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Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (28 Jun 2021)

Mary Fitzpatrick: I move amendment No. 5: In page 4, line 31, to delete “not less than three quarters” and substitute “a simple majority”.

Seanad: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Jun 2021)

Mary Fitzpatrick: I welcome the Minister and congratulate him and everybody in the Green Party, for whom this must be a proud time, given the many decades it has been campaigning. It is a proud time for everybody around the country who, in a big and small way, has contributed to getting us to where we are. This is a historic piece of legislation and one that hopefully will serve generations to come,...

Seanad: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Jun 2021)

Mary Fitzpatrick: Okay.

Seanad: Residential Tenancies (No. 2) Bill 2021: Second Stage (25 Jun 2021)

Mary Fitzpatrick: I welcome the Minister, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, back to the Seanad. I thank him for bringing this legislation forward. I hope there will be unanimous support for the amendments the Minister is bringing forward. The proposal we are considering today is to extend the emergency protection periods for renters who have been negatively impacted by Covid. I commend the Minister and the...

Seanad: Residential Tenancies (No. 2) Bill 2021: Second Stage (25 Jun 2021)

Mary Fitzpatrick: Next Tuesday.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Interim Report on Mortality in Single Homeless Population 2020: Engagement with HSE (24 Jun 2021)

Mary Fitzpatrick: I thank Dr. O'Carroll for his report and all the work he does. I thank everybody who works with him as well. Their work is incredible. We are all humbled by it. I acknowledge that in his report Dr. O'Carroll says Ireland can be very proud of our response to Covid-19. He and everybody who works with him can be very proud too. It has been a tremendous response and is one we need to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Interim Report on Mortality in Single Homeless Population 2020: Engagement with HSE (24 Jun 2021)

Mary Fitzpatrick: I will be very brief. In the interim, what is Dr. O'Carroll's view on our taking long-term leases to provide suitable accommodation for a secure period such as 25 years? The city council has done this, and I would be interested in his view on that as well. I thank Dr. O'Carroll for coming before the committee.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Interim Report on Mortality in Single Homeless Population 2020: Engagement with HSE (24 Jun 2021)

Mary Fitzpatrick: He is not. On PEAs, I take Dr. O'Carroll's point that the numbers being accommodated in PEAs has significantly increased and has doubled. It now accounts for two thirds of the spend on emergency accommodation. As stated by Dr. O'Carroll the mortality rate is also increasing and almost on a par. We need to be concerned about that. The committee raised this issue with Brendan Kenny of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Electoral Reform Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Jun 2021)

Mary Fitzpatrick: I thank the Minister of State and all in the Department for the work they have done on bringing forward the electoral reform Bill. Everyone has said how important and long overdue it is. I commend the Minister of State and the Government on having moved forward so swiftly with this. It is really important. Our democracy depends on free and fair elections, and at a time when our democracy...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Electoral Reform Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Jun 2021)

Mary Fitzpatrick: I do not know if the Minister of State is aware, but as part of our pre-legislative scrutiny, we invited all the political parties to appear. Some of them did come and meet with us, whereas others did not even acknowledge the invitation, which was hugely disappointing. A basic political activity, particularly for a political organisation receiving funding from the public purse, would be to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Electoral Reform Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Jun 2021)

Mary Fitzpatrick: My other question was about the fact that there is a political organisation that has managed, for less that €500 and in less than 12 months, to create a database that incorporates all of the registers of electors. I mean it quite sincerely that I believe we should consult with it. We should consult with the political organisation about the technology that is being used.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Jun 2021)

Mary Fitzpatrick: I wish to join colleagues in congratulating the 170 schools that were successful in their applications to the Safe Routes to School programme. It is a really welcome programme, to which there were over 900 applications. Indeed, one in four schools made an application, which shows that there is huge public interest and appetite for the programme. I want to congratulate all of the schools in...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2021: Second Stage (18 Jun 2021)

Mary Fitzpatrick: I welcome the Minister to the House and thank him for bringing forward this important legislation, which Fianna Fáil will be supporting. I commend the Minister. Taking office in a pandemic is not a light undertaking for anybody but since he took office and having responsibility for housing, local government, local authorities, heritage and planning, he has demonstrated great insight...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2021: Second Stage (18 Jun 2021)

Mary Fitzpatrick: Next Tuesday.

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (18 Jun 2021)

Mary Fitzpatrick: I will be brief. I thank the Senators for all their compliments. I appreciated the unanimous support I received when I brought forward the first amendment. I also thank the Minister and his officials. They met with me since the Seanad last met to discuss this important legislative measure. Everybody agrees with the amendment. Nobody is disputing it. Everybody accepts that there is a...

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (18 Jun 2021)

Mary Fitzpatrick: In this instance, they are.

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (18 Jun 2021)

Mary Fitzpatrick: I heard Senator Boyhan say he is lost. I want to help him find his way. I am genuinely concerned for him because I know he participates very actively in the joint committee on housing. I know he has the utmost respect and admiration for the Minister. I believe he understands that the intention of the Minister and the Government with this affordable housing Bill is to make housing...

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (18 Jun 2021)

Mary Fitzpatrick: -----does not do justice to the contributions you make. It does not. What we are doing with this legislation is legislating to make housing affordable to people on modest incomes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Electoral Reform Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Jun 2021)

Mary Fitzpatrick: I will take that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Electoral Reform Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Jun 2021)

Mary Fitzpatrick: I confirm I am in Leinster House.