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Seanad: Consumer Protection (Regulation of Credit Servicing Firms) Bill 2015: Second Stage (24 Jun 2015)

Pat O'Neill: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Dara Murphy.

Seanad: Master Plan for the City of Dublin: Motion (24 Jun 2015)

Pat O'Neill: I congratulate Senator Norris on the motion. One realises that it is a very broad motion when one reads it. I will wait for the new Minister of State to arrive.

Seanad: Master Plan for the City of Dublin: Motion (24 Jun 2015)

Pat O'Neill: I have even sent Senator Norris out of the House.

Seanad: Master Plan for the City of Dublin: Motion (24 Jun 2015)

Pat O'Neill: Senator Norris has tabled a good motion but I suggest it should be much broader. I am a Kilkenny man and noted that one of first comments the Senator made in this debate was to criticise that we have a rural Minister and that there were rural Senators in the House. I say to him that we are all Irish people. I am very proud to be an Irish person. I am very proud of my capital city of...

Seanad: Master Plan for the City of Dublin: Motion (24 Jun 2015)

Pat O'Neill: I said "things that we have got wrong".

Seanad: Master Plan for the City of Dublin: Motion (24 Jun 2015)

Pat O'Neill: Let me give an example of buildings situated alongside the castle in Kilkenny city.

Seanad: Master Plan for the City of Dublin: Motion (24 Jun 2015)

Pat O'Neill: Yes.

Seanad: Master Plan for the City of Dublin: Motion (24 Jun 2015)

Pat O'Neill: Can I continue?

Seanad: Master Plan for the City of Dublin: Motion (24 Jun 2015)

Pat O'Neill: There are lovely Georgian buildings located by the castle in Kilkenny city. However, in the early 1970s the Department of Posts and Telegraphs, as it was known then, decided to knock the Georgian buildings and install a redbrick building to house a telephone exchange. Around Kilkenny castle and its vicinity is often used for film sets. When filming calls for Georgian buildings, the set...

Seanad: Master Plan for the City of Dublin: Motion (24 Jun 2015)

Pat O'Neill: No, that is a mistake. Kilkenny city is nice and compact city and I think we have got things fairly right in Kilkenny city.

Seanad: Master Plan for the City of Dublin: Motion (24 Jun 2015)

Pat O'Neill: I am entitled to make a comparison. Let me mention three streets in Kilkenny where, during the local election, I discovered there were two people living on one street and three people living on the other street. We are here to talk about Dublin city and people living in Dublin city.

Seanad: Master Plan for the City of Dublin: Motion (24 Jun 2015)

Pat O'Neill: High density is part of the Dublin city plan. Dublin City Council must get its plan. Is it high density? Part of the matter is transport. I agree with the views expressed by Senator Norris on transport in this city. The bus lanes work well. We have a Luas which should have been joined at the start but the matter is being sorted now. There is also a place for motorists. We cannot...

Seanad: Master Plan for the City of Dublin: Motion (24 Jun 2015)

Pat O'Neill: I have expressed my opinion.

Seanad: Master Plan for the City of Dublin: Motion (24 Jun 2015)

Pat O'Neill: There has been an 87% increase in the number of people cycling. There has also been a lot of controversy about cyclists and people cycling on blue bikes. If people want to cycle around this city then they must observe the rules of the road, the same as anyone else. Dublin City Council, the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government or someone should provide a course to...

Seanad: Master Plan for the City of Dublin: Motion (24 Jun 2015)

Pat O'Neill: I did not say that. Did I say so?

Seanad: Master Plan for the City of Dublin: Motion (24 Jun 2015)

Pat O'Neill: Senator O'Donnell, I did not say that. I said that we have to make a modern city that we are proud of.

Seanad: Master Plan for the City of Dublin: Motion (24 Jun 2015)

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Seanad: Master Plan for the City of Dublin: Motion (24 Jun 2015)

Pat O'Neill: No, I did not say that. I said we cannot be like Dublin in "The Rare Ould Times" and I did not say go back to it.

Seanad: Master Plan for the City of Dublin: Motion (24 Jun 2015)

Pat O'Neill: I want to know whether we are going to have high density housing and whether a living city is-----

Seanad: Master Plan for the City of Dublin: Motion (24 Jun 2015)

Pat O'Neill: Is it? Sorry, but I was interrupted for at least two minutes. To sum up, I agree with the sentiments contained in the motion. A lot of this matter has to be with co-operation between Dublin City Council and central government to get either a commission or something set up. We need that because there are a lot of issues about people coming back to live in the inner city or the main parts...