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- Gas (Amendment) Bill 2023: From the Seanad (24 Apr 2024)
- Gas (Amendment) Bill 2023: From the Seanad (24 Apr 2024)
The Dáil went into Committee to consider amendments from the Seanad.
- Gas (Amendment) Bill 2023: From the Seanad (24 Apr 2024)
Catherine Connolly: Amendments Nos. 1 to 9, inclusive, are related and may be discussed together.
- Gas (Amendment) Bill 2023: From the Seanad (24 Apr 2024)
Seanad amendment No. 1:
- Gas (Amendment) Bill 2023: From the Seanad (24 Apr 2024)
Ossian Smyth: Amendments Nos. 1 to 9 are technical amendments that relate to the Title and citation. The Long Title is changed to reflect the inclusion of the transfer of maritime area planning functions from the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, certain arrangements relating to the making of the marine planning policy...
- Gas (Amendment) Bill 2023: From the Seanad (24 Apr 2024)
Jennifer Whitmore: I do not know how we have gone from this Bill that talks about the remit of Gas Networks Ireland to one that is now looking to transfer the functions relating to the Maritime Area Planning Act from the Minister for housing to the Minister for the Environment at the very last Stage. It seems extraordinary the Government is tacking on such a significant change without any discussion with the...
- Gas (Amendment) Bill 2023: From the Seanad (24 Apr 2024)
Darren O'Rourke: I wish to make the same point. Deputy Whitmore says she does not know how we have ended up here with a rhetorical piece, but if anything this is par for the course. We are bolting on a piece that is obviously an afterthought. There was a decision made that we need to reconfigure and shift responsibility from one Department to the other. There is merit in that, but it is safe to say we in...
- Gas (Amendment) Bill 2023: From the Seanad (24 Apr 2024)
Ossian Smyth: I thank the Deputies for their comments. The decision to transfer these functions was taken by the Government at a meeting on 20 December 2023 and this is the earliest opportunity to enact that decision. It was introduced in the Seanad in previous weeks and debated there. It is a transfer of functions from one Department to another, the same as the rest of this legislation, which is also a...
- Gas (Amendment) Bill 2023: From the Seanad (24 Apr 2024)
Seanad amendment agreed to.
- Gas (Amendment) Bill 2023: From the Seanad (24 Apr 2024)
Seanad amendment No. 2:
- Gas (Amendment) Bill 2023: From the Seanad (24 Apr 2024)
Seanad amendment agreed to.
- Weather-Related Supports for Farmers: Statements (Resumed) (24 Apr 2024)
Charlie McConalogue: I thank all of the Members for their extensive contributions and for agreeing, on a cross-party basis, to allocate three hours for a debate on a very important topic to ensure that all the issues involved got a good airing. Many different issues were raised over the course of the three hours. One that was raised by a number of speakers is that of transport subsidy scheme we have introduced...
- Weather-Related Supports for Farmers: Statements (Resumed) (24 Apr 2024)
Violet-Anne Wynne: I welcome the opportunity to speak up for farmers in County Clare. I wish to show the House a document that we recently received from the IFA in Clare, entitled “Enough is Enough”. Farmers have felt completely disregarded by the Government in terms of not receiving enough support and respect for the work they do, what that work provides to their local communities and the...
- Weather-Related Supports for Farmers: Statements (Resumed) (24 Apr 2024)
Catherine Connolly: Before the Minister replies, I will allow Deputy Martin Kenny to contribute for three minutes.
- Weather-Related Supports for Farmers: Statements (Resumed) (24 Apr 2024)
Martin Kenny: I apologise for missing my earlier speaking slot, but I was at a committee meeting. Everyone recognises the challenging weather we have had, not just this spring, but over the past eight or nine months of rain, particularly in our part of the world in the north west. I was on a farmyard with a farmer the other evening in Cloone, County Leitrim and he had just four bales of silage left,...
- Weather-Related Supports for Farmers: Statements (Resumed) (24 Apr 2024)
John McGuinness: The farmers I come across in my constituency are dealing with serious issues of finance on their farms and need all the support they can get. They are facing all sorts of challenges, some relating to climate change and others relating to the sheer administration of their enterprise. The weather has not helped and is not helping them, and while it is quite different now and it is good to see...
- Weather-Related Supports for Farmers: Statements (Resumed) (24 Apr 2024)
Michael McNamara: I am sharing time. I find myself, as is often if not always the case, in agreement with what Deputy McGuinness said but I acknowledge that farm inspections, for example, have been eased in the circumstances, which has come as some small relief to farmers given the pressure they were under. In the brief time available, I will discuss the fodder transport scheme. While it is well...
- Weather-Related Supports for Farmers: Statements (Resumed) (24 Apr 2024)
Marian Harkin: Today we are discussing weather-related supports for farmers. Many farmers in the north west are paying a very heavy price, both in income lost and, indeed, in the context of their own well-being and mental health, as they grapple to keep going with the poor weather that has dogged the west and the north west since August of last year. It is not just about keeping going; it is about seeing...
- Weather-Related Supports for Farmers: Statements (Resumed) (24 Apr 2024)
Michael Collins: Agriculture is a bit like fisheries in that it has been thrown to the dogs by previous governments and by this Government in particular. I spent several hours canvassing in Macroom mart last Saturday. I met many farmers who are furious about how the Government has acted. They are absolutely livid. When Deputy Tóibín spoke about a Dublin-oriented Government, they were nodding in...
- Weather-Related Supports for Farmers: Statements (Resumed) (24 Apr 2024)
Catherine Connolly: I thank the Deputy. I gave him more time due to the interruption. I move on to Deputy Cathal Crowe, who has a 30-minute slot. He is the only person from his group here at the moment.