Results 101-120 of 370 for long speaker:Steven Matthews

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety: Discussion (25 Oct 2023)

Steven Matthews: ...cars are going to stop. I have this rule drilled into them. It is unfortunate that we have to do this. Deputy Martin Kenny raised an issue in respect of it not being necessary to have very long roads. I have a particular road in mind, which is just over 1 km long, that is quite straight and with clear lines of sight as well. When I was trying to propose that we have 30 km/h zones in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Analysis of Private Rental Sector Discrepancies: Discussion (10 Oct 2023)

Steven Matthews: ...to an identifiable person or entity, they will be directed to discontinue their remarks and it is imperative that they comply with any such direction. Members and witnesses are reminded of the long-standing parliamentary practice to the effect that they should not comment on, criticise or make charges against a person outside the House or an official by name either by name or in such...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Analysis of Private Rental Sector Discrepancies: Discussion (10 Oct 2023)

Steven Matthews: ...than in Ireland. The dream here has always been home ownership, with rental being something done on the way to home ownership. I suspect that, in many European countries, rental is seen as a much more long-term option. How would one work out the normal, acceptable turnover of landlords?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review of National Planning Framework and Climate Targets: Discussion (26 Sep 2023)

Steven Matthews: ...in respect of an identifiable person or entity, they will be directed to discontinue their remarks. It is imperative they comply with any such direction. Members and witnesses are reminded of the long-standing parliamentary practice to the effect they should not comment on, criticise or make charges against a person outside the Houses, or an official, either by name or in such a way as...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Proposed Changes to River Shannon, Grand and Royal Canals and River Barrow Navigation By-laws: Discussion (21 Sep 2023)

Steven Matthews: ...in relation to an identifiable person or entity, they will be directed to discontinue their remarks. It is imperative they comply with any such direction. Members and witnesses are reminded of the long-standing parliamentary practice to the effect they should not comment on, criticise or make charges against a person outside the Houses, or an official, either by name or in such a way as...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Proposed Changes to River Shannon, Grand and Royal Canals and River Barrow Navigation By-laws: Discussion (21 Sep 2023)

Steven Matthews: I thank Mr. Rowe. When he establishes how long the extension will be, will he send us that information?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ireland's Water Quality and the Nitrates Derogation: Discussion (15 Sep 2023)

Steven Matthews: ...EPA and infer that it is somehow political. That is not an acceptable statement for anybody to make, regardless of their experience and background. I have had an interest in water quality for a long time. My interest is in having good, clean water in our rivers, lakes, estuaries and groundwater because that is from where we extract our water for drinking and where a lot of recreation...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ireland's Water Quality and the Nitrates Derogation: Discussion (15 Sep 2023)

Steven Matthews: I appreciate that much of this was before the Minister's time as it goes back to 1991, which is a long time ago. We are on the fifth nitrates action programme. The first was introduced in 2006. Did every action that was recommended and required take place and was this audited and monitored? Did we have auditing and monitoring of all the recommendations and actions required under our...

Dereliction and Building Regeneration Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (13 Jul 2023)

Steven Matthews: ...for their expert assistance with this aspect, namely, Mel Reynolds, Orla Hegarty and Eoin O Cofaigh. They advised me on framing this and have advised other Deputies in the past who were trying to proceed with a Private Member's Bill along these lines. Essentially, we are trying to introduce a streamlined process here whereas at the moment, aside from the planning exemptions, separate...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Defective Block Scheme Regulations and Review of IS 465: Discussion (13 Jul 2023)

Steven Matthews: ...relation to an identifiable person or entity, they will be directed to discontinue their remarks. It is imperative they comply with any such direction. Members and witnesses are reminded of the long-standing parliamentary practice to the effect they should not comment on, criticise or make charges against a person outside the Houses, or an official, either by name or in such a way as to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Defective Block Scheme Regulations and Review of IS 465: Discussion (13 Jul 2023)

Steven Matthews: ...or entity, they will be directed to discontinue their remarks and it is imperative they comply with any such direction. We do not have witnesses attending remotely. Witnesses are reminded of the long-standing parliamentary practice to the effect they should not comment on, criticise or make charges against a person outside the Houses, or an official, either by name or in such a way as to...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Message to Dáil (6 Jul 2023)

Steven Matthews: I thank the Minister of State and his officials for their engagement. It has been a long Committee Stage session, so I thank them for their time.

Environmental Protection Agency Water Quality Report 2022: Statements (28 Jun 2023)

Steven Matthews: ...two main sources. There is some from forestry and some from erosion or turbidity issues, but we need to be honest with people about the two main sources and state it clearly. We have known for so long that the free-draining soils down in the south east coupled with excessive cattle numbers means that animal waste and fertilisers are running off into our water supply. That is what causes...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Dereliction and Vacancy: Discussion (15 Jun 2023)

Steven Matthews: ...of an identifiable person or entity, they will be directed to discontinue their remarks. It is imperative that they comply with any such direction. Members and witnesses are reminded of the long-standing parliamentary practice to the effect they should not comment on, criticise or make charges against a person outside the Houses or an official either by name or in such a way as to make...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Dereliction and Vacancy: Discussion (15 Jun 2023)

Steven Matthews: .... I am glad to see that. Will those local authorities then report back each year to the Department or will it be quarterly or six-monthly? We do not want to leave the reporting for too long and we want to identify, perhaps each quarter, whet the progress is and maybe track those. Is that the type of reporting we are looking at or would that be too short a timeframe?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Dereliction and Vacancy: Discussion (15 Jun 2023)

Steven Matthews: ...them. One does not dictate to them that they all must be done under CPO or repair and lease. Will it be flagged where some process has stalled? For example, some processes can go on for a very long time but the end figure is just the end figure. Will The Department monitor progress through each of those and report on that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Infrastructure Provision and Residential Developments: Discussion (13 Jun 2023)

Steven Matthews: ...in respect of an identifiable person or entity, they will be directed to discontinue their remarks. It is imperative that they comply with any such direction. Members and witnesses are reminded of the long-standing parliamentary practice to the effect they should not comment on, criticise or make charges against a person outside the Houses or an official either by name or in such a way...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Value Sharing and Urban Development Zones Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Jun 2023)

Steven Matthews: ...of an identifiable person or entity, they will be directed to discontinue their remarks. It is imperative that they comply with any such direction. Members and witnesses are reminded of the long-standing parliamentary practice to the effect they should not comment on, criticise or make charges against a person outside the Houses or an official either by name or in such a way as to make...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Homelessness Issues: Discussion (30 May 2023)

Steven Matthews: ...in respect of an identifiable person or entity, they will be directed to discontinue their remarks. It is imperative people comply with any such direction. Members and witnesses are reminded of the long-standing parliamentary practice to the effect that they should not comment on, criticise or make charges against a person outside the Houses or an official either by name or in such a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Homelessness Issues: Discussion (30 May 2023)

Steven Matthews: That is fine. In terms of other policy measures, Ms Hayes mentioned long-term leasing. She said anything is preferable to homelessness in terms of economic ideology or housing ideology. We had a type of model before where a local authority would enter into a long-term lease for 25 years for a privately built development. Is that something all of the witnesses would support? Ms Hayes...