Results 221-240 of 2,052 for speaker:Maria Bailey

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Urban Regeneration and Housing (Amendment) Bill 2018: Discussion (28 Mar 2019)

Maria Bailey: Deputy Wallace was referring to Dublin.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Urban Regeneration and Housing (Amendment) Bill 2018: Discussion (28 Mar 2019)

Maria Bailey: I was pleased to hear Shanganagh mentioned so many times. A proposal for Shanganagh is on the table. It went to councillors on Tuesday night. My father and I have been involved with it for two years. It will be one third cost rental. We are up to approximately 340 cost rental units. That is where we can deliver on State lands. I have one final question for Deputy Wallace. How much...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Urban Regeneration and Housing (Amendment) Bill 2018: Discussion (28 Mar 2019)

Maria Bailey: We need to emphasise this point. We cannot build houses as quickly as people think.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Urban Regeneration and Housing (Amendment) Bill 2018: Discussion (28 Mar 2019)

Maria Bailey: Then we need to allow nine months to build.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Urban Regeneration and Housing (Amendment) Bill 2018: Discussion (28 Mar 2019)

Maria Bailey: It still required major investment though.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Urban Regeneration and Housing (Amendment) Bill 2018: Discussion (28 Mar 2019)

Maria Bailey: I was simply making the point that apartments are being built in Dublin. That is all I was saying. I am supportive generally of the Bill. I thank all the witnesses for attending today. We have gone well over time. I apologise for that and to those involved in our next session. With the permission of members we will extend the next session to 1 p.m. Is that agreed? Agreed. Again, I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government (Restoration of Town Councils) Bill 2018: Discussion (28 Mar 2019)

Maria Bailey: At the request of the broadcasting and recording services, members and visitors in the Public Gallery are requested to ensure that, for the duration of the meeting, their mobile phones are turned off completely or switched to airplane, safe or flight mode, depending on their device. It is not sufficient to switch phones to silent mode because this will maintain a level of interference with...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government (Restoration of Town Councils) Bill 2018: Discussion (28 Mar 2019)

Maria Bailey: Yes they will.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government (Restoration of Town Councils) Bill 2018: Discussion (28 Mar 2019)

Maria Bailey: I invite Dr. Quinlivan to make his presentation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government (Restoration of Town Councils) Bill 2018: Discussion (28 Mar 2019)

Maria Bailey: Deputy Cassells is substituting for Deputy Casey.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government (Restoration of Town Councils) Bill 2018: Discussion (28 Mar 2019)

Maria Bailey: Deputy O'Dowd is unquestionably the biggest supporter of Drogheda. He fights for his county at every meeting. Some of the questions were not relevant to Deputy Howlin's Bill but gave the context for it. Does Deputy Howlin wish to answer particular questions?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government (Restoration of Town Councils) Bill 2018: Discussion (28 Mar 2019)

Maria Bailey: You have to be old and grey.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government (Restoration of Town Councils) Bill 2018: Discussion (28 Mar 2019)

Maria Bailey: We will leave it on that point. I thank all our witnesses for attending and apologise for delaying them because we went an hour over schedule. I thank Ms Maloney, Deputy Howlin, Mr. Smith and Dr. Quinlivan for appearing before us this morning. I am sure we will have an ongoing conversation about this. We will decide next week how we will proceed with this Bill.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Business of Joint Committee (6 Mar 2019)

Maria Bailey: As we have a quorum, I call the meeting to order. I propose that we go into private session to deal with some housekeeping matters. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (6 Mar 2019)

Maria Bailey: At the request of the broadcasting and recording services, members and visitors in the Public Gallery are requested to ensure that, for the duration of the meeting, their mobile phones are turned off completely or switched to airplane, safe or flight mode, depending on the device. It is not sufficient to place phones in silent mode as they may maintain a level of interference with the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (6 Mar 2019)

Maria Bailey: The committee will agree to that if there is time at the end of the meeting. For the information of non-members of the committee, normally at these meetings each member gets five minutes and it is up to them how they use them.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (6 Mar 2019)

Maria Bailey: We need to move on because the Senator is well over time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (6 Mar 2019)

Maria Bailey: We will come back to that issue. The Senator is well over time. I need to be fair to other members.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (6 Mar 2019)

Maria Bailey: It is up to the Deputy how he spends his time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (6 Mar 2019)

Maria Bailey: In the interests of consistency, I have to move on.