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Seanad: Local Government Rates and Other Matters Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 Jul 2019)

Anthony Lawlor: Will the Minister of State explain exactly what that means?

Seanad: Local Government Rates and Other Matters Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 Jul 2019)

Anthony Lawlor: It did not.

Seanad: Local Government Rates and Other Matters Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 Jul 2019)

Anthony Lawlor: No. Naas and Athy did.

Seanad: Local Government Rates and Other Matters Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 Jul 2019)

Anthony Lawlor: The hierarchy of the paragraphs, which starts with the national spatial strategy.

Seanad: Local Government Rates and Other Matters Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 Jul 2019)

Anthony Lawlor: What happens if local policy goes against national policy?

Seanad: Local Government Rates and Other Matters Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 Jul 2019)

Anthony Lawlor: Local authority members will know it is there.

Seanad: Local Government Rates and Other Matters Bill 2018: Motion for Earlier Signature (10 Jul 2019)

Anthony Lawlor: I also thank the Minister of State and his officials. This is an excellent piece of progressive legislation that gives more power to local authority members. I remember calling for it when I was a member of a local authority, in particular the amendment to allow a local authority to decide what rates should be paid within its region and what type of alleviation scheme to introduce. I hope...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Sep 2019)

Anthony Lawlor: Could we have a debate on the HSE's capital plan? We would like an outline of the projects included within it and the timeframes for completing them. I refer in particular to a project at Naas General Hospital, which is in my local area. The hospital has been seeking an endoscopic unit. The project is part of the plan but we would like details on when it will commence. Could we have a...

Seanad: Housing: Statements (26 Sep 2019)

Anthony Lawlor: I welcome the Minister of State. To respond to the previous speaker, I know many landlords. They are good, decent landlords. They have problems with tenants. They have problems where they cannot move tenants out when they were disruptive. People seem to think landlords are an easy target. The vast majority of landlords have one house. They are not all bad landlords. The Senator has...

Seanad: Housing: Statements (26 Sep 2019)

Anthony Lawlor: There are many landlords out there who are good landlords looking after tenants. Some are not getting the market price that they should get because they have respect for their tenants.

Seanad: Housing: Statements (26 Sep 2019)

Anthony Lawlor: There are good landlords out there. The Senator should not collectively put them all together. There are some bad tenants out there. The Senator never identified those, the ones who break up houses, who cause disruption in housing estates. There are bad tenants out there too. I have seen how after the crash no houses were built and we are now trying to play catch-up. We need 25,000...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Oct 2019)

Anthony Lawlor: Like Senator Ó Céidigh, I raise the issue of insurance, a topic on which I have had legislation introduced in the Seanad. During the summer we passed the Judicial Council Bill. It came back from the Lower House with some amendments. The Minister for Justice and Equality introduced it but the Minister of State, Deputy D'Arcy, brought it through the House. I ask the Leader to...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Oct 2019)

Anthony Lawlor: And Senator Conway.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Oct 2019)

Anthony Lawlor: It is not in the Oireachtas Library.

Seanad: Budget 2020: Statements (8 Oct 2019)

Anthony Lawlor: I was up in the North on Saturday, in Armagh. I was talking to some guys behind the goals and the try line and they were saying that they had gathered all the money up that they were required to gather up for an investment in their clubhouse, which was to bring more young kids in and put a physical fitness room in place. I asked why they could not go ahead with it and one of them said,...

Seanad: Budget 2020: Statements (8 Oct 2019)

Anthony Lawlor: One of the things I wrote down when I heard the Minister speak this afternoon was "prudence and caution". Everyone is talking about Brexit and the possibility of a no-deal outcome. The Minister also said that fear of an overheating economy was part of the reason it was a prudent and cautious budget. It is easy for various groups to be looking for bits and pieces of the budget. It is...

Seanad: Budget 2020: Statements (8 Oct 2019)

Anthony Lawlor: That is a phenomenal sum, which equates to between 7,000 and 11,000 housing units. People forget that the housing crisis started because houses were not being built when they were needed. The allocation of €2.5 billion is a huge amount. I ask the Minister of State to consider how we go about letting local authorities spend this money. In my area, for example, the local authority...

Seanad: Budget 2020: Statements (8 Oct 2019)

Anthony Lawlor: That is not what I am finding because they seem to be able to do it quicker than local authorities. Local authorities have also been denuded of staff who are capable of looking after those projects. They let go of people during the recession. I thought it was an excellent idea to allow apartment blocks to install charging points and make a grant available for that. I love the fact that...

Seanad: Budget 2020: Statements (8 Oct 2019)

Anthony Lawlor: I am very critical of our behaviour as people. When we go shopping, we see stuff that has come from all over the world. We talking about climate action and climate change, yet we are importing and using air miles for foodstuffs that are regularly seen in all our supermarkets. One point that is dear to my heart is that we passed the Judicial Council Bill. We rushed it through the House in...

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2019: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (9 Oct 2019)

Anthony Lawlor: I acknowledge my colleague, Senator Ray Butler, who has put an awful lot of effort in this issue and who has been pushing for the self-employed since he entered the Dáil in 2011. The Government has reduced the length of time for which people can be bankrupt, which is important. This Bill allows the self-employed to get some social welfare when they are going through some hardship. I...