house at the moment. Let us go with Senator Boylan’s argument. They are struggling, they...

Seanad: Private Rental Sector: Motion (6 Mar 2024)

Garret Ahearn: No, listen.

Seanad: Private Rental Sector: Motion (6 Mar 2024)

Garret Ahearn: If the Senators listened they might actually understand why the public has now lost faith in them. Essentially, that person has to pay €300,000 and supposedly cannot afford to save. Let us say they cannot afford to save for a deposit. Under this Fine Gael Government, they do not need to because they have the help-to-buy scheme. They will be able to get €30,000 to buy that...