Results 81-100 of 548 for speaker:Noel Grealish in 'Dáil debates'

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Legislative Measures (24 Feb 2022)

Noel Grealish: Will the Minister consider an amendment to legislation to allow local authorities to use CCTV footage as evidence to prosecute people for illegal dumping?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Legislative Measures (24 Feb 2022)

Noel Grealish: This is the fourth time in the past two years that I have raised the issue of illegal dumping in the House. It continues to be a major scourge on the landscape and it is particularly a problem in rural areas. Penalties for those caught in the act of illegal dumping are not strict enough. We still have the ridiculous situation whereby a person caught on CCTV in the act of illegal dumping...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Legislative Measures (24 Feb 2022)

Noel Grealish: On two separate occasions I have asked that a task force, comprising An Garda Síochána, departmental officials and local authorities, be put in place to deal with this issue. Such a task force would need to be given powers, including to use CCTV footage and to seize all vehicles and equipment involved in illegal dumping, with severe penalties imposed for those caught in the act in...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Cybersecurity Policy (24 Feb 2022)

Noel Grealish: I welcome the budget increase for cybersecurity and the recent appointment of Mr. Richard Browne to the position of director of the NCSC. The incidents in question can have devastating consequences for national security, healthcare and many other social, economic and personal matters. The cyberattack on the HSE last year was the largest attack against any health service computer system in...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Cybersecurity Policy (24 Feb 2022)

Noel Grealish: In addition to large-scale cyberattacks from abroad, cybercrime is on the rise. According to Garda reports, it increased by 150% during the pandemic, costing billions of euro in 2020. Unfortunately, many people caught by online scams do not report it to the Garda, so the costs could be much higher. The attractions of cybercrime for criminals are many, as the rewards can be higher and the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Cybersecurity Policy (24 Feb 2022)

Noel Grealish: Given the volatile situation in Ukraine and that the cost of the cyberattack on the HSE last year is €100 million and still rising, will the Minister outline the increases in funding given to the NCSC over the past 12 months? What are his views on the way the centre has improved Ireland's defence against cyberattacks on State infrastructure?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Feb 2022)

Noel Grealish: When I last raised the issue of the N6 Galway city ring road with the Minister on Leaders' Questions on 25 May 2021 I highlighted the plight of the 54 families and individuals who were to lose their homes to make way for the road. I sought a commitment from the Minister that once a decision was made by An Bord Pleanála to go ahead with the project that top priority would be given to...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Feb 2022)

Noel Grealish: I have to say I am very disappointed in the response of the Minister. It is not for me to be disappointed but for the 54 householders caught up in this. This legal challenge could go on for years. The last time it went on for more than seven and a half years. Eight householders were caught in the previous project. This has been going on for more than 22 years. Is the Minister telling me...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Feb 2022)

Noel Grealish: We change the law in here.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Rural Schemes (17 Feb 2022)

Noel Grealish: Newcastle is a community of more than 6,000 people on the west side of Galway city. Under the chairmanship of Mr. Seamus Davey, a committee got together and raised more than €200,000. It acquired a site and secured planning permission. The project, which is for a much-needed centre for the area, is shovel ready. It has the unanimous support of the local city councillors. I have a...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Rural Schemes (17 Feb 2022)

Noel Grealish: I thank the Minister for her positive response. The next time she or her Minister of State visit Galway, they will be invited to visit the site of the proposed community centre and meet the committee that has produced the ambitious plans. As the Minister stated, community centres are often the backbone of communities, but unfortunately there are areas in which no community facility...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Rural Schemes (17 Feb 2022)

Noel Grealish: 2. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if funding is available and if a scheme will be announced for the construction of new community centres; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8754/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Rural Schemes (17 Feb 2022)

Noel Grealish: I would like to ask the Minister if funding is available and if a scheme will be announced for the construction of new community centres. What funding will be available and what will be the criteria for such a scheme?

Mobility and Transport Supports for People with Disabilities: Motion [Private Members] (16 Feb 2022)

Noel Grealish: I wish to thank my colleagues for bringing this motion forward and I thank our administrator, Ms Cáit Nic Amhlaoibh, for the excellent research she did on this it. There is an urgent need for improvements to the benefits available to people with disabilities who are holders of primary medical certificates under the disabled persons and disabled passengers scheme. Primary medical...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 Oct 2021)

Noel Grealish: In 2016 I raised the question of our bail laws in this House when I told the Taoiseach's predecessor how more than 250,000 offences had been committed in Ireland in the previous ten years by people who were out on bail at the time. The only element that has changed since is the numbers have gone up. In the decade from 2011 to 2020, offenders out on bail were found responsible by a court for...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 Oct 2021)

Noel Grealish: I mentioned the inadequacy of the bail laws earlier and the impact they have on people in this country. There is another related matter to which I would like the Taoiseach to turn his attention. Not only are people getting bail and going out to reoffend but they are costing the taxpayer millions of euro at the same time. In the past five and a half years, criminal legal aid has cost the...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Oct 2021)

Noel Grealish: Plans for the N6 Galway city ring road were lodged with An Bord Pleanála on 18 October 2018, 20 years after the initial application for the official application for the Galway outer-city bypass was lodged and five years after the original project was abandoned. Three years after the initial lodging of this project application there still has been no decision on whether this piece of...

Housing for All: Statements (Resumed) (29 Sep 2021)

Noel Grealish: I welcome this plan, which will offer more people a chance of getting a home in which to live. The sooner it gets off the ground and starts delivering, the better. I would like more attention to be given to the yawning gap, which is getting wider, between groups of people trying to do just that. On the one side are those who can hope to get a house, either by buying one privately, if they...

Housing for All: Statements (Resumed) (29 Sep 2021)

Noel Grealish: He will be looking for more time.

Industrial Relations (Provisions in Respect of Pension Entitlements of Retired Workers) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (30 Jun 2021)

Noel Grealish: I am grateful for the opportunity to support this Bill which seeks to address an issue that potentially affects a large proportion of our population, especially those of a particular age. When people retire, particularly from large organisations in which there are many hundreds of employees, they can effectively become ghosts overnight. As long as they are still working, they have a voice,...