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Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: RTÉ (Resumed) (13 Sep 2023)

Micheál Carrigy: I do not think land values have gone down. They have actually increased since 2017.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Toll Increases and Ongoing Projects: Discussion with Transport Infrastructure Ireland (28 Jun 2023)

Micheál Carrigy: ...the bulk of that money will be needed. Would it be prudent for the Minister or the Government to allow the project to continue to the next phase, phase 3? An emerging preferred route locks the land. TII still has to hold on to other routes in case an environmental issue crops up on the emerging preferred route. Lands have been locked for up to 20 years and even when an emerging...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 May 2023)

Micheál Carrigy: .... I want to put forward the location of Custume Barracks in Athlone, which is located right in the middle of the country. There is a fantastic site there. In addition, there is sufficient land to expand on what is already in place. I ask that this be looked at as a matter of priority. It is in line with the recommendation of the commission for the headquarters to be centrally located,...

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

Micheál Carrigy: ..., who was here earlier. Back in 2018, I was down in Sligo when Project 2040, the national development plan, was launched. After a significant amount of pressure by local representatives in the midlands and up into the north west, the N4 project was put back onto the national development plan. It had reached the emerging preferred route stage in 2008 when the economic crash came and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Motorway Toll Charges: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (29 Nov 2022)

Micheál Carrigy: .... By quarter 1 of next year, there will be the preferred route option, after which the route option selection process will be finalised in quarter 2, which will give some clarity to hundreds of farmers, landowners and householders who have since 2008 not known what to do with their property or land. I understand from comments Mr. Walsh made recently that the level of funding available is...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Nov 2022)

Micheál Carrigy: ...was removed from the funding plans for 2022, which would have paid to find a preferred route and ended the situation of a significant number of landowners along a 52 km stretch who have had their lands and houses locked since 2006. It is important infrastructure for the midlands and north west, not just my local area of Longford. It affects Leitrim, Roscommon, Mayo, Sligo and Donegal....

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Road Projects (15 Nov 2022)

Micheál Carrigy: ...to strengthen housing, climate ambitions, transport, healthcare, jobs growth in every region and economic renewal for the decades ahead. The Tánaiste stated that we needed to anticipate what the Ireland of 2040 will look like, what our jobs will be like and how we will travel and live. With a rapidly rising population, Ireland needs to invest in big infrastructure. If we were to...

Seanad: Forestry: Statements (15 Nov 2022)

Micheál Carrigy: ...and, as the Minister of State and Senator Paul Daly said, an extension from 15 to 20 years. This will now give the farming community the opportunity to decide on whether a profitable use of land is to plant forestry or to use it for tillage or alternative farming. I noticed the figures in the plan referring to a 10-acre plantation moving from €70,000 to €150,000 in premiums...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Forestry Sector (25 Oct 2022)

Micheál Carrigy: ...matter. I am speaking on behalf of farmers in my local community in Longford-Westmeath. I have met the chair of the forestry committee of the Irish Farmers' Association, IFA, and individual landowners who are looking for certainty and want to plant in future. I have spoken to Glennon Brothers, one of the biggest companies in this country which also operates abroad. It provides timber...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Sep 2022)

Micheál Carrigy: ...by the Minister for Rural and Community Development, Deputy Humphreys, of a community centres investment fund for the refurbishment and upgrading of much-needed community facilities across Ireland. A sum of €15 million has been set aside but I understand that applications have been made for projects totally more than €70 million . In that context, I ask that extra funding...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 May 2022)

Micheál Carrigy: ...it is actually brought through until planning permission is granted. There is not a significant cost involved in doing so. The significant cost comes when the capital works need to take place and land has to be purchased, etc. I ask that the project, which is vital for the entire north-west and midland regions, be prioritised and the funding guaranteed for 2023. We need to avoid a...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Mar 2022)

Micheál Carrigy: ...regard to the design office. Instructions have been given to the consultants that the funding is not there to continue with the project. Funding has not been provided by Transport Infrastructure Ireland. There are ten identified routes in play at present, particularly in County Longford. We need funding to be put in place to find a preferred route, to continue the consultation process...

Seanad: Report of Joint Committee on Agriculture and the Marine: Motion (16 Feb 2022)

Micheál Carrigy: ...not sufficient. The reality is that needs to be ramped up. If people feel they will not have a licence issued in a timely manner, many will move away from the thought of even planting forestry. That land is then lost forever. As a Government, we have set a target of planting 8,000 ha of new forest every year. I ask the Minister of State to clarify a recent announcement. We set a...

Seanad: Electricity (Supply) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (4 Nov 2021)

Micheál Carrigy: ...a problem as it must be done. There are parts of the Shannon at pinch points where the river is narrowed to half its size. If we do nothing and there is flooding, we will damage flora and fauna on the land anyway, which must be taken into account. I agree with the proposal from Senators Murphy and Paul Daly for one authority to look after this issue. There is a working group comprising...

Seanad: Flood Risk Management: Motion (19 Oct 2021)

Micheál Carrigy: ...just down to rain. We have many changed surfaces that have affected the ability of rainfall to sink into the soil. It is a combination of climate change, the human footprint we have left on our landscape and the granting of planning permission to build houses in areas that should have been flood zones. We saw the consequences of the latter recently when we were in Athlone with the...

Seanad: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (15 Jul 2021)

Micheál Carrigy: ...are long overdue. The recommendations in this regard were made up to seven years ago. During that time, many families have endured hardship in trying to meet nursing home charges, often having to sell land to do so. Will there be a hardship fund to examine cases where this has happened or where, as Senator Byrne mentioned, people are already in a nursing home prior to the legislation...

Seanad: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Second Stage (9 Jul 2021)

Micheál Carrigy: I welcome the Minster of State and I welcome this Bill. Section 13 sets out the functions of the LDA, which are to develop and manage relevant public land and, thereafter, other lands for "the provision of housing for the public good". It is acknowledged that there is a shortage of new housing being developed and, in particular, housing that is affordable in certain areas. There is a...

Seanad: Right to Housing: Motion (4 Jun 2021)

Micheál Carrigy: ...to deliver what is needed, namely, homes. It is important that the State uses every available asset it has to support citizens in doing that. The combination of the Affordable Housing Bill, the Land Development Agency and budgets that will be provided will provide homes for everybody for decades to come. The programme for Government agreed by the three parties commits to building on the...

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 May 2021)

Micheál Carrigy: ...I would like to see more of across parties. Access to affordable housing is one of the most immediate and urgent challenges facing young people, middle income earners and families today in Ireland, including in my home county, Longford. This Bill is about individuals and families who want to be able to rent their own homes and to aspire to own their own homes. In the entirety of my...