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Ministers and Secretaries (Attorney General) Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (3 Jul 2025)

Ministers and Secretaries (Attorney General) Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (3 Jul 2025)

Ivana Bacik: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I am sharing time with Deputy Ciarán Ahern. I welcome the fact the Minister of State is here and I thank Deputy Ahern, who will speak alongside me. This is a Bill that we in the Labour Party introduced some time ago. It was drafted in the wake of the nursing home charges scandal. A key purpose of the Bill is to clarify and reform...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Tourism Industry (3 Jul 2025)

Paula Butterly: I thank the Minister for those updates. I look forward to welcoming those extra visits to County Louth now that the cap will be lifted. When it comes to County Louth, I will never shy away from broadcasting and promoting the county. Indeed, as people arrive in Dublin Airport and head to the north east, I have a vision of seeing Drogheda as the welcoming mat for County Louth. Without a...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Tourism Industry (3 Jul 2025)

Peter Burke: I am happy to work closely with Deputy Butterly on that. Another area I am actively working on is expanding the remit of Fáilte Ireland. One of the first things I did was to take a deep dive of the legislation that underpins the State agency. I want to include a restaurant sector. It is key as regards developing its model. Fáilte Ireland has focused on hotels but if we look...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Tourism Industry (3 Jul 2025)

Verona Murphy: We will do our best in Wexford with the fleadh. I am sure the Minister will be there.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Tourism Industry (3 Jul 2025)

Peter Burke: Wexford will not beat Mullingar.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Road Safety (3 Jul 2025)

Road Safety

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Road Safety (3 Jul 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: Gabhaim buíochas leis an gCeann Comhairle. I thank the Ceann Comhairle for selecting this issue for debate. It is an important one and sits within road safety. This was a tragic day on our roads in Donegal and east Meath. I extend my deepest condolences to all those affected. Internationally, in the world of sport, there was a very high-profile death on the roads. Road safety is...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Road Safety (3 Jul 2025)

Neale Richmond: I thank the Deputy for expressing condolences in the House. I suppose when he submitted this Topical Issue, he did not think we would be thinking of tragedies on our roads and indeed more high-profile ones. It is a timely reminder. The Ceann Comhairle has such a strong track record on road safety, it is appropriate we take a moment before discussing this specific issue. As the Deputy...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Flood Relief Schemes (3 Jul 2025)

Kevin Moran: As the Deputy knows, I have visited Midleton and know too well the strain that is on the people there and the other groups, particularly in the other areas that have been flooded. No one knows that better than I do. Since my taking up this role, we have gone from five schemes to 13 schemes, with 11 at construction and two more to follow this year. That is a huge jump. The OPW is working...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Tourism Industry (3 Jul 2025)

Tourism Industry

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Tourism Industry (3 Jul 2025)

Paula Butterly: It is no secret that the tourism industry is one of our most valuable indigenous sectors. Over the decades, it has reached every corner of Ireland, providing jobs and opening our communities to the world, not just other parts of Ireland. It is no secret, however, that over the last number of years the sector has been struggling and has had challenges. It has faced these challenges...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Tourism Industry (3 Jul 2025)

Peter Burke: I thank the Deputy for raising this matter. My role and that of my Department in relation to tourism includes the development of national policy and the securing of resources to assist the tourism agencies, Fáilte Ireland and Tourism Ireland, in the implementation of policy. County Louth is included in Ireland's Ancient East Regional Tourism Development Strategy 2023-2027. ...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Flood Relief Schemes (3 Jul 2025)

Flood Relief Schemes

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Flood Relief Schemes (3 Jul 2025)

Pat Buckley: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Moran, for being here. It is much appreciated. I thank him and his Department for their engagement. I am speaking today on behalf of the residents of Castlemartyr, Mogeely, Midleton, Whitegate, Killeagh and Rathcormac to urgently implore the Government and Minister of State to initiate tranche 2 of the flood relief programme for these communities....

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Flood Relief Schemes (3 Jul 2025)

Kevin Moran: I thank the Deputy for raising this important issue today. I am fully aware that flooding has a significant impact on people, families, businesses and communities. I refer in particular to the widespread flooding caused by Storm Babet in October 2023. To date, the OPW has completed 55 flood relief schemes nationwide. These are providing protection to over 13,500 properties, and an...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Flood Relief Schemes (3 Jul 2025)

Pat Buckley: I thank the Minister of State for his reply, in which he stated, “Any flood relief scheme needs to map and understand the location and the flooding sources and constraints.” This is spot on, but I just want a preventative measure very fast. Land at Gleann Fia, the land next door to the site at Mogeely, owned by a farmer, can hold water, and there is an agreement in this...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Enrolments (3 Jul 2025)

Neale Richmond: As the Deputy will know, I am very aware of this issue and I have been lobbied intensely by the local councillors. I will lay out a few points for the interest of the Chamber before I get to the meat of the ask, as is appropriate in such a debate. It is important to state for the record that the annual enrolment process for new junior infants at primary and new first years at...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Enrolments (3 Jul 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: I thank the Minister of State. That is very welcome and I think there is a solution here. Hopefully, if he talks to the Minister - I have mentioned it to her myself - we can get someone to visit. In my remaining time, I want to put something else in the education area on the record. We are seeing major issues with the NCSC and a sort of stoppage of processes. I think it is moving to a...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Enrolments (3 Jul 2025)

Neale Richmond: I thank the Deputy for using the time available to highlight a really important issue. Being married to a special education teacher, I hear about this quite regularly, as the Deputy can imagine. For anyone who thinks politicians are going on holidays in two weeks' time, I can assure them not only are we not but our school leaders and teachers certainly are not on holidays at the moment....