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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Apr 2025)

Malcolm Noonan: I wish to be associated with the comments made about Martin Groves. I wish him all the best and hope there is an opportunity to pay tribute to him at some point. On behalf of the Green Party, I join in the expressions of sympathy for the late pontiff, Pope Francis. His encyclical letter, Laudato Si ': On Care For Our Common Home, was mentioned. It was a rallying call for nature...

Seanad: Forestry Sector: Statements (29 Apr 2025)

Malcolm Noonan: I also welcome Teresa to the Chamber. I welcome the Minister of State to this important debate. I never had the formal opportunity to wish him the best in his tenure as Minister of State. I know he will hit the ground running. Any time I have had the duty to call him on issues, he picked up the phone straight away and dealt with the issue. I do appreciate that. I know he has a busy...

Seanad: Forestry Sector: Statements (29 Apr 2025)

Malcolm Noonan: I am not saying it is happening.

Seanad: Revised National Planning Framework: Motion (29 Apr 2025)

Malcolm Noonan: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. I will focus on some of the positives in terms of green initiatives in the NPF. I refer to the stronger focus on compact low-carbon growth, helping to reduce car dependency emissions, the formal integration of environmental assessments, including SEA and appropriate assessment, the national policy objectives aimed at supporting biodiversity...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Crime Prevention (10 Apr 2025)

Malcolm Noonan: It is great to have the senior Minister with us for Commencement matters.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Crime Prevention (10 Apr 2025)

Malcolm Noonan: It is much appreciated.

Seanad: Flooding: Statements (9 Apr 2025)

Malcolm Noonan: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. Déanaim comhghairdeas leis. I wish the Minister of State all the very best in his tenure. He has a very exciting portfolio but, no doubt, an incredibly challenging one as well. As Senators said, these extreme weather events we are witnessing are now becoming the norm. It was shown in a lot of climate modelling over recent years that this...

Seanad: Prohibition of Advertising or Importuning Sex for Rent Bill 2025: Second Stage (9 Apr 2025)

Malcolm Noonan: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire. I congratulate him on his appointment. I wish him all the very best for his term ahead. I know he is a reforming Minister, as he has outlined, and this is one area where he can make a significant difference. I welcome the National Women's Council of Ireland and all the other representative organisations that have been campaigning for this for many years....

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Apr 2025)

Malcolm Noonan: There are two issues I want to raise with the Leader. One relates to the potential shelving of the introduction of BER certificates for private rental properties, as reported by Caroline O'Doherty of the Irish Independent. This was a key commitment under Housing for All during the previous Government's term. Does the Government now intend to shelve plans to bring in BER certificates for...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Apr 2025)

Malcolm Noonan: I support the comments made by Senator Fitzpatrick. We await the announcement from the US Administration as it continues to play deal or no deal with the global economy. We in Ireland need collectively to adapt to a rapidly changing world order. That involves seeing this as an opportunity to wean ourselves off our overdependence on corporation tax receipts and to start localising, for...

Seanad: Childcare: Statements (2 Apr 2025)

Malcolm Noonan: Cuirim fáilte leis an Aire agus í ar ais arís. This is a sector in which I have a great interest. My wife is a practitioner in a lovely Montessori called First Steps Montessori, with Mary Verling and her team in Kilkenny. Over the past 20 years, I have been a voluntary board member of a number of community childcare projects. These projects, which Senator Tully also...

Seanad: Housing: Statements (2 Apr 2025)

Malcolm Noonan: I welcome the Minister and wish him all the best in what is no doubt the most difficult portfolio in government. Having served as a Minister of State in the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, I saw and was part of the immense effort by the previous Government to try to address this problem. It is an intergenerational problem, as other Senators have said. I will focus on...

Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport (Arms Embargo) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (2 Apr 2025)

Malcolm Noonan: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit agus déanaim comhghairdeas leis. I thank the Civil Engagement Group. I will be supporting this Bill. Yesterday, Senator Cosgrove and I met with Irish Healthcare Workers for Palestine. They have been outside Leinster House protesting for some time now, and have been campaigning and asking us in these Houses to highlight the plight of...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Coillte Teoranta (27 Mar 2025)

Malcolm Noonan: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire Stáit as ucht teacht isteach sa Teach. Déanaim comhghairdeas leis. I have not had the opportunity to formally congratulate him on his appointment. I received correspondence from the Department of agriculture yesterday indicating that neither the Minister for agriculture, nor the three Ministers of State, were available to take this Commencement...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Coillte Teoranta (27 Mar 2025)

Malcolm Noonan: In his comprehensive response, the Minister of State referred to the 2022 strategic vision. However, in that strategic vision, Coillte Nature has a very specific role, but that is now being deleted. That is the question I have. It is frustrating for us all that the committees are not up and running because we cannot ask these questions directly of Coillte. It is important that we get...

Seanad: Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2022 (Section 4(2)) (Scheme Termination Date) Order 2025: Motion (27 Mar 2025)

Malcolm Noonan: Before the next speaker, I welcome the guests of Charles Hearne, our facilities manager, from the UK Parliament, including the leader of the delegation, John Owen, and Lady Usher of the Black Rod, Sarah Clarke. You are very welcome to the Upper House. We hope you enjoy your visit to Dáil Éireann and to Ireland.

Seanad: Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2022 (Section 4(2)) (Scheme Termination Date) Order 2025: Motion (27 Mar 2025)

Malcolm Noonan: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Noel Grealish, and his guests to the Gallery. They are all very welcome to Seanad Éireann.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Mar 2025)

Malcolm Noonan: Before I go to my main issue, I express my support for Senator Andrews. As a former Minister of State with responsibility for heritage, I feel that surely a compromise can be found to respect the heritage of the buildings and see them regenerated. This morning I met the Irish medical workers for Palestine. I want to back up the comments of Senator Higgins on the horror in Gaza. There...

Seanad: Road Safety: Statements (25 Mar 2025)

Malcolm Noonan: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit, agus comhghairdeas leis. The Minister of State is very welcome. It is the first time I can congratulate him on his appointment, and I wish him all the very best over his term of office. The Minister of State mentioned at the start of his opening contribution that behind each statistic is a story and a family. I want to speak about the late...

Seanad: Common Agricultural Policy National Plan: Statements (20 Mar 2025)

Malcolm Noonan: I welcome the Minister, Deputy Heydon. This is my first opportunity to congratulate him on his appointment. We worked very well together in Government, along with the senior Minister at the time, Deputy McConalogue. We advanced a lot on what I will be speaking about, namely, the alignment of the next CAP strategic plans with nature objectives and, in particular, the nature restoration...