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Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (18 Jun 2025)

Paul Gogarty: I am happy to waive it and just make a brief statement. I am very sceptical that the Minister is actually pushing this issue as far as can be done. Obviously, as was said, negotiations are confidential but I just want this recorded.

Committee on European Union Affairs: EU General Affairs Council: Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (18 Jun 2025)

Paul Gogarty: I am glad to have the opportunity to speak. I had to go to the Chamber earlier and I was worried the engagement might have ended but some of my colleagues are fantastic at keeping things going. Go raibh míle maith agaibh go léir. I have a couple of questions. The first relates to the EU Foreign Affairs Council. The Minister of State is not party to the Council but he mentioned...

Committee on European Union Affairs: EU General Affairs Council: Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (18 Jun 2025)

Paul Gogarty: In that context, perhaps there is a pause because we do not want to be piling in. Is there a commitment from an Irish perspective to keep putting pressure through other means on the Iranian Government? That is my question about the upcoming Foreign Affairs Council on 23 June. At the General Council meeting on 27 May, one of the items on the agenda was the review of whether Hungary is in...

Committee on European Union Affairs: EU General Affairs Council: Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (18 Jun 2025)

Paul Gogarty: My next question relates to the Trump Administration's deadline of 9 July. What is the Minister of State's sense of how worried the European Union is, given the capitulation in other areas? The mechanisms are in place. However, in terms of alert levels, where would the Minister of State say the Union stands? We are prepared. Are we as worried as we were initially?

Committee on European Union Affairs: EU General Affairs Council: Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (18 Jun 2025)

Paul Gogarty: I understand, but I saw three people talking so I thought I might not have been heard.

Committee on European Union Affairs: EU General Affairs Council: Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (18 Jun 2025)

Paul Gogarty: That is right.

Committee on European Union Affairs: EU General Affairs Council: Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (18 Jun 2025)

Paul Gogarty: Even with a Tusk Government.

Committee on European Union Affairs: EU General Affairs Council: Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (18 Jun 2025)

Paul Gogarty: However, Ireland is not opposed to that.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: EU Directives (18 Jun 2025)

Paul Gogarty: 64. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will outline Ireland’s position in the ongoing Council negotiations on the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) and related Omnibus proposals (COM 80 and COM 81); the specific steps the Government is taking at Council level to ensure that a risk-based approach to supply chain due diligence is...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: International Protection (17 Jun 2025)

Paul Gogarty: Regarding the State's requirement to have a number of large-scale IPAS centres, I see the logic of the State trying to buy somewhere rather than pay rent. I believe, however, that such centres need to be purpose-built rather than trying to call a former hotel a suitable campus. I mentioned this to the Taoiseach before. Obviously, we are a welcoming country and many people are fleeing...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: International Protection (17 Jun 2025)

Paul Gogarty: The residents of Saggart, Citywest, Rathcoole and adjacent areas today got a huge slap in the face. In very arrogant, dismissive behaviour by the Government, it issued a press statement and then the Minister, Deputy Jim O'Callaghan, and the Minister of State, Deputy Brophy went out onto the plinth and said the State was purchasing the Citywest Hotel. This came with no notice to any of the...

Finance (Local Property Tax and Other Provisions) (Amendment) Bill 2025: Second Stage (17 Jun 2025)

Paul Gogarty: I have been listening to this debate with some interest. There have been various contributions and Deputy Gibney's would be the most similar to mine in this context. In essence, while this proposal has some merit if it were taken in an isolated way, it is basically tinkering around the edges because we do not have a European-style property tax in Ireland. The way to work this out is...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Jun 2025)

Paul Gogarty: To follow up on transport infrastructure, Mr. O'Driscoll mentioned, for example, the impact in terms of future jobs at Apple because of the road interlink and public transport links. It is a similar thing with Galway in terms of the ring road. As someone with a green background, I acknowledge the need for the ring road but obviously there is a need to put more investment into public...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Jun 2025)

Paul Gogarty: Will the funding be multi-annual?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Jun 2025)

Paul Gogarty: We are talking about housing and targets. As Opposition Members have stated, the targets are not being reached. Let us not get into the semantics of whether they will be reached, because what will stop them being reached is infrastructure. We have a situation in Clonshaugh where planned housing is going to be delayed due to a lack of water services. In this context, it was interesting to...

Proposed Approval of the Agreement Between the European Organization for Nuclear Research and Ireland: Motion (11 Jun 2025)

Paul Gogarty: Ireland's associate membership of CERN is a fantastic step forward in science, technology and innovation in this country. As a TD, I was happy to be able to offer a pairing to the Minister during his recent visit. Great thanks is due to the Minister and his team for facilitating this associate agreement. Well done to all. As an associate member we will have access to what is one of the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2025)

Paul Gogarty: I want to talk about something that is ongoing. It is not specific to today but it has been happening every single day and every single year since this State began, and anecdotally, it appears to be getting worse. I am talking about antisocial behaviour and, in particular, antisocial behaviour by those aged under 18. Young people are invariably good. We had a discussion a while back about...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2025)

Paul Gogarty: There were 15,813 referrals of 12- to 17-year-olds to the Garda youth diversion programme in 2023. They are the ones who end up getting into the system but I am more concerned about the ones, the hangers-on of the ring leaders, who should not get into the system in the first place. Are there any further plans for consequences? I raised the issue some months ago with the Tánaiste,...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2025)

Paul Gogarty: As the Taoiseach said, the schools are doing a great job. It is mainly female teachers in primary schools, and they are the ones who are getting misogynistic abuse at sixth-class level. We have had different debates about that. The Taoiseach mentioned the community safety partnerships. I wish they would hurry up and get them set up because there is a deficit there, including in...