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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Oct 2019)

Anthony Lawlor: Is it not amazing how Fianna Fáil closed Templemore?

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Oct 2019)

Anthony Lawlor: Fianna Fáil closed the college for five years. Not one garda was recruited for five years. Fianna Fáil closed Templemore. It was a disgrace.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Oct 2019)

Anthony Lawlor: Senator Murnane O'Connor should get her facts right.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Oct 2019)

Anthony Lawlor: The fact is that Fianna Fáil closed Templemore.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Oct 2019)

Anthony Lawlor: There will be gardaí going to Carlow because we reopened Templemore.

Seanad: Sustainable Tourism: Statements (16 Oct 2019)

Anthony Lawlor: I also welcome the Minister of State. He is a credit to his Department. I have been in embassies around the world where he has spoken, and officials speak highly of his knowledge of the industry and his enthusiasm for ensuring it becomes sustainable. Sustainability is about how we progress the industry into the future. We cannot always benefit from events that took place in the past. The...

Seanad: Sustainable Tourism: Statements (16 Oct 2019)

Anthony Lawlor: I know the Acting Chairman has one down in Waterford-----

Seanad: Sustainable Tourism: Statements (16 Oct 2019)

Anthony Lawlor: I am aware that there is a greenway in Waterford-----

Seanad: Sustainable Tourism: Statements (16 Oct 2019)

Anthony Lawlor: The Acting Chairman may give me the chance to say that I welcome the funding that it has had. If there is a possibility-----

Seanad: Sustainable Tourism: Statements (16 Oct 2019)

Anthony Lawlor: Is there a possibility that-----

Seanad: Sustainable Tourism: Statements (16 Oct 2019)

Anthony Lawlor: Is there a possibility that we could speed up the implementation of these greenways? There are two going through Kildare, which are superb. This links up with the Dublin to Galway greenway, as Senator Hopkins referred to, along the Royal and Grand canals, which are two great assets. The quicker the greenways are done the better. Both the Grand Canal and the Royal Canal pass through...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: School Accommodation Provision (23 Oct 2019)

Anthony Lawlor: I thank the Leas-Chathaoirleach for selecting this matter. I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Kehoe. It is a pity that the Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy McHugh, could not be here. Naas community college is operated by Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board, KWETB. It has received planning permission on a site that has been selected for some years. My...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: School Accommodation Provision (23 Oct 2019)

Anthony Lawlor: I again thank the Minister of State for taking this matter on behalf of the Minister for Education and Skills. Perhaps he will pass on a couple of queries to the Minister. I welcome everything the Minister of State said. As stated earlier, I expect the school to be open before September 2021. I have identified the fact that the school is operating across three sites at present. That is...

Seanad: Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (23 Oct 2019)

Anthony Lawlor: I also welcome the family of Feargal Quinn. On the wall of the junior house in Newbridge College, through which many thousands of students have passed, there is a small number of photographs on the wall and one of them is of Feargal. The great thing about it is that there is not one photograph of a rugby player. There is just one of Feargal and two or three others. People recognise the...

Seanad: HSE Capital Plan 2019: Statements (23 Oct 2019)

Anthony Lawlor: I too welcome the Minister. It is great to have a debate on the capital plan. The capital budget is €11 billion over the next ten years. It is fascinating that people are knocking that at this stage as it is a positive outcome. Having done a project myself, I have issues with the overruns for the national children's hospital, which should be more closely monitored. I will make a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Affecting the Quality of Water: Discussion (5 Nov 2019)

Anthony Lawlor: I have little or no faith in the EPA following a previous incident in Kerdiffstown about which it had been warned on numerous occasions and that has since cost the State €21 million. A certain amount of cryptosporidium will be in the water, having come from the plant, because it is not possible to get rid of it all. Is the EPA satisfied with the range of levels of contamination that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Affecting the Quality of Water: Discussion (5 Nov 2019)

Anthony Lawlor: Does the EPA audit when something happens or does it do so regularly?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Affecting the Quality of Water: Discussion (5 Nov 2019)

Anthony Lawlor: That is not proactive.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Affecting the Quality of Water: Discussion (5 Nov 2019)

Anthony Lawlor: Will certain tolerable levels of cryptosporidium be in the water in any case?

Seanad: Services for People with Disabilities: Motion (13 Nov 2019)

Anthony Lawlor: I will support this excellent motion. My colleague spoke to the fact that this Government is the first to appoint a Minister of State with specific responsibility for people with disabilities. Although we are discussing eye clinic liaison officers and expanding the pilot scheme set up in the Ireland East hospital group, we must recognise the funding he has allocated for people with other...