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Support for Carers: Motion [Private Members] (24 Apr 2024)

Noel Grealish: ...of these families well above that figure. I am sure most Members of this House will have come across difficult cases, such as when one parent is a full-time carer for a child with a severe disability but does not qualify for the carer's allowance because the partner's income is just above the qualification threshold. While the report puts the number of carers at half a million, it...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (14 Feb 2024)

Noel Grealish: I utterly condemn the brutal Hamas attack on 7 October, when 1,200 innocent Israeli people died but does the death of 1,200 innocent people equate to the death of 30,000 innocent civilians in Gaza? This number continues to rise daily as the humanitarian crisis grows. Ireland has great friends in the United States Senate and Congress and in the White House. Will the Taoiseach use his...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Feb 2024)

Noel Grealish: ...EU countries, and reduce it from 13.5% back to 9% for the restaurant sector in particular. This is what we in the Regional Group will look for in our Private Members' motion on Wednesday. If it does not happen, there will be further major closures in the hospitality sector in the months ahead.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (7 Feb 2024)

Noel Grealish: ...Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government what steps a landlord needs to take to avail of the landlord guarantee scheme (details supplied); how long the scheme will operate when a tenant does not make their contribution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4976/24]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Nov 2023)

Noel Grealish: ...three years of them being released. Their victims, the very people they robbed from and whose lives they have seriously disrupted, have to pay for these criminals to get a proper defence, as does every other law-abiding taxpayer in this country. Last year, the bill to the taxpayer for providing free legal aid in criminal cases was more than €76 million. In the past seven years,...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 May 2023)

Noel Grealish: ...of delivering 5,500 affordable homes, but the Department warned at the start of the year that meeting this target was likely to prove challenging due to rising costs and supply chain issues. Where does this leave the people I spoke about at the outset, who are caught in the middle? These are the working people who are struggling to continue to pay for rented accommodation at exorbitant...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (21 Mar 2023)

Noel Grealish: ...place in an Irish medical school directly from the medical school rather than through a CAO offer are discriminated against when internship posts are offered, given that the work permit requirement does not apply; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13163/23]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Oct 2022)

Noel Grealish: ...of the road for inward investment. I was at one such function where this was mentioned. The Taoiseach saw at first hand the chronic traffic the people of Galway city and county deal with on a daily basis. Why does it take so long for these major infrastructural projects to get through the planning process? An Bord Pleanála has serious questions to answer about why, as it publicly...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Jun 2022)

Noel Grealish: ...who are suffering from inequality that follows them even when they have passed away. Today, I am asking the Tánaiste to tackle the unfairness of the situation that arises when a person who does not have any children of their own dies and leaves their house to a close family member. Currently, the child of a parent who dies does not pay tax on the first €335,000 of the value...

Vacant Properties: Motion [Private Members] (6 Apr 2022)

Noel Grealish: ...a considerable shortfall in the number of homes being built. While the rate of construction has stepped up considerably, it will be a long time before supply catches up with demand, if it ever does. There are thousands upon thousands of habitable homes lying idle in our villages, towns and cities. Many of them only need a little attention to bring them up to a standard where they can...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Legislative Measures (24 Feb 2022)

Noel Grealish: ...a person caught on CCTV in the act of illegal dumping cannot be brought to court. It was recently reported that illegal dumping is costing local authorities up to €90 million per annum. This does not factor in the time and effort of Tidy Towns committees and volunteers working in local communities on clean-ups. When I raised this issue with the Taoiseach last March, he...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Jun 2021)

Noel Grealish: ...all know, however, community centres play a very important role in communities/ They can incorporate day-care centres and offer places where young people and others can meet. I am sure that this does not just apply to Galway and that it is prevalent elsewhere. In the particular area to which I refer, however, there is nothing for the more than 6,000 people who live there. The only...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 May 2021)

Noel Grealish: ...the go-ahead and regardless of any legal or judicial challenges that might be taken, which could last several years? I ask the Minister to give some hope to these homeowners if An Bord Pleanála does grant permission for this project. I urge him not to leave these homeowners hanging for years as the process is ongoing.

Water and Wastewater Treatment Services: Motion [Private Members] (19 May 2021)

Noel Grealish: ...landowner that the pipe can be laid inside the wall and a way leave provided so as not to have to dig up the road. This would drastically reduce the cost of the scheme but, unfortunately, Irish Water is insisting it does the contract for this scheme and the pipe must be laid on the roadway, which would drastically increase the cost, possibly making it unviable. By laying the pipe inside...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (11 Mar 2021)

Noel Grealish: ...caught on CCTV in the act of illegal dumping cannot be brought to court. It was recently reported that illegal dumping is costing local authorities up to €90 million a year to clean up and this does not factor in the time and effort put in by Tidy Towns committees and other volunteers. There is increased frustration that little is being done to tackle this problem which is getting...

Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 (Covid Restrictions Support Scheme) (Percentage Adjustment) Order 2021: Motion (27 Jan 2021)

Noel Grealish: ...instance, is an independent trader based in Galway who has been supplying fish to hotels and restaurants exclusively for the past 30 years. His business has completely collapsed since last March. He does not qualify for CRSS simply because he delivers to his customers. He is still in the fixed business class this scheme was intended to cover but unlike the customers he supplies, he...

Post Office Network: Motion [Private Members] (21 Oct 2020)

Noel Grealish: ...providing financial support to keep their post office open and a further 86% wanted more State services to be available at their post office. Government would be pushing an open door if it were to act now. If it does not, it may find itself paying the price down the line.

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

Noel Grealish: ...if an industry that has played its part in bringing tourists to our country and that will be needed when times are better were to be shut out of this most welcome scheme. The chauffeur industry does not feel it has been helped by the supports announced in the July stimulus package. Chauffeurs play an important role in ferrying tourists around the country. The budget has dealt...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Jul 2020)

Noel Grealish: ...Council. This site should be considered for a pilot project for such an affordable housing scheme. I ask that Galway County Council be instructed to assign the site for a pilot scheme. When does the Government expect to have an affordable housing scheme in place?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Nov 2019)

Noel Grealish: What does the Taoiseach think is going on?