Results 1-11 of 11 for sligo speaker:Niall Blaney

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Sep 2023)

Niall Blaney: The Northern and Western Regional Assembly has made a call on behalf of the whole north-west area and the counties it covers - Donegal, Sligo, Leitrim, Mayo, Galway, Roscommon, Cavan and Monaghan. The Leader is from the area and will be very much aware of the deficit in the whole region, going back to when the EU gave it objective 1 status. That was about levelling up to ensure that we got...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: An Garda Síochána (29 Jun 2023)

Niall Blaney: ...represents 698 community groups in the county and recently made representations to the Garda Commissioner, Drew Harris, on the proposed new policing network that proposes to merge Donegal with Sligo and Leitrim. It was to be the Donegal-Sligo-Leitrim division and now I believe it is to be the Sligo-Leitrim-Donegal division, which shows already where Donegal will come in the pecking order....

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Jun 2023)

Niall Blaney: ...lead to a downgrading of the policing services in those counties. I know there is a review of counties in the west and midlands, including Roscommon, Longford and Mayo. We in Donegal, along with Sligo and Leitrim, are in a similar situation. The size of my home county of Donegal is very similar to that of Mayo and it has a long coastline. We have very little attachment to the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 May 2023)

Niall Blaney: ..., Buncrana and Ballyshannon. In essence, that means two thirds of Donegal will be without that level of service. In geographical terms, that means areas of Donegal equivalent to the counties of Sligo and Leitrim together. That cover is not good enough. It is not sufficient. We are losing our superintendent in Milford and we request a meeting with the Minister for Justice relating to...

Seanad: Appointment of Ordinary Members of An Coimisiún Toghcháin: Motion (14 Dec 2022)

Niall Blaney: ...broken up. It is important that representation in Dáil Éireann and Seanad Éireann, particularly the Dáil, is in line with local authority areas. I speak in particular of the areas I know best, which are Donegal, Sligo, Leitrim and Roscommon. Many people in those areas are not satisfied with representation being broken between county councils. That south Donegal can...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with Co-operation and Working Together (10 Feb 2022)

Niall Blaney: The witnesses may reply via email but I forgot to ask about neurology services in the north west. It is a particular concern in Letterkenny and Sligo, especially with regard to equipment. That would take in Derry as well.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Dec 2021)

Niall Blaney: ...government to ensure that every homeowner is looked after because, as we know, at the end of the day this issue goes beyond Donegal and Mayo. Other counties are being looked at, such as Tipperary, Clare, Sligo and others. The Minister is also in the process of dealing with those apartments that have fire defects. I have no doubt he will come to the House with a similarly good scheme in...

Seanad: Covid-19 (Tourism): Statements (22 Mar 2021)

Niall Blaney: ...North the roads were a great thing; now, they are just bottlenecks. That is an idea of the infrastructure deficit we have in the whole north west. Counties like Donegal, Derry, Fermanagh, Tyrone, Sligo and Leitrim have a general population of 500,000 people. As far as getting our slice of the cake is concerned, we are nowhere near where we should be in terms of roads and tourism. I come...

Seanad: National Development Plan: Statements (22 Mar 2021)

Niall Blaney: ...concept of balanced regional development. As the Minister knows, I come from the north-west. This affects not just county Donegal, but the whole general area of Donegal, Derry, Fermanagh, Tyrone, Sligo and Leitrim. This is an area of roughly 500,000 people. There has been neglect there, in my own county in particular, since the Troubles and we have been playing catch-up ever since....

Finance Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed). (8 Feb 2006)

Niall Blaney: ...both sides of the Border with a view to seeking funding from this Government, the British Government and the relevant European bodies for two motorways — one from Derry to Dublin and another from Sligo to Larne — and a rail line to the north west. The cost of the three projects is estimated at €5 billion between now and 2017. The well known Peter Quinn of the Quinn Group is leading...

Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (8 Nov 2005)

Niall Blaney: ...-west region; if the extension of the service being provided in Galway will be investigated by providing an additional consultant neurologist to cover northern counties such as Donegal, Leitrim and Sligo to prevent patients having to travel to Dublin or Galway to see a neurologist; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33267/05]