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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Quotas, Common Fisheries Policy and Sustainability Impact Assessment: Discussion (14 Oct 2025)

Conor McGuinness: I will allow it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Quotas, Common Fisheries Policy and Sustainability Impact Assessment: Discussion (14 Oct 2025)

Conor McGuinness: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire Stáit. Táimid thar am. Time is up. In fact, we are a little over. I thank our witnesses, the Minister of State and the officials from the Department, BIM and the Marine Institute for being with us. I thank members for the questions and the good conduct of the discussion. It has been an interesting meeting.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Oct 2025)

Conor McGuinness: I must highlight once again to the Taoiseach across this Chamber the way in which the Minister for education, the Department and the Government as a whole are treating Scoil Gharbháin i nDún na Mainistreach, i gContae Phort Láirge, and other schools, particularly Gaelscoileanna, across the State. Dúirt an Roinn gur ceadaíodh dhá sheomra ranga riachtanais...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Oct 2025)

Conor McGuinness: -----has shown the utter disregard of the Government for Gaeloideachas.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Oct 2025)

Conor McGuinness: After months of delays, could we arrange to get an answer for Scoil Gharbháin?

Housing Finance Agency (Amendment) Bill 2025: Second Stage (14 Oct 2025)

Conor McGuinness: Across Waterford city and county, the housing crisis is worsening by the day. We see it on the ground and in the statistics and the figures. We are witnessing the inevitable result of years of Government failure and a lack of political will to deliver homes for ordinary people. I met again in recent days with housing officials in Waterford City and County Council. To be fair, they are...

Housing Finance Agency (Amendment) Bill 2025: Second Stage (14 Oct 2025)

Conor McGuinness: Hear, hear.

Cost of Disability: Motion [Private Members] (14 Oct 2025)

Conor McGuinness: The Minister will know from the statistics in his Department that people with disabilities and their families are among those most at risk of poverty in the State. They have been abandoned in budget 2026. That is not me as a member of the Opposition saying it. It is what they are telling us. They feel abandoned because they have been abandoned. This is a budget that bears the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Quotas, Common Fisheries Policy and Sustainability Impact Assessment: Discussion (14 Oct 2025)

Conor McGuinness: Mr. Murphy has his hand up. I do not know if it is in response to that question or a previous one. Does he want to come in on that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Quotas, Common Fisheries Policy and Sustainability Impact Assessment: Discussion (14 Oct 2025)

Conor McGuinness: Just to clarify, irrespective of whether there is illegality or not, it is about assuring ourselves that everything is hunky-dory on those vessels. Knowing that engagement activity was happening would be a great relief to the Irish fishing industry. It would send a very clear message to our European partners, other member states and third countries that it is not business as usual from...

Tillage Sector: Statements (15 Oct 2025)

Conor McGuinness: I have been engaging with tillage farmers across Waterford over recent months. I spoke with the tillage chairman of Waterford IFA. The message from those farmers could not be clearer. They feel unheard, undervalued and let down. They believe the Government is doing absolutely nothing to address the crisis in their sector. Tillage farming is one of the most efficient, low-carbon and...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Policy (16 Oct 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 79. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to detail his formal engagements with the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage; and the outcomes of those engagements. [56317/25]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Policy (16 Oct 2025)

Conor McGuinness: The rural housing crisis is the biggest single issue impacting rural communities and the long-term sustainability of rural Ireland. Previously, I asked the Minister about his engagement with the Minister for housing on this issue. To be fair, it was a number of months ago, and at that point the Minister had not been in the job all that long. Meetings had not taken place, although he...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Policy (16 Oct 2025)

Conor McGuinness: Is iontach é sin a cloisteáil, i ndáiríre, mar bhí an bhuairt ann nach raibh cainteanna ag dul ar aghaidh. Mar sin, cuirim fáilte roimh sin, ar a laghad. It is great that those engagements have taken place and I thank the Minister of State for his answer and for detailing the level of engagement and the issues that have been discussed by the Minister with the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Policy (16 Oct 2025)

Conor McGuinness: Chun mo cheart a thabhairt dom féin, níl sé i mo nádúr a bheith soiniciúil ach tá sé deacair gan a bheith i bhfianaise an méid nár thit amach thar na blianta. Mar is eol don Aire, tá géarchéim tithíochta sna ceantair Ghaeltachta agus níor sholáthar an buiséad, in ainneoin an méid atá ráite ag...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (14 Oct 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 107. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether it is time for a radical policy shift to maintain young farmers (details supplied) in view of the fact the number of farm holders under 35 years-of-age has decreased by nearly a third in the past 12 years. [55010/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Supports (14 Oct 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 132. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if it is the policy of his Department to withhold the total farm payments due to a farmer who is unable to produce a commonage evidence letter due to an ongoing dispute between leaser and lessee. [55011/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Budget 2026 (14 Oct 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 360. To ask the Minister for Finance if beauty service providers will be included in the reduced 9% Vat rate announced in Budget 2026, as hairdressers are. [55127/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (14 Oct 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 692. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the average waiting time in the Garda application process from the final interview to notification of acceptance, per county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54835/25]