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- Carer's Allowance Means Test: Motion [Private Members] (25 Sep 2024)
Seán Canney: I move: That Dáil Éireann calls on the Government to set out a clear road map for the abolition of the Carer's Allowance means test by 2027. The Regional Group is tabling this motion because, given that the budget is next Tuesday, it is time that the Government take action on this issue. The motion calls for a roadmap towards abolishing the carer’s allowance means test...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Flood Risk Management (25 Sep 2024)
Pat Buckley: Gleann Fia.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Flood Risk Management (25 Sep 2024)
Kieran O'Donnell: Gleann Fia. Specific works are being carried out there at the moment in terms of hydrological tests. We want Cork County Council to be in a position to submit a minor works application to us shortly for funding for mitigation works in Mogeely. I hope this will happen. I will keep going as I want to deal with the interim measures that are ongoing, as I said. There is a substantial...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Flood Risk Management (25 Sep 2024)
Pat Buckley: I thank the Minister of State-----
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Flood Risk Management (25 Sep 2024)
Catherine Connolly: A Theachta, your colleague is here now. Go ahead, but it is one and one.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Flood Risk Management (25 Sep 2024)
Pat Buckley: That is no bother. I thank the Minister of State for his response and there is a lot of work in it. He has mentioned that he is meeting with Cork County Council again, and I welcome that. Reference has been made to the Owenacurra and Dungourney rivers, the Lidl bridge and the old Cork Road bridge. Deputy O'Connor and Deputy Stanton will be aware that years ago we used to dredge the slob,...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Flood Risk Management (25 Sep 2024)
Kieran O'Donnell: The Deputy might follow up on the last item he brought up in an email to me so I can follow up with my officials in the OPW and Cork County Council.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Flood Risk Management (25 Sep 2024)
Pat Buckley: I thank the Minister of State and I appreciate that.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Flood Risk Management (25 Sep 2024)
James O'Connor: I want to add to the comments that have been made by Deputy Buckley in relation to the ongoing works. I want to acknowledge the assistance of the Minister of State and his Department. It has been very helpful to all three Dáil colleagues who are here with us in the Chamber: myself, Deputy Stanton and Deputy Buckley. In the limited time I have, I want to raise the need to progress the...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Flood Risk Management (25 Sep 2024)
Kieran O'Donnell: How much time do I have?
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Flood Risk Management (25 Sep 2024)
Catherine Connolly: You have two minutes. You can have a tiny bit of leniency because there are only three topics.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Flood Risk Management (25 Sep 2024)
Kieran O'Donnell: I appreciate the Leas-Cheann Comhairle's indulgence. I ask Deputy Buckley to send me an email on the last particular point he made so I can follow up to see if there are possibilities there. Deputy O'Connor can go through the script but on the particular issues, I approved €155,000 on 17 September to deliver flood mitigation works in Castlemartyr and Killeagh. This was made...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Sports Facilities (25 Sep 2024)
David Stanton: I thank the Minister of State for his response. He has seen my frustration. This is exactly the same response I got last July when I submitted a parliamentary question on the matter. There has been no change. In fact, the reply is an awful lot shorter. It is almost an insult. The final sentence reads: "These lands are designed to retain overflow flood waters during periods of heavy...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Sports Facilities (25 Sep 2024)
Alan Dillon: I again thank the Deputy for raising the matter. I will refrain from reading the scripted closing statement. I agree with some of the points the Deputy made. He has a very strong argument in respect of the issue at hand. I will go back to the Minister and her officials on it. We need proper usage of State land when it comes to the provision of services. As already stated, we are...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Flood Risk Management (25 Sep 2024)
Flood Risk Management
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Flood Risk Management (25 Sep 2024)
Catherine Connolly: I am not sure if Deputy Buckley's colleague is going to turn up.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Flood Risk Management (25 Sep 2024)
Pat Buckley: He probably will turn up. I thank the Minister of State, Deputy O'Donnell, for attending. We are here again to raise issues relating to flooding in Midleton in east Cork. I acknowledge the work that has been done on the rivers and so on and so forth in the Moore's Bridge area. The engagements we have had with some of the Departments and Cork County Council have been exemplary, but I have...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Flood Risk Management (25 Sep 2024)
Kieran O'Donnell: Is the Deputy talking about IPP?
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Flood Risk Management (25 Sep 2024)
Pat Buckley: Yes. Lets be realists about how the long term flood mitigation plan is long term, but I wanted to flag that with the Minister of State because many people are worried they will not have enough money to even pay for those prevention measures. Gleann Fia is slightly different because of the timber-frame structures there. There were suggestions to the effect that the adjacent land be used,...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Flood Risk Management (25 Sep 2024)
Kieran O'Donnell: I thank the Deputies for raising this important issue. My colleague Deputy Stanton is here as well. It is a major collective interest for the Deputies in the east Cork area. I know Deputy O'Connor is involved in the debate as well. To recap, I visited Midleton after Storm Babet. I am fully aware of the impact that this event and other flooding events in the town and elsewhere in east...