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Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters (20 Jun 2024)

Catherine Connolly: I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 37 and the name of the Member in each case: Deputy Réada Cronin – to discuss the egregious situation at Shannonside Foods, Straffan. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire – to discuss the need for additional electric trains for the Cork metropolitan train network....

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate (20 Jun 2024)

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Regeneration Projects (20 Jun 2024)

Regeneration Projects

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Regeneration Projects (20 Jun 2024)

Patrick Costello: I rise to discuss the Government's failure regarding the regeneration of social housing communities. This is a major, ongoing issue. It does not just concern the current Government because it is a wider issue. It is highlighted by several key issues and problems that have manifested themselves in my constituency. In recent days, residents in Dolphin House have begun a process of complaint...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Regeneration Projects (20 Jun 2024)

Jack Chambers: I thank Deputy Costello for raising this issue, which I am taking on behalf of the Minister for housing. I am glad to have the opportunity to discuss Dublin City Council's redevelopment plans for social housing complexes. The Department of housing is committed to ensuring that tenants in social housing are provided with adequate housing that meets the standards most recently laid down in...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Regeneration Projects (20 Jun 2024)

Patrick Costello: While I thank the Minister of State for his reply, I believe some of the facts he has offered highlight the very problem I am talking about. With respect to Dolphin House, 100 social units have been completed and a further 28 are in preparation, but that amounts to 128 out of 750, as the Minister of State mentioned. Community amenities, including a community centre and community park, are...

Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Jun 2024)

Question put and agreed to.

Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Jun 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: I thank the Deputies for their kind remarks to me and their very detailed and considered contributions to this debate today and yesterday. Childminding happens in Blanchardstown and all over Dublin. It is a phenomenon that happens all over the country. Childminders support so many families and children. Deputy Fitzmaurice is right that some of is because of the pressure on services....

Committee on Public Petitions: Invincibles Reinterment Campaign: National Graves Association (20 Jun 2024)

Martin Browne: I welcome everyone to the meeting. Apologies have been received from Deputy Cormac Devlin. The first item is the approval of the minutes of the private and public meetings on 12 and 13 June 2024. We have already approved them in the virtual private meeting but we must do this for procedural reasons. Are they agreed? Agreed. I will read some formal notices. I remind members of the...

Committee on Public Petitions: Invincibles Reinterment Campaign: National Graves Association (20 Jun 2024)

Martin Browne: I thank Mr. Lambert. Before I allow other members to contribute, I wish to comment on a few notes I have made myself. This is another example we have seen on this committee of Departments just ignoring people when they contact them. We must consider that we are 11 years down the road and that Dr. Kenna did not even get a reply back to his correspondence except on only one occasion. Where...

Committee on Public Petitions: Invincibles Reinterment Campaign: National Graves Association (20 Jun 2024)

Martin Browne: On the slabs being taken up, ground in Roscrea, in the Sean Ross mother and baby home, was scanned recently. It is possible to scan the ground now that would show where ground would have been disturbed. I know it is a different Department, but it is possible to scan the ground now. The slabs may have to come up but it is possible to scan the ground.

Committee on Public Petitions: Invincibles Reinterment Campaign: National Graves Association (20 Jun 2024)

Martin Browne: I propose we do.

Committee on Public Petitions: Invincibles Reinterment Campaign: National Graves Association (20 Jun 2024)

Martin Browne: In the OPW's response to Mr. Doyle, it claimed: Kilmainham Gaol is a national monument and an iconic and much respected site in the context of the national independence struggle in particular. The fact that it is also a grave location adds a significant resonance to its penal and historical significance. There is a strong opposing view to the current campaign that believes the graves...

Committee on Public Petitions: Invincibles Reinterment Campaign: National Graves Association (20 Jun 2024)

Martin Browne: They were opposing.

Committee on Public Petitions: Invincibles Reinterment Campaign: National Graves Association (20 Jun 2024)

Martin Browne: Was that the only opposition?

Committee on Public Petitions: Invincibles Reinterment Campaign: National Graves Association (20 Jun 2024)

Martin Browne: Like I said at the start, when you have that many family members and all the support that is there, one opposing view should not stop it. I agree with the other speakers. Why is the OPW there in the first place if it cannot make a decision on something that is under its remit? It should not have to go to the Taoiseach but I join Deputy Buckley in proposing that this committee should write...

Committee on Public Petitions: Invincibles Reinterment Campaign: National Graves Association (20 Jun 2024)

Martin Browne: How big is that location?

Committee on Public Petitions: Invincibles Reinterment Campaign: National Graves Association (20 Jun 2024)

Martin Browne: It would not take too much to remove the slabs. Would the committee be happy if they were to remove some slabs and do scans or would the committee look for the whole site to be scanned? We think we know exactly where they are, in that corner of that relatively small yard. The logical thing to do with the scans will be exactly as the Cathaoirleach suggests, start off where we are pretty sure...

Committee on Public Petitions: Invincibles Reinterment Campaign: National Graves Association (20 Jun 2024)

Martin Browne: There is an area in Sean Ross Abbey where we were looking for baby bones. If it is possible to scan these sites - it may not be possible to scan through the granite, as Deputy Ó Snodaigh said - I would imagine we could lift those slabs and put them back exactly as they were and do the scans on the ground. Like other speakers said, the excuse of the lime is absolutely bonkers. It...

Committee on Public Petitions: Invincibles Reinterment Campaign: National Graves Association (20 Jun 2024)

Martin Browne: Is Mr. Lambert fairly confident from records that that is where they are, in that yard?