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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: UNCRPD and 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: Discussion (11 Oct 2023)

Michael Moynihan: ...into fierce difficulties with the dictatorships there at the time and were imprisoned for a time and so forth - were asking how effective it was and what percentage of the money given by Irish Aid landed where it is needed for disabilities. The committee was at the UN in June and as for there being too many meetings, there is an awful lot of discussion going on about what the right thing...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Accessibility: Discussion (27 Sep 2023)

Michael Moynihan: The purpose of today's meeting is to discuss accessibility. On behalf of the committee, I welcome from the Department of Transport, Mr. Garret Doocey, assistant secretary, land transport, Mr. John Boylan, principal officer, public transport, and Ms Akriti Brady, assistant principal, accessibility. I also welcome from the National Transport Authority Ms Anne Graham, chief executive and Mr....

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Road Safety (11 May 2023)

Michael Moynihan: ...authority and TII must consider an intermediary measure to try to develop some way to have heavy goods vehicles bypass the town centre. In the long term, this would also lead to the development of lands on the Limerick side of Charleville. For those people driving from Cork to Limerick, it would be on the right-hand side of the town. I refer to examining the possibility of putting in a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (9 Mar 2023)

Michael Moynihan: 37. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if land used for solar farms can also be used for single-farm payment drawdown or forestry payment drawdown; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11723/23]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Industrial Development (8 Mar 2023)

Michael Moynihan: ...upon the successes in the engineering hub in Charleville that grew out of decades of Golden Vale. How do we make sure Charleville is available and able to have the critical infrastructure and land available if there is further industrial development? It is quite obvious there are people looking for land for development within the Charleville region. The land banks are there. There is...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Industrial Development (8 Mar 2023)

Michael Moynihan: I wish all women a happy International Women's Day and thank them for everything they do for us and for society in general. The question I have this morning relates to land for industrial development in Charleville, County Cork. Over the past 20 or so years, the Railway Road industrial park in Charleville, which was designated as an industrial site, saw a number of initiatives such as the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Bodies (13 Dec 2022)

Michael Moynihan: 125. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the way that the IDA proposes to use and develop the land that it owns in Kanturk; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62062/22]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Road Projects (10 Nov 2022)

Michael Moynihan: ...went in as one of the major projects directly to An Bord Pleanála and planning has been given. It is my understanding that Cork County Council has submitted an application to Transport Infrastructure Ireland, TII, to get funding for this work. I cannot over-emphasise the importance of this junction to the people of Duhallow and north Cork in particular; to the people who are...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Climate Change Policy (25 Oct 2022)

Michael Moynihan: I wish to ask about the Minister's engagement with the European Commission and the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications in respect of the rewetting of land. There seems to be some misinformation circulating in that regard. Perhaps the Minister could make a statement on the matter.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Climate Change Policy (25 Oct 2022)

Michael Moynihan: ...of the Environment, Climate and Communications and Agriculture, Food and the Marine have with the European Commission must involve a sensible proposal. We must ensure we are not curtailing lands and food production. We must ensure the people of the planet have food that is produced in an environmentally efficient manner.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Supporting People with Disabilities to Live in Communities: Discussion (20 Oct 2022)

Michael Moynihan: ...project and Crann and that is Mr. David Doyle, who is consulting with the Stewarts project in developing the equine centre. We are eternally grateful to the Crann Centre for the sponsorship of the land. We cannot say enough about what has been done for us. It is going to be a very exciting project and a fantastic project for the CHO 4 and for the area. Both Crann and the Stewarts...

Housing for All Update: Statements (4 Oct 2022)

Michael Moynihan: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this matter. It is the fundamental issue of our time. Housing is greatly important. I wish to hone in on a few things that can be changed. Rural Ireland has great capacity to build and expand housing. A great deal of work has been done in urban places for generations at this stage and it is now high time we examined building houses in rural Ireland....

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Official Engagements (26 May 2022)

Michael Moynihan: ...for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has had engagements with the Minister for Finance in relation to the ongoing issue with agricultural relief and the limit on the percentage of the land area of a farm that can be taken up with solar panels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26948/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Environmental Policy (22 Sep 2021)

Michael Moynihan: 60. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the guidelines or regulations that apply to the mulching of mountain land in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45461/21]

Brexit and Business: Statements (7 Oct 2020)

Michael Moynihan: I welcome the opportunity to contribute. With all that is happening in the State and globally in terms of the pandemic, Ireland also has the threat of Brexit hanging over it. The Government and previous Governments have been working hard to mitigate the harsh realities of Brexit. Coming from a rural constituency that has a flourishing agriculture industry, I am all too aware of the...

Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (30 Sep 2020)

Michael Moynihan: ...industry is out of the soil, it has grown over generations, and there is great rural employment in it. As Deputy Danny Healy-Rae has just said, the felling licences compel a person to replant the land. It will not be complete clear-fell and it will not return to any other use. There are stringent rules on this. We have to be very clear that we understand what is implied in the whole...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Forestry Sector (29 Jul 2020)

Michael Moynihan: ...have been affected as well. I wish to bring a letter from one of the companies to the attention of the Dáil. It was in contact with me in connection with an application that was made by a private landowner who wanted to get approval for forestry in a townland in County Cork. The company has been experiencing a very difficult time in business due to the crisis in licensing within...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Land Issues (30 Jun 2020)

Michael Moynihan: 580. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason Ireland does not use the land parcel definition of permanent grazing under established local practices which is used in other EU countries; when this decision was taken; the reason for this position; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12789/20]

Forestry Sector: Motion [Private Members] (1 Oct 2019)

Michael Moynihan: ...areas, will not lead to balanced development. We need a proper debate on balanced development. On the motion, as a result of the designation of the hen harrier and other issues, many tracts of land which farmers are willing to plant with forestry are not being afforested. If the Government is serious about afforestation, it must consider these issues and the reports from the National...