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Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (8 May 2024)

Paul Donnelly: ...means selling new homes to eligible purchasers at prices of less than €300,000. Here is how we will do it under Sinn Féin’s affordable leasehold purchase scheme. The State will pay for all the land, site service and related costs, retain ownership of the land and, where necessary, make a further contribution so that development levies are waived to guarantee...

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (28 Jun 2023)

Paul Donnelly: ...the Government raising this issue at the next European Council meeting? We need to move now to stop the killing of innocent Palestinians, attacks on homes, shootings, knife attacks, the theft of livestock and land, and the burning of crops, which occur daily. We must stop attacks such as the recent settler attacks on Palestinians in Huwara in the presence of the Israeli army. A new...

Eviction Ban Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (22 Feb 2023)

Paul Donnelly: ...about the eviction ban and the cliff edge that people are facing. We need to pass the kind of emergency legislation for which I have been calling for the past three or four months, to help us to get in on land that is not going to be used for social or affordable housing. There is other land that is available. We must use emergency legislation and get in modular housing for people who...

Social and Affordable Housing Supply: Motion [Private Members] (26 Oct 2022)

Paul Donnelly: ...That is despite the promises from Government that there would be accommodation. It is shocking. I asked the Taoiseach last week about emergency legislation to put to use on a temporary basis land that is owned by local authorities but zoned other than residential, such as GE or HT, that is close to other homes and services and that can be brought into force quickly. Will the Minister...

National Tourism Development Authority (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (18 Oct 2022)

Paul Donnelly: ...old Castleknock Castle and Mulhuddart Cemetery. The Dublin Institute of Advanced Studies observatory at Dunsink is one of the potential jewels in the crown for tourism not just in Dublin but in Ireland. Anyone who has visited it will have seen the massive potential it has. To mention just one site in particular, I refer to the old Porterstown National School, which opened its doors in...

National Maternity Services: Motion [Private Members] (17 May 2022)

Paul Donnelly: ...'s failure to listen to the concerns of so many people inside and outside this Chamber. The simple fact is that a national maternity hospital built by the State should, and must, be built on land solely owned by the State. Long-term leasing is not the same as full ownership. We have to nail the lie. Both Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael have had plenty of time over the years to build and...

Planning and Development (Amendment) (Large-scale Residential Development) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (25 Nov 2021)

Paul Donnelly: ..., DDPA, consisting of civic society groups, of the 70,866 units for which permission was secured through the SHD process, only 10,711 have been commenced. Some developers are getting very rich by flipping land on which planning has been granted. The other issue worth noting is that section 28(1)(c), the ministerial directive, opened the floodgates to material contraventions of...

Criminal Justice (Public Order) (Quadbikes and Scramblers) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (23 Sep 2021)

Paul Donnelly: ...'s contribution described quads and scramblers as mechanically propelled vehicles that should be taxed and insured. That is not actually correct. If you have a quad on a private farm, private land or wherever it may be, you do not need to have it taxed and insured. I am a little concerned that elements of the Minister of State's contribution are not technically correct. When we...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Schools Building Projects (8 Jul 2021)

Paul Donnelly: ...Dublin to accommodate Danu Community Special School. The ETB management identified Riversdale Community College as a potential location and the management of that school agreed that a section of its land would be used for a new school for Danu. A plan was put in place, involving both schools, for the construction of the new school. On a temporary basis, approximately 40% of Riverside...

Ceisteanna - Questions: European Council (7 Jul 2021)

Paul Donnelly: ...presentation to the European Parliament standing Delegation for relations with Palestine last week to brief parliamentarians from across the EU on the Dáil motion on the annexation of Palestinian lands by Israel. Michael Lynk, the UN special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territory also attended. Ireland is recognised for the role it played in the...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Jun 2021)

Paul Donnelly: ...be respected because people look to us as elected representatives to represent their views and to do what we feel is best for their area. There is a real sense of people being let down by the Land Development Agency, strategic housing developments, SHDs, or that type of legislation that usurps the control and power of local councillors and local authorities. This is an important amendment.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Jun 2021)

Paul Donnelly: I thank the Cathaoirleach. I want to mention two things. We are talking here, and the Minster has talked as well, about local authorities developing lands. We have a site in Mulhuddart in Dublin 15 called Churchfields which has been delayed for a good number of years on the basis that there is no funding coming from central government and there is no affordable housing. That was delayed...

Traveller Accommodation: Statements (3 Jun 2021)

Paul Donnelly: ...site at St. Brigid's Lawn has seen the family outgrow the site, leading to such severe overcrowding. This site was semi-rural with very little housing 27 years ago. It is now prime development land within the Kellystown local area plan. There is a plan to increase this estate by only one bay. The entire sewerage system and electricity system are in dire need of replacement, and this...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pre-Budget Submisssions and Considerations: Discussion (12 May 2021)

Paul Donnelly: My thanks to the representatives of The Wheel and Community Gardens Ireland for their presentations and submissions to the committee. It is brilliant to see such a strong voice coming forward from The Wheel and from people who are working in the community. I am originally from East Wall, which is beside Mud Island. A fantastic book was written around Mud Island and I imagine the witnesses...

Scrambler Motorbikes and Quad Bikes: Motion [Private Members] (17 Nov 2020)

Paul Donnelly: ...use of quads and scramblers. I know of no other area of the law that gardaí will openly admit they cannot tackle or are prohibited by their management from tackling. I understand that it is a difficult decision and safety must be paramount. I suggest that we look to other countries, including our neighbours in England, who adopted a very robust policing strategy when this problem...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Final Report of the Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Discussion (4 Nov 2020)

Paul Donnelly: ...went to the shop and to the post office and engaged with people and that was the only connection they had. Our local darts club organised meals on Sundays for vulnerable people. The payments only land from Monday to Friday, so we took on the Sunday aspect. I regularly did the Sunday afternoon run for perhaps eight or ten weeks for about ten or 12 vulnerable people on their own. The...

Expenditure Response to Covid-19 Crisis: Statements (Resumed) (17 Sep 2020)

Paul Donnelly: ...pandemic unemployment payments were cut. This is regrettable and should be reversed. I am keen to focus on one main point. It is acknowledged that Governments throughout the EU, including Ireland, have abandoned the fiscal rules. Is it feasible or desirable to commit to a balanced budget in 2021? Would it not be better to run a deficit of 2% in the medium term to allow for an...

Civil Law and Criminal Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2020: Second Stage (30 Jul 2020)

Paul Donnelly: ...somebody today who had a horrific experience with the vulture fundss and fought them tooth and nail. They lied and lied again and we are handing those funds a golden ticket to take people's homes, lands and businesses. We have a chance tonight to listen to those people and to listen to the Deputies who spoke tonight and to take that section of the Bill out and ensure that people are...

Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (7 Jul 2020)

Paul Donnelly: ...sale and rent in Dublin West. An average three-bedroom house in Dublin 15 costs €1,800 per month to rent and an average new house costs €400,000. The Minister might let me tell him about 25 ha of land in Dublin 15 called Churchfields. It was proposed that this would become a wonderful new community of over 1,100 houses and apartments, a new park and community youth...

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (Resumed) (10 Jun 2020)

Paul Donnelly: ...talk of massive investment in housing in my constituency of Dublin West. Some projects are proceeding on brownfield sites in Castleknock and Blanchardstown, which had one house on a large tract of land. These have been bought by developers with massive developments with perhaps 300 to 500 apartments being crammed onto the sites as SHDs. These are areas where schools and community...