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Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (15 Nov 2023)

Maurice Quinlivan: ...integrity of the position is maintained. The concern we have is that the legislation allows for somebody to be elected and to delegate all the functions and have a second job as well. That would destroy not just the position of the directly elected mayor in Limerick but the potential for it to be rolled out in other local authorities if they were to see that happen in Limerick. That is...

Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) Bill 2023: Second Stage (20 Sep 2023)

Maurice Quinlivan: ...and influence. It certainly is not a beacon of progress that other local authorities will wish to aspire to. It has the hallmarks of the County and City Management Association all over it and has destroyed the potential of a truly democratically elected local mayor of Limerick with devolved responsibilities, someone who would have made a change for the better. As we start, it is one-nil...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (10 Nov 2021)

Maurice Quinlivan: ...to reviewing these task forces. I appeal to the Taoiseach to carry out that review and to make sure the task forces go back to being community-led and not HSE-led because that arrangement is destroying the functioning of task forces and is not making them effective like they can be.

Covid-19 (Drug and Alcohol Services, and Homelessness): Statements (18 Feb 2021)

Maurice Quinlivan: ...Limerick council; they are two fingers to the entire State. In drugs seizures across the city, crack cocaine was among the drugs seized. Crack cocaine, as the Minister of State knows, is a devastating drug. It has destroyed communities across the world. It is extremely addictive and is regarded as the most addictive form of cocaine. As I have said previously in the Dáil and will...

River Shannon Management Agency Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (3 Nov 2020)

Maurice Quinlivan: ...s contribution, he said that a single authority would not stop one extra litre from going into a house. The Minister of State is from the same county as me. He remembers the flood last year which destroyed a few houses in Coonagh and Na Piarsaigh GAA club. If we had one statutory authority, that would not have happened. In December 2015, there was a flood in Richmond Park, Corbally, in...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Drug and Alcohol Task Forces (1 Oct 2020)

Maurice Quinlivan: ...to an issue in my own city of Limerick. In recent drug seizures in the city crack cocaine was among the drugs seized. Crack cocaine, as I am sure the Minister is aware, is a devastating drug. It has destroyed communities across the world. It is extremely addictive and is regarded as the most addictive form of cocaine. There really is a special place in hell for anyone who sells,...

Revised Estimates for Public Services 2020 (23 Jul 2020)

Maurice Quinlivan: ...Office of Public Works, I wish to raise the issue of flood defences. The Minister of State will be well aware of the flooding problems in Limerick city in recent years. In 2014, a massive flood destroyed parts of the city. A report was carried out under the catchment flood risk assessment and management, CFRAM, programme, but it is now six years later and most of the required defences...

Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage [Private Members] (11 Dec 2019)

Maurice Quinlivan: ...children are being groomed in a way that is no different from those who groom children for sexual exploitation. Using children as drugs couriers is just another form of child abuse. These abusers are destroying young lives and robbing them of their future. Gangs are increasingly using children as couriers to avoid the risks of being caught in possession of drugs themselves. They...

Road Traffic (All Terrain Vehicle and Scrambler Motor-cycle) (Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage [Private Members] (8 May 2019)

Maurice Quinlivan: ...and result in intimidation for many residents. They cannot live safely in their own homes, which we should be entitled to do but unfortunately cannot. Many green areas and public parks are destroyed using these scramblers. Local sports teams sometimes show up to play a match only to find the pitch has been torn up by people driving scramblers around them. This exact thing happened at...

Water Services Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Oct 2017)

Maurice Quinlivan: ...issue of Bengal Terrace is that Irish Water is not accepting any responsibility for the flooding. A pipe burst outside one of the doors and there was a massive rush of water in through the door which destroyed a number of homes. Irish Water is refusing to accept responsibility because, it says, the pipe never broke before. How is that logical? The pipe never broke before so it is not...

Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 Jul 2016)

Maurice Quinlivan: ...this fundamental issue or to stem the increase in drug use. In Limerick, drugs are still a huge factor in the city's informal economy, and criminal elements continue to make huge profits while destroying communities and trading in misery. It is high time to expand the Criminal Assets Bureau and for the Government to amend the Proceeds of Crime Act to ensure that money seized by the...