Results 1-7 of 7 for cork speaker:Joe Flaherty

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harness Racing: Irish Harness Racing Association (17 Apr 2024)

Joe Flaherty: We will follow up with the Minister, Deputy McGrath. As regards the IHRA's tracks, it has acquired the land in Cork. That will be all-weather, similar to Armagh. Is that right?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Fuel Costs: Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (23 Mar 2022)

Joe Flaherty: ...out we are a price taker in this. I do not believe we have mentioned what I think is the big issue in this, the fuel importers and warehouses. I understand there are three in Dublin, one in Cork and one in Limerick. While we are price takers I would have a concern that the price may be coming from there rather than from global issues. Another concern which I hope will come out in the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Mental Health Services (15 Feb 2022)

Joe Flaherty: We will all have to be here if the Minister is going to come in and announce the new facility will be on the south side of Cork. There will be some fun that day. My question for the Minister of State, Deputy Butler, is whether she can identify the number of children waiting for a CAMHS appointment in the Longford-Westmeath local health office area, the number of these children who are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Strategy, Targets, Achievements and Future Progress: IDA Ireland (26 Jan 2022)

Joe Flaherty: ...endorsement of our country as a place to do business. I want to hone in on a couple of things. They say all politics is local, so I will keep very local and focus on the real capital, which any Cork members still online should note is Longford. I am aware that the key part of IDA Ireland's future growth involves the advance business solutions. There is one earmarked for Longford. I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Urban Regeneration: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jan 2022)

Joe Flaherty: ...but when I am running in the morning, I will see at most three or four people cycling to work. We are not making that transition despite the massive investment in the greenways. Perhaps the Cork Cycling Campaign may wish to come in on that point. How can we cultivate that culture of getting people cycling in these provincial towns?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Carbon Sequestration and Storage in Agriculture: Discussion (17 Nov 2021)

Joe Flaherty: ...nearby remove their hedgerows. The witnesses mentioned the EPA earlier. The EPA did a study in 2014. It was done by Dr. Kevin Black in conjunction with a then emerging company, Treemetrics, in Cork. The research showed that the hedgerows and wooded areas of Ireland are a small but significant carbon shore. That small farmer and many other small farmers take great offence that those...

Brexit and Business: Statements (7 Oct 2020)

Joe Flaherty: ...have faced numerous challenges over the past couple of years and the reality is that Covid will rob them of a full year's trading. It will, unfortunately, be the death knell for many of these businesses. Cork, Dublin, Galway and all the other large urban centres will bounce back once the visitors and investors return but for rural Ireland, the challenges are considerable and will be...