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Covid-19 (Transport): Statements (23 Sep 2020)

Maurice Quinlivan: ...positive. In fact, it has been disastrous. There have been threats by airlines to cut transatlantic routes. We also had the spectre of job losses and the near-complete collapse of the aviation industry in the State. On top of all this, we have warnings from Ryanair that it may close its base at Shannon over the winter months. In her report, Mid-west Economic Insights, Dr. Catriona...

Seanad: Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2020: Second Stage (23 Sep 2020)

Eugene Murphy: ..., we must realise why this Bill is coming through and why some people might use the phrase "fast track" to describe its passage. It is being fast-tracked because thousands of jobs in the forestry industry in this country are in jeopardy. Coming from rural Ireland, as the Minister of State, Senator Hackett, has pointed out, I can say that there will be thousands of families left without a...

Expenditure Response to Covid-19 Crisis: Statements (16 Sep 2020)

Mairead Farrell: ...and health naturally accounting for the lion's share. While on the face of it this might seem shocking in magnitude, it is matched in scale only by the level of the crisis . Higher expenditure in the short term is necessary to avoid long-term social and economic devastation. I recognise the Government having taken on board much of the constructive criticism that has been made by me and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Higher Education Institutions (9 Sep 2020)

Simon Harris: ...qualified graduates, and initiatives to equip young people and the working population more generally with the skills and capacity to meet these demands. Structures such as the National Skills Council, the Regional Skills Fora, the National Training Fund Advisory Group and the Apprenticeship Council help identify and respond to skills needs and ensure that we have a national and...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Immigrant Investor Programme (28 Jul 2020)

Barry Cowen: .... From a planning perspective, the location at the site of Banagher Chilling, which was previously used as an abattoir, in addition to strict assessment by the planning department of Offaly County Council, which expects to make a decision in the coming days, has involved great cost and expense. The project offers a unique and welcome opportunity to create jobs in Offaly and provide...

Future of School Education: Motion [Private Members] (28 Jul 2020)

Mattie McGrath: ...we are spending on class sizes. Teachers have been lobbying as have Ms Nóirín Ní Mhaoldhomhnaigh and many principals to get supports. There are huge stresses on the schools' boards of management, parents' councils, teaching staff and parents. We need those supports but we need to cut out the bureaucracy as well. I referred to class sizes and the facilities. Some of the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts (28 Jul 2020)

Michael McGrath: ...Development Plan. A review of the policies and practices deployed in the procurement of public works projects commenced in March 2019.  The focus of the review is on improving the delivery of construction projects in terms of quality, timely delivery and cost outcomes.  The review will deliver significant changes to the CWMF over the coming years.  The review process...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Project Ireland 2040 (28 Jul 2020)

Catherine Martin: ...works at the Natural History Museum, which will again inform the final project budget.  In respect of the National Archives redevelopment, the project has just completed the tender stage and a tender analysis is currently underway.  This will inform the final project budget and construction is expected to commence within the coming months.  This redevelopment will see the...

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters (21 Jul 2020)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: ...to issue a card-pass to those suffering from respiratory conditions or mental health issues to exempt them from wearing face masks; (5) Deputy Pa Daly - to discuss the crisis within the tourism industry; (6) Deputies Violet-Anne Wynne, Martin Browne and Maurice Quinlivan - to discuss the future of Shannon Airport and Shannon Heritage to ensure their continued viability; (7) Deputy Paul...

National Oil Reserves Agency (Amendment) and Provision of Central Treasury Services Bill 2020: Second Stage (15 Jul 2020)

Richard O'Donoghue: ...3 billion in carbon taxes since 2010. The Green Party has included certain projects that its members want rural Ireland to pay for. Some €8.5 million is being provided for gas projects. Dublin City Council is to get €20 million for green heating systems. Some €4.5 million is being provided for the Tallaght district system, €7.5 million is being provided for...

Financial Provisions (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Second Stage (14 Jul 2020)

Mattie McGrath: .... On the other hand, we have the sectoral agreements, in respect of which there is a clamouring every day to revisit the court decision. Those sectoral agreements were made with the big financial people - the Construction Industry Federation, or whatever - but things are different for small employers. I know I am straying a small bit from the legislation but this is a very important...

Estimates for Public Services 2020 (Resumed) (9 Jul 2020)

Helen McEntee: ...programmes comprising almost 60 separate subheads. Substantial funding has been made available to agencies that play a pivotal role in the criminal justice area, such as Forensic Science Ireland, FSI, and the Criminal Assets Bureau, CAB. A total budget of €57 million is being provided to FSI in 2020, of which €39.6 million is capital. Although a contract has been awarded...

Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (7 Jul 2020)

Darragh O'Brien: ...Development Agency (LDA) and other state and private sector partners; — work with the private sector, through the planning and regulatory regimes, to ensure that an appropriate mix and type of housing is provided nationally and locally; — monitor and work to address, with key stakeholders and industry, issues arising in the area of construction costs, viability and...

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (Resumed) (10 Jun 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: ...2018. Local authority housing output is getting worse. The State built 1,238 houses in 2018 and only 1,088 in 2019, but in Dublin the situation is worse. In 2018, the four Dublin counties built 634 council houses, a pathetic number in and of itself. In 2019, that fell to 228. In Dún Laoghaire, the number went from 120 in 2018, for a housing list of 5,000, to 17 in 2019 for that...

Covid-19 (Local Government): Statements (27 May 2020)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: .... We cannot cut services, for example, to the elderly whom we deal with daily. I refer to the mobility grants and housing adaptation grants for windows and doors. I can speak for Carlow County Council, as the Minister of State will be well aware, in my constituency. We get one of the lowest capital funding allocations from central government. He needs to make sure that we deliver our...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Covid-19 Pandemic (27 May 2020)

Heather Humphreys: The Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation does not have policy responsibility for the construction sector although the Department and its agencies do engage in a limited way with the sector, mainly from a developmental perspective. Therefore an analysis of the type referred to in the question, including as regards impacts on the housing market, has not been undertaken. One...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Film Industry (27 May 2020)

Josepha Madigan: I understand that on 11 May last, elected members of South Dublin County Council agreed to the sale of 48 acres at Grange Castle Business Park to Lens Media Limited and that there are plans that that the site will be used for the construction of a media park which will incorporate sound stages, workshop space and office space and will facilitate film, TV and digital content production....

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Briefing by ICTU, HSA and CIF Representatives on the Reopening of the Construction Industry (19 May 2020)

Mr. Tom Parlon: -----for collaboration. I am in a group called the Construction Industry Council, which includes engineers, chartered engineers, surveyors, architects and so on. We have come out with a statement to say we should attempt to agree costs collaboratively, because there is a legal industry that lives off disputes. That will be the big challenge. We hope the Office of...

An Bille um Bearta Éigeandála ar mhaithe le Leas an Phobail (Covid-19), 2020: An Dara Céim (Atógáil) - Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Mar 2020)

Bríd Smith: ...acknowledging in this section of the Bill the tremendous and courageous efforts of our health workers, we should also acknowledge all front line and essential workers, including shop, transport and council workers and all of those who are doing everything they can to help get us out of this crisis. I agree with the Minister, Deputy Harris, when he said that there is no place in the...

Environmental Policy: Motion [Private Members] (18 Dec 2019)

Peadar Tóibín: ...have a lot of time so I will speak to just a couple of the issues as they relate to the motion. I welcome that the Labour Party has tabled the motion. I specifically want to refer to the quarry industry. People may have seen the very interesting RTÉ "Prime Time Investigates" programme on this sector very recently. Perhaps the Minister could pay as much attention to the issue here...