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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Consultation on the Draft National Planning Framework: Discussion (11 Jul 2024)

Pauline O'Reilly: None of the cities, including Dublin, is coping well with the population increases and demands. The draft NPF sets out that we will give greater weight to Dublin to cope than we will to other cities. That is what I am reading in this draft. I am reflecting to the witnesses my frustration as someone from the west at not seeing the same kind of infrastructural follow-on from this document as...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Consultation on the Draft National Planning Framework: Discussion (11 Jul 2024)

Pauline O'Reilly: It is the first day of the consultation, as I understand, so we are all reading through the document and the various amendments and so on as we go. Is there any reference to the western rail corridor, light rail for regional cities or double-tracking of rail lines to regional cities in the document? I cannot find anything about those in the document. Will the witnesses clarify that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Consultation on the Draft National Planning Framework: Discussion (11 Jul 2024)

Pauline O'Reilly: There is no mention of those specific projects. I want to completely understand this. Mr. Hogan mentioned public transport and the metropolitan transport plan.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Consultation on the Draft National Planning Framework: Discussion (11 Jul 2024)

Pauline O'Reilly: What about Galway?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Consultation on the Draft National Planning Framework: Discussion (11 Jul 2024)

Pauline O'Reilly: I will explain where I am going with this point. On page 41, the document states, "To grow to its potential Galway needs to address recent legacy issues arising from urban sprawl and reliance on private cars..." I saw numerous references throughout the document to specific roads, for instance, the N17. I have no issue with that but surely they are also in a transport plan. However, the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Consultation on the Draft National Planning Framework: Discussion (11 Jul 2024)

Pauline O'Reilly: There are general points about public transport, with which we can all agree, but it looks like a tick-box exercise when specific roads are pointed out that are also part of a transport plan, yet they are pulled out and put into the document. That makes it a slightly political document, if I may say so.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Consultation on the Draft National Planning Framework: Discussion (11 Jul 2024)

Pauline O'Reilly: Ceannt Station, for instance, is not mentioned in this document, yet it is being extended from one and a half platforms to five. That is an established project.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Consultation on the Draft National Planning Framework: Discussion (11 Jul 2024)

Pauline O'Reilly: I will leave it there. I have made my point. What Mr. Hogan is saying is that we are not going to mention projects that are already happening and we are not going to mention projects that are not already happening when it comes to public transport, but we will mention them when it comes to roads.

Seanad: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Jul 2024)

Pauline O'Reilly: I thank the Minister of State for considering the amendment. Over the past year and a half, there has been extensive engagement between us in the Green Party and the Department in relation to this Bill. I thank the Department for including many of our amendments, coming back to us on occasions like to say it has considered what we said and giving us something that might move towards being...

Seanad: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Jul 2024)

Pauline O'Reilly: I thank the Minister of State and his Department for agreeing to consider over the summer all the inputs I have made today. I will withdraw the amendment. I may reintroduce it on Report Stage after the summer.

Seanad: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Jul 2024)

Pauline O'Reilly: Since so many Senators are coming in on this point, it is probably a good idea to have everybody's views aired on whether we go for this fully-planned approach to our infrastructure in Ireland, or whether we just fly by the seat of our pants and take it decision by decision. I am favour of the former, but I have problems with the draft national planning framework. I went to the committee...

Seanad: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Jul 2024)

Pauline O'Reilly: I did not-----

Seanad: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Jul 2024)

Pauline O'Reilly: May I come in?

Seanad: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Jul 2024)

Pauline O'Reilly: It is unfair. If Senator Flynn thinks this has something to do with her, she should realise it absolutely does not.

Seanad: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Jul 2024)

Pauline O'Reilly: I am just going to clarify because I believe it is very important. I came in here because I heard Senator McDowell say we do not need the Bill, the national planning framework and these strategies. I am saying that while I might disagree with many of the points in the Bill and the national planning framework, it does not mean I do not engage in the democratic process. That is what we are...

Seanad: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Jul 2024)

Pauline O'Reilly: It was not personal to me because I was not making any personal comments, so I respectfully say we should leave it.

Seanad: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (25 Sep 2024)

Pauline O'Reilly: Amendments Nos. 77 to 91, inclusive, are related and may be discussed together.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: The Role of Media in Climate Action: Discussion (8 Oct 2024)

Pauline O'Reilly: I thank the witnesses for coming in today. To reiterate, we were disappointed with the response from RTÉ when it came before us two years ago. This is why we have decided to bring the witnesses back today. We had a list we could have chosen from but we specifically wanted RTÉ to come in and answer questions on advertising. Given Mr. Deans's and Mr. Mullen's responses to the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: The Role of Media in Climate Action: Discussion (8 Oct 2024)

Pauline O'Reilly: It was repeated a number of times. I wanted to point that out. Mr. Mullen mentioned that RTÉ is in conversation with Coimisiún na Meán at the moment. I have not heard anything today to suggest RTÉ believes there should be more stringent regulations on itself regarding advertising fossil fuel products. Is RTÉ in discussions with Coimisiún na Meán about...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: The Role of Media in Climate Action: Discussion (8 Oct 2024)

Pauline O'Reilly: Will RTÉ be looking for further, more stringent regulations around fossil fuel advertising?