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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Taxi Licences (13 May 2025)

Alan Kelly: I thank the Minister of State and I appreciate his sincerity. He does come from a beautiful part of County Galway. I do not want to be talking about this matter for several more years. I know that there is system we can put in place that will work. The requirements are specific. We need people to come together who can operate a vehicle that can be subsidised, such as through the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Taxi Licences (13 May 2025)

Alan Kelly: I thank the Minister of State for coming in from the appropriate Department to deal with this issue. It is appreciated. Does the Minister of State want to be a hero in rural Ireland?

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Taxi Licences (13 May 2025)

Alan Kelly: Maybe he already is.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Taxi Licences (13 May 2025)

Alan Kelly: To be honest, as his officials have probably already told him, I have been chasing this issue since 2012. The taxi regulations review brought about a new rural hackney licence. I was the Minister of State in that Department and I sponsored this. The application process started in 2013-2014 but very few took it up because it was too rigid in terms of the rules and regulations around it....

Housing and Critical Infrastructure: Motion [Private Members] (13 May 2025)

Alan Kelly: We are very bad in this country, across all political parties, at infrastructure planning. We are horrendous at it. It is shameful because we are letting down the people. When it comes to infrastructure, there is no long-term planning. The national planning framework is a dog's dinner. The national development plan is loaded with aspirations and projects that often do not materialise and...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 May 2025)

Alan Kelly: All of us in the House offer our condolences on the death of Garda Kevin Flatley. I agree with the Garda Commissioner, who said we need a reset for how we, as a society, think about roads policing. However, the same Commissioner sat before the Joint Committee on Justice on 15 May 2024 and committed to the addition of 150 new gardaí to roads policing. There were to be 75 in 2024 and 75...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 May 2025)

Alan Kelly: I am just asking the Commissioner to honour the figures he mentioned.

Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2021: Motion (8 May 2025)

Alan Kelly: The relevance to this is that a lot of these drinks-----

Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2021: Motion (8 May 2025)

Alan Kelly: -----are served outside, and do you know what? It is as relevant as Carrickmacross was.

Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2021: Motion (8 May 2025)

Alan Kelly: The issue is that we need to give some guidance because workers are left in a situation where they do not know. There could be scenarios where minors end up drinking alcohol, either accidentally or deliberately because of this. The vintners, in fairness, have come out and said they should not be served. They said under-18s should not be served and that adults who order it for them should...

Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2021: Motion (8 May 2025)

Alan Kelly: We will of course support this. It is kind of ridiculous that we are back here every six months, so hopefully it will be the last time. The Minister has committed to it.

Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2021: Motion (8 May 2025)

Alan Kelly: I know. He committed to it, but he kind of did not commit to it. He might commit to whether he is committing to it. Seriously, it has to be done because this is kind of ridiculous. To the public, outdoor seating and socialising is the norm now. We maybe need to slightly improve it because people have adapted. It is one of the few things resulting from Covid, where there was a positive,...

Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2021: Motion (8 May 2025)

Alan Kelly: It was great. There were some changes in my local town of Nenagh, which were positive, and I implored the council to do other works that were complementary, which was great. I hope we will not end up here again and that the miscellaneous provisions Bill being brought forward will deal with this and regularise the whole situation, so we do not have to be coming in here talking about the...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Meetings (7 May 2025)

Alan Kelly: 236. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht for the dates and attendance list of all meetings his Department officials, advisers or any combination of representatives has had with RTE in 2025, distinguishing physical and virtual meetings, by date and attendees, in tabular form. [22852/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (7 May 2025)

Alan Kelly: 255. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when social housing qualification thresholds will be reviewed, considering the current threshold in Tipperary is, €30,000 for a single person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22280/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (7 May 2025)

Alan Kelly: 329. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he is aware that thousands of firearms surrendered in response to S.I. No. 187/1972 - Firearms (Temporary Custody Order), 1972, commonly referred to as the 1972 weapons, are still held by An Garda Síochána some fifty years later, despite the order being in force for only a month; and the action he proposes to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (7 May 2025)

Alan Kelly: 330. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the Garda Commissioner has provided him with a copy a report (details supplied) [22429/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diplomatic Representation (30 Apr 2025)

Alan Kelly: 4. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update of the work of the Irish Embassy based in Rabat, Morocco. [21439/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Contracts (30 Apr 2025)

Alan Kelly: 9. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department holds any contract with a company (details supplied), in the years of 2024 and to-date in 2025; if so, the nature of services this company provided to the Department in the years in question, in tabular form. [21448/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Staff (30 Apr 2025)

Alan Kelly: 26. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of WTE ship surveyors employed by his Department in the years of 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [21450/25]