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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 May 2024) See 128 other results from this debate

Micheál Martin: I am not aware of the situation pertaining to the appointment of any county manager and I do not think it is appropriate that we cast aspersions on it. That was quite some time ago, I would say. I did not pick up on the vanity project that Deputy McGrath mentioned earlier. Was it the transformation of a car park into a venue?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rail Network (16 May 2024) See 10 other results from this debate

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: We are out of time. Maybe a Topical Issue would be useful on that matter.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Road Network (16 May 2024) See 13 other results from this debate

Brendan Smith: I welcome the final sentence of the Minister's response, where he says that he will examine ways to give more support to local authorities. That needs to be done now. I have been highlighting this issue since 2020. The incessant rainfall has done damage even to relatively good roads. Cavan and Monaghan depend heavily on the non-national road network. In County Cavan, 96% of the road...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Bus Éireann (16 May 2024)

Bus Éireann

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Regional Development (16 May 2024) See 9 other results from this debate

Marian Harkin: I keep hearing that the Government will do everything in its power to advance these projects as fast as it can. That is what we hear all the time in the region. The Minister tells me about the big pot of money out there that is going to be spent. That is not my question. My question is, where is it being spent? Where is it being delivered? I agree with the Minister on the rural...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Park-and-Ride Facilities (16 May 2024)

Park-and-Ride Facilities

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rail Network (16 May 2024) See 11 other results from this debate

Eamon Ryan: I will try to give Deputies Martin Kenny and Ó Cuív the same clarity I gave to Deputy Harkin earlier. The rail review does not propose the reintroduction of the line to Collooney. I believe in those contexts it is better to keep the line as a greenway. This is a 30-year investment timeline. To answer Deputy Ó Cuív's question about the inflation aspect, we must think...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Transport (16 May 2024) See 8 other results from this debate

Eamon Ryan: I do not have the details of that stop, so I will have to come back to the Deputy directly on that. I do not have information about the plans for that stop. On the wider issue the Deputy raised about enhancing the ability to get drivers and mechanics, I am open to all initiatives and suggestions. Bus Éireann has looked at a variety of different ways. We have looked at moving some of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Renewable Energy Generation (16 May 2024) See 7 other results from this debate

David Stanton: 11 o’clock The situation is extraordinarily serious. Planning in place in the Port of Cork runs out next year and it may be very hard to extend it or get new planning. The rubber is hitting the road very quickly because the port needs funding very soon to expand. Will the Minister of State tell me where that money is going to come from? That is the bottom line here. We...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Rail Network (16 May 2024) See 13 other results from this debate

Marian Harkin: I thank the Minister. I have a long list of questions and replies going back to September 2021. It is nearly three years ago since he told me that the review was scheduled to be completed within 12 months. In November and December 2021, and October 2022, he told us that the review would be published shortly. This is going on for more than three years. I know there was a short delay...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (16 May 2024)

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Road Safety (16 May 2024) See 10 other results from this debate

Martin Kenny: Again, it is wait and see. We really need to see progress being made on all these issues and we have not.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Airport Policy (16 May 2024)

Airport Policy

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (16 May 2024) See 26 other results from this debate

Micheál Martin: Again, the situation in Syria was not about peacekeeping so we were not involved in Syrian peacekeeping. It was during our membership of the UN Security Council when we gained very significant insight in respect of the behaviour of permanent members of the UN Security Council. The bottom line is that the permanent members should not have a hold on Irish sovereignty. They should not dictate...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (16 May 2024)

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (16 May 2024) See 8 other results from this debate

Brendan Smith: I thank the Tánaiste for his reply and welcome the fact that this suggestion will be considered. The education and training board only uses part of that site. I cannot emphasise enough that it was the most modern barracks in Europe, officially opened in 1990. I represented Cavan-Monaghan during the bad days when this island was in the era of the Troubles. We can never overestimate...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (16 May 2024) See 24 other results from this debate

Brendan Howlin: I will not be adding to any vitriol but I do want clarity. We have a very proud record of deployment of UN peacekeepers, always under the umbrella of acting in the interest of the world community. A move away from the endorsement of the United Nations to simply domestic endorsement, or endorsement as part of a geopolitical group, would have two consequences. One, it would put our troops in...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (16 May 2024) See 7 other results from this debate

Micheál Martin: I will have a look at the situation again to satisfy myself as to how the process was conducted and I will revert then.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (16 May 2024)

Defence Forces

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tribunals of Inquiry (16 May 2024) See 8 other results from this debate

Catherine Connolly: I welcome the fact that we are beginning to get a little bit of clarity. A premises has been procured, which is good. The statutory instrument has not yet been signed, which is not so good. What is the delay? When will that be signed? That is still vague. I am conscious all of the time of the background to this, the delay and the whole history, which I will not go into at this time....