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Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Maritime Jurisdiction (20 May 2025)

Malcolm Noonan: I ask the Minister of State to be brief. We are trying to get one more Commencement matter in before the Order of Business.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Maritime Jurisdiction (20 May 2025)

Malcolm Noonan: Yes, there is.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Maritime Jurisdiction (20 May 2025)

Malcolm Noonan: The next matter is in the name of Senator Tully. I apologise, but time is going to be limited.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Maritime Jurisdiction (20 May 2025)

Malcolm Noonan: We are waiting for the Minister of State.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Health Services (20 May 2025)

Malcolm Noonan: I might have to cut short the Minister of State, if that is okay, because we must finish at 3.30 p.m.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Health Services (20 May 2025)

Malcolm Noonan: Unfortunately, we do not have time for the Senator to come in again because of the Order of Business.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 May 2025)

Malcolm Noonan: I seek leave to amend the Order of Business to have No. 9 taken before No. 1 to introduce the cross-party Bill on dereliction and building management. Ibrahim Ammar Saad Al-Qara, Karam Amjad Hafez Shamlakh, Rafif Mahmoud Aref Al-Faqaawi, Al-Anoud Suleiman Jaber Al-Qirinaawi and Hour Mohammed Ibrahim Al-Mamlouk are just five names of infants who never reached the age of one.I thank Senator...

Seanad: Dereliction and Building Regeneration Bill 2025: First Stage (20 May 2025)

Malcolm Noonan: I move: Bill entitled an Act to provide for identification, management, restoration and bringing back to use of derelict buildings and to simplify and expedite applications to refurbish or change the use of upper floors or ‘over the shop’ for residential use by establishing in each local authority a special planning and building control approval system to be called a Town...

Seanad: Dereliction and Building Regeneration Bill 2025: First Stage (20 May 2025)

Malcolm Noonan: Next Tuesday.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Agriculture Industry (14 May 2025)

Malcolm Noonan: I welcome our visitors in the Gallery. I hope they enjoy their visit to the Dáil and Seanad today.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Road Safety (14 May 2025)

Malcolm Noonan: I welcome to the Visitors Gallery pupils and teachers of Ballycanew National School in Gorey, County Wexford. I hope they enjoy their visit to the Dáil and Seanad here today. They live in a beautiful part of the country and I hope they enjoy the sunshine down there over the weekend.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 May 2025)

Malcolm Noonan: I reiterate the call I made yesterday regarding the occupied territories Bill. Every nation and state must play a part. My party leader confirmed at the weekend there is no impediment to the existing Bill and it needs to be brought forward as a matter of urgency. We need to put every pressure on the Israeli Government over the atrocities it is carrying out in Gaza. This morning, I wish...

Seanad: National Biodiversity Week: Statements (14 May 2025)

Malcolm Noonan: I extend my sympathies to the Minister of State, Deputy O'Sullivan, on the passing of his sister Anne. I am delighted with his appointment. He has the same grá for this post as I did. I thank the Members for their kind comments on my small role over the past couple of years in stopping the rot. We had a poor track record up to that. I thank the Taoiseach because he gave me great...

Seanad: National Biodiversity Week: Statements (14 May 2025)

Malcolm Noonan: The Minister of State is wearing the Kilkenny colours.

Seanad: National Biodiversity Week: Statements (14 May 2025)

Malcolm Noonan: Never.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 May 2025)

Malcolm Noonan: On behalf of the Green Party, I want to be associated with the expressions of sympathy for Garda Kevin Flatley. I extend my sympathies to his family, colleagues and friends. Earlier today, some of us attended a packed briefing in the audiovisual room, held by Irish Healthcare Workers for Palestine. We sat through one of the most harrowing presentations I have ever seen in these Houses. The...

Seanad: Appointment of Members to the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission: Motion (13 May 2025)

Malcolm Noonan: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: EU Budgets (8 May 2025)

Malcolm Noonan: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire Stáit as teacht chuig an Teach ar maidin. Déanaim comhghairdeas leis. As this is my first formal engagement with the Minister of State, I congratulate him on his appointment and wish him all the best for his tenure. In the context of the challenges around meeting climate targets from every sector under our national climate action plan, the...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: EU Budgets (8 May 2025)

Malcolm Noonan: In his remarks the Minister of State said that the Department states that the MFF should reflect the needs of Irish citizens, yet there has not been sufficient engagement. A poll from European Movement Ireland that was released today should be of interest to all Members and it looks at falling trust in European institutions and in the EU generally. It is a slow feed but it is of concern....

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 May 2025)

Malcolm Noonan: I welcome the interventions made yesterday by the Taoiseach and Tánaiste relating to the acts of terror being carried out by the Israeli state and Israel Defense Forces. Calling those acts a war crime is calling them what they are. We all absolutely deplore the holding back of food aid and destroying of the means of producing food - bakeries, fishing boats and greenhouses. This is the...