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Defence (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (2 May 2024)

Réada Cronin: ...representative association membership. It is my experience that this Government has defined itself by never missing an opportunity to miss an opportunity. The evidence is all there, be it in housing, health or the mother and baby homes, not to mention the case in my constituency of buying the land at Castletown House. This Bill adds defence to that by making discussion of this Bill,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flood Risk Management (2 May 2024) See 5 other results from this debate

David Stanton: ..., Deputy O'Donovan, visited Pilmore, Youghal and the Womanagh river on my invitation. Many other officials from the council and OPW attended on the same day and saw the risks to property, houses, land, roads and so on due to possible flooding. I would like to know what has happened in the meantime.

Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 May 2024)

Michael Healy-Rae: ...they have looked at pornography and so on. You cannot have abuse or pornography of children unless there are victims. To this day, I worry whether we as politicians, who enforce the law of the land, and those involved in different State agencies are doing enough to try to protect vulnerable people, whether it is those caught up with alcohol or drug abuse, or children. We hear of...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (1 May 2024) See 2 other results from this debate

Simon Harris: ...delivered through our local authorities and approved housing bodies. That was the largest level of delivery in many decades. You would have to go back to the 1970s to match that. We have also provided a land acquisition fund with an initial €125 million in funding to the Housing Agency because we want to provide solutions for Niamh, Anthony, Jennifer and crucially for children....

Seanad: Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad: State Properties (1 May 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: ..., maintain and manage it in order to reduce cost to the Exchequer. In line with the above policy, the OPW has provided a list of its surplus vacant properties, including former Garda station properties, to the Land Development Agency, the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, and the relevant local...

Seanad: Loneliness: Motion (1 May 2024)

Róisín Garvey: ...I meet with Macra na Feirme regularly. Figures from its survey show that 27% of people nationwide put down loneliness as their biggest fear about growing old in their community. That is one quarter of the young farmers of Ireland. When asked what their concerns were, their biggest fear was being lonely in old age – and we are trying to keep people on the land. Some 98% of...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Primary Care Centres (1 May 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

Colm Burke: ...place at the right time. The delivery of a primary care centre in Inishbofin remains a priority for the HSE. This project has been delayed due to legal processes associated with the transfer of land from Galway County Council. Until these legal processes conclude, it is not possible to provide a definitive timeframe for the development of the Inishbofin centre. Can I just say-----

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters (1 May 2024)

Catherine Connolly: ...of Charleville National School in Tullamore under the additional schools' accommodation scheme. Deputy Patrick Costello - To discuss the movement of sex offenders into the progression unit landing of Mountjoy Prison. Deputy Pearse Doherty - To discuss the condemning of the building belonging to Raphoe community playgroup. Deputy Gary Gannon - To discuss the creation of a Dublin city...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Renewable Energy Generation (30 Apr 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

David Stanton: ...after the Doyle Shipping Group withdrew from the offshore renewable energy project. Some €120 million is needed to build a quay space to support offshore renewable energy in Cork. The idea that land could also be used for space for cargo, freeing up valuable space for the construction of turbines, and the shared island fund could also be explored, with the possibility of some of...

Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (30 Apr 2024)

Seán Canney: ...them some closure on that part of their lives. We need justice, reparation and redress. We are talking about human beings, Irish people and equal citizens, who, through no fault of their own, landed in these institutions. As others have said, they were people of the working class and people of little means. They are the bravest people we have in this country because of what they...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Apr 2024)

Simon Harris: ...need to shake his head; it is happening in my constituency. The second is that once we clear Mount Street and provide people with a safer setting and access to sanitation, we need to make sure that the laws of the land are applied and it is not allowed to happen again because we do not live in a country where makeshift shantytowns are allowed to just develop. We do not and we cannot...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: International Protection (30 Apr 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

Seán Fleming: ...versus the private residential rental market. That is the issue this hinges on. If I do not clarify it fully we will have to ask the Minister to clarify the precise definition on that. Ireland continues to experience a sustained and unprecedented increase in people seeking international protection. In keeping with its legal obligations the Government is committed to supporting all of...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Apr 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

Annie Hoey: ...after the xenophobic attack on the two Croatian men who were beaten up, and one of whom, Josip Strok, subsequently died from his injuries. They were told to speak English in, of all places, Ireland. The cognitive dissonance that has to occur in order for someone to beat someone up, or actually murder someone, because Josip died from his injuries, for not speaking our colonisers' language...

Seanad: Flooding on Lough Funshinagh: Statements (30 Apr 2024) See 3 other results from this debate

Kieran O'Donnell: I join my colleague, the Cathaoirleach, in welcoming the Malaysian delegation, led by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. bin Abdul, and the Malaysian ambassador to Ireland. I also welcome the former members of the Catalonian Parliament. They are all welcome to Ireland. As I told the Malaysian delegation, I hope the former members of the Catalonian Parliament get the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: European Year of Skills 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Apr 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

...offer TY modules that enter their local secondary schools. In the past couple of weeks there has been something called an ETBI skills box. That is kind of like a suitcase-style thing. That has landed in every single school in the country and it gives them all the information they need about apprenticeships and further education and training.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (30 Apr 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...a new International Protection Support Service in February 2021. The White Paper set out a new policy for the accommodation of IP applicants and ensures they are assisted to integrate into Ireland from day one, with health, housing, education, and employment supports at the core of the new system. Since the publication of the White Paper there has been an exponential growth in...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Air Navigation Orders (30 Apr 2024)

Jack Chambers: ...military to transport its personnel to and from locations outside of the US are required to seek an exemption in accordance with the 1973 and 1989 orders when transiting through Irish airspace or landing at an Irish airport where the personal issued weapons of the troops, generally consisting of rifles and pistols, are being carried on board as these are otherwise prohibited. The 1973...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Housing Schemes (30 Apr 2024)

Michael McGrath: ...to assist first-time purchasers with the deposit they need to buy or build a new house or apartment. The incentive gives a refund of Income Tax and Deposit Interest Retention Tax (“DIRT”) paid in Ireland over the previous four years, subject to limits outlined in the legislation. Section 477C of the Taxes Consolidation Act outlines the definitions and conditions that apply...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (30 Apr 2024)

Norma Foley: I am pleased to inform the Deputy that in Q1 of 2023 formal approval was issued to an ongoing ASA project nearby allowing them to utilise an adjacent department-owned land for traffic management associated with that school and the school in question. This is a very positive step forward for the future of both projects, which should assist in terms of alleviating significant planning concerns...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (30 Apr 2024)

Norma Foley: ...by my Department's professional and technical officials. However, the project is located on a challenging site and my Department was recently informed that the school authority had acquired adjacent land prompting a request for a revised Stage 1/2a report to be submitted. As part of the review of this project, my Department officials have made contact with the school to arrange a...