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Seanad: National Biodiversity Week: Statements (14 May 2025)

Malcolm Noonan: I extend my sympathies to the Minister of State, Deputy O'Sullivan, on the passing of his sister Anne. I am delighted with his appointment. He has the same grá for this post as I did. I thank the Members for their kind comments on my small role over the past couple of years in stopping the rot. We had a poor track record up to that. I thank the Taoiseach because he gave me great...

Seanad: National Biodiversity Week: Statements (14 May 2025)

Malcolm Noonan: The Minister of State is wearing the Kilkenny colours.

Seanad: National Biodiversity Week: Statements (14 May 2025)

Malcolm Noonan: Never.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 May 2025)

Malcolm Noonan: On behalf of the Green Party, I want to be associated with the expressions of sympathy for Garda Kevin Flatley. I extend my sympathies to his family, colleagues and friends. Earlier today, some of us attended a packed briefing in the audiovisual room, held by Irish Healthcare Workers for Palestine. We sat through one of the most harrowing presentations I have ever seen in these Houses. The...

Seanad: Appointment of Members to the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission: Motion (13 May 2025)

Malcolm Noonan: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: EU Budgets (8 May 2025)

Malcolm Noonan: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire Stáit as teacht chuig an Teach ar maidin. Déanaim comhghairdeas leis. As this is my first formal engagement with the Minister of State, I congratulate him on his appointment and wish him all the best for his tenure. In the context of the challenges around meeting climate targets from every sector under our national climate action plan, the...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: EU Budgets (8 May 2025)

Malcolm Noonan: In his remarks the Minister of State said that the Department states that the MFF should reflect the needs of Irish citizens, yet there has not been sufficient engagement. A poll from European Movement Ireland that was released today should be of interest to all Members and it looks at falling trust in European institutions and in the EU generally. It is a slow feed but it is of concern....

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 May 2025)

Malcolm Noonan: I welcome the interventions made yesterday by the Taoiseach and Tánaiste relating to the acts of terror being carried out by the Israeli state and Israel Defense Forces. Calling those acts a war crime is calling them what they are. We all absolutely deplore the holding back of food aid and destroying of the means of producing food - bakeries, fishing boats and greenhouses. This is the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Apr 2025)

Malcolm Noonan: I wish to be associated with the comments made about Martin Groves. I wish him all the best and hope there is an opportunity to pay tribute to him at some point. On behalf of the Green Party, I join in the expressions of sympathy for the late pontiff, Pope Francis. His encyclical letter, Laudato Si ': On Care For Our Common Home, was mentioned. It was a rallying call for nature...

Seanad: Forestry Sector: Statements (29 Apr 2025)

Malcolm Noonan: I also welcome Teresa to the Chamber. I welcome the Minister of State to this important debate. I never had the formal opportunity to wish him the best in his tenure as Minister of State. I know he will hit the ground running. Any time I have had the duty to call him on issues, he picked up the phone straight away and dealt with the issue. I do appreciate that. I know he has a busy...

Seanad: Forestry Sector: Statements (29 Apr 2025)

Malcolm Noonan: I am not saying it is happening.

Seanad: Revised National Planning Framework: Motion (29 Apr 2025)

Malcolm Noonan: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. I will focus on some of the positives in terms of green initiatives in the NPF. I refer to the stronger focus on compact low-carbon growth, helping to reduce car dependency emissions, the formal integration of environmental assessments, including SEA and appropriate assessment, the national policy objectives aimed at supporting biodiversity...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Crime Prevention (10 Apr 2025)

Malcolm Noonan: It is great to have the senior Minister with us for Commencement matters.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Crime Prevention (10 Apr 2025)

Malcolm Noonan: It is much appreciated.

Seanad: Flooding: Statements (9 Apr 2025)

Malcolm Noonan: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. Déanaim comhghairdeas leis. I wish the Minister of State all the very best in his tenure. He has a very exciting portfolio but, no doubt, an incredibly challenging one as well. As Senators said, these extreme weather events we are witnessing are now becoming the norm. It was shown in a lot of climate modelling over recent years that this...

Seanad: Prohibition of Advertising or Importuning Sex for Rent Bill 2025: Second Stage (9 Apr 2025)

Malcolm Noonan: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire. I congratulate him on his appointment. I wish him all the very best for his term ahead. I know he is a reforming Minister, as he has outlined, and this is one area where he can make a significant difference. I welcome the National Women's Council of Ireland and all the other representative organisations that have been campaigning for this for many years....

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Apr 2025)

Malcolm Noonan: There are two issues I want to raise with the Leader. One relates to the potential shelving of the introduction of BER certificates for private rental properties, as reported by Caroline O'Doherty of the Irish Independent. This was a key commitment under Housing for All during the previous Government's term. Does the Government now intend to shelve plans to bring in BER certificates for...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Apr 2025)

Malcolm Noonan: I support the comments made by Senator Fitzpatrick. We await the announcement from the US Administration as it continues to play deal or no deal with the global economy. We in Ireland need collectively to adapt to a rapidly changing world order. That involves seeing this as an opportunity to wean ourselves off our overdependence on corporation tax receipts and to start localising, for...

Seanad: Childcare: Statements (2 Apr 2025)

Malcolm Noonan: Cuirim fáilte leis an Aire agus í ar ais arís. This is a sector in which I have a great interest. My wife is a practitioner in a lovely Montessori called First Steps Montessori, with Mary Verling and her team in Kilkenny. Over the past 20 years, I have been a voluntary board member of a number of community childcare projects. These projects, which Senator Tully also...

Seanad: Housing: Statements (2 Apr 2025)

Malcolm Noonan: I welcome the Minister and wish him all the best in what is no doubt the most difficult portfolio in government. Having served as a Minister of State in the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, I saw and was part of the immense effort by the previous Government to try to address this problem. It is an intergenerational problem, as other Senators have said. I will focus on...