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National Tourism Development Authority (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (18 Oct 2022)

Paul Donnelly: I welcome the chance to talk about this Bill and the importance of tourism. Urban areas are also important in the tourism trade. In Dublin West, and in Dublin 15 in particular, we have many tourism opportunities. We have the old Castleknock Castle and Mulhuddart Cemetery. The Dublin Institute of Advanced Studies observatory at Dunsink is one of the potential jewels in the crown for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Charities (Amendment) Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Oct 2022)

Paul Donnelly: Go raibh maith agat Leas-Chathaoirleach. I thank the Minister of State for coming here today. It has been a really useful process and shows the value of the committee. The pre-legislative scrutiny has been really useful, particularly for me anyway in getting my head around this. On the Charities Regulator's input last week, many people were really reassured listening to how the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Charities (Amendment) Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Oct 2022)

Paul Donnelly: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Charities (Amendment) Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Oct 2022)

Paul Donnelly: A certain credibility is provided when an organisation gets charitable status. We have to be conscious that this lends credibility to an organisation. I appreciate the Minister of State's answer; gabhaim buíochas leis.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Charities (Amendment) Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Oct 2022)

Paul Donnelly: On the issue of significant events, is it going to be prescriptive? Is it going to be a case of this is what we deem to be significant events or will it be these are the three we believe will be the most significant events but there could be others we have not identified but we will work through them when we identify them? I am trying to clarify if it will be prescriptive. The big concern...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Charities (Amendment) Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Oct 2022)

Paul Donnelly: Okay.

Coercion of a Minor (Misuse of Drugs Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (20 Oct 2022)

Paul Donnelly: I thank Deputies Ward, Mitchell and Kenny for bringing forward this Bill to amend the Misuse of Drugs Act and create a new criminal offence to criminalise the use and coercion of children in the sale and distribution of drugs. The Bill will make it a stand-alone offence for adults to use children for the sale and distribution of drugs. It will make it easier for the Garda to press charges...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (20 Oct 2022)

Paul Donnelly: 63. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí who are fully trained in high-speed driving and pursuit in the Blanchardstown, Finglas and Cabra area. [51649/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (20 Oct 2022)

Paul Donnelly: 72. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the concerns of rank-and-file gardaí over proposed new rosters. [51650/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (20 Oct 2022)

Paul Donnelly: 153. To ask the Minister for Health if there have been any official studies into vaping and young persons and the effects of vaping on them. [51648/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (20 Oct 2022)

Paul Donnelly: 180. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the discussion in relation to multi-annual funding for community projects especially those in Section 38 and Section 39 organisations. [44555/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (20 Oct 2022)

Paul Donnelly: 299. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new Garda recruits who have left the force within two years of completion of training in each of the years 2018 to 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51651/22]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Oct 2022)

Paul Donnelly: On transport, unfortunately the services being delivered by Go-Ahead Ireland include late buses, no shows, overcrowding and general poor standards of service. People are being left at the side of the street. The 270 bus in Dublin 15 did not arrive again yesterday. One student was forced to return home after it failed to turn up. Again Go-Ahead Ireland said that the driver was sick. This...

Social and Affordable Housing Supply: Motion [Private Members] (26 Oct 2022)

Paul Donnelly: I thank the Deputies for bringing forward this motion. By every metric the Housing for All strategy is failing. In Dublin 15, the housing crisis is at its worst ever. In excess of 88 families currently face a notice to quit, an increase of more than 50 in a little over three months. Some are relieved there has been a stay of execution, but for some the ban has come too late and they face...

Residential Tenancies (Deferment of Termination Dates of Certain Tenancies) Bill 2022: Second Stage (26 Oct 2022)

Paul Donnelly: As Deputies Ó Broin and Gould have said, Sinn Féin will be supporting this Bill. However, it is a pity that the Government has been dragged kicking and screaming to this point. The notice to quit file in my office has in recent months filled up at an alarming rate. Moreover, from the speeches that have been made on a daily basis in this Chamber, I know it is the same for every...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (27 Oct 2022)

Paul Donnelly: 72. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if an assessment has been carried out on her Department's response to Covid in terms of the exclusion of some marginalised groups. [53734/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (27 Oct 2022)

Paul Donnelly: Have any assessments been carried out on the Minister's Department's response to Covid in terms of exclusion of some marginalised groups?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (27 Oct 2022)

Paul Donnelly: I commend the community call initiative, which I was involved with in Dublin West, where we delivered hundreds of meals and medication for people who were in dire need. What really struck me at the time was how isolated and vulnerable older people in particular were and those who had disabilities. I was at a recent launch of iCommunity with the Taoiseach and the Minister for Communities in...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (27 Oct 2022)

Paul Donnelly: I could not agree more. As an example, people within the drug community are especially marginalised. These would be people who are active drug users who are getting supports from community drug teams. There had been a fractious relationship at times between Government agencies and some of the community projects. All of that was washed away during Covid, however, because everybody...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Cross-Border Co-operation (27 Oct 2022)

Paul Donnelly: 342. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development given the recently produced "iCommunity" policy supported by the Northern Ireland Department for Communities, and by the shared Island Unit in the Department of An Taoiseach, if her Department has given consideration to funding any proprietary works that need to be done to bring communities together, taking into account the...