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Heritage Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (4 Jul 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: When this debate starts it often gets down to who lives on the narrowest road in the country-----

Heritage Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (4 Jul 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: When we talk about the Irish language it is about who is the most fluent in the Irish language. I live on a road that is less than 3 m in width, a road that I was in a serious accident on a number of years ago. It does not matter what size road one lives on, this island belongs to all of us. It is one island, we are all its citizens and we are all responsible for it. There were...

Heritage Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (4 Jul 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: The amendment says that it is in the interests of public safety and air safety, to prevent serious damage to crops, livestock, forests, fisheries and water. All of the voices I have heard articulated so far are represented in my amendment. My amendment represents what the Deputies want to achieve, it just does so in a manner which protects the environment. The Minister spoke about the...

Heritage Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (4 Jul 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: Hear, hear.

Heritage Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (4 Jul 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: I move amendment No. 24:In page 12, between lines 22 and 23, to insert the following: “Amendment of Act of 19768. The Act of 1976 is amended in section 40—(a) by the substitution for subsection (2) of the following:“(2) The Minister may, where no other satisfactory solution exists, derogate from the restrictions of section 40(1) of the Act of 1976 to permit the...

Heritage Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (4 Jul 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: We have discussed this matter at length. The issues that keep cropping up in this debate include road safety, first and foremost. We have cracked the nut with regard to the fact that road safety can and should be achieved through other mechanisms rather than a carte blancheopportunity to cut back so many hedges over a period. We have discussed the damage that can be caused to particular...

Joint Standing Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Islands: Ionaid Cúraim Leanaí Lán-Ghaeilge i gCeantair Gaeltachta: Díospóireacht (Atógáil) (4 Jul 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: Ag teacht isteach ar an bpointe sin, tá sé ráite domsa, ó theaghlach le fíor-Ghaeilge dúchais, nuair a théann an páiste isteach go dtí an naíonra, tagann sí abhaile le Gaeilge lofa uaireanta mar go bhfuil siad ag meascadh le páistí eile nach bhfuil go leor Gaeilge acu nó go bhfuil Gaeilge ar chaighdeán íseal acu...

Joint Standing Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Islands: Ionaid Cúraim Leanaí Lán-Ghaeilge i gCeantair Gaeltachta: Díospóireacht (Atógáil) (4 Jul 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: An gceapann na finnéithe go mba cheart go mbeadh liúntas speisialta ag baint le bheith ag obair trí Ghaeilge? An raibh a leithéid ann riamh?

Joint Standing Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Islands: Ionaid Cúraim Leanaí Lán-Ghaeilge i gCeantair Gaeltachta: Díospóireacht (Atógáil) (4 Jul 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: Mar gheall ar FETAC, an bhfuil an Ghaeilge mar ábhar san oideachas a chuireann sé ar fáil?

Joint Standing Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Islands: Ionaid Cúraim Leanaí Lán-Ghaeilge i gCeantair Gaeltachta: Díospóireacht (Atógáil) (4 Jul 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: Is ait an rud é nach bhfuil sé mar mhodúl i ngach cáilíocht atá ar fáil mar gheall ar chúram leanaí thart timpeall na tíre. Tá na páistí istigh in ionaid chúraim leanaí in Éirinn agus is príomhtheanga na tíre seo í an Ghaeilge. Is ait an rud gur rud imeallach í agus nach bhfuil sí...

Joint Standing Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Islands: Ionaid Cúraim Leanaí Lán-Ghaeilge i gCeantair Gaeltachta: Díospóireacht (Atógáil) (4 Jul 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: Nach bhfuil scéim teanga ag an Roinn Leanaí agus Gnóthaí Óige? Nach bhfuil dualgas dlíthiúil uirthi mar gheall ar a cuid idirbheartaíochta agus seirbhísí? De ghnáth, nuair a bhíonn easpa Gaeilge le fáil ón HSE, is féidir linn dul go dtí an Comisinéir Teanga agus gearán a dhéanamh faoi....

Joint Standing Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Islands: Ionaid Cúraim Leanaí Lán-Ghaeilge i gCeantair Gaeltachta: Díospóireacht (Atógáil) (4 Jul 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: Gabhaim míle buíochas do na finnéithe. Tá brón orm go bhfuil mé déanach, bhí mé ag sochraid ar maidin. Tá aithne agam ar go leor daoine atá anseo agus d'fhreastal mo pháistí ar naíonra Ráth Chairn ar feadh trí bliana so tá an-aithne agus eolas agam mar gheall ar an naoílann agus an naíonra ansin...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Supporting and Facilitating the Arts: Discussion (4 Jul 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: I have a few members to call. I call Deputy John Brassil.

Heritage Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) (3 Jul 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: The majority of farmers in this country are broke. Only a third of farmers have economically sustainable farms given the way the industry has gone. Another third have to work outside the farm to make ends meet. They are broke for a number of reasons. The main one is that they are not getting paid enough for their produce. Meat factories and supermarkets are squeezing them. Another...

Heritage Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) (3 Jul 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: Year after year, there are fodder crises. The country is not able to provide enough fodder for the farming industry. Anybody who stands up and tells farmers that this Bill is a panacea or will solve the problems they face is involved in deceit. This is not going to stack up to a hill of beans in respect of the issues facing farmers. There is a false dichotomy here as well. We have heard...

Heritage Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) (3 Jul 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: Any number of amendments that would solve the issue of dangerous verges and dangerous hedges. It is important that people accept that first and foremost. Let us call a spade a spade. When landscapes are burned and hedges cut back, one destroys habitats and sustenance for the biodiversity of this country.

Heritage Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) (3 Jul 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: The biodiversity of this country is radically depleting before our eyes. This Bill proceeds with that. I ask the Minister to delete section 7 because it is the most odious element of the Bill. I urge her to accept logical, reasonable responses such as amendment No. 19, which asks the Minister to make regulations to establish a new task force to identify efficient agriculture and...

Heritage Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) (3 Jul 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: I am pressing it.

Heritage Bill 2016: Report Stage (3 Jul 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: The Minister mentioned the different times of the year when there are different experiences with regard to weather. The fact is that, according to Met Éireann, March can be wetter than February and September can be drier than August. We spoke earlier about human life needing to be protected above all. When Deputy Humphreys developed this Bill, I contacted the Road Safety Authority and...

Heritage Bill 2016: Report Stage (3 Jul 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: We are at the most controversial element of the Bill for many people. We know that massive damage has been done over the past 40 years to Irish wildlife. We know that modern society is particularly bad when it comes to diversity and its impact on nature. We currently see billions of tonnes of plastic in either landfill or in the sea, killing diversity there. We know that as a society, we...