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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Briefing on Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of a Short Term Letting and Tourism Bill 2025: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)

Paul Gogarty: Or next door to the family home.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Briefing on Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of a Short Term Letting and Tourism Bill 2025: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)

Paul Gogarty: Surely the rules should reflect the situation on the ground. I have one final question. Why did Fáilte Ireland not have a derogation for people in towns like Killarney and Tralee with over 10,000 in population that historically for decades have been letting out properties? Why not start it from day one to stop people trying to make a commercial killing by renting it out? There is a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Briefing on Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of a Short Term Letting and Tourism Bill 2025: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)

Paul Gogarty: Did they say they would give Bord Fáilte that clarity?

Committee on European Union Affairs: Engagement with Representatives of the Regional Assemblies (15 Oct 2025)

Paul Gogarty: Fáilte ar ais chuig Ms Coughlan. I apologise for being in and out of the meeting. While I did not hear the presentations, I read through them while others were making their contributions. There were a couple of points. Some of it is revisiting what we discussed with Ms Coughlan at an earlier point. My first question is slightly slanted. Does Ms Coughlan think the regions are...

Committee on European Union Affairs: Engagement with Representatives of the Regional Assemblies (15 Oct 2025)

Paul Gogarty: Would Ms Coughlan choose to keep it at three regions?

Committee on European Union Affairs: Engagement with Representatives of the Regional Assemblies (15 Oct 2025)

Paul Gogarty: I am talking more about the perception.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (15 Oct 2025)

Paul Gogarty: 143. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason hand-dryers have not been installed at a new school (details supplied) given the long-term cost savings and environmental benefits of their installation, providing a directive to use paper towels in their place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55631/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (15 Oct 2025)

Paul Gogarty: 189. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional SNAs will be made available to a school (details supplied) following a review done in June that stated that the number of SNAs available does not meet the demand from the pupils; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56056/25]

Cost of Disability: Motion [Private Members] (14 Oct 2025)

Paul Gogarty: Today Senator Tom Clonan hosted a briefing on the challenges still facing children with scoliosis and spinal bifida. While we look at this area again in its own right, I reiterate my support for a full public inquiry on the whole scandal regarding the treatment of children awaiting scoliosis operations and related treatments, covering the entire lifespan of Children's Health Ireland but also...

Housing Finance Agency (Amendment) Bill 2025: Second Stage (14 Oct 2025)

Paul Gogarty: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this legislation. As others have said, it is a little bit of tweaking to keep us going until next year. As the Minister said, it will allow sufficient headroom to continue lending to mid-2026, after which there could be a new national housing plan and a new national development plan. We know that the €13.5 billion threshold is a holding...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Family Law Cases (9 Oct 2025)

Paul Gogarty: 5. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there has been progress in removing the in camera rule in the family courts, subject to protection of identity, in order that media reports can be carried out in the interests of transparency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54521/25]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Family Law Cases (9 Oct 2025)

Paul Gogarty: The most recent time I raised this matter last June, I criticised the current state of Ireland's family court system and highlighted delays, poor facilities and, in particular, a lack of transparency due to the in camera rule. In response, the Minister acknowledged the widespread public frustration with the family law processes. He said that the full removal of the in camera rule was...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Family Law Cases (9 Oct 2025)

Paul Gogarty: We do need to shine more light on these situations. In family disputes involving children, people will sometimes attempt to alienate the kids. The Minister referred to reports. In relation to section 32 and section 47 reports, we have had cases where people have almost treated parental alienation as a proven case when it is not. It is almost like a cult. Immersion therapy is recommended,...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Family Law Cases (9 Oct 2025)

Paul Gogarty: I believe it is important to keep the pressure on and to keep working on this issue. In many instances, these so-called experts are not actually qualified, and in many instances they are actually being paid by one parent to produce the report because the other parent cannot afford to have a similar report. It is not a fair situation and the more the media are able to shed light on the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (9 Oct 2025)

Paul Gogarty: 250. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there are plans to review the citizenship process in areas such as length of residency immediately prior to application, criminal records, proficiency in Irish or English; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54522/25]

Financial Resolutions 2025 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (8 Oct 2025)

Paul Gogarty: Yesterday evening I spoke about the macro situation and how the Fiscal Advisory Council had urged a cooling down, because the corporation tax receipts were not going to last forever and that this budget, in one sense because it came after a giveaway election budget, had shades of 2007. Now I want to move on to some of the specific measures in the budget. During the votes last night I got to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Competitiveness and the Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Oct 2025)

Paul Gogarty: I will ask the same question of both of our witnesses. They have mainly referred to infrastructure. In Dublin, more of the focus is on transportation infrastructure, along with childcare. Nationally, the focus is on water services and the energy grid. These are issues close to my heart. They have come up at this committee and at the EU affairs committee, in terms of the deficit that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Competitiveness and the Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Oct 2025)

Paul Gogarty: To follow up on the points made about the airports, Dublin appears to be constrained in terms of Weston Airport, which is situated along the Liffey, just beside Dublin Airport. Then we have Baldonnel Airport. There are constraints. Given the way Ryanair operates, it would probably stick one down near Hook Head in Wexford and call it Dublin south airport. A valid point was raised. Why...

Committee on European Union Affairs: Engagement with Representatives of the European Committee of the Regions (8 Oct 2025)

Paul Gogarty: Will Ms Tütt comment on how discussions are going with accession countries like Moldova and Albania in terms of their regional development? How does it compare to Ireland? Ms Tütt mentioned what the mid-term review is doing in terms of focusing on more strategic issues like defence and competitiveness. It also mentions housing and water resilience. Many of those areas are...