Results 1-14 of 14 for cork speaker:Mary Fitzpatrick

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Special Educational Needs (18 May 2023)

Mary Fitzpatrick: ...needs. On 12 April we were delighted that it was announced there would be two new special educational schools delivered this year by the Government. We welcome this. One was announced for Carrigtwohill in east Cork and the other was for Dublin 7. We understand the special education school in Dublin 7 will be under the patronage of the City of Dublin Education and Training Board, CDETB...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Value Sharing and Urban Development Zones Bill 2022: Discussion (4 May 2023)

Mary Fitzpatrick: ..., but it is a sticking point with a lot of local authority members. Within the local authority, what scope will elected members have? I am not great at geography, but I am thinking of maybe Cork County Council, which is a big county council. Is there an area for, let us say, west Cork, or Clonakilty, for example?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Tenant In Situ Process: Discussion (21 Mar 2023)

Mary Fitzpatrick: ...RTB report. The RTB was not able to join us today, but it did provide a report. It tells us that approximately 40% of notices to quit relate to Dublin. The county with the next highest number is Cork, at 10%. The percentage for every other county stands at 2%. As well as the points that my colleagues have put to the CCMA, I must state the following. In the context of every local...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Feb 2023)

Mary Fitzpatrick: ...that be a reality for the general public and how integrated will it be? There are 31 local authorities and An Bord Pleanála. Will there be a seamless interface between local authorities in Dublin or Cork or elsewhere? From the general public's perspective, will the plan progress seamlessly on one platform from? I appreciate I have asked a lot of questions. The witnesses do not...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Dec 2022)

Mary Fitzpatrick: ...friends and all who served with him. My thoughts also go to Private Shane Kearney. I hope he makes a speedy recovery. One soldier came from County Donegal and the other is from Killeagh in County Cork; they were from both ends of the country. My grandmother came from Killeagh. I have two young sons. When one sees those photographs, it is really heartbreaking. I thank them for their...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2022)

Mary Fitzpatrick: I thank the witnesses for their presentations, their statements and for all of the work they and everyone in the local authorities in Galway and Cork city do. I will begin with Galway and I want to focus on the affordability issue. The housing crisis has two main characteristics, which are supply and affordability. I am told that affordability in Galway is even worse than in Dublin...

Seanad: Media Report on Governance in Local Authorities: Statements (12 May 2022)

Mary Fitzpatrick: ...a failure to achieve the highest for standards or when standards fall below that which should be expected and should be delivered, that reflects badly. I know from speaking to the Fianna Fáil councillors in Waterford, Clare, Mayo, Cork and in the other local authorities that have been mentioned, that this really upset them. It is important that they have the support of the Minister...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Mar 2022)

Mary Fitzpatrick: ...the European Union. This war is so depressing, so last century, outdated, destructive and inhumane.I think of the fathers, sons and brothers remaining. I heard Ukrainian men are travelling from Cork to fly back. They are fighting for their lives, for their land and for freedom. We need to support them and I believe that this House has a duty to pass a motion tonight.

Seanad: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Second Stage (9 Jul 2021)

Mary Fitzpatrick: ...Housing Bill and the Land Development Agency Bill. I very much welcome the commitment to 100% public housing on the public lands that are being identified as being suitable for housing in Dublin and Cork and a minimum of 70% social and affordable housing in every other location. That is important. It was not good enough for us to give the local authorities the power to deliver...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Affordable Housing Bill 2020 (Resumed): Land Development Agency (9 Mar 2021)

Mary Fitzpatrick: ...the affordability against people's income. I also accept that there is no simple and accepted definition of it. However, would he agree that, in the instance of Deputy Gould's scenario in Cork, if somebody was earning up to €35,000 in Cork city, he or she would then qualify for social housing? It would only be people who are earning in excess of €35,000 who would be...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Feb 2021)

Mary Fitzpatrick: ...all those who have been involved in brokering an agreement for the bringing home and sharing of the Hugh Lane bequest. This is a saga that has gone on since 1915. Hugh Lane was a young boy from Cork with very limited education who went to the UK. From a young age, he educated himself in the arts and became one of the first directors of our National Gallery. Most visionary and...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Feb 2021)

Mary Fitzpatrick: Today, I would like the House to remember that 100 years ago tomorrow the Irish Republican Army in east Cork suffered the largest loss of life of volunteers at Clonmult, some 7 miles outside of Midleton, when 12 young men - two of whom were my grand-uncles - were killed and eight were taken prisoner. The defeat was a great boost to the British at the time. The event has largely been...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Water Treatment (Abstractions) Bill 2020 and Electoral Reform Bill 2020: Discussion (22 Jan 2021)

Mary Fitzpatrick: ...of our process. This can only be achieved if we are working from a database that has integrity. I have some concerns. From speaking to colleagues throughout the country, I know that, in Cork after the previous local elections, councillors who were elected said there were as many dead people on the register as there were people who were alive. In the constituency of Dublin Central in...

Seanad: Traveller Accommodation: Statements (17 Nov 2020)

Mary Fitzpatrick: ...do not want to embarrass anyone, but if we are to have an honest debate, we must call councils out. As of October, nine local authorities had yet to draw down funding for Traveller accommodation. They include Cork, South Dublin, Longford, Louth, Mayo, Meath, Westmeath, Wexford and Wicklow county councils. A further seven local authorities have drawn down less than €100,000. In...