Results 1-20 of 461 for speaker:Joanna Byrne

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Nov 2025)

Joanna Byrne: I also wish to offer my congratulations to Catherine. As a new member of this committee, I was very privileged to sit beside her. As my colleagues have said, she came in here and put us all to shame with her scribbles and notes on every single page. She knew her brief inside out. I have every confidence that she will take that diligence and intensity into her new role. I wish her very...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Uisce Éireann (6 Nov 2025)

Joanna Byrne: I thank the witnesses very much for joining us. I come from Drogheda, the largest town in the country. I am sure the witnesses are well aware that there is a huge development boom, both infrastructure and much-needed housing, under way in the northern environs of Drogheda. There are also significant plans for the next five to seven years. There are concerns that capacity constraints in...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Uisce Éireann (6 Nov 2025)

Joanna Byrne: I appreciate that. I do not want to put Ms O'Dwyer on the spot, but I would appreciate it if she could send me a note on Drogheda. It is heartening to hear Ms O'Dwyer say Irish Water has a good relationship with the local authorities and it works with them. A relationship is needed with developers as well to ensure that the infrastructure is in place to support the delivery of...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Uisce Éireann (6 Nov 2025)

Joanna Byrne: I know that.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Uisce Éireann (6 Nov 2025)

Joanna Byrne: Does that pose a risk? I am aware of Irish Water's €22 million investment in a 2.3 km sewer pipeline, which is under way at the moment. Is there a risk if there is reliance on projects in other areas to be able to move water across? If there are delays in projects in the greater Dublin area and the Shannon, will it pose a risk?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Uisce Éireann (6 Nov 2025)

Joanna Byrne: That is great. I thank Mr. Laffey.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Uisce Éireann (6 Nov 2025)

Joanna Byrne: I appreciate that. I would imagine relationships have been built at this stage-----

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Uisce Éireann (6 Nov 2025)

Joanna Byrne: -----because it is the same handful of developers who have developed in recent times.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Uisce Éireann (6 Nov 2025)

Joanna Byrne: Just before I move on, I presume the volume of approvals in local authorities is monitored consistently between Uisce Éireann and the local authorities?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Uisce Éireann (6 Nov 2025)

Joanna Byrne: On developer-provided infrastructure, I think it was mentioned that there were 450 estates outstanding. Does Mr. Laffey know how many homes that represents?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Uisce Éireann (6 Nov 2025)

Joanna Byrne: If Mr. Laffey could provide that, it would be great. If he knows the cost of addressing this, what is it?

International Protection Processing and Enforcement: Statements (5 Nov 2025)

Joanna Byrne: It has been clear for quite some time that this Government has been mismanaging the entire IPAS process and accommodation. Concerns raised by the Opposition and civil society groups have been dismissed by this Government. It has buried its head in the sand, stating how much it is spending to fix the problem, which only continually gets worse. It is solely responsible for the mess and it...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 Nov 2025)

Joanna Byrne: A local headline in Drogheda today reads, "28 people could have died", following the horrific arson attack on the George's Street IPAS accommodation centre. If it had not been for the swift intervention of An Garda Síochána and Drogheda fire services, families and children, including a three-week-old baby, would not have escaped with their lives. One family had no way out of the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Budget 2026 (21 Oct 2025)

Joanna Byrne: 449. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide the Abridged Estimates Volume for Budget 2026 for Vote 33, including the provisional sub-head and programme level allocations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57013/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (9 Oct 2025)

Joanna Byrne: 75. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide details of the daily occupancy levels and the possibility of re-opening a hotel (details supplied) for tourists, as well as facilitating IPAS applicants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53439/25]

Financial Resolutions 2025 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (8 Oct 2025)

Joanna Byrne: With so much money in the State coffers, the Government had the perfect opportunity yesterday to set sport on the right path for the future. It was a striker's dream, an open goal with no opponents and the Government just needed to do its job and put the ball away. Instead, it scuffed its shot, kicked the turf and missed the net in an open goal. I fail to see the logic or rationale as to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (7 Oct 2025)

Joanna Byrne: 391. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on a citizenship application submitted by a person (details supplied) in County Louth who is working as an anaesthesiologist since March 2023. [52986/25]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Sport and Recreational Development (2 Oct 2025)

Joanna Byrne: I cannot emphasise enough just how important academies are to the future of Irish football. At the very top of the scale, we just need to see where our national team is right now in the international rankings and look at recent defeats to so-called lesser teams. At grassroots level, the opportunities that were there before Brexit no longer exist. Irish players cannot go across the water to...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Sport and Recreational Development (2 Oct 2025)

Joanna Byrne: The programme for Government stated that the Government will explore new mechanisms for the creation of football academies with the FAI and the League of Ireland, so I am not going to stand here and give the Minister plaudits for doing what he has committed to doing. The FAI pre-budget submission asks for support for League of Ireland academies, which is what my question this morning is...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Sport and Recreational Development (2 Oct 2025)

Joanna Byrne: 1. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment in view of the global gindings report produced from the Double Pass audit into the League of Ireland academy system, which benchmarks Ireland significantly behind other nations, the plans he has initiated to support academy development; if he will commit to the significant funding increase in this area to allow our...