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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Homelessness: Discussion (5 Mar 2024)

Rebecca Moynihan: Another issue that flares up is that couples who are long-term homeless find it very difficult to find homeless accommodation for couples. Are there plans to expand couples accommodation or how many hostels offer couples accommodation?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Homelessness: Discussion (5 Mar 2024)

Rebecca Moynihan: I understand Senator Fitzpatrick would like to come in at this point.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Homelessness: Discussion (5 Mar 2024)

Rebecca Moynihan: To explore that further, does that mean more people in long-term homelessness are exiting? What is the profile of the people who are exiting homelessness at that stage?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Homelessness: Discussion (5 Mar 2024)

Rebecca Moynihan: I would not mind getting this on the record, particularly in terms of Housing First. One of the things that we come across all the time is that when housing developments are proposed, everybody says there are too many one-bedroom units. What is the breakdown of people who exit homeless accommodation who need one-bedroom units? With regard to the progress on Housing First, it was based on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Homelessness: Discussion (5 Mar 2024)

Rebecca Moynihan: That is interesting. I thank Ms Hayes and Mr. Durkan.

Seanad: Community Safety and Investment: Motion [Private Members] (28 Feb 2024)

Rebecca Moynihan: I move: That Seanad Éireann: acknowledges that: - An Garda Síochána play a vital role in ensuring our communities are safe, law and order is upheld, and community well-being is maintained; - there is a crisis of morale within An Garda Síochána resulting in a significant number of Gardaí leaving the service; - there are real and growing concerns about safety...

Seanad: Community Safety and Investment: Motion [Private Members] (28 Feb 2024)

Rebecca Moynihan: Sorry, we will do six, five and five.

Seanad: Community Safety and Investment: Motion [Private Members] (28 Feb 2024)

Rebecca Moynihan: I welcome the students from west Cork and Zoe from the National Traveller Women's forum who is here with Senator Flynn. Across all communities and demographics, people are expressing a growing feeling of unsafety. People in working class communities feel unsafe in their neighbourhoods, the LGBTQ community reports increased levels of hate and related threats and violence and ethnic...

Seanad: Community Safety and Investment: Motion [Private Members] (28 Feb 2024)

Rebecca Moynihan: I thank Members for their engagement on the motion and their support of it. Most of them particularly recognised the focus on community policing in it, which the Minister referenced in her speech. Unfortunately, as regards how she referred to it, I do not think she got what community policing is. She talked about how, in policing, all police will be community police. While that may seem...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Defective Blocks Scheme: Discussion (27 Feb 2024)

Rebecca Moynihan: I am happy to cede my time to anybody from the relevant constituencies and areas if they want to come in. I see Deputy Mac Lochlainn for example. I happy to give some of my time to them if that will help keep to 90 minutes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Defective Blocks Scheme: Discussion (27 Feb 2024)

Rebecca Moynihan: What I intended was to give over my time to some people who probably needed more time. I think Senator Fitzpatrick explained that the idea behind this meeting was that it was going to be the initial meeting with affected homeowners and residents, and then we were going to do a follow-up with the State agencies that are responsible. With that in mind, the questions I have crafted are quite...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Defective Blocks Scheme: Discussion (27 Feb 2024)

Rebecca Moynihan: That is a really good explanation, and that is exactly what I was wondering. I wanted that explored a little bit more for us to be able to put it to them.

Seanad: Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (21 Feb 2024)

Rebecca Moynihan: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (21 Feb 2024)

Rebecca Moynihan: I welcome the passing of the Bill in this House. It will be looked back at in time as a measure that was in itself a small step but which included foundation-shaking implications for the rest of the country. What happens in Limerick will provide a template for all the other cities around the country. More fundamentally, it is about reforming local democracy. As Senator Fitzpatrick said,...

Seanad: Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Rebecca Moynihan: I move amendment No. 40: In page 24, line 21, to delete “consideration” and substitute “approval”. I will discuss the amendments together, if that is okay, and I will move Senator Higgins’s amendments. Amendment No. 40 is very simple. It gives more powers back to councillors rather than the issue of consideration. Councillors would have to approve a...

Seanad: Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Rebecca Moynihan: I move amendment No. 41: In page 24, line 24, to delete “7 days” and substitute “14 days”.

Seanad: Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Rebecca Moynihan: I move amendment No. 44: In page 24, between lines 29 and 30, to insert the following: “(6) Members of the elected council may move amendments to the Mayoral programme at meetings referred to in subsection (3) and the Mayor shall either: (a) accept such amendments; or (b) reject such amendments and provide a rationale for such rejection in writing to the elected council.”.

Seanad: Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Rebecca Moynihan: I move amendment No. 45: In page 24, between lines 34 and 35, to insert the following: “(c) made available for consultation and borrowing at libraries within the administrative area of Limerick City and County Council,”.

Seanad: Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Rebecca Moynihan: I move amendment No. 46: In page 24, after line 39, to insert the following: “(7) A version of the Mayoral programme shall be produced and made available in plain English.”.

Seanad: Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Rebecca Moynihan: I move amendment No. 47: In page 25, to delete lines 9 and 10 and substitute the following: “(b) such number of members of Limerick City and County Council appointed by the Mayor as the Mayor considers appropriate, who shall be nominated for appointment in accordance with paragraph 18 of Schedule 2 to the Local Government Act 2001, and".