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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Competitiveness and the Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (16 Jul 2025)

Paul Gogarty: Gabhaim buíochas leis na finnéithe go léir as ucht a dtaithí a roinnt. Níl ach cúig nóiméad agam so I will try to be quick. Mr. Broderick is only short of being a candlestick maker. That is the story of many retailers throughout the country. I was touched by the cost side and will go straight to the solar element because that makes a lot of sense....

Committee on European Union Affairs: Sustainable Development Goals: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Jul 2025)

Paul Gogarty: I thank the witnesses for their contributions. I have a couple of questions. First, I echo Deputy Lahart's point that from the European Union member states' perspective. If they face existential crisis on the eastern side, and a reduction in NATO and US support, they are going to make that changeover. It should not necessarily have anything to do with overseas development aid as part of...

Committee on European Union Affairs: Sustainable Development Goals: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Jul 2025)

Paul Gogarty: Would Mr. Crowley say, in essence, this aid is part of a defence budget in more ways than one?

Committee on European Union Affairs: Sustainable Development Goals: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Jul 2025)

Paul Gogarty: It is in self-interest.

Committee on European Union Affairs: Sustainable Development Goals: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Jul 2025)

Paul Gogarty: I have made a note about keeping aid on the agenda. Obviously, we all can make a personal input, but the clear message is that the Irish Government must use its EU Presidency, have as one of its key themes maintaining overseas development aid and aim to increase it as part of the MFF process. Mr. Crowley mentioned food and biscuits. It is worth putting on the record that is a reference...

Commission of Investigation (Handling of Historical Child Sexual Abuse in Day and Boarding Schools) Order 2025: Motion (15 Jul 2025)

Paul Gogarty: Like others, I welcome the establishment of the commission of investigation into historical sexual abuse in all-day and boarding schools. I do in all sincerity regret that it has taken so long to move into this area and ensure that all survivors who are still alive receive acknowledgement and, hopefully, some justice. I express my personal sympathies to the survivors and all the families...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Jul 2025)

Paul Gogarty: Recent studies have shown that Dublin is again a dirty city and Cork as well, for that matter. They have not improved. If anything, they have become worse. We have had less visible plastic. A couple of weeks ago, I saw a guy throw a bottle out of the car. He would only have got 15 cent for it, but could not do anything about it, so it ended up in the ditch. We have a situation where...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Jul 2025)

Paul Gogarty: Should we not increase fines to have real consequences for people dropping litter?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Jul 2025)

Paul Gogarty: According to Irish Business Against Litter, IBAL, it is.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Noise Pollution (15 Jul 2025)

Paul Gogarty: 332. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the competent authority for noise regulation at Weston Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39622/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Noise Pollution (15 Jul 2025)

Paul Gogarty: 333. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of prosecutions that have taken place for breaches of noise regulations at regional and smaller airports since 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39623/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Heritage Sites (15 Jul 2025)

Paul Gogarty: 397. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of plans to provide an alternative car park to the east of Castletown House to facilitate public access; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39630/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (15 Jul 2025)

Paul Gogarty: 398. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for an update on the current and planned implementation of the Liffey Valley Park Strategy, given the OPW's original co-ordination role; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39640/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (15 Jul 2025)

Paul Gogarty: 399. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department or the OPW under his remit will proactively facilitate the development of a Liffey Valley park, incorporating lands in public and private ownership, as per the OPW's original role in the Liffey Valley Park Strategy, and co-ordinate with local authorities and stakeholders, given that the project appears to have...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (15 Jul 2025)

Paul Gogarty: 400. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department or the OPW are willing to fund the restoration of the Guinness "Silver" Bridge to link the Phoenix Park to the Liffey Valley area as part of an important regional environmental and heritage strategy; to outline how such funds could be applied for; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39642/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (15 Jul 2025)

Paul Gogarty: 477. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the site complexities in relation to providing a new ASD unit at a listed school (details supplied), given its partial location in a riparian area and also the need to preserve the existing Gaelic games pitch which also services an important wider community need; if she will confirm receipt of a report from...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (15 Jul 2025)

Paul Gogarty: 478. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the recent review of the SNA allocation at a school (details supplied) which recommended a significant increase to its allocation of 8.66 SNAs for a school of 700 pupils; when such an increase is likely to be provided; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39221/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (15 Jul 2025)

Paul Gogarty: 479. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how a school (details supplied) was not allocated additional SNAs for 2025/2026 despite a report following an exceptional review by the NCSE SENO investigators which recommended a significant increase in its allocation; if this is a temporary processing issue, which will see an increase early during the next school year, due to a shortage of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (15 Jul 2025)

Paul Gogarty: 480. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to list the SNA allocations per head at each primary and second level school in Dublin since 2015, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39223/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (15 Jul 2025)

Paul Gogarty: 512. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current process where schools can apply for new or upgraded DEIS status; if this is carried out on an annual or intermittent basis; the deadline for application if it is time-based; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39624/25]