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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Affecting the Quality of Water: Discussion (5 Nov 2019)

Anthony Lawlor: That is not proactive.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Affecting the Quality of Water: Discussion (5 Nov 2019)

Anthony Lawlor: Will certain tolerable levels of cryptosporidium be in the water in any case?

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: School Accommodation Provision (23 Oct 2019)

Anthony Lawlor: I thank the Leas-Chathaoirleach for selecting this matter. I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Kehoe. It is a pity that the Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy McHugh, could not be here. Naas community college is operated by Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board, KWETB. It has received planning permission on a site that has been selected for some years. My...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: School Accommodation Provision (23 Oct 2019)

Anthony Lawlor: I again thank the Minister of State for taking this matter on behalf of the Minister for Education and Skills. Perhaps he will pass on a couple of queries to the Minister. I welcome everything the Minister of State said. As stated earlier, I expect the school to be open before September 2021. I have identified the fact that the school is operating across three sites at present. That is...

Seanad: Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (23 Oct 2019)

Anthony Lawlor: I also welcome the family of Feargal Quinn. On the wall of the junior house in Newbridge College, through which many thousands of students have passed, there is a small number of photographs on the wall and one of them is of Feargal. The great thing about it is that there is not one photograph of a rugby player. There is just one of Feargal and two or three others. People recognise the...

Seanad: HSE Capital Plan 2019: Statements (23 Oct 2019)

Anthony Lawlor: I too welcome the Minister. It is great to have a debate on the capital plan. The capital budget is €11 billion over the next ten years. It is fascinating that people are knocking that at this stage as it is a positive outcome. Having done a project myself, I have issues with the overruns for the national children's hospital, which should be more closely monitored. I will make a...

Seanad: Sustainable Tourism: Statements (16 Oct 2019)

Anthony Lawlor: I also welcome the Minister of State. He is a credit to his Department. I have been in embassies around the world where he has spoken, and officials speak highly of his knowledge of the industry and his enthusiasm for ensuring it becomes sustainable. Sustainability is about how we progress the industry into the future. We cannot always benefit from events that took place in the past. The...

Seanad: Sustainable Tourism: Statements (16 Oct 2019)

Anthony Lawlor: I know the Acting Chairman has one down in Waterford-----

Seanad: Sustainable Tourism: Statements (16 Oct 2019)

Anthony Lawlor: I am aware that there is a greenway in Waterford-----

Seanad: Sustainable Tourism: Statements (16 Oct 2019)

Anthony Lawlor: The Acting Chairman may give me the chance to say that I welcome the funding that it has had. If there is a possibility-----

Seanad: Sustainable Tourism: Statements (16 Oct 2019)

Anthony Lawlor: Is there a possibility that-----

Seanad: Sustainable Tourism: Statements (16 Oct 2019)

Anthony Lawlor: Is there a possibility that we could speed up the implementation of these greenways? There are two going through Kildare, which are superb. This links up with the Dublin to Galway greenway, as Senator Hopkins referred to, along the Royal and Grand canals, which are two great assets. The quicker the greenways are done the better. Both the Grand Canal and the Royal Canal pass through...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Oct 2019)

Anthony Lawlor: Is it not amazing how Fianna Fáil closed Templemore?

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Oct 2019)

Anthony Lawlor: Fianna Fáil closed the college for five years. Not one garda was recruited for five years. Fianna Fáil closed Templemore. It was a disgrace.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Oct 2019)

Anthony Lawlor: Senator Murnane O'Connor should get her facts right.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Oct 2019)

Anthony Lawlor: The fact is that Fianna Fáil closed Templemore.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Oct 2019)

Anthony Lawlor: There will be gardaí going to Carlow because we reopened Templemore.

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2019: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (9 Oct 2019)

Anthony Lawlor: I acknowledge my colleague, Senator Ray Butler, who has put an awful lot of effort in this issue and who has been pushing for the self-employed since he entered the Dáil in 2011. The Government has reduced the length of time for which people can be bankrupt, which is important. This Bill allows the self-employed to get some social welfare when they are going through some hardship. I...

Seanad: Budget 2020: Statements (8 Oct 2019)

Anthony Lawlor: I was up in the North on Saturday, in Armagh. I was talking to some guys behind the goals and the try line and they were saying that they had gathered all the money up that they were required to gather up for an investment in their clubhouse, which was to bring more young kids in and put a physical fitness room in place. I asked why they could not go ahead with it and one of them said,...

Seanad: Budget 2020: Statements (8 Oct 2019)

Anthony Lawlor: One of the things I wrote down when I heard the Minister speak this afternoon was "prudence and caution". Everyone is talking about Brexit and the possibility of a no-deal outcome. The Minister also said that fear of an overheating economy was part of the reason it was a prudent and cautious budget. It is easy for various groups to be looking for bits and pieces of the budget. It is...