Results 121-140 of 2,165 for speaker:Micheál Carrigy

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Peter McVerry Trust: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)

Micheál Carrigy: Should they be due, has the trust the capacity to pay them?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Peter McVerry Trust: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)

Micheál Carrigy: You mentioned you have your AGM tonight. It is a new start in the organisation. It was important that the witnesses came in here and, in fairness, they have answered quite clearly any questions that were asked. On my behalf as the Chair I wish you well going forward. It is refreshing to hear that all the properties up to the value of the €15 million that the State put in will be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Peter McVerry Trust: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)

Micheál Carrigy: I call Deputy Ó Broin.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Peter McVerry Trust: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)

Micheál Carrigy: The Deputy can stretch it to two.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Peter McVerry Trust: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)

Micheál Carrigy: I call Deputy Hearne.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Peter McVerry Trust: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)

Micheál Carrigy: To finish off, somebody made the point that the Peter McVerry Trust has a crucial role to play in the housing crisis. We want to see the day coming when it can get on and concentrate on that role and that the issues that were there previously are put behind everyone in the organisation. I wish the witnesses well and as Deputy Ó Broin mentioned, in 12 months' time we might get an update...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Peter McVerry Trust: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)

Micheál Carrigy: I am pleased that we have an opportunity to continue our discussion with representatives from the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, the Dublin Region Homeless Executive and the Approved Housing Bodies Regulatory Authority, AHBRA. From the Department, I welcome Ms Rosemarie Tobin, principal officer, Mr. Brendan White, principal officer and Mr. Vincent Colgan, principal...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Peter McVerry Trust: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)

Micheál Carrigy: There was one more question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Peter McVerry Trust: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)

Micheál Carrigy: I will raise a couple of matters. On procurement and the massive difference involved, was there a procurement expert dealing with that in the Department? Deputy Ó Broin mentioned a figure of 39% or 40% - a massive difference. Many of us work with community organisations and have to do tendering for CLÁR and other schemes. Massive differences in price are flags. I cannot...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Peter McVerry Trust: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)

Micheál Carrigy: When that was procured, the Department still compensated the local authority for it. Figures were never sent on. Only the baseline figure that was agreed was submitted. There were no details of the actual process of procurement or of what was submitted.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Peter McVerry Trust: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)

Micheál Carrigy: Governance levels have increased.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Peter McVerry Trust: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)

Micheál Carrigy: Thank you. We will have a round of one question each. We will limit the time to one minute.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Peter McVerry Trust: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)

Micheál Carrigy: One question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Peter McVerry Trust: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)

Micheál Carrigy: We are caught for time. We do not have time for any more questions. We have to conclude this part of the meeting and then go into private session. There will be no more questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Peter McVerry Trust: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)

Micheál Carrigy: I thank the representatives from all of the organisations who have come before us to allow us to consider this matter. At some stage in 2026, we will come back to this issue to see that progress has been made. That concludes our consideration of the matter for today. I now propose that the committee go into private session to discuss other matters.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Peter McVerry Trust: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)

Micheál Carrigy: Deputy Butterly is next.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Facilities (30 Sep 2025)

Micheál Carrigy: 148. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the spending from central Government on cycle lanes, per year, from 2016 to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51584/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (30 Sep 2025)

Micheál Carrigy: 186. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there is a breakdown of investment per railway route, the current investment, and the investment per year from 2016 to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51583/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Departmental Inquiries (30 Sep 2025)

Micheál Carrigy: 824. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality in view of the findings of the Farrelly Commission, if she will ensure that all future inquiry reports concerning disabled people are published simultaneously in accessible formats, including easy read, audio, Irish sign language and plain English, with advance survivor briefings, as required under the Public Sector Equality and...