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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Consideration of the Citizens' Assembly Report on a Directly Elected Mayor of Dublin: Discussion (19 Oct 2023)

Mary Fitzpatrick: Yes, okay.

Seanad: Provision of Free HRT Treatment: Motion [Private Members] (18 Oct 2023)

Mary Fitzpatrick: I thank the Minister of State and commend Senator O'Reilly on bringing forward this private members' motion. I am very happy to support it along with my colleagues in Fianna Fáil. I am delighted the Minister of State is here to take the motion. I suspect she can empathise not just with the motion but with every menopausal woman out there in the world. All of us are fighting to put a...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Road Safety (17 Oct 2023)

Mary Fitzpatrick: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Chambers, for coming to the Seanad today to respond to my Commencement matter, which is looking for an update on the commencement of the amendments to the Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021. The Bill was passed in the Seanad in May 2023 and signed into law by the President in June 2023. The amendments to the Act seek to make our roads and public spaces...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Road Safety (17 Oct 2023)

Mary Fitzpatrick: Go raibh maith agat, a Aire. It is indeed welcome, not just to this House, but to communities and families across the city and, indeed, the country to know that this Government has enacted new laws giving new powers to An Garda Síochána to tackle the issue and seize and destroy vehicles that are being used in an antisocial manner. It is really important that dangerous driving has...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Housing Provision (11 Oct 2023)

Mary Fitzpatrick: The Minister of State is welcome and I thank him for coming to the House. The Minister of State obviously had a big day yesterday with the big budget. Well done. The Minister of State helped to secure a record budget for the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage. That is very welcome. Housing For All is the biggest housing plan in the history of the State. It is set to...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Housing Provision (11 Oct 2023)

Mary Fitzpatrick: Yes.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Housing Provision (11 Oct 2023)

Mary Fitzpatrick: I thank the Minister of State for his detailed reply. It is worth putting on the record the work that has already taken place and the progress being made.There are a couple of words that really ring an alarm bell for me, which are, "Dublin City Council advises that this project is part of a long-term strategy." We cannot wait for long-term strategies in Dublin city anymore. We just cannot...

Seanad: Historic and Archaeological Heritage and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2023: Motion for Earlier Signature (11 Oct 2023)

Mary Fitzpatrick: I move: That, pursuant to subsection 2° of section 2 of Article 25 of the Constitution, Seanad Éireann concurs with the Government in a request to the President to sign the Historic and Archaeological Heritage and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2023 changed from Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023 on a date which is earlier than the fifth day after the date on which the...

Seanad: Historic and Archaeological Heritage and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2023: Motion for Earlier Signature (11 Oct 2023)

Mary Fitzpatrick: Next Tuesday at 1 p.m.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Housing Provision (10 Oct 2023)

Mary Fitzpatrick: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I am raising the issue of the provision of social and affordable housing in Dublin city and, specifically, in Dublin Central. As the Minister of State will know, this is the constituency where I grew up and where I live. Today, I wish to talk specifically about the proposal to deliver homes on a Dublin City Council site at Stanley Street. For...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Housing Provision (10 Oct 2023)

Mary Fitzpatrick: It is welcome to hear of the thousands of homes that are being delivered. I take the direction of Dublin City Council, the relevant local authority, which has had success in partnering in the delivery of homes.In fact it has already delivered homes in Stoneybatter just a stone's throw from Stanley Street. I am concerned about the reply and I would like the Minister of State to bring this...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Analysis of Private Rental Sector Discrepancies: Discussion (10 Oct 2023)

Mary Fitzpatrick: I thank all the witnesses for being here. It feels as if there will be more questions than answers, even from their side. It is an important piece of work. There is a concerning discrepancy between the two data sets in a general sense, so it is good that the organisations represented are all engaged in it and there is a commitment to try to come up with a unique, authoritative and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Analysis of Private Rental Sector Discrepancies: Discussion (10 Oct 2023)

Mary Fitzpatrick: Do both organisations believe they are resourced to undertake that piece of work?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Analysis of Private Rental Sector Discrepancies: Discussion (10 Oct 2023)

Mary Fitzpatrick: Okay. It really is important that we get to the bottom of this. We can accept the analogy of the vacant properties and so forth, but it is very frustrating for people. There is obviously always going to be an amount of churn. That is a feature of the whole housing sector. However, we need at least one verifiable baseline, let us say, from which to do analysis and potentially develop...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Analysis of Private Rental Sector Discrepancies: Discussion (10 Oct 2023)

Mary Fitzpatrick: Anecdotally they would say that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Analysis of Private Rental Sector Discrepancies: Discussion (10 Oct 2023)

Mary Fitzpatrick: Okay. It just seems like a very high percentage, but it is based on a very small sample. It is important that we would clarify that. I would expect that the vast majority of landlords are compliant or at least are registering, otherwise we would not have as high a number of registered tenancies as we do. I appreciate that the witnesses are here today largely to talk about the statistics...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Analysis of Private Rental Sector Discrepancies: Discussion (10 Oct 2023)

Mary Fitzpatrick: I thank Mr Byrne. I realise I am out of time. Perhaps Mr. Byrne could return to this and provide the committee with some further detail on the work that the RTB is doing to look at the timelines, look at the availability and look at the effectiveness on the mediation, the adjudication and the tribunals. I appreciate it is only anecdotal but the feedback I get is that it is taking far too...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Analysis of Private Rental Sector Discrepancies: Discussion (10 Oct 2023)

Mary Fitzpatrick: I thank Mr. Byrne.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Oct 2023)

Mary Fitzpatrick: Before I commence, I extend my condolences and sympathies to the friends and family of a woman who was killed in a hit-and-run yesterday evening on Phibsborough Road. I appeal to anyone who was in the Phibsborough area to contact Garda with information. It is very sad. We will have the budget next week. Yesterday, the largest Opposition party published its version of a budget. I will...

Seanad: Visit of Slovak Delegation (4 Oct 2023)

Mary Fitzpatrick: I second the proposal of my colleague, Senator O'Loughlin, that leave be granted to introduce the Sex Offenders (Amendment) (Coercive Control) Bill 2023. The Bill originated as a suggestion from Jason Poole. Jason and his family tragically lost their beloved sister, Jennifer, on 16 April 2021. Jennifer was the mother of two young children, and was brutally murdered and left to die by an...