Results 721-740 of 2,078 for speaker:Mary Seery Kearney
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Mar 2023)
Mary Seery Kearney: One of the issues that Mr. Mandal clearly explained and for which he provided the statistics, as has the Recorders Residents' Association in Terenure, is this idea of the nimby accusation. Let us explore that. It is very easy in media terms to turn around and accuse everyone of nimbyism when in when if someone goes into the depth of objections or observations, there are valid...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Mar 2023)
Mary Seery Kearney: Maybe this would be the case if you had that pre-application engagement, that Ms Cadell has described. I can think of one development recently that was all build-to-rent in the middle of a community where people were desperate to downsize, or rightsize which is more appropriate, but did not want to have to move outside of their community. The development was way too densely planned anyway...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Mar 2023)
Mary Seery Kearney: An important point that we do not emphasise highly enough is that a judicial review does not solve the issue and is never the end. It is merely a way to go back and start again, or not as the case may be. A judicial review is procedural and administrative but does not deal with the substantive issue. It makes absolute sense to have a place like the WRC - post An Bord Pleanála and...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Mar 2023)
Mary Seery Kearney: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Mar 2023)
Mary Seery Kearney: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Mar 2023)
Mary Seery Kearney: We accept that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Mar 2023)
Mary Seery Kearney: Ms Foster referred to there being no planning inspections. Would she like to elaborate on that? I am aware that we have not got to that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Mar 2023)
Mary Seery Kearney: Perhaps Mr. Mandal can lend his expertise to this question. Is that happening such that each developer, builder or architect overseeing a project takes photographs at all stages in order that there may be some recourse afterwards? Is it happening in a different way?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Mar 2023)
Mary Seery Kearney: If we had building inspections, we would not have the building defects and the horrific experiences of people in the likes of Park West at the moment. What is the halfway house on this? What is the practice?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Mar 2023)
Mary Seery Kearney: It is in section 97. I found my way through the Bar Council and Law Society last week.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Mar 2023)
Mary Seery Kearney: We went down a route where they said that if you had not made an application but they clearly had not considered it because they had considered a million other things and they were going to come back on it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Mar 2023)
Mary Seery Kearney: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Accessing Justice: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Mar 2023)
Mary Seery Kearney: Apologies, I have been at the housing committee so I am late and may end up duplicating what clearly has been a very interesting statement. I have a number of reasons to believe there is quite a wholistic and very caring approach. I am involved in a couple of projects that go into prisons and deal with prisoners and they really are extraordinary. I want to congratulate the Irish Prison...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Accessing Justice: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Mar 2023)
Mary Seery Kearney: Is it technically the case that the Irish Prison Service is understaffed at the moment?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Accessing Justice: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Mar 2023)
Mary Seery Kearney: I have reason to believe there are other great plans coming down the way, so well done on that. My question is about the operation of the Assisted Decision Making (Capacity) Act and about when we will get into full bloom on that, which hopefully will be very shortly. What training has gone into that? I apologise if this duplicates what has been said before. What training and what...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Accessing Justice: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Mar 2023)
Mary Seery Kearney: I am really sorry and I will go back.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Accessing Justice: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Mar 2023)
Mary Seery Kearney: I was hesitant to ask a question lest I over-duplicated.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Accessing Justice: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Mar 2023)
Mary Seery Kearney: I would be curious to know, given its focus in on the empowerment of the decision. There are unique circumstances in prison. If there are mental health issues as well, I can perceive that individuals would be in a very vulnerable position. I would really appreciate that. I have nothing more to add.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Accessing Justice: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Mar 2023)
Mary Seery Kearney: This is slightly left of field, so it is okay for the witnesses to say they will come back to me. An area which I do a lot of work in is with regard to surrogacy, fertility and all of that. I have an eye on the Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022, which will hopefully become an Act before the summer. I have had a number of contacts from around the country from families of...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Accessing Justice: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Mar 2023)
Mary Seery Kearney: Can IVF, intrauterine insemination and all that be facilitated?