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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Transport (30 Sep 2025)

Paul Lawless: Does the Minister of State have any plans to upgrade the Dublin to Westport line-----

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Transport (30 Sep 2025)

Paul Lawless: -----particularly with regard to the speed of the trains?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Transport (30 Sep 2025)

Paul Lawless: The big point is that in recent years the housing crisis has pushed a lot of people from Mayo out of Dublin. Covid and working conditions also played a role. We have seen many young people returning to live in Mayo and commuting to Dublin, if you can believe it. Many of these people travel to Dublin one, two or three days a week. The point I am making is that a journey of almost three and...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Transport (30 Sep 2025)

Paul Lawless: I am glad the Minister of State mentioned ten years ago.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (1 Oct 2025)

Paul Lawless: Britain's digital ID card - the so-called "Brit-card" - may be a domestic policy, but the consequences will not respect borders. By making the ID digital card mandatory for work, housing and basic services, Britain risks displacing thousands of people from the grey economy. If we consider for a moment where these people will go, are they likely to return home or to come to Ireland via the...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (1 Oct 2025)

Paul Lawless: What analysis has been done in terms of immigration and the number of asylum seekers in relation to the Brit-card and will the Government establish an Irish Sea border for people?

Investment in Sport and Sporting Infrastructure: Statements (1 Oct 2025)

Paul Lawless: It is good to be able to speak on the sports capital today. It has been a tremendous scheme for many rural communities across Mayo and the country. I recently attended the opening of my own club, Aghamore, which received sports capital to develop a gym and dressing rooms, etc. Parke Keelogues Crimlin recently opened a floodlit pitch and a walkway around its facilities. It will be hugely...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Commissioner for Trade and Economic Security; Interinstitutional Relations and Transparency: Mr. Maroš Šefovi (2 Oct 2025)

Paul Lawless: It is really important that the Commissioner fully understand how food is produced in Ireland. I ask him to come to Mayo and travel around to see how food is produced, particularly beef. It is radically different here than in other parts of the world. My main concern relates to the regulatory differences and the uneven playing field. In the tillage sector, we see how genetically modified...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Commissioner for Trade and Economic Security; Interinstitutional Relations and Transparency: Mr. Maroš Šefovi (2 Oct 2025)

Paul Lawless: -----but the guarantee is for only four years. What happens after four years?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Commissioner for Trade and Economic Security; Interinstitutional Relations and Transparency: Mr. Maroš Šefovi (2 Oct 2025)

Paul Lawless: After four years-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Commissioner for Trade and Economic Security; Interinstitutional Relations and Transparency: Mr. Maroš Šefovi (2 Oct 2025)

Paul Lawless: After four years, what happens?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Commissioner for Trade and Economic Security; Interinstitutional Relations and Transparency: Mr. Maroš Šefovi (2 Oct 2025)

Paul Lawless: It is really important that the Commissioner fully understand how food is produced in Ireland. I ask him to come to Mayo and travel around to see how food is produced, particularly beef. It is radically different here than in other parts of the world. My main concern relates to the regulatory differences and the uneven playing field. In the tillage sector, we see how genetically modified...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Commissioner for Trade and Economic Security; Interinstitutional Relations and Transparency: Mr. Maroš Šefovi (2 Oct 2025)

Paul Lawless: -----but the guarantee is for only four years. What happens after four years?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Commissioner for Trade and Economic Security; Interinstitutional Relations and Transparency: Mr. Maroš Šefovi (2 Oct 2025)

Paul Lawless: After four years-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Commissioner for Trade and Economic Security; Interinstitutional Relations and Transparency: Mr. Maroš Šefovi (2 Oct 2025)

Paul Lawless: After four years, what happens?

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (1 Oct 2025)

Paul Lawless: 89. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider amending the defective concrete blocks grant scheme to include an additional allowance for the restoration of gardens that are destroyed during the demolition and reconstruction of affected homes; if he is aware that the average cost of garden restoration is estimated at between €8,000 and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Challenges Facing the Tillage Industry: Discussion (1 Oct 2025)

Paul Lawless: I thank the witnesses for coming in. This is an important topic to discuss, and not just for grain growers. It has such a significant impact for the farming sector right across the country. In my own constituency of Mayo, for example, there is very little tillage, but I know how reliant they are in terms of foodstuff and bedding. It is an issue that is fundamentally important for the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Challenges Facing the Tillage Industry: Discussion (1 Oct 2025)

Paul Lawless: There is no distinction whatsoever in the marketplace between how our own product is sold and genetically modified product. That needs to change. We as a committee need to write to the Minister and the European Commission to change that. It would not happen in any other industry or sector. Consumers need to know what they are buying. What is the carbon border adjustment mechanism tax...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Challenges Facing the Tillage Industry: Discussion (1 Oct 2025)

Paul Lawless: Has any element of the changes to urea, CBAM tax and buffer zones been introduced in the Mercosur countries? Is there any parity whatsoever in terms of environmental or food standards for the grain we are importing?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Challenges Facing the Tillage Industry: Discussion (1 Oct 2025)

Paul Lawless: It is very clear. We need to work with our colleagues across Europe to ensure there must be equivalence of standard in any trade deals. It is totally unfair that our farmers are competing against farmers across the world who are not subject to the same standards whatsoever. That is the issue here. I have made this point before. Farmers, in general, do not necessarily want subsidies; they...