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Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (20 Mar 2024)

Seán Haughey: ...it initially suspended funding to UNRWA is hard to understand. Thankfully, Canada and Sweden have decided to resume funding of the agency. Humanitarian aid must get into Gaza in volume and at pace by land, sea and air. The US is planning to build a port to ship in vital aid. Jordan, with other countries, is conducting air drops. All of this is not enough. It is clear that Israel is...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Middle East (20 Mar 2024)

Seán Haughey: ...is being used as a weapon of war by Israel. The international community has finally woken up to this appalling situation, better late than never. Humanitarian aid needs to get into Gaza by land, sea and air. Ireland is to be commended on its continuing funding of UNRWA. Canada and Sweden have resumed funding of the agency and the EU Commission is now providing €50 million to it....

Nature Restoration Law: Statements (7 Mar 2024)

Seán Haughey: I warmly welcome the vote of approval for the nature restoration law in the European Parliament last week. As we know, this law proposes to restore at least 20% of the EU's land and sea areas by 2030 and repair all ecosystems in need of restoration by 2050. It will involve the restoration of terrestrial, coastal and freshwater ecosystems, including wetlands, grasslands, forests, rivers and...

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (6 Dec 2023)

Seán Haughey: ...promise of Donald Trump to build that famous wall to prevent Mexicans from entering the USA. Migration was also central to the Brexit campaign in the UK in 2016. Recent elections in the Netherlands, Italy, Slovakia and Finland are evidence of increasing concerns about the issue. It is clear that anti-immigrant parties and candidates are on the rise in France and Germany. We are not...

Consultative Forum on International Security Policy Report: Statements (22 Nov 2023)

Seán Haughey: ...all the fuss was about. When the forum was established, a storm of controversy erupted. We were told that this was all part of a sinister plot by the Government to commence the process for Ireland to join NATO. The chairperson, Professor Louise Richardson was criticised, including by people who should have known better, and protesters attempted to disrupt the panel discussions. In...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (18 Apr 2023)

Seán Haughey: 858. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is satisfied with the preparations to date by local authorities to implement the residential zoned land tax in 2024; if his Department is being briefed on applications to date for exemptions; if he will continue to monitor the implementation of this proposal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18221/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Impact of Brexit on Ireland: Discussion (1 Mar 2023)

Seán Haughey: ..., which has been launched. I guess it is too early to assess how that might impact on trade flows or will the ports consider that issue? That question is directed at both witnesses. On land usage at Dublin Port, from a constituency point of view, I represent Dublin Bay North, where the proposed infill of 52 acres and the reclamation of land has been an issue of major concern to my...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Ukraine War (1 Feb 2023)

Seán Haughey: ...that, having regard to the invitation. As we know, 24 February marks the first anniversary of Russia's illegal and immoral invasion of Ukraine. Since then, the support and solidarity given by Ireland and the EU to Ukraine has been rock solid, and rightly so. In his phone conversation with President Zelenskyy on 10 January, the Taoiseach discussed Ukraine's initiative for a just peace....

COP27: Statements (29 Nov 2022)

Seán Haughey: ..., as well as threats to global food supplies and security. That is why COP27 was so important. The agreement reached in Sharm el-Sheikh was historic, albeit after prolonged negotiations. Ireland's objectives for these negotiations were the provision of funding for adaptation to climate change and the provision of finance for loss and damage for climate impacts. We have advocated for...

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (Resumed) (19 Oct 2022)

Seán Haughey: ...territories, Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia. These areas constitute 15% of Ukrainian sovereign territory. The annexation came about following sham referendums. This is an illegal land grab which has no basis in international law. Ireland, the EU and democracies of the international community will not recognise these Russian claims. The fighting back and the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (18 Oct 2022)

Seán Haughey: ...they were forcibly displaced; if he is of the opinion that the biggest obstacle to their return is the Israeli settler-colonial movement that wants to continue to remove the Palestinians from their lands; the new attempts that he intends to make at EU and UN level to ensure that the rights of these refugees, which are firmly based in international humanitarian, human rights, and refugee...

Situation in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including the recent Amnesty International Report: Statements (2 Mar 2022)

Seán Haughey: ...segregates them. It shows how Israel is putting in place a regime aiming to dominate and oppress Palestinians. It does so through territorial fragmentation, segregation and control, dispossession of land and property, the denial of economic and social rights, as well as through forceable transfers, administrative detention and torture, unlawful killings, denial of basic human rights and...

Healthcare (Transparent Payments) Bill 2022: First Stage: Cabinet Committees (2 Feb 2022)

Seán Haughey: The UK has been out of the EU for over a year now. What analysis is being undertaken by the Cabinet committee on the effects of Brexit on the Republic of Ireland? Some headlines in recent weeks have made reference to the effective end of the so-called land bridge, in that there has been a dramatic fall in Irish lorries using British ports and a rise in direct ferry routes to mainland...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Court of Auditors Annual Report 2020: Discussion (19 Jan 2022)

Seán Haughey: ...report, as always. My questions have been touched on already but I will try to drill down a bit further into the issues of the GNI verification and the whole globalisation process. Ireland contributes €2.2 billion to the EU. Mr. Murphy said that he cannot predict the likely outcome of this process but why does he think the process was set up in the first place? What were the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (7 Dec 2021)

Seán Haughey: 257. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will ensure that approved housing bodies, local authorities and the Land Development Agency make one-bedroom units available under the cost-rental scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60398/21]

Planning and Development (Amendment) (Large-scale Residential Development) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 Dec 2021)

Seán Haughey: ...duped into supporting the rezoning of this industrial site for housing and planning permission was granted by An Bord Pleanála for 471 build-to-rent units up to nine storeys high. Now, Platinum Land is flipping the site on for sale, which is outrageous. In any event the strategic housing development process has been a complete failure. Many of the applications were bogged down in...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (19 Oct 2021)

Seán Haughey: ...and defence capabilities. The initiative can be seen against the backdrop of recent global developments, including the chaotic evacuation from Afghanistan, the cyberattack on the HSE, the forced landing of a Ryanair flight in Belarus and ongoing Russian activities generally. What will be Ireland's approach to the strategic compass, having regard to our traditional policy of military...

Situation in Belarus: Motion (1 Jun 2021)

Seán Haughey: The state-sponsored hijacking of a civilian aircraft, Ryanair flight FR4978, travelling from Athens to Lithuania on Sunday last, 23 May, was outrageous. As we know, the plane was forced to land in Minsk under false pretences. This has been correctly described as state-sponsored piracy. The dispatch of a Belarusian fighter jet to the scene reinforces this view. In this case, we had EU...

Situation in Occupied Palestinian Territory and Israel: Statements (20 May 2021)

Seán Haughey: .... This activity is relentless, and especially now in the West bank and East Jerusalem. It involves home demolitions and forced displacement and transfers. The appropriation of Palestinian homes, lands and properties continues. This expansion of Israeli settlements and the creeping process of annexation has to stop. These actions are fundamentally breaching Palestinians' human rights...

Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Second Stage (17 Feb 2021)

Seán Haughey: ...proposals are currently being assessed by Dublin City Council management and I wonder whether they are practical. This scheme needs to be brought to finality and the houses must be built on the land. A mixed-tenure development is required. Ideally, it should be done by the council but, if that does not happen quickly, there could be a role for the LDA in co-operation with the council....