Results 121-140 of 382 for long speaker:Seán Kyne

Seanad: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Second Stage (7 Dec 2021)

Seán Kyne: ...development contributions, which would be very valuable to certain local authorities? Are rates payable on these projects? They are multimillion euro projects and I imagine rates would be levied. Again, they would be very important as a long-term source of funding for local authorities. Where a project is delivered off the coast of Galway, will Galway County Council be able to collect...

Seanad: National Development Plan 2021-2030: Statements (30 Nov 2021)

Seán Kyne: ...and that progress for Galway has been bogged down by planning delays. For example, previously the Galway city ring road and the Galway city outer bypass projects were with An Bord Pleanála for a long time and have been delayed. I am sure that both projects will cross the desk of the Minister, subject to planning approval. The Minister said at the outset that he had money unspent,...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Hospital Services (25 Nov 2021)

Seán Kyne: ...there are resources available. I welcome that and urge the HSE to consider the matter. In the meantime, the winter plan does not provide acute beds to Galway and we do not know what will happen long term. We have proposals from an elective hospital, which is likely to be Merlin Park, and an announcement is due to be made.There were commitments and promises regarding acute beds, but it...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Hospital Services (25 Nov 2021)

Seán Kyne: ...campus and Merlin Park. Some want to move everything to Merlin Park, some want to move parts to Merlin Park. We are caught in a situation where there are on both sides of the city medium-term, long-term and grandiose plans of €3 billion to €4 billion but there are no medium-term plans to provide extra beds for an area that the national planning framework has identified will...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Nov 2021)

Seán Kyne: .... That big exercise was undertaken to identify gaps in services. As others have referenced, among 18 organisations, €445,000 is being allocated to Victim Support at Court, Lifeline Inishowen, Longford Women's Link, the Immigrant Council of Ireland and Dublin Rape Crisis Centre. The extra funding is being provided this year, and is separate from budget 2022 in which increased...

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Tithíocht agus Cúrsaí Pleanála Fisiciúla sa Ghaeltacht: Plé (24 Nov 2021)

Seán Kyne: ...does not seem to be a time-bound enurement. Is it a lifetime clause? It is impacting on people being able to secure mortgages. The banks will find an excuse not to lend to somebody where there is an Irish enurement that does not state how long it lasts. Could any of the Galway representatives or anyone else answer that with regard to their own counties? I am sure it is an issue across...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Nov 2021)

Seán Kyne: ...expressed their concern about it. It is acknowledged that Irish farming and food production is among the most sustainable, if not the most sustainable, in the world in terms of a grass-based system and long grazing periods compared with other countries. We have a responsibility internationally to be part of the movement, to acknowledge the reality of climate change and to be part of the...

Seanad: Progressing Disability Services for Children and Young People: Statements (9 Nov 2021)

Seán Kyne: ...believe there are just not enough therapy posts for the levels of therapy for every child who needs it. They talked about frustration, inconsistencies, staff turnover, short blocks of therapy, long breaks in between, and therapists being absent on long-term leave or redeployed. That is the reality. It is a tale of woe unfortunately, but a reality for Down Syndrome Ireland. I am sure...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Nov 2021)

Seán Kyne: ...especially in this coming budget. The distance between the decision to increase or not increase a LPT and the final allocations from the Departments post the passing of a budget in October is too long. The allocation should come first and then the council and members should be able to decide whether to increase the LPT in response to that. I ask for a debate with the Minister.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Wind Energy Generation (21 Oct 2021)

Seán Kyne: ...-departmental approach to develop and push it forward. My view is that officials in the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine do not want to progress it. I have sufficient evidence over a long period that they will try not to support it. They are quite happy with Castletownbere and Killybegs and are not interested in progressing the project in Ros an Mhíl. The potential...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Agriculture Schemes (20 Oct 2021)

Seán Kyne: ...the Minister of State. I concur with Senator Burke on the concerns about penalties being imposed on farmers. Farmers are very aware of their responsibilities. This has been rumbling for a long number of years with regard to responsibilities for protecting habitats and environments. Depending on conditions and at certain times of the year, fires can spread if started maliciously or...

Seanad: Sláintecare Implementation: Statements (19 Oct 2021)

Seán Kyne: ...Pressure must continue to be exerted to ensure that the planning application for the emergency department is lodged. There seems to be an assumption that we are going to get planning permission. I hope we will, but we have a long history in Galway of projects that were not granted planning permission. I hope that will not be the case here. The other matter I would like to talk about is...

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

Seán Kyne: ...flooding event. The severe trauma people go through when their homes or businesses are flooded has a huge impact, not just for the day, night or period of time when the flooding happens but for a long period after that, as they wait for the inevitable response they hope will prevent a future event. I spoke some weeks ago during a Commencement debate about Galway city's flood defences....

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Oct 2021)

Seán Kyne: ...be done in facilities where there are only day-care beds. We do not want American-style healthcare. We want to ensure that people are treated and have their recovery time over a period of three or four days, or however long it takes. We need to have this fuller debate in regard to Sláintecare, in particular on the issue of inpatient versus day beds.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Oct 2021)

Seán Kyne: ...heroes around the country. Every family is different. Some families can rally around if they have the numbers to look after loved ones, while some people may be on their own trying to look after a loved one alongside the pressure of everything else that they must do in their lives as well. The well-being of carers is important. They are looking after a loved one, or whatever, but they...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Oct 2021)

Seán Kyne: ...that has been hearing about and listening to talk about a bypass going back to the 1970s. It is really a red letter day to see a project going ahead to construction in the coming weeks. It has been a long-running saga. The first phase commenced in 2014 and the then Minister, Deputy Varadkar, sanctioned the upgrade of the road into Moycullen. Like any project, and particularly where...

Seanad: Registration of Wills Bill 2021: Second Stage (6 Oct 2021)

Seán Kyne: ...tragic cases involving deaths abroad. I agree with the policy of ensuring that there is a register of wills. It is very important to give peace of mind to people. We all expect to be able to live a long and healthy life. Somebody in their 30s or 40s could be obliged, or rightly advised, to enact a will. Solicitors move on. Things get mislaid.Solicitors are struck off from time to...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Sep 2021)

Seán Kyne: ...The use of clover and multi-species swards is being trialled on a commercial scale as a means of reducing nitrogen. That is what Teagasc is doing in Grange in Dunsany. The benefits of clover have long been known about in terms of fixing nitrogen. It would be a regressive step to cut our national herd. I do not believe there is an appetite, desire or need to pursue that approach. It is...

Seanad: Housing For All - a New Housing Plan for Ireland: Statements (29 Sep 2021)

Seán Kyne: .... The result was that we had to do many things before we were able to get to building houses in those years.By 2040, an additional 1 million people are expected to live in this country. That might seem a long way away today but it will come very first. The demand for housing will be with us throughout that period. We talk about the potential benefits of remote working, how it could be...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Flood Risk Management (22 Sep 2021)

Seán Kyne: ...is there anything that the city council or the Arup consultants can do to speed up that process? Taking, effectively, the guts of a decade before flood defences will be in place in Galway city is too long. I refer to processes around the country. I note the Minister of State, Deputy O'Donovan, has expressed his frustration at the processes and the delays, whether due to planning,...