Results 1-20 of 30 for cork speaker:Noel Grealish

Capital Supply Service and Purpose Report Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (29 Nov 2023)

Noel Grealish: ...be built in Galway. We are now in 2023 going into 2024, with more than €50 million spent, and we still do not even have planning permission for this ring road. If that road was proposed for Cork or Dublin, it would be built now. Galway and the west always seem to be put on the never-never. We need a decision on that as soon as possible. Take, for instance, the amount of money...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (27 May 2021)

Noel Grealish: ...our national airline on 15 April 1936 and has been Ireland's flagship since then. Aer Lingus has carried millions of passengers into and out of Ireland, mainly from the US and Europe, via Dublin, Cork and Shannon. One could say that it is the main driver and the lifeline for the tourism industry here. It is crucially important that Ireland, as an island nation, has a strong national...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Fire Service (1 Dec 2020)

Noel Grealish: ...to Galway County Council to extend the retirement date for fire service staff who are scheduled to retire in January 2021 until the end of June 2021 as per similar permissions previously granted in Cork and Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40488/20]

Financial Resolutions 2020 - Financial Resolution No. 7: General (Resumed) (15 Oct 2020)

Noel Grealish: ...many of those in the tourism and hospitality sectors to become fully operational when a time of new hope arrives, hopefully early in the new year. The €10 million allocation to be shared by Cork and Shannon airports is obviously welcome but, with the decision this morning by Ryanair to close its bases at these airports for the winter, it will not be enough. Both airports were...

Covid-19 (Arts): Statements (6 Oct 2020)

Noel Grealish: ...to 32% of eligible Irish expenditure. An additional incentive called the regional film development uplift has been in place for such projects outside the main industry hubs in counties Dublin, Wicklow and Cork in an effort to boost industry in the regions. That provided an additional 5% credit on top of the standard rate for this year and last year. The problem is that the regional...

European Union (Common Fisheries Policy) (Point System) Regulations 2020 (S.I. No. 318 of 2020): Motion [Private Members] (29 Sep 2020)

Noel Grealish: ...;rr in January 2014, the islanders were at first encouraged by the recommendations about fishing on the islands. They set up a representative group of island fishermen from Donegal, Mayo, Galway and Cork, the Irish Islands Marine Resource Organisation, IIMRO. I am sorry. I will have to finish. I am out of breath, having run to the Chamber. I will hand over to the next speaker.

Workers' Rights: Motion [Private Members] (16 Sep 2020)

Noel Grealish: .... That report found that more than 46% of Galway's commercial businesses were operating in the sector set to feel the greatest economic impact of the pandemic, which is a higher proportion than in Dublin, Cork, Limerick or Waterford. The last thing those businesses need is a further levy on top of everything else that could tip them over the edge of survival. A new levy imposed on...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2019)

Noel Grealish: ...a scale of funding elsewhere. Croke Park received €103 million and Aviva Stadium got €191 million. Other grounds, such as Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Thomond Park, Semple Stadium, the Gaelic Grounds in Limerick, and Irish Independent Park in Cork, also received funding. There is another very worthwhile development at Oranmore-Maree GAA club, which is embarking on an...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Retention of Defence Forces Personnel: Discussion with Representative Association of Commissioned Officers (30 May 2019)

Noel Grealish: ...to bring the patient to University Hospital Galway. It would be very serious if that service were to come under threat. Is the Naval Service experiencing the same crisis? Will boats be tied up in the docks in Galway, Cork or elsewhere because we do not have sufficient officers for them? New naval vessels were recently purchased. I ask the delegates to elaborate on that issue....

