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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Property Services Appeal Board: Chairperson Designate (21 May 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

Ms Dorothy Donovan: I thank the Cathaoirleach for his congratulations on my appointment to the role of chair of the Property Services Appeal Board. I was appointed to the board in April 2024. While I am relatively new as chair, I have been an ordinary member so I have a good idea of the working of the board. The core function of the board is hearing appeals of the decisions of the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Enterprise Policy (21 May 2024)

Michael McGrath: As the Deputy is aware, supporting SMEs and farm borrowers has been a cornerstone policy for Government. It is important that all viable SMEs have access to an adequate amount of credit from various sources. To support SMEs in this regard, the Government has implemented several initiatives to enhance the availability of credit. In terms of monitoring the working capital requirements for...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Properties (21 May 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: I am advised by the Commissioners of Public Works that the Office of Public Works (OPW) like other State bodies, is obliged to follow central Government policies on the disposal of surplus properties including former Garda station properties. The arrangements involved are set out in the following Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform (DPENDR) Circulars: Circular 11/2015:...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Circulars (21 May 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: The Part V mechanism is intended to achieve integrated development and reduce housing segregation by facilitating a mix of a tenure types, that is social, affordable and cost rental housing, in applicable developments on any land that is zoned residential (either exclusively or mixed use) or is granted planning permission for houses as a material contravention of the development plan. ...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (21 May 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: ...(EU) 2023/2413 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 Oct 2023, known as the Renewable Energy Directive III ('RED III') for the promotion of energy from renewable sources, entered into force in November 2023. RED III amends Directive (EU) 2018/2001, Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 and Directive 98/70/EC and repeals Council Directive (EU) 2015/652. The Department of Environment,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Applications (21 May 2024)

Helen McEntee: I propose to take Questions Nos. 425 to 427, inclusive, together. I can advise the Deputy that Ireland supports the entry of migrants through legal pathways, to facilitate legal migration into the State. These include arrangements for various categories of persons, including; workers and international students. Any visa required national that wishes to enter the State, and remain, for up...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (21 May 2024)

Helen McEntee: I can assure the Deputy that I am fully committed to ensuring that Ireland’s International Protection system is robust and rules based, and that our borders are protected. I have significantly increased investment into the international protection system, which has allowed for a significant increase in processing capacity and the introduction of accelerated processing. Last July,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders (21 May 2024)

Helen McEntee: A deportation order is a legal order to leave the State. Any person who has been ordered to leave the State and fails to do so is committing a criminal offence, and can be arrested without warrant if they come into contact with An Garda Síochána. Such an order remains on the person’s record permanently – it means they cannot enter Ireland again in future, and it will...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (21 May 2024)

Helen McEntee: As the Deputy is aware, Community policing is at the heart of An Garda Síochána, and all Gardaí have a role to play in community policing in the course of carrying out their duties. Community policing is also fundamental to the new Garda Operating Model which is currently being rolled across the country and is fully commenced in thirteen Garda divisions. The new model will...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (21 May 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The primary source of funding for the seafood sector in Ireland is the European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund (EMFAF) (2021-2027). EMFAF has a budget allocation of €258 million over the lifetime of the programme. Funding supports are currently available to inshore fishers under the Fleet Safety Scheme and the Seafood Training Scheme, both administered by Bord Iascaigh...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (21 May 2024) See 1 other result from this answer

Stephen Donnelly: ...known as the ‘heel prick’) for rare but serious conditions that are treatable if detected early in life. The expansion of the National Newborn Bloodspot Screening (NBS) Programme continues to remain a key objective of mine as Minister for Health, and I am pleased to note that the National Screening Advisory Committee (NSAC) has been actively progressing work in this regard....

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Development Projects (21 May 2024)

Heather Humphreys: Funding for the development of community gardens is available under a number of my Department's funding programmes. The extent to which the proposal referred to by the Deputy is eligible under each programme will depend on the nature of the activity to be funded. The Community Recognition Fund was first introduced in 2023 to recognise the huge efforts made by communities in welcoming and...

Neighbour Disputes (Vegetation) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (16 May 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: They grow. That is their purpose, and it is the same with hedges. Kids are the same. They are not as dainty either. Most people would cut their hedge back every year but will not touch trees. For trees, you have to be capable of going up a ladder and able to manage all the safety of cutting down a tree and so on. Sometimes it happens when a new estate is being built and because it looks...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Bus Services (16 May 2024)

Mary Butler: I thank Deputy Whitmore for raising this important issue. The Minister of State, Deputy Chambers, has been delayed. I was on standby to take this and I was under the impression that the Minister of State would be here. I have taken note of the issues raised by the Deputy and I hope the script will be able to provide some of the answers. From the outset I want to clarify that the...

Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No. 2) Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (16 May 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

Mark Ward: The Bill is timely and relevant to HIQA and the HSE. As the Minister of State will be aware, I previously raised the issue of elderly residents being moved from their homes in the Willow and Sycamore units in Cherry Orchard Hospital. To my knowledge, 33 residents have been moved so far and 16 remain in the hospital. Sadly, 19 of these families have since been bereaved. I raise this issue...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 May 2024)

Pauline Tully: I wish to raise the issue of the atrocious state of the rural road network in County Cavan. I know County Cavan is not alone in experiencing this situation. Roads nationwide are in need of investment. Counties like Cavan and Monaghan, however, do not have a rail network and are dependent on the roads. One of the engineers in the county informed me that he had only received sufficient...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 May 2024)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I am not sure if the Tánaiste saw the Fine Gael video posted online yesterday about their 15 ways to help business. I saw it; I watch little else these days. The Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform, Deputy Paschal Donohoe, starts to speak at point No. 12. He writes the words "Sick Pay" on a flip chart. He then goes on to say, "We are going...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Road Network (16 May 2024)

Brendan Smith: I welcome the final sentence of the Minister's response, where he says that he will examine ways to give more support to local authorities. That needs to be done now. I have been highlighting this issue since 2020. The incessant rainfall has done damage even to relatively good roads. Cavan and Monaghan depend heavily on the non-national road network. In County Cavan, 96% of the road...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Bus Éireann (16 May 2024)

Eamon Ryan: ...that Bus Éireann has a real challenge, as all our bus companies do, in getting drivers. This is across public and private services in every part of the country. Bus Éireann, however, is proving to be incredibly successful at present. I remember meeting Mr. Kent a year or two ago, when he said we might get up to 100 million passenger journeys last year. It actually had 106...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Park-and-Ride Facilities (16 May 2024)

Eamon Ryan: I will go into some of the detail that I have been informed of by the NTA on those three sites. First, in regard to the N6 at junction 19, a 550-space site, the site selection process has led to two emerging site options at this junction. It looks now likely that a compulsory purchase order may be required irrespective of which site is selected. Following a finalisation of the site...