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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Dec 2023)

Noel Grealish: I welcome the announcement made this morning regarding the additional funding for Connacht Rugby to develop the sports ground and of the €420,000 for the Renville sports project. Some 54 homeowners are caught up in all this. They are technically prisoners in their homes. They have been waiting for years for a decision to be made on whether this project will go ahead. This is...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Dec 2023)

Noel Grealish: In October 1999, plans were first drawn up for a ring road around Galway. Here we are, more than 24 years later, with more than €40 million spent and we still do not even have planning, never mind a ring road. Traffic has more than doubled in those 24 years, and there is increasing anger in Galway about the traffic situation and the lack of progress on finding a solution. More than...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Dec 2023)

Noel Grealish: I welcome that.

Capital Supply Service and Purpose Report Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (29 Nov 2023)

Noel Grealish: I thank Deputy Shanahan for putting this Bill together, as well as Cáit in our office for the help she gave him. I also thank the Government for accepting this Bill. If passed into law, I hope one of its effects would be to contribute towards ensuring a fairer share-out of Exchequer funding for the various regions of Ireland. Hopefully, it will help to show exactly where our money is...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Nov 2023)

Noel Grealish: It would cover a lot of them, to be fair.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Nov 2023)

Noel Grealish: Storm Debi hit Ireland on Sunday night and Monday morning, 12 and 13 November, with the storm doing extensive damage to a number of businesses in Galway and, in particular, in Clarinbridge. Shops and businesses were destroyed when a 4 ft high storm surge swept in in ten minutes and out in 15, destroying everything in its path. While these businesses have welcomed the emergency fund relief...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Nov 2023)

Noel Grealish: First, on my own behalf and that of my Regional Group colleagues, could I offer our condolences to Deputy Verona Murphy, whose father, Patrick, passed away suddenly this morning? May his gentle soul rest in peace. Four out of five burglars released from prison in Ireland go on to re-offend within a short period - more than half of them within a year of their release. It is the same with...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Nov 2023)

Noel Grealish: I thank the Taoiseach. Under the new Bill, somebody applying for free legal aid may be asked to contribute towards the cost of his or her defence if the Legal Aid Board decides he or she can afford it but too many of the repeat offenders I am talking about will be well capable of hiding their ill-gotten gains. I would like to see the Bill requiring those persistent criminals with a certain...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Sports Funding (19 Oct 2023)

Noel Grealish: 2. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the Government will consider reintroducing a large-scale sport infrastructure fund; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45984/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Sports Funding (19 Oct 2023)

Noel Grealish: I ask that the Government consider introducing a new large-scale sports infrastructure fund and I ask the Minister to make a statement on the matter.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Sports Funding (19 Oct 2023)

Noel Grealish: I welcome the Minister of State's response. As the Minister of State said, in 2020 the large-scale sports infrastructure fund awarded over €86 million to 33 projects across Ireland. This was a very welcome innovation by the Government at the time and ensured that many clubs and sporting organisations were able to develop ambitious plans to improve sporting facilities and increase...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Sports Funding (19 Oct 2023)

Noel Grealish: I welcome the support of Deputy Feighan. In Galway alone, there were three projects as the Minister of State mentioned. The proposed €20 million project for Connacht Rugby has actually started and a new surface has been put on the pitch. The project in Renville and Oranmore is being prepared to go out to tender. They have raised over €1 million locally to get that project...

An Garda Síochána: Motion [Private Members] (4 Oct 2023)

Noel Grealish: I move: That Dáil Éireann: acknowledges that: — it is 100 years since the foundation of An Garda Síochána; — the mission of An Garda Síochána is "Keeping People Safe"; — An Garda Síochána play a crucial role in our communities, ensuring safety, maintaining law and order, upholding the principles of justice and fostering...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Sep 2023)

Noel Grealish: A large cohort of Irish people are struggling with the rising cost of living and, unfortunately, receive little Government support or media attention. These people are Ireland's middle class. They are cash poor and time poor. They are the people who go out to work every day and do not earn enough to be well-off but earn too much to qualify for many State supports. Many of these are young...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Sep 2023)

Noel Grealish: I understand that cost-of-living measures were introduced in last year's budget. Those were very much appreciated. However, many of them were once-off measures. The forgotten middle class are the people who are paying for everything and availing of practically nothing. It was reported in the Irish Independent last Saturday that 1.1 million of Ireland's full-time workers pay the higher...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (6 Jul 2023)

Noel Grealish: Last Monday, I, along with my colleague, Deputy Canney, met Age Action, the National Women's Council of Ireland, the Irish Senior Citizens Parliament, Active Retirement Ireland and SIPTU regarding their pension promise campaign. These organisations have united to seek a commitment from the Government that the State pension will increase to 34% of the average industrial wage, or €318...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Jun 2023)

Noel Grealish: I have a number of issues that I want to raise with the Taoiseach today. Over the last number of weeks I have met businesses across a range of sectors in Galway, from developers to healthcare providers. One of the main concerns they all have in common is a difficulty in trying to recruit staff. A lot of businesses, in particular those in the hospitality sector, which includes small...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Jun 2023)

Noel Grealish: I thank the Taoiseach for his reply. In connection with the housing crisis, another issue which has come up a number of times in my discussions with businesspeople and developers is the length of time it takes to get planning permission. Developers who want to build houses have told me it can take up to three or four years to get planning permission, which is far too long. The delays...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Jun 2023)

Noel Grealish: Eight weeks.

Home Care and Support Services: Motion [Private Members] (21 Jun 2023)

Noel Grealish: What do the workers get?