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Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (11 Oct 2018)

Imelda Munster: Last week I raised the issue of the deficiencies of the Garda fleet in Louth with the Minister for Justice and Equality. I referred to the fact that there was only one community policing van shared between Drogheda and Dundalk, there are only two Garda cars to cover the entire town of Drogheda and the surrounding areas and that gardaí are forced to use their own cars or to walk. They...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Aviation Authority (9 Oct 2018)

Imelda Munster: 451. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the audit of section 32 of the Irish Aviation Authority Act 1993 will commence. [41250/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Data (9 Oct 2018)

Imelda Munster: 548. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of houses purchased and or acquired by compulsory purchase order by Louth County Council in 2017 and to date in 2018; and the number of houses purchased in Drogheda, County Meath by address and purchase cost, in tabular form. [41145/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Expenditure (9 Oct 2018)

Imelda Munster: 549. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the procedures, checks and balances in circumstances in which there is a local authority overspend. [41146/18]

Housing: Motion [Private Members] (3 Oct 2018)

Imelda Munster: We are facing another winter with a housing crisis. In spite of Fine Gael having had seven and a half years in government to deal with this issue, the housing crisis has escalated each year under its watch. It is the worst it has ever been but the Government cannot accept that Rebuilding Ireland has been a dismal failure. Its determined resistance due to its ideological block has forced...

Ceisteanna (Atógáíl) - Questions (Resumed): Gender Equality (3 Oct 2018)

Imelda Munster: On that point, does the Taoiseach know if the report has been published?

Ceisteanna (Atógáíl) - Questions (Resumed): Gender Equality (3 Oct 2018)

Imelda Munster: Does the Taoiseach have any idea of when we can expect it to be published?

Ceisteanna (Atógáíl) - Questions (Resumed): Gender Equality (3 Oct 2018)

Imelda Munster: Will the Taoiseach outline when the Citizens' Assembly on gender inequality will actually be established and what timeframe would be involved? He has also stated that the gender pay gap should be one of the issues considered by the Citizens' Assembly. It remains one of the starkest reminders of the continued inequality faced by women in this State. The most recent figures available from...

Ceisteanna (Atógáíl) - Questions (Resumed): Programme for Government Review (3 Oct 2018)

Imelda Munster: He did not answer any questions on housing.

Ceisteanna (Atógáíl) - Questions (Resumed): Programme for Government Review (3 Oct 2018)

Imelda Munster: They deserve answers.

Ceisteanna (Atógáíl) - Questions (Resumed): Programme for Government Review (3 Oct 2018)

Imelda Munster: Next week we will debate budget 2019. It is, like all budgets, a matter of choices, and those choices have been made. We in Sinn Féin are firmly of the view that we need to make next week's budget a housing budget. If the Government or its partners in Fianna Fáil are serious about tackling the housing and homelessness crisis, this is what must happen. This means, as a key...

Ceisteanna (Atógáíl) - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland (3 Oct 2018)

Imelda Munster: The actions of the leader of the DUP yesterday have caused concern for many of us across the island, not least in relation to Brexit and how the negotiations will play out in the coming weeks. Brexit is of concern to many in my constituency of Louth. The onus is on political leaders to defend our political and economic interests. That is what has guided Sinn Féin in its approach to...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Oct 2018)

Imelda Munster: In the programme for Government there is a commitment to maintain close relationships between all communities and the Garda. I bring to the Taoiseach's attention that the complete opposite is taking place in County Louth. One community policing van has to be shared between Drogheda and Dundalk, the two largest towns in the county, while there are only two patrol cars to service the entire...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Oct 2018)

Imelda Munster: Will the Taoiseach indicate whether County Louth has been bypassed or exactly when gardaí in the county can expect to receive funding for investment in their fleet?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Oct 2018)

Imelda Munster: No, there is a commitment in the programme for Government.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (27 Sep 2018)

Imelda Munster: 15. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the need for developers and the State to prioritise housing development. [37796/18]

Local Government (Restoration of Town Councils) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (26 Sep 2018)

Imelda Munster: I will speak about my town of Drogheda. When Deputy Alan Kelly was Minister with responsibility for local government, he stated in reply to a parliamentary question that he was satisfied Drogheda had a status appropriate to its size and location within Louth County Council. He said he had no proposals to introduce amending legislation to establish a new city authority in Drogheda or...

Local Government (Restoration of Town Councils) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (26 Sep 2018)

Imelda Munster: Drogheda does not even have its own budget because of the Labour Party. The party voted to strip Drogheda of its borough council status, its town clerk and any shred of local democracy or accountability. These were obvious consequences of abolishing town councils and the party was told it would happen. Now, five years later, it is making a weak attempt to rectify the matter.

Local Government (Restoration of Town Councils) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (26 Sep 2018)

Imelda Munster: We all know this Bill is not worth the paper on which it is written. The Government must now establish town and borough councils and introduce local government reform to ensure towns and boroughs can have adequate powers to run towns properly. We need to ensure we have strong, focussed, functional local government. We will support the Bill because, unlike the Labour Party and the...

Local Government (Restoration of Town Councils) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (26 Sep 2018)

Imelda Munster: The time is now to reinstate borough and local town councils so as to undo the damage done by Fine Gael and its Labour Party colleagues.