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- Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (Resumed) (10 Jun 2020)
Verona Murphy: I am not asking about an individual matter.
- Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (Resumed) (10 Jun 2020)
Verona Murphy: I have asked-----
- Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (Resumed) (10 Jun 2020)
Verona Murphy: These are not individual matters. All matters are being decided based on something that is not contained in the regulations. The Minister of State has stated that there is no minimum density. An Bord Pleanála decided as recently as last month to dictate minimum densities pursuant to the Government's SPPR. If the Minister of State is telling the House that there is no such minimum...
- Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (Resumed) (10 Jun 2020)
Verona Murphy: I thank the Minister of State.
- Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (Resumed) (10 Jun 2020)
Verona Murphy: I am sorry-----
- Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (Resumed) (10 Jun 2020)
Verona Murphy: Will the Minister of State write to An Bord Pleanála and inform it that there is no minimum requirement in the SPPR?
- Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (Resumed) (10 Jun 2020)
Verona Murphy: It absolutely is.
- Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (Resumed) (10 Jun 2020)
Verona Murphy: In the specific-----
- Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (Resumed) (10 Jun 2020)
Verona Murphy: Will the Minister of State write to An Bord Pleanála to state that the SPPR contains no minimum requirement? The Minister of State is confirming to the House that he will do that.
- Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (Resumed) (10 Jun 2020)
Verona Murphy: Will the Minister of State certainly do that?
- Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (Resumed) (10 Jun 2020)
Verona Murphy: I specifically request that the Minister of State writes to An Bord Pleanála to state that there are no minimum density requirements-----
- Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (Resumed) (10 Jun 2020)
Verona Murphy: -----contained within the SPPR or the sustainable residential developments guidelines.
- Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (Resumed) (10 Jun 2020)
Verona Murphy: I thank the Minister of State.
- Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (17 Jun 2020)
Verona Murphy: I thank the Minister on behalf of the people of Wexford for the funds received last week for local historic buildings and for her continued commitment to the Wexford Opera Festival, particularly this year in light of Covid. It will not be going ahead as normal but it will have a more streamlined approach to see it through to next year when, hopefully, we will be back to normal. Planning...
- Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (17 Jun 2020)
Verona Murphy: I am aware of that.
- Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (17 Jun 2020)
Verona Murphy: The Minister said she has no discretion. Does she accept it is unsafe for a cyclist or a pedestrian in rural Ireland with overgrown hedges and that it is a road safety issue?
- Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (17 Jun 2020)
Verona Murphy: It is quite obvious that is not happening and that is what I am trying to emphasise. The Minister should use her own sense of reason and sensibility in order that the legislation allows for an extension either side so that it may be undertaken in real time and completed. I thank the Minister.
- Covid-19 (Measures to Protect Victims of Domestic Violence): Statements (24 Jun 2020)
Verona Murphy: There is no excuse for domestic violence, and while it is women who are in the main the victims of such abuse, men may also be victims, and we should not forget that. The Domestic Violence Act 2018 has some welcome provisions. For example, section 29 allows a court to recommend that a perpetrator of domestic violence engage with certain services, such as a programme for perpetrators of...
- Covid-19 (Measures to Protect Victims of Domestic Violence): Statements (24 Jun 2020)
Verona Murphy: I thank the Minister. Will he respond to my question about services being readily available and if they will be provided to those of limited means free of charge?
- Covid-19 (Measures to Protect Victims of Domestic Violence): Statements (24 Jun 2020)
Verona Murphy: I appreciate that. That assistance is not only provided for the perpetrator. It is an essential service for victims of abusive domestic violence and their children and families. Many of the organisations involved in this area, of which there are not enough, depend on charity to provide these services. As we know, one of the big travesties of the Covid-19 crisis is that none of these...