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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Oct 2023)

Rebecca Moynihan: The images we see coming from Gaza this week are horrific. It is difficult to know how to respond to the humanitarian disaster unfolding before our eyes. While we watch in horror, hospitals in Gaza are running out of food, water and electricity are running out and the health system has effectively collapsed. One area in which Ireland can have influence is by using our influence at an EU...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Consideration of the Citizens' Assembly Report on a Directly Elected Mayor of Dublin: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Oct 2023)

Rebecca Moynihan: That provides a nice segue into what I will ask about but I have a few initial points to make. One of the things that jumps out from the report of the Dublin citizens' assembly is that it recommends a wide-ranging area of powers that should be devolved to the mayor. Transport is one of those areas that hits home because it affects and impacts people's everyday lives. There is a real sense...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Consideration of the Citizens' Assembly Report on a Directly Elected Mayor of Dublin: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Oct 2023)

Rebecca Moynihan: Absolutely, but I will give an example. My bus is meant to come every ten minutes. Last year my bus service was amazing. I went out this morning and I had to wait 40 minutes. Two buses went missing off the real time information. That is the daily lived reality of Dubliners who are trying to get out. This morning I was deciding whether to bike it, bus it or drive. I was on my way back...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Consideration of the Citizens' Assembly Report on a Directly Elected Mayor of Dublin: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Oct 2023)

Rebecca Moynihan: These are just buses gone missing. It happens to me probably once a week-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Consideration of the Citizens' Assembly Report on a Directly Elected Mayor of Dublin: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Oct 2023)

Rebecca Moynihan: It is something that more people are saying. It has become worse in the past couple of months. Any public representative could tell Ms Graham they are getting queries about it. It is happening a lot more.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Consideration of the Citizens' Assembly Report on a Directly Elected Mayor of Dublin: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Oct 2023)

Rebecca Moynihan: From her own dealings, does Ms Graham have international comparisons on how other city transport infrastructure is structured?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Consideration of the Citizens' Assembly Report on a Directly Elected Mayor of Dublin: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Oct 2023)

Rebecca Moynihan: Does Ms Graham believe that Transport for London is inefficient because a mayor oversees it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Consideration of the Citizens' Assembly Report on a Directly Elected Mayor of Dublin: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Oct 2023)

Rebecca Moynihan: I would like to get an idea about different structures but Ms Graham says she is probably not best placed to do that. Has she any suggestions of people who have expertise in comparative structures in transport infrastructure on a citywide basis?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Consideration of the Citizens' Assembly Report on a Directly Elected Mayor of Dublin: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Oct 2023)

Rebecca Moynihan: The committee could ask the Library and Research Service to look at comparative structures across the EU where there are directly-elected mayors or transport authorities, and see what they deliver.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Consideration of the Citizens' Assembly Report on a Directly Elected Mayor of Dublin: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Oct 2023)

Rebecca Moynihan: In the last couple of years, has there ever been a situation where the NTA has lobbied to have additional powers devolved to it in the context of by-laws, for example? Has the NTA run into difficulties with any legislation and asked the Government to change it? I am just trying to get a sense of where the NTA might be facing blockages to delivery.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Consideration of the Citizens' Assembly Report on a Directly Elected Mayor of Dublin: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Oct 2023)

Rebecca Moynihan: Has the NTA raised issues like the licensing of shared scooter schemes such as those we see in other jurisdictions, electric charging points or similar infrastructure? Has the NTA ever lobbied for anything it thinks it needs that would require legislative change?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Consideration of the Citizens' Assembly Report on a Directly Elected Mayor of Dublin: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Oct 2023)

Rebecca Moynihan: What kind of tweaks does Ms Graham think would be helpful to assisting her job? I am trying to get a sense of blockages there might be if a mayor was in place.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Consideration of the Citizens' Assembly Report on a Directly Elected Mayor of Dublin: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Oct 2023)

Rebecca Moynihan: I have one more question. Obviously, the delivery of BusConnects is absolutely key. Ms Graham mentioned traffic congestion as one of the reasons why the network is difficult with regard to delivering it. Has the NTA ever asked for, or would it appreciate, devolved powers on traffic control with regard to people parking or driving in bus lanes, or people parking illegally? The Garda...

Seanad: Situation in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories: Statements (19 Oct 2023)

Rebecca Moynihan: It is against the backdrop of an unfolding humanitarian horror in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories that we are here today. Ireland was among the first to clearly come out to say that Israel could not act and respond outside of the remit of international law, when the initial response from the EU was to cut off aid to Palestine and the misjudged and outrageous visit of Ursula...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Consideration of the Citizens' Assembly Report on a Directly Elected Mayor of Dublin: Discussion (19 Oct 2023)

Rebecca Moynihan: I thank the chief executives for coming to the meeting. One thing that keeps coming through is the need for the directly elected mayor to have the power to raise revenues. That is in the citizens' assembly's recommendations report. We are not tasked with going back over the conclusions to which the citizens' assembly came but rather asking how they can be implemented. When I look at the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Oct 2023)

Rebecca Moynihan: I move that motion No. 127(7) not be taken today. That is the motion on Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories. Senator Flynn is going to second my amendment to the Order of Business. I do not wish to do this to be contrarian. The House should discuss this issue and the motion. However, the time slot allocated is too short and we have not had enough time to consider the amended...

Seanad: Situation in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories: Motion (18 Oct 2023)

Rebecca Moynihan: We have all been watching in horror as events have been unfolding in the Middle East since last Saturday week. Ireland can play, and has played, a constructive role on the international stage. There was potential for us to speak with one voice across all parties in condemning the horror attacks on innocent civilians by Hamas and the brutal response by the Israeli Government, which has...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Oct 2023)

Rebecca Moynihan: I wish to raise the issue of the strike by section 39, section 56 and section 10 workers that is happening on Tuesday. Calling people section 39, section 56 and section 10 workers does not explain what they do. We are talking about people who provide essential services in the areas of health and disability, services to children and homeless services. They are going on what will be an...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Oct 2023)

Rebecca Moynihan: I second that.