Results 81-100 of 1,959 for speaker:Micheál Carrigy
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Priorities of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage (8 Jul 2025)
Micheál Carrigy: I will allow time for the Minister to explain it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Priorities of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage (8 Jul 2025)
Micheál Carrigy: Let the Minister finish, Deputy Ó Broin, and I will give you time to come back in.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Priorities of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage (8 Jul 2025)
Micheál Carrigy: Can I ask for that a commitment be given to provide that data to the committee, so we can-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Priorities of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage (8 Jul 2025)
Micheál Carrigy: Do you want to ask another question, Deputy Ó Broin?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Priorities of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage (8 Jul 2025)
Micheál Carrigy: I am conscious that I cut into the Deputy's time.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Priorities of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage (8 Jul 2025)
Micheál Carrigy: Department officials cannot answer questions in public session. The Minister said it. They can speak but not directly to the Deputy.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Priorities of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage (8 Jul 2025)
Micheál Carrigy: Apologies have been received from the Minister of State, Deputy John Cummins, who is attending the Dáil.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Priorities of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage (8 Jul 2025)
Micheál Carrigy: We will move on to Senator Aubrey McCarthy.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Priorities of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage (8 Jul 2025)
Micheál Carrigy: I call Deputy Thomas Gould.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Priorities of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage (8 Jul 2025)
Micheál Carrigy: It is disappointing those officials did not make you aware of it ahead of this meeting, to be quite honest.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Priorities of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage (8 Jul 2025)
Micheál Carrigy: I call Deputy Thomas Gould.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Priorities of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage (8 Jul 2025)
Micheál Carrigy: I am not butting in but the Minister in his answer said the local authority the Deputy is talking about has drawn down just 41% of the money allocated. Something is wrong there. He said that two or three times, in fairness.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Priorities of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage (8 Jul 2025)
Micheál Carrigy: We need to move on.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Priorities of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage (8 Jul 2025)
Micheál Carrigy: The croí cónaithe scheme has been fantastic and we can see it in every single town throughout the country. However, we need to compensate local authorities that have reduced their vacant stock by spending a considerable amount of their own resources. The compensation should, perhaps, be a bit more than the €11,000 because the reality is that it is costing a significant...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Priorities of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage (8 Jul 2025)
Micheál Carrigy: Deputy McGrath referred to downsizing for the elderly. We have seen some communal living projects run by organisations like Sue Ryder Ireland. These projects allowed people to downsize or purchase a one- or two-bedroom apartment but we do not see enough of them. I do not think there are in the midlands. That would free up a lot of family homes in rural areas People would like to come...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Priorities of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage (8 Jul 2025)
Micheál Carrigy: We will briefly go to members for a second round. The first slot is for Fianna Fáil. I will let them fight it out there. We will get everybody in; members need not worry.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Priorities of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage (8 Jul 2025)
Micheál Carrigy: Before we move on, I have been advised that if the Minister were to speak about a specific case, I would have to ask him to desist due to the judicial review.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Priorities of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage (8 Jul 2025)
Micheál Carrigy: That concludes our consideration.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Priorities of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage (8 Jul 2025)
Micheál Carrigy: Deputy, please allow the Minister to answer the question.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Priorities of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage (8 Jul 2025)
Micheál Carrigy: I thank the Deputy and the Minister. I have the last speaking slot and I have a few questions. I come from Longford and a number of members have raised the issue of package treatment plants being used ahead of Irish Water being able to upgrade sewerage systems. In Ballymahon and Edgeworthstown, which are the second- and third-biggest towns in Longford, we cannot build anything because of...