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Dec 2018)

Noel Grealish: ...coming together, one needs them to support the Bill, and not be against it. I support my colleagues, Deputies Connolly and Ó Cúiv, and the amendment and ask that all reference to Galway is withdrawn from this Bill. Let the Cork Bill go through. There is support for the Cork Bill in the Chamber. I compliment Deputy Ó Broin for listening to us and to our concerns. He came...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Dec 2018)

Noel Grealish: ...time, the Taoiseach, Deputy Varadkar, agreed that there was merit in my suggestion for such a unit to be opened at Merlin Park University Hospital in Galway. He added:It works in Dublin, Limerick and Cork. Why would it not work in Galway, therefore? I will certainly appraise the proposal and discuss it with the Minister for Health and the HSE. Unfortunately, I am still waiting to see the...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2018: Committee Stage (5 Dec 2018)

Noel Grealish: I will be brief. I oppose the Bill as I do not agree with it. As I have said from day one, I think it is wrong that Galway should be lumped in with Cork. I will refer to the plebiscite in a moment. If a merger is to go ahead it should be a separate Bill going through the Dáil on its own merit not to be added in with Cork. I do not agree with what the Minister of State is proposing...

Local Government Bill 2018: Instruction to Committee (4 Dec 2018)

Noel Grealish: .... If there is to be a merger of Galway city and county, there should be a proper debate in the House and the change should be provided for in a separate Bill, rather than being lumped in with Cork. Galway is a diverse county, containing Clifden, Cleggan, the Aran Islands, Inishbofin and a medieval city with a mayor. The county council is starved of funds. I recently spoke with the...

Local Government Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2018)

Noel Grealish: I wish to share time with Deputy Michael Collins. I welcome the opportunity to contribute to the debate on the Bill, which provides significant detail on the proposed extension of the Cork City Council boundary but only refers to the appointment of a new chief executive for Galway city and county in Part 5, under the "Miscellaneous" heading. That is disingenuous and very disrespectful to...

Local Government Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2018)

Noel Grealish: ...be supporting the Bill as it is brought forward today. Galway deserves far more. I will work with my colleague, Deputy Connolly, to table an amendment that the merger of Galway city and county councils be removed from the Bill. The Bill is about the expansion of Cork County Council. For one section of it to deal with the appointment of a new chief executive to oversee the merger of...

Leaders' Questions (6 Mar 2018)

Noel Grealish: ...will close before there is a real reduction in insurance premiums, unless the Government takes decisive action now. Last week I listened to Michael Magner, owner of the Vienna Woods Hotel in Cork, who is also chairman of the insurance committee of the Irish Hotels Federation. While being interviewed on the "Today with Sean O'Rourke" show, he stated his own insurance costs had risen from...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Ireland Site Visits (20 Feb 2018)

Noel Grealish: 271. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of site visits conducted by the IDA in counties Limerick and Cork in each of the past three years; and the number of these visits that were to locations in the two cities and other areas of those counties respectively, in tabular form. [8607/18]

Leaders' Questions (31 May 2017)

Noel Grealish: ...expertise and knowledge he might get involved with the Mayo football team and bring the elusive Sam Maguire Cup back to Mayo, although not at the expense of Galway but perhaps at the expense of Cork or Kerry. Finally, I wish the Taoiseach, Fionnuala and the family long life and happiness together. I am delighted to be able to call the Taoiseach a good friend and I wish him the best in...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Retirements (17 May 2017)

Noel Grealish: ...year. There are big operational problems which have led to ridiculous situations, such as the fact a soldier in Renmore barracks in Galway cannot get a new pair of boots or other kit but must instead go to Cork. All this and poor levels of pay make for a poor working environment. The men and women who do such a wonderful job as soldiers, sailors or air crew at home and abroad while they...

Defence Forces: Motion (4 Apr 2017)

Noel Grealish: ...the motion to restore the fourth brigade based in Athlone, encompassing Dún Uí Mhaoilíosa barracks in Galway. The first infantry Battalion stationed in Galway is now overseen operationally from a regional headquarters in Cork, which is just ridiculous. I suspect the reorganisation of 2012 was a significant factor in the negative findings of the well-being in the Defence...