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An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Feb 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: Again, I offer my condolences to Ms Delaney's family. Deputy Bacik raised the same matter with me some moments ago. This is the reason the Government is committed to building 9,300 social homes this year through our local authorities and approved housing bodies. This will give us the ability to respond back and support those who are on our housing lists and those using our homeless...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Feb 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: The Deputy does a disservice to road safety by claiming that the reason Kildare receives funding for roads is because it is close to Dublin-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Feb 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: Criteria are laid out that lead to the allocation of funding to local authorities-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Feb 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: I will most certainly engage with and raise the matter with the Minister, Deputy Eamon Ryan-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Feb 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: -----because I am aware how important is the investment in our roads to try to prevent the alarming risks that we are seeing with road safety. It is getting worse. I accept that this is a very important matter.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Feb 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: What public service broadcasting needs is confidence regarding the money that will be available to it in the years ahead, which is what the television licence has offered in the past. If it is to be scrapped, there will be a need to find €130 million or €150 million from someplace else. That is money we will not be able to spend in responding to the issues just raised by party...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Feb 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: When the Deputy raised this important question earlier, I referred to the budget funding available to homelessness services. This funding ensured that 1,161 households were prevented from entering emergency accommodation through the creation of a tenancy. During 2023 we saw a 25% increase in the number of adults prevented from going into homelessness versus the previous year. The urgency...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Feb 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: I thank all the Deputies for the different issues they raised. To begin with the issue raised by Deputies McDonald and Bacik, the Minister, Deputy Martin, is going to be in front of an Oireachtas committee for many hours this evening. She will then be in the Dáil tomorrow afternoon making a statement, hearing the views of Deputies and responding at the end to the questions that are...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Feb 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: I know, but you could have fleshed it out a little more-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Feb 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: -----just to give a bit of acknowledgement of the support that is being offered. I am going to come on to Deputy McGrath in a moment.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Feb 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: You just wait over there, the Deputy who does not know what an ecosystem is.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Feb 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: We voted for that legislation-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Feb 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: Government Members voted for that legislation because, of course, we appreciate how complex this is. Of course we appreciate the concerns that are there, but this kind of law is needed to put in place the steps that give us a chance of protecting our nature in the time ahead.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Feb 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: Very briefly, I would not like Deputy McGrath to think I am forgetting him for a moment.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Feb 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: Of course I know what an ecosystem is. It is our nature, our food and our environment, which we are in a battle to protect. Those who know it the most are our farmers, who are closest to nature, and the Government will spare no effort-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Feb 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: -----in continuing to work with them with the kind of transition and change that are needed.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Feb 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: The Minister, Deputy O'Gorman, has indicated his concern regarding the delay in the appointment of the person into that role. He and the Government believe an important intervention is needed to respond back to the issues of public concern the Deputy referred to. The Shannon report into those issues was driven and supported by the Minister after he met survivors and had the kind of issues...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Feb 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: I responded to all the different points the Deputy made. Every point he put to me regarding investment in different parts of the south east I responded to. I outlined what the Government is doing.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Feb 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: I responded to his question. I laid out what we are doing. I remind the Deputy that it does not stop him from turning up to all the different announcements made by Government. He is there.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Feb 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: He is eager enough to get into the photo and to take the credit for all the progress the Government is making-----