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Seanad: Litter Pollution (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (10 May 2017)

Catherine Ardagh: I thank the Minister for coming to the House to address this legislation. I also thank him for taking the time to do so. I am glad that we are ad idemon the nuisance that is dog fouling in the city and the scourge many people face daily on opening their door. Many dog walkers tend to have the same habits. Many people we have met wake up every morning to a little gift at the gate. It does...

Seanad: Litter Pollution (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (10 May 2017)

Catherine Ardagh: Next Tuesday.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 May 2017)

Catherine Ardagh: I rise today again after a significant adjournment of this House. I would like to raise again the escalating housing and rental problem in the country. This is an issue I have raised over a dozen times in this House and it seems to be getting worse by the day. The sector has been described by some as in extreme distress. With reports from Daft.ie and the PRTB showing a steady climb in the...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 May 2017)

Catherine Ardagh: Fine Gael has been in government for six years.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 May 2017)

Catherine Ardagh: It does not take six years.

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Apr 2017)

Catherine Ardagh: I would like to again raise the issue of housing, in particular the Government's failure to meet social housing needs across the country. New statistics are alarming because they show that only one new modular home has been built in this city. As much as €40 million has been spent on hotels and 300 houses had been promised up until 1 July yet, as we know, only one has been built....

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Apr 2017)

Catherine Ardagh: I support those protesting for better services for children with disabilities. On 2 April, we had World Autism Day. I join in the support for those involved in the Enough is Enough campaign who have been protesting in recent days. The HSE responded to a parliamentary question tabled by my colleague, Deputy James Browne, and confirmed that in Dublin South-Central and Dublin South-West alone...

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Apr 2017)

Catherine Ardagh: I again raise in this House the housing crisis this country is currently facing. Since my election to Dublin City Council in 2014 and to this Chamber last year, this issue has been at the forefront of debate and has yet to be tackled in any meaningful way. Last weekend I read reports of a 4.3% increase in house prices for the first quarter of this year.There is no way a person who is trying...

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Apr 2017)

Catherine Ardagh: The Minister for Finance.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Apr 2017)

Catherine Ardagh: I apologise. I meant to say the Minister for Finance, Deputy Michael Noonan, in reference to the Central Bank.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Apr 2017)

Catherine Ardagh: The second issue I wish to raise is the stabbing of a drug dealer in the face with a shiv - a makeshift knife - in Mountjoy Prison. I condemn this attack on Mr. Alan White. It might be time for us to contemplate opening a discussion on a replacement prison for Mountjoy Prison which in its current form is not fit for purpose. The Thornton Hall project was aborted during the economic...

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Apr 2017)

Catherine Ardagh: The Leader's party has been in government for six years.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Apr 2017)

Catherine Ardagh: How many houses has the Government built?

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Apr 2017)

Catherine Ardagh: The Leader is taking liberties at this stage.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Mar 2017)

Catherine Ardagh: I rise to again call on the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to make some effort to intervene in the Bus Éireann strike. Yesterday I went outside the gates of Leinster House with some of my colleagues and met some of the decent, hard working staff in Bus Éireann who are rightly concerned about their future employment status and the future of Bus Éireann. I cannot...

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Mar 2017)

Catherine Ardagh: I fully support Joanne and I hope the Government and the Minister ratify this convention without delay.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Mar 2017)

Catherine Ardagh: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Mar 2017)

Catherine Ardagh: Today the UK Prime Minister, Theresa May, will trigger Article 50, which will eventually see the UK leave the EU over a two-year period. We are all concerned about the impact this will have on Ireland, especially the threat of a hard border. Today it is easy to forget the problems our country faced before the Good Friday Agreement. We take for granted free movement between North and South....

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Mar 2017)

Catherine Ardagh: The Leader walked into that.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Mar 2017)

Catherine Ardagh: I wish to raise two issues, the first of which is the recent Garda scandal and the second is the protection of cyclists on our roads. How the Government has dealt with the recent Garda scandal is incredible. Most notably, the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality has failed to appear in the Dáil today and has, for all intents and purposes, gone to ground. Some 937,000...