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Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (16 Apr 2024)

Catherine Connolly: As there are many Deputies looking to contribute, I ask for their co-operation. Each speaker will have one and a half minutes.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (16 Apr 2024)

Christopher O'Sullivan: I congratulate the Taoiseach on his election. I wish him the best of luck in the months ahead. I raise the issue of emissions. The Taoiseach said in his response that we have, fortunately, seen a reduction in overall emissions. However, one area in which emissions are on the increase is transport. Electric vehicles, EVs, will play a key role in reducing emissions in transport,...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (16 Apr 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: There is a target to double the amount of energy generated from onshore wind between now and 2030 but delivery has fallen off a cliff edge under the Government's watch. The planning system is not fit for purpose. Wind energy guidelines are a case in point. The existing guidelines were published in 2006, which is a lifetime ago in terms of technology and everything else. In the meantime,...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (16 Apr 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: I am on record as saying that I would have much preferred for a general election to have taken place when the previous Taoiseach resigned. However, I wish the new Taoiseach luck in his role. There is no shortage of issues in front of him at this time. I raise the ever-present issue for many elected representatives of problems in our dealings with Uisce Éireann. Lately, I have been...

Fair Procedures in the Administration of Justice Bill 2024: First Stage (16 Apr 2024)

Fair Procedures in the Administration of Justice Bill 2024: First Stage (16 Apr 2024)

Patrick Costello: I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to provide and guarantee that administrative decision makers operating under Article 37 of Bunreacht na hÉireann are obligated to dispense of their quasi-judicial functions in accordance with due process and fair procedures, to give the Minister power to designate such bodies and to give the Minister power to issue...

Fair Procedures in the Administration of Justice Bill 2024: First Stage (16 Apr 2024)

Catherine Connolly: Is the Bill opposed?

Fair Procedures in the Administration of Justice Bill 2024: First Stage (16 Apr 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: No.

Fair Procedures in the Administration of Justice Bill 2024: First Stage (16 Apr 2024)

Question put and agreed to.

Fair Procedures in the Administration of Justice Bill 2024: First Stage (16 Apr 2024)

Catherine Connolly: Since this is a Private Members' Bill, Second Stage must, under Standing Orders, be taken in Private Members' time.

Fair Procedures in the Administration of Justice Bill 2024: First Stage (16 Apr 2024)

Patrick Costello: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Fair Procedures in the Administration of Justice Bill 2024: First Stage (16 Apr 2024)

Question put and agreed to.

Commission on the Future of the Family Farm Bill 2024: First Stage (16 Apr 2024)

Commission on the Future of the Family Farm Bill 2024: First Stage (16 Apr 2024)

Claire Kerrane: I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to establish a body to be known, in the Irish language, as An Coimisiún um Thodhchaí na Feirme Teaghlaigh or, in the English language, as the Commission on the Future of the Family Farm; to define its functions; and to provide for matters connected therewith. As somebody born, raised and living on a family...

Commission on the Future of the Family Farm Bill 2024: First Stage (16 Apr 2024)

Matt Carthy: The family farm is the cornerstone of rural communities and regional economies across this island. Family farming is almost uniquely Irish, particularly in a European context and, therefore, the Irish family farm must be protected. We, as a society and as political representatives, have increased the demands on our farmers. We expect them to produce the highest quality food in the...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Apr 2024)

James O'Connor: First and foremost, from one baby of the House to another, I congratulate the Taoiseach on his appointment. I wish him well. He is the youngest Taoiseach the country has ever had and the issue I raise is one our generations share as a major issue, namely, housing and getting more housing built. The Government has done huge work under Housing for All which has been successful as regards...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Apr 2024)

Simon Harris: I thank the Deputy for his good wishes. The Government definitely has an open mind on this. There are potentially lessons that can be learned from some of the responses we have put in place to assist people in the humanitarian situations arising in Ukraine and elsewhere in the world. I see the excellent use of modular or rapid-build housing in many places such as Backweston and Mahon in...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Apr 2024)

Brendan Griffin: I congratulate the Taoiseach on his election to the office he holds. I wish him well for the future. This is my first opportunity to do so. You know you are getting old when the Taoiseach is younger than you. I will raise a serious matter. As the Taoiseach may be aware, bogus self-employment has been a serious problem affecting workers at RTÉ for a long time. In some cases, it...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Apr 2024)

Simon Harris: I thank the Deputy for his good wishes. As he may be aware, in late 2020, the Department of Social Protection commenced an investigation into the PRSI classification of RTÉ's contractors. RTÉ provided the Department with lists of 695 workers who were engaged on a contract basis in 2018, 2019 and 2020 and these form the basis of the investigation. The scale of the investigation...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Apr 2024)

Catherine Connolly: We are out of time now and there are five speakers left, so I ask for their co-operation with brevity.