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Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Feb 2019)

John Brady: This issue can be resolved if the Government sits down with the trades unions, negotiates this issue and-----

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Feb 2019)

Simon Coveney: I agree with the Deputy that CE schemes are very valuable and that the people who work on them make a significant contribution in their own communities across the country. However, it is important to acknowledge that those employed in CE schemes are not employees of the State and, therefore, the pension arrangements that would apply to employees of the State do not apply in the case of CE...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Feb 2019)

Kevin O'Keeffe: ...many years ago, when an issue arose about planning for wind farms in my area in north Cork, there was a major campaign at the same time in Britain to call a halt to the building of wind farms on land. That campaign was successful because, first, an abundance of wind farms constructed had been constructed and, second, in terms of supply to the grid, the surplus was such that some wind farm...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Feb 2019)

Richard Bruton: The position on those guidelines is that they are issued by the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government. I understand the consultation was delayed because of new provisions relating to noise, which were required to be incorporated into them. I understand also that the Department will shortly enter into consultation on those onshore wind guidelines. In respect of offshore...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Feb 2019)

Richard Bruton: No cap is being set by Government. The decision on a wind farm is decided by planning application issued under the guidelines the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government is revising. No cap is issued by Government in that regard.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Feb 2019)

Michael Moynihan: ...captured by the closed circuit television, CCTV cameras, which were installed at considerable expense by the State in communities across the country. The meeting was about deterring crime and allowing people to feel safe in their own homes and communities but it now transpires that there is no home to store that CCTV footage. It cannot be stored with the local authority or the Department...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Feb 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I would be happy to engage on a bilateral basis with the Deputy. There appears to be a form of misinterpretation or misunderstanding as to the operation of the scheme. A number of conditions that must be complied with have been laid down in legislation. I am not sure if the Deputy is adverting to any particular scheme. I suggest he may be but a number of applications have been...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Feb 2019)

Danny Healy-Rae: One of the main tasks of this Government is the provision of housing. However, one action taken by the Department and the local authorities is the purchase of second-hand houses around our county. This means the local authority is in direct competition with people who wish to purchase a house for themselves. The local authorities and the Department should be building houses for social...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Feb 2019)

Leo Varadkar: I may ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government to come back with more details, but there is a scheme whereby someone can get a loan to renovate a house and then rent it out to the local authority for social housing. I forget the name of it.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Feb 2019)

Pat Buckley: Under the programme for Government and the capital investment plan more than €10 million was promised for two major works in Middleton Community Hospital and Youghal Community Hospital. These works were to be completed by 2021. Moneys were also promised for flood relief in east Cork, as well as remedial works on the weir in Fermoy. All these projects may be affected by the...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Feb 2019)

Eugene Murphy: I will be very brief because I know Deputies want to get in and get away. On the same issue, we have been told there will be a cut of €3 million in that budget. While significant amounts of money are being spent, we really need to know where those cuts are going to come. As the Taoiseach knows, in my part of the country and right along the River Shannon we have suffered significant...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Feb 2019)

Leo Varadkar: I explained this in the Dáil yesterday and the Minister for Finance outlined exactly which projects are to be deferred. None of the projects raised by the Deputies is to be deferred. Those savings will happen through reprofiling within very large existing budgets.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Feb 2019)

Michael Collins: On page 41 of the programme for Government, under the heading Jobs and Rural Development, it was promised: "As the economy recovers it is essential that the new Government, together with the Oireachtas, puts in place measures to revitalise all of Ireland so that the benefits are felt inside every doorstep and in every community." The reality is that many businesses are facing many...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Feb 2019)

Leo Varadkar: ...circumstances of the particular business the Deputy has mentioned. As a Government we have acknowledged the very high cost of insurance, particularly public liability insurance, for businesses and how it impacts on them. It is a private market, of course, and insurance policy premiums have to match the risk. The Minister of State, Deputy D'Arcy, has been working very hard on proposals...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Feb 2019)

Leo Varadkar: No, I did not say it would be abandoned. I am very committed to the A5 project. I was involved in it when I was Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport many years ago and I am very keen to see it start as soon as possible, connecting not just Derry and Donegal but also the Border counties, including the Deputy's county. The reason it is deferred is that the authorities in Northern...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Feb 2019)

Leo Varadkar: I am afraid I am not and I cannot say, but I am sure that the Minister of State with special responsibility for disability issues will know.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Feb 2019)

Declan Breathnach: I acknowledge the agreement of the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Deputy Coveney, to speak with the Secretary of State on the issue of the waste disposal facility discussed earlier. I also acknowledge the replies to parliamentary questions on the issue today. My question is addressed to the Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Flanagan. The family of Shane O'Farrell, as we...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Feb 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I am very keen to ensure progress is reported on this long-outstanding issue in order to provide the O'Farrell family and the community with answers. There is an extensive debate on a motion this afternoon in the Upper House. I would be happy to deal with the matter more comprehensively by way of a Commencement debate attached to the motion. I assure Deputy Breathnach that the scoping...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Feb 2019)

John Brady: Next Monday community employment, CE, supervisors and assistant supervisors will go on strike. They have been forced to take that action following the Government's continued failure to honour a Labour Court recommendation made in 2008. That recommendation called for an agreed pension scheme to be put in place for those advisers and assistant advisers, funded by the Government. We know the...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Feb 2019)

Bríd Smith: The Planning and Development (Amendment) Act 2018 is framed around measures arising from the Mahon tribunal, which attempt to eradicate from the political system any hint of corruption, cronyism or favouritism and to bring us up to a clear, transparent standard in politics. The Standards in Public Office Commission, SIPOC, is the body that requires us to adhere to standards and ethics,...