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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Mar 2023)

Mary Fitzpatrick: When the witnesses come back to us it would be beneficial for us to know what is the disadvantage. Lawyers would argue that it is, let us say, a diminution of access to justice. Perhaps we could get an explanation for that. Access to justice is a very important issue. I apologise to the committee for taking so much time.

Seanad: Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Mar 2023)

Mary Fitzpatrick: Next Tuesday.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2023)

Mary Fitzpatrick: I thank all of the witnesses for attending. We appreciate their contributions to our work. Everybody accepts that the ambition is to have a greater certainty, clarity and consistency in planning and that we would have a plan-led approach to developments, be they residential, large-scale or even small-scale. It is kind of a nirvana that we all aspire to. The RIAI representatives clearly...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2023)

Mary Fitzpatrick: Okay. That is great. I would be interested as well in the Irish Environmental Network’s view on the proposal for ten-year plans.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2023)

Mary Fitzpatrick: Will the Irish Environmental Network be making a specific proposal? A review was mentioned. There was an issue. We had the Local Authority Members Association, LAMA, and the Association of Irish Local Government, AILG, in here and they are engaged in the proposal for a ten-year plan but also on the quality, let us say, or format that any review would take. Will IEN be making specific...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Feb 2023)

Mary Fitzpatrick: On behalf of the Fianna Fáil group, I condemn the barbaric gun attack on the unarmed, off-duty police officer who was volunteering to coach young people at Youth Sport in Killyclogher, Omagh last night. We send him best wishes for a full and speedy recovery and best wishes to his family, his colleagues and everyone who witnessed the attempted murder, but especially the young people of...

Seanad: Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023: Second Stage (22 Feb 2023)

Mary Fitzpatrick: Comhghairdeas on bringing this piece of legislation to the House today on Second Stage. With my colleagues, I look forward to supporting the legislation. It is an important piece of work. It was my privilege, along with Senators Boyhan, Cummins, Seery Kearney and others, to do the pre-legislative scrutiny in the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage. It is...

Seanad: Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023: Second Stage (22 Feb 2023)

Mary Fitzpatrick: Next Tuesday.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Feb 2023)

Mary Fitzpatrick: I thank the elected members and executives for attending, particularly the elected members. They have a job to do to get elected and look after their constituents but are here representing local authority members from all over the country. They are also cathaoirligh for their local authority areas and members of regional assemblies. The role of local authority members is not sufficiently...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Feb 2023)

Mary Fitzpatrick: A formal sort of completion step.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Feb 2023)

Mary Fitzpatrick: Will AILG be making one?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Feb 2023)

Mary Fitzpatrick: I am a city dweller. The committee discussed the issue of rural housing guidelines previously. Direct action arising out of this meeting in the form of a letter to the Minister seeking an update on behalf of those who have presented here would be appropriate. May I ask one more question?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Feb 2023)

Mary Fitzpatrick: There has been much talk about the mandatory guidelines. However, there has also been much talk about the proposal for a ten-year plan. If one listens to all contributors for long enough, one gets persuaded by all arguments. The representatives from the CCMA are quite bold in saying that ten years is a good thing. I understand their reasoning. I was a local authority member and I am...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Feb 2023)

Mary Fitzpatrick: Absolutely.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Feb 2023)

Mary Fitzpatrick: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: National Children's Hospital (15 Feb 2023)

Mary Fitzpatrick: I thank the Minister of State for coming to the House today. This morning I seek an update from the Minister for Health on the proposal to name the new national children's hospital after Dr. Kathleen Lynn. The campaign to name the national children's hospital after Dr. Kathleen Lynn has been led by the 1916 Relatives Association and has the support of my own party, Fianna Fáil, as well...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: National Children's Hospital (15 Feb 2023)

Mary Fitzpatrick: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire Stáit. I should have thanked everybody who is still working on the construction of the hospital. That was remiss of me. It is tremendous to see it coming out of the ground and everybody who has worked on it is to be congratulated and commended. It will absolutely transform not only the provision of care for the patients, the young people who are 25%...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Feb 2023)

Mary Fitzpatrick: I wish to remind the House of what is happening in Türkiye and Syria. More than 17 million people in that area have been affected. There is talk about more than 38,000 people having died already. The costs will run to in excess of €100 billion. When we go about our daily business we need to keep that in mind. I acknowledge the Government's donation of €10 million...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Feb 2023)

Mary Fitzpatrick: No, there is plenty of ball involved. I say good luck to Ms Sturgeon and her family. I thank her for her service and wish her well.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Feb 2023)

Mary Fitzpatrick: I would like to raise the issue of the campaign that is just over a year old now in Drumcondra to save our hall. The Corpus Christi Hall, on Home Farm Road, has been a parish resource for the people of Drumcondra for decades. It was a place where young children and not-so-young adults learned to dance. Women got together in breast-feeding clubs and knitting clubs. All sorts of activities...