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Seanad: Flooding on Lough Funshinagh: Statements (30 Apr 2024)

Seán Kyne: ...is worth pursuing throughout the courts by way of a judicial review to try to stop works that were designed and initiated to save people's properties, their mental health - or at least improve it - farmlands, SACs, habitats, trees, birds, hedges and whatever else is in the area? Turloughs are beautiful. While I will not say they are unique to Ireland, they are very much associated with...

Seanad: Agriculture: Statements (16 Apr 2024)

Seán Kyne: ...members of the Green Party, but they understand there is something afoot and something is changing here and they acknowledge that. That is the first step. It does not mean they are all to blame or that Ireland itself, on its own, is to blame, because it is part of a bigger worldwide picture, but it is gradually becoming ingrained in people that there is something happening. We have had...

Committee on Public Petitions: Campaign for a Walking and Cycling Greenway on the Closed Railway from Sligo to Athenry: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Apr 2024)

Seán Kyne: Regarding the northern section, from Claremorris upwards, there has been some talk to the effect that the alignment is not practical for rail and that land take, etc., would be required. From Mr. Kenny's experience, is that the case?

Seanad: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (5 Dec 2023)

Seán Kyne: I thank the Minister for his contribution and his comments. It is important that this be kept under review because there are significant pressures as regards cost inflation. It is important for landowners on local land, homeowners, renters and local authorities that we maximise the number of grants that are drawn down for retrofitting and to make our homes warmer. It is so important in...

Seanad: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Second Stage (28 Nov 2023)

Seán Kyne: ...for the half million euro and seeing punitive interest rates now on that. This man is aged 80 and is in bad health. This whole area is fraught and probably needs to be further regulated. What plans might the Minister have for that? Section 21 designs a support for small landlords to maintain or increase the supply of homes. I take on board the commentary from Senator McDowell as well....

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Community Development Projects (9 Nov 2023)

Seán Kyne: ...take a number of years to complete and it is important sufficient funding is being provided. I mentioned that in my community Moycullen Community Development Association, or Forbairt Pobail Mhaigh Cuillinn, has exciting plans for lands at the back of An Teaghlach Uilinn Nursing Home in the heart of the community. It is a former Coillte site. Planning permission has been granted and it...

Seanad: Budget 2024 (Finance): Statements (10 Oct 2023)

Seán Kyne: ...to allow for claims covering 2022 and 2023. These initiatives are hugely beneficial. I welcome the retention of the various other schemes such as the rent to buy scheme and the confirmation in respect of the residential zoned land tax, which was causing a certain amount of concern as some people were not aware of it and might have missed the deadlines. There was concern about whether it...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Farm Inspections (27 Sep 2023)

Seán Kyne: ...to appeal. As I said, no control report for either inspection was issued. In response to a parliamentary question in 2021, the Minister, Deputy McConalogue, stated "every on-the-spot check for land eligibility and area based scheme requirements should be the subject of a control report as detailed in Article 41 of Commission Regulation (EU) No 809/2014". A further question was put to...

Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Motions (13 Jul 2023)

Seán Kyne: ...This is an important Bill. The basis of it was not that we sought to reduce the footprint of NHAs or whatever; in fact, we were looking to increase it but, in doing so, to prioritise State-owned lands over private boglands. We know the very difficult job National Parks and Wildlife Service rangers had ten or so years ago in having to deal with, in some cases, confrontations and protests...

Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Motions (13 Jul 2023)

Seán Kyne: ...areas where problems might also be encountered. In Connemara, certainly, this would be an issue in certain areas proximate to NHAs. This was the basis of the debate. It was about small areas of land that could impact community gains and projects. I would go so far as to wonder if we were trying to make safe a bad bend on a local road, where there was a small bit of NHA, if this could...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 May 2023)

Seán Kyne: It is a concern. We have gone full circle here. In the 1950s and 1960s, there were grants to drain land, clear scrub and improve matters. We have now gone full circle and it is difficult. Rewetting is a matter of particular concern because if one landowner were to close off drains for rewetting, it would have a knock-on effect on waters upstream. This cannot be done piecemeal. It has to...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 May 2023)

Seán Kyne: ...Athenry, County Galway, with the news announced by Dexcom of a major investment in County Galway and the west with the creation of 1,000 jobs over five years plus 500 construction jobs on an IDA Ireland site located at Newford, Athenry. Dexcom is a leading developer, manufacturer and distributor of continuous glucose monitoring systems for the management of diabetes. The new facility...

Seanad: Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (18 Apr 2023)

Seán Kyne: ...on the protection of archeological heritage through the rural environmental protection scheme and its successors. They are now part of the code of practice and recognised as a staple part of a landowner's responsibilities. I have highlighted cases where land is sold, somebody comes into a new plot of land and does not know the history of it, and this being a danger point in some cases...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Mar 2023)

Seán Kyne: ...over the last number of years in these Houses. The sheep sector is hugely important to this country. It is distributed right across the country, particularly on but not exclusively on marginal lands. It is a sector that is under huge pressure at the moment. The farm organisations – the Irish Natura and Hill Farmers Association, the Irish Farmers Association and the Irish Cattle...

Seanad: Project Ireland 2040: Statements (1 Mar 2023)

Seán Kyne: .... For example, the fixed price period was reduced to 24 months. I wonder if that is enough with costs increasing so fast.The demand for construction workers is critical to the delivery of Project Ireland 2040. I know the Minister, Deputy Harris, is conscious of that in terms of apprenticeships and the models he is running. Demand for engineers is a worldwide issue and an eye needs to...

Seanad: Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023: Second Stage (22 Feb 2023)

Seán Kyne: ...promotion of public awareness of a register of monuments. There is an issue I have raised before, including with officials, not specifically in reference to this section but more generally. When land is sold, there should be a practice whereby an auctioneer is required to advise the new purchaser that a monument has been found on the land the individual has bought. Some of these...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Industrial Development (6 Dec 2022)

Seán Kyne: ...is welcome. I thank the Office of the Cathaoirleach for choosing this matter for debate this morning. As the Minister of State will know, Galway has a very proud record of job creation at IDA Ireland-sponsored plants in a range of sectors, including technology, pharmaceuticals, medtech, international financial services, business services, engineering and food. We want to see the...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Industrial Development (6 Dec 2022)

Seán Kyne: ...Galway is good for Mayo, and vice versa. There is engagement between both counties regarding both employment and movement. It is heartening that there have been 31 site visits to Galway by IDA Ireland-sponsored companies, that the Department is keeping the land banks under constant review and that there has been an advanced-buildings solution for Parkmore. I understand there is interest...

Seanad: Tailte Éireann Bill 2022: Second Stage (30 Nov 2022)

Seán Kyne: I welcome the Bill and commend those involved in the work to date, including on committees. This is common-sense legislation to modernise all areas in regard to lands. I have always had a fascination with maps, particularly historical maps, and I enjoy using the satellite imagery on Google Maps, which is accessible on our phones. Such maps provide a detailed and accurate image of where we...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Education and Training Boards (23 Nov 2022)

Seán Kyne: ...to build a new state-of-the-art further education and training campus of approximately 20,000 m2. The proposed site would be on the grounds of the Galway Community College which would be 3 ha of land exiting onto the Tuam Road. An aerial shot of Galway will show a campus with plenty of space and room for further expansion. The rationale behind the new building is that it would provide a...