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Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 42 – Rural and Community Development, and the Islands (Further Revised) (14 Oct 2020)

Paul Donnelly: In response to what Deputy Ó Cuív said, I have been involved in community development all my life. A strategic decision made somewhere to take community development out of the community and put it into local authorities and partnerships. That was fine, and some of them have worked very well but, in some ways, it has removed that link with the community. I will provide the example...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 42 – Rural and Community Development, and the Islands (Further Revised) (14 Oct 2020)

Paul Donnelly: On the charities sector, I have looked at some of the feedback coming in on the budget. There is a concern that their fundraising has fallen off a cliff. We can see where, for example, the Darkness into Light event did not happen, and millions of euro are being lost. I am concerned that many of these services provide important and vital services for and in the community. Some of these...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (8 Oct 2020)

Paul Donnelly: The programme for Government pledges to support local drug and alcohol task forces to help them identify needs in the community. I was a member of a drugs task force in the very early days and for several periods since then, until quite recently. I remember the exciting days when the community felt its voice was being heard. That has sadly been lost in the past ten years. Can the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2020: Discussion (7 Oct 2020)

Paul Donnelly: I have a couple of questions. One relates to people who are on the southern side of the Border but living in the North and their social welfare payments. How will that work post Brexit? Head 15 provides for the Minister to provide for transfer of data to the UK by regulation for the purposes of carrying out the functions of the Act. The data would be exchanged by relevant officers and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2020: Discussion (7 Oct 2020)

Paul Donnelly: This week the British Parliament is discussing what some people see as the most draconian legislation that has ever been seen for the use of murder, rape and sexual assault by British state security services. I am deeply concerned. What protections do we have to ensure any data or that type of information being passed over on individuals from the Twenty-six Counties do not get into the...

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters: Rail Services Provision (6 Oct 2020)

Paul Donnelly: I thank the Minister. I am a little disappointed in that there is no commitment to ask Irish Rail to hold off until that meeting can be held. I accept that we are not living in normal circumstances, but this is important. This is a major project and we cannot get it wrong. I would like to mention a couple of things. The Fingal County Development Plan 2017-2023 includes two local...

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters: Rail Services Provision (6 Oct 2020)

Paul Donnelly: Can we have a conversation about putting in place funding for professional help for local communities?

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters: Rail Services Provision (6 Oct 2020)

Paul Donnelly: I firmly believe that the process involved in selecting the preferred options and the consultation process are significantly flawed. I will give a couple of examples. First, I welcome the DART+ Maynooth–Dunboyne line. There is no doubt that the rail transport system for the whole community along that line will be transformed. I did not receive a single email, telephone call or...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (6 Oct 2020)

Paul Donnelly: 467. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria for school transport to be provided to a Gaelscoil (details supplied). [28591/20]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Development Projects (6 Oct 2020)

Paul Donnelly: 808. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount of emergency funding provided to community projects since March 2020, by name of the project, sector and type of funding in tabular form. [28284/20]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Development Projects (6 Oct 2020)

Paul Donnelly: 809. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount of emergency funding provided to social inclusion projects since March 2020, in tabular form. [28285/20]

Roadmap for Living with Covid-19: Statements (1 Oct 2020)

Paul Donnelly: First, I pay tribute to all the front-line workers and all those who have been working so hard over the past number of months. I express sympathy again to the family and friends of those who have passed way and those who have suffered throughout this pandemic and crisis. Covid-19 has seen the decimation of many small businesses across the State, certainly across my constituency. I have...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Post Office Network (29 Sep 2020)

Paul Donnelly: 199. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if consideration has been given to supports for post offices nationwide whose transactions are down in some cases by 25%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27018/20]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (24 Sep 2020)

Paul Donnelly: The section of the programme for Government which deals with education states that teachers and pupils are at the heart of the education system. Earlier this week, I visited Edmund Rice College in Blanchardstown. It has been waiting for a new school building for five years. It has now been told that the earliest it will be delivered will be February 2022. The reality is that construction...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (23 Sep 2020)

Paul Donnelly: 180. To ask the Minister for Health if a baby swimming company providing a structured lessons to parents and children in which they do not interact or share equipment and in a chlorinated environment would fall under the same restrictions as gyms, leisure centres and swimming pools if they were situated in an area with phase 3 Covid-19 restrictions. [25718/20]

Community Safety and Fireworks: Motion [Private Members] (22 Sep 2020)

Paul Donnelly: That is taxpayers' money, not yours.

Community Safety and Fireworks: Motion [Private Members] (22 Sep 2020)

Paul Donnelly: Be truthful about it.

Community Safety and Fireworks: Motion [Private Members] (22 Sep 2020)

Paul Donnelly: I thank my colleague, Deputy Ward, for bringing forward this motion. The Minister has heard that our communities sound like war zones because of the number of fireworks that have been going off for the past number of months and their power. Dozens of messages and videos about this issue have been sent to me through Facebook by people from across Dublin West, from the Navan Road, through...

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (22 Sep 2020)

Paul Donnelly: 132. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment when the 40% restart grant plus top up for pubs, bars and nightclubs that remain closed will be paid; if extra provisions will be put in place for Dublin wet pubs which have to remain closed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25390/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Motor Tax (22 Sep 2020)

Paul Donnelly: 204. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason a person (details supplied) has not received a reply from the motor tax office. [24955/20]