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Committee on Public Petitions: Campaign for a Walking and Cycling Greenway on the Closed Railway from Sligo to Athenry: Discussion (25 Jan 2024)

Ciarán Cannon: I appreciate that.

Committee on Public Petitions: Campaign for a Walking and Cycling Greenway on the Closed Railway from Sligo to Athenry: Discussion (25 Jan 2024)

Ciarán Cannon: It was also said in Dáil Éireann.

Committee on Public Petitions: Campaign for a Walking and Cycling Greenway on the Closed Railway from Sligo to Athenry: Discussion (25 Jan 2024)

Ciarán Cannon: I thank the witnesses again for, as Deputy Buckley said, an incredibly compelling presentation. Anybody who thinks logically and rationally can only agree with the case being made by these people. I will make one final point. Every country is obliged to plan for its future based on the resources it has to deliver on that future. I live in a tiny east-coast Galway village. Two hundred...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (23 Jan 2024)

Ciarán Cannon: 183. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to explain the significant delay in completing the Athenry Ring Road; to give an accurate timeline for completion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2785/24]

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Non-court-based Conflict Resolution Mechanisms for Media-related Complaints: Discussion (17 Jan 2024)

Ciarán Cannon: I thank the witnesses for joining us today for a conversation that has been illuminating and helpful to us, as legislators, in how we approach a topic that is becoming exceptionally challenging. Mr. Dooley used a beautiful phrase a few minutes ago, "contract of truth". Public representatives sign up to such a contract when we first put our names forward for election. I have concerns, which...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Non-court-based Conflict Resolution Mechanisms for Media-related Complaints: Discussion (17 Jan 2024)

Ciarán Cannon: How extensively is that used?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Non-court-based Conflict Resolution Mechanisms for Media-related Complaints: Discussion (17 Jan 2024)

Ciarán Cannon: Does anyone else want to comment?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Non-court-based Conflict Resolution Mechanisms for Media-related Complaints: Discussion (17 Jan 2024)

Ciarán Cannon: Because it would have the potential to save them significantly more money if more people were to-----

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Non-court-based Conflict Resolution Mechanisms for Media-related Complaints: Discussion (17 Jan 2024)

Ciarán Cannon: The issue of strategic lawsuits against public participation, SLAPPs, is another, perhaps recent, development in the Irish media landscape, where one could credibly argue that some people are attempting to instigate litigation, simply to silence the media on a particular matter or political viewpoint. Mr. McConnell mentioned earlier the significant costs involved from the moment that a notice...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Non-court-based Conflict Resolution Mechanisms for Media-related Complaints: Discussion (17 Jan 2024)

Ciarán Cannon: Yes.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (17 Jan 2024)

Ciarán Cannon: 490. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what measures she is putting in place to address the acute shortage of secondary school places in Athenry town; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56567/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (14 Dec 2023)

Ciarán Cannon: 189. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total budget allocated for the removal of vegetation on the Western Rail Corridor between Athenry and Claremorris; what is the purpose of the removal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55845/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Physical Education (14 Dec 2023)

Ciarán Cannon: 269. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what her plans are to support post-primary schools in delivering the physical education curriculum, in particular those schools which have no access to their own indoor sports facilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55842/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Physical Education (14 Dec 2023)

Ciarán Cannon: 270. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of post-primary schools in Ireland that have an enrolment figure of 500 students or more; how many of those schools do not have access to an on-site indoor sports facility; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55843/23]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Dec 2023)

Ciarán Cannon: The programme for Government contains a commitment to carry out an audit of school buildings across the country to ensure we have adequate capacity for future enrolment. There is a major capacity issue presenting in Athenry. Fortunately, we are seeing significant population growth in Athenry and its environs, but the secondary school capacity in the town is simply incapable of dealing with...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Marine Protected Areas (12 Dec 2023)

Ciarán Cannon: 387. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if it his intention, in line with the EU 2030 Biodiversity Strategy, to designate 10% of Ireland’s seas as strictly protected, and crucially, whether a 10% strict protection target will be included in the forthcoming Marine Protected Areas Bill 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54488/23]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Facilities (7 Dec 2023)

Ciarán Cannon: That is correct.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Facilities (7 Dec 2023)

Ciarán Cannon: She is an extraordinary woman and athlete. I thank the Minister of State for being here to listen to the powerful case I want to make for the provision of an indoor sports hall for Seamount College, a superb school in the heart of Kinvara. It is embedded in the life of the Kinvara community and south Galway. It is difficult to understand why a school that will approach enrolment of...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Facilities (7 Dec 2023)

Ciarán Cannon: I do not take issue with the Minister of State but it is as I expected from the Department. It said a request for a PE hall does not come within the remit of the additional school accommodation scheme, yet it did this 21 times in 21 other schools and in a school just 10 km away from Seamount. Why it decided to single out Seamount for special treatment in denying it this facility is a...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (7 Dec 2023)

Ciarán Cannon: There is a commitment in the programme for Government to hold a referendum to extend voting rights in presidential elections to our citizens living abroad. When will that referendum happen? We are hopelessly out of step with the European Union and the rest of the world in extending any kind of democratic opportunity to our citizens living in Northern Ireland and across the world. These are...