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- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Marine Planning Area Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Nov 2021)
Steven Matthews: Amendments Nos. 129 to 132, inclusive, and amendments Nos. 135, 137 and 138 will be discussed together.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Marine Planning Area Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Nov 2021)
Steven Matthews: Amendments Nos. 130 and 131 are also grouped within this section for discussion.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Marine Planning Area Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Nov 2021)
Steven Matthews: On amendments Nos. 130 and 131, if the person proposed ceases to be a member of an environmental NGO, a university department or a fishing industry representative, will he or she no longer serve on the board? That is just something to consider. That is very prescriptive. What we want is expertise. The Minister of State outlined that there would be persons with expertise on MARA.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Marine Planning Area Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Nov 2021)
Steven Matthews: It does not necessarily mean the ordinary members listed do not have expertise. They possibly would have it.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Marine Planning Area Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Nov 2021)
Steven Matthews: Briefly. This is the fourth time.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Marine Planning Area Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Nov 2021)
Steven Matthews: That is fine.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Marine Planning Area Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Nov 2021)
Steven Matthews: Deputy Boyd Barrett was rocking the boat earlier.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Marine Planning Area Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Nov 2021)
Steven Matthews: Amendment No. 130 is in the names of Deputies Ó Broin, Gould and Mac Lochlainn. It has been discussed with amendment No. 129.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Marine Planning Area Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Nov 2021)
Steven Matthews: Amendments Nos. 133, 134 and 136 are grouped and may be discussed together.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Marine Planning Area Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Nov 2021)
Steven Matthews: I thank the Minister of State. Do the members wish to comment? I call Deputy Boyd Barrett.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Marine Planning Area Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Nov 2021)
Steven Matthews: It would never happen that anybody in this room would be contrarian at all. I call the Minister of State. We have a few minutes left and I think we can get through this one.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Marine Planning Area Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Nov 2021)
Steven Matthews: I urge members to think about it now because I am going to put the question.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Marine Planning Area Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Nov 2021)
Steven Matthews: Section 50 is a good place to stop for today as we are out of time. I thank the Minister of State and his officials.
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (3 Nov 2021)
Steven Matthews: 109. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to appeals by school management in a school (details supplied) with regard to the special needs assistant allocation; if this matter can be reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53444/21]
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Revised National Development Plan: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)
Steven Matthews: I welcome the opportunity to contribute and apologise for my late arrival. My train was late, which is ironic considering we are speaking about transport. I see the NTA representatives shaking their heads. I did not get the text alert.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Revised National Development Plan: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)
Steven Matthews: Can I rephrase it, Chair? I was late for my train. My train was not late.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Revised National Development Plan: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)
Steven Matthews: I welcome Mr. Walsh, Mr. O’Neill, Mr. Creegan, and Ms Graham here today and thank them for their attendance at previous committees. I will always be willing to engage with Oireachtas Members and councillors up and down the country because obviously transport, public transport, and active transport are of huge interest to everybody throughout the country. How we get around is not just...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Revised National Development Plan: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)
Steven Matthews: The Chairman raised some good points and I am glad he brought them into the discussion. Mr. Creegan hit the nail on the head about safety. I visited one of my local schools, St. Andrew's, in Bray recently to talk to the students about transport. The overwhelming desire from those students was to have safe cycle routes to school. They all want to cycle to school. They probably would all...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Revised National Development Plan: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)
Steven Matthews: I have a quick question that requires a straight answer. If one were to add up the total cost of all the road projects in the national development plan, roughly what figure would one come up with?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Revised National Development Plan: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)
Steven Matthews: Perhaps Mr. Walsh could estimate to the nearest €1 billion to €3 billion, as was discussed earlier. If we had to put a tick in a box and the options increased by increments of €1 billion, what figure would it be at? I am asking for rough figures.