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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Inland Fisheries (14 Dec 2022)

Michael Ring: I am not happy with that reply. When I raised this in the Dáil last year the Department had to write to me afterwards because I made allegations that there were vehicles in Donegal that were not insured. The record of the Dáil should be corrected because the Department wrote to me to tell me that I was quite correct and that some vehicles were not insured at the time. You cannot...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Inland Fisheries (14 Dec 2022)

Michael Ring: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle for selecting this matter for discussion. Earlier this year I raised this issue with the Minister. Since then, a file has been given to the Minister, Deputy Eamon Ryan, and to the Secretary General of the Department. Very serious allegations have been made in that file. This is a long-serving employee who has worked for IFI for many years. His father...

Planning and Development and Foreshore (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (14 Dec 2022)

Michael Ring: I welcome anything that will move on housing in this country. I will make just a few observations. First, as for the board, the chairman of the board and the way the board will be picked, I greatly resent that we always look for public servants in this regard. I tabled a number of parliamentary questions over recent weeks and went to every single Department and State agency. I do not...

Social Welfare Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2022)

Michael Ring: First of all, I thank the Minister and compliment her for the tremendous job that she has done since she went into the Department of Social Protection. As somebody along with others who was putting pressure on the Government and the Minister to respond in this budget to people who were finding it very difficult out there, I thought that the Minister did a very good job. Of course, people...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Inland Fisheries (14 Jun 2022)

Michael Ring: No, they have not. I want to put that on record. It is a good board. What the Minister of State is saying tonight is wrong and it will have to be corrected elsewhere.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Inland Fisheries (14 Jun 2022)

Michael Ring: Deputy Eamon Ryan was not coming anyway.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Inland Fisheries (14 Jun 2022)

Michael Ring: Meaning no disrespect, I do not accept what the Minister of State, Deputy English, has said. I accept one point. Like many other Ministers in this Government run by the Civil Service, the Secretary Generals and officials within the Department, I reject what is in that. In fact, I will refer this to the Standing in Public Office Commission for investigation because it needs to be done....

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Inland Fisheries (14 Jun 2022)

Michael Ring: I do not like to raise issues such as this one but I am very concerned about what is going on with Inland Fisheries Ireland, in particular in regard to the Department and the CEO. The amazing thing is allegations were made of 16 uninsured vehicles, one which was in a crash and was not insured; locally arranged leasing of Aasleagh Lodge to a member of the staff as a guest house with no...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (23 Mar 2022)

Michael Ring: I have two questions for the Minister. The former Senator Feargal Quinn brought legislation to the Seanad a number of years ago on subcontractors. Has the Government any proposals to bring that Bill to the Dáil in order to protect subcontractors? Major contracts now have to be given to major companies with major turnover, so all the small contractors have been left out and cannot...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Mar 2022)

Michael Ring: That will not happen.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Company Liquidations (22 Mar 2022)

Michael Ring: The people of Mayo supported many of the projects Roadbridge was involved in. They thought it was going to create jobs. Little did they think they would be taking away jobs from established businesses. I will put on the record that this is wrong. Businesses that have been in operation, some of them for 30 or 40 years, and family businesses that have been in operation for 70 or 80 years,...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Company Liquidations (22 Mar 2022)

Michael Ring: It saddens me tonight to have to raise this matter in the Topical Issue debate. It is outrageous that a major company such as Roadbridge would leave so many people without work. I want to speak about the subcontractors. In Mayo alone, anything up to €13 million may be owed by Roadbridge. It really annoys me that the ESB and Bord na Móna are involved in a big job in north Mayo....

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Company Liquidations (22 Mar 2022)

Michael Ring: I will have to raise this matter again tomorrow, a Cheann Comhairle, because this is not good enough.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Company Liquidations (22 Mar 2022)

Michael Ring: I represent a lot of people who are hurt, out of pocket and will lose their jobs.

Planning and Development (Amendment) (Large-scale Residential Development) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (8 Dec 2021)

Michael Ring: When the Army Council is on one corner and the public servants are in the other corner then it is going to be hard luck for this country so it is.

Planning and Development (Amendment) (Large-scale Residential Development) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (8 Dec 2021)

Michael Ring: I will tell the Deputy-----

Planning and Development (Amendment) (Large-scale Residential Development) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (8 Dec 2021)

Michael Ring: Do Members not remember? When the Treaty was designed, it was-----

Planning and Development (Amendment) (Large-scale Residential Development) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (8 Dec 2021)

Michael Ring: When the Treaty was designed it was-----

Planning and Development (Amendment) (Large-scale Residential Development) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (8 Dec 2021)

Michael Ring: The Deputy is finished with me.

Planning and Development (Amendment) (Large-scale Residential Development) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (8 Dec 2021)

Michael Ring: I agree with all the previous speakers. The one common denominator in all contributions has been consistency with planners. What we have done in this country is not the Minister's fault. I blame fellas like Deputy Boyd Barrett and the Green Party, who come down to Mayo, Cork and Kerry wanting to build a holiday home but the minute they build it they do not want anyone beside them and they...