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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Ash Dieback and Other Forestry Issues: Discussion (16 Jul 2025)

Paul Lawless: No. I am referring to imports. I want to be very clear. I understand that this was long before the Minister of State's time. My point is about imports.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Ash Dieback and Other Forestry Issues: Discussion (16 Jul 2025)

Paul Lawless: I know that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Ash Dieback and Other Forestry Issues: Discussion (16 Jul 2025)

Paul Lawless: My concern is about imports-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Ash Dieback and Other Forestry Issues: Discussion (16 Jul 2025)

Paul Lawless: Is the Minister of State concerned about the level of imports in, for example, whitethorn? Is there a danger of repeating ash dieback in the future? That is my question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Ash Dieback and Other Forestry Issues: Discussion (16 Jul 2025)

Paul Lawless: May I go on to the next question? Who owns the carbon credits that are planted on the land under the current schemes?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Ash Dieback and Other Forestry Issues: Discussion (16 Jul 2025)

Paul Lawless: So the landowner, the farmer, owns the credits today and will own them into the future under the current scheme.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Ash Dieback and Other Forestry Issues: Discussion (16 Jul 2025)

Paul Lawless: Since Storm Éowyn, has there been any change to the distances with regard to trees and the ESB corridors? Will the Minister of State consider any changes to that? In the west, in particular, it caused havoc.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Ash Dieback and Other Forestry Issues: Discussion (16 Jul 2025)

Paul Lawless: I appreciate that. I urge the Minister of State to try to get that over the line as quickly as possible because we need to be more prepared for the next storm. I want to raise concerns I have that go back to the Gresham House deal. I understand there is an Irish strategic forestry fund that is supported by Coillte. This country has been asset-stripped for hundreds of years. In fact,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Ash Dieback and Other Forestry Issues: Discussion (16 Jul 2025)

Paul Lawless: I also agree on forestry. I believe we need to ensure that, where possible, companies and investment funds are not competing against farmers. That is currently the case, and the Minister of State needs to revise the incentives on commercial taxation of the land and the product at the end of it. He mentioned the forestry appeals committee. A forestry was recently approved in Ballycastle,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service (16 Jul 2025)

Paul Lawless: 226. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the number of home help agencies that are registered in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39928/25]

Endometriosis Care in Ireland: Motion [Private Members] (15 Jul 2025)

Paul Lawless: I welcome the motion brought forward by Sinn Féin. I also welcome the visitors in the Public Gallery. Aontú has done quite a lot of work on this issue. It is really important that the lived experiences of so many women across Ireland are brought to the floor of the Dáil and put in front of the Minister. The fact is endometriosis is not a minority condition. It affects one...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (15 Jul 2025)

Paul Lawless: What about all the other schemes I mentioned?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (15 Jul 2025)

Paul Lawless: There exists a huge chasm between Government rhetoric on housing and the reality locally. I draw the Taoiseach's attention to the housing situation in Mayo. The first home scheme, introduced in 2022, has delivered, on average, just six houses each year across the county. The affordable housing scheme, introduced in 2019, has delivered just five units, which is less than one per year. The...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (15 Jul 2025)

Paul Lawless: Housing delivery has collapsed under Fianna Fáil. This is a very serious issue. I ask the Taoiseach to please not deflect and to give us the reality.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (15 Jul 2025)

Paul Lawless: Will he actually address this issue?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (15 Jul 2025)

Paul Lawless: Aontú has raised concerns about the economic threats of the tariffs for quite some time. An Aontú Private Members' Bill sought to urge the Government to take steps to mitigate the consequences of the tariffs. In response, Deputy Alan Dillon, the Minister of State with responsibility for enterprise, stated that there is no threat to Ireland as regards these tariffs. I warned at...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (15 Jul 2025)

Paul Lawless: 11. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on EU and international affairs will next meet. [37587/25]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Jul 2025)

Paul Lawless: And economic viability. That is important. Economic viability and no taxis.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Jul 2025)

Paul Lawless: Taxis.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Jul 2025)

Paul Lawless: The rural pub is the heart and soul of rural communities. In many villages and towns, it is the last remaining space for villages and clubs to come together to support rural organisations. The rural pub is closing in dramatic fashion. Recently, a report by the Vintners' Federation of Ireland, VFI, found that there was significant pressure. One in four pubs has closed since 2005. This...