Results 301-320 of 1,072,195 for in 'Dáil debates' OR (speaker:Tom Kitt OR speaker:Peadar Tóibín OR speaker:Seán Canney OR speaker:Cian O'Callaghan OR speaker:Michael McNamara OR speaker:Simon Harris OR speaker:Mark Ward OR speaker:James Lawless OR speaker:Cathal Crowe OR speaker:Richard O'Donoghue OR speaker:Brendan Griffin OR speaker:Kathleen Funchion OR speaker:Malcolm Noonan OR speaker:Duncan Smith OR speaker:Alan Farrell OR speaker:Alan Kelly) in 'Committee meetings'

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Oct 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: So that is a "Yes".

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Oct 2024)

Heather Humphreys: There is a process.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Oct 2024)

Ivana Bacik: Today I am forced to raise again our concerns about the Government’s 925-page Planning and Development Bill. It should be receiving adequate consideration tonight but we know it will not because the Government is giving us just three hours to consider 177 pages of amendments to this extremely significant legislation. These are amendments we have never had the opportunity to consider...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Oct 2024)

Michael Healy-Rae: What about your bike shed?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Oct 2024)

Heather Humphreys: As the Deputy rightly says, the Planning and Development Bill will voted upon in the Dáil tonight. This is after 170 hours of debate. The Bill is hugely significant and has been under work for years. It is vital in terms of streamlining our planning process. I think everybody will accept that. As the Minister, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, has said, and I agree with him, the Bill will be...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Oct 2024)

Ivana Bacik: I cannot accept the line that the planning Bill has been considered in full. As the Minister knows, I was very engaged with it on Committee and Report Stages. This is one of the most substantial pieces of legislation the Oireachtas has ever considered but we certainly do not have enough time tonight to debate the massive number of new amendments that we have not had an opportunity to debate...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Oct 2024)

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Oct 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: Last Friday I was in Monaghan. While I was there, I met with a group of parents of children with profound special needs. Their stories were very familiar to me - all too familiar, in fact, because I hear similar in every community visit that I make. They battle the system every single day to try to secure for their children the services they need, such as assessments of need, occupational...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Oct 2024)

Heather Humphreys: I thank Deputy McDonald for raising this issue. I welcome the families from County Monaghan who have travelled here today. I did not know they were coming, but I spoke to one of the representatives last night. Special education is a key priority for this Government. It has been underpinned by over a quarter of the entire education budget. For 2025, €2.9 billion will be spent on...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Oct 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: I wish the school in Clontibret and educators beyond that all the very best in Monaghan, but Deputy Carthy brought me to meet these families. They are who we met and they could recite the stats just as well as the Minister, maybe even better than her. They are still left with the reality that there is no special school in Monaghan. The special classrooms have their place and are extremely...

Planning and Development (An Taisce) Bill 2024: Second Stage [Private Members] (9 Oct 2024)

Steven Matthews: A Chathaoirligh Ghníomhigh, this is not right.

Planning and Development (An Taisce) Bill 2024: Second Stage [Private Members] (9 Oct 2024)

Mattie McGrath: Is that what they are? We do not know anything about them. Is that it, so? Is there to be a secret society? The Green Party is always on about the developers having too much power. Consider the power An Taisce has as a prescribed organisation that has to be notified of every planning application. Of course, where there are listed buildings and protected structures, An Taisce is entitled...

Planning and Development (An Taisce) Bill 2024: Second Stage [Private Members] (9 Oct 2024)

Steven Matthews: Shame on you.

Planning and Development (An Taisce) Bill 2024: Second Stage [Private Members] (9 Oct 2024)

Mattie McGrath: Shame on you. It is not shame on me. That is what the Deputies are doing through a reckless policy, overseen by their Minister in Cabinet now leading the Green Party. What is being done to rural communities in Dundrum, Roscrea, Clonmel and all over the country is shocking. The Green Party protects the members of An Taisce at all costs today because they are Green Party supporters. My...

Planning and Development (An Taisce) Bill 2024: Second Stage [Private Members] (9 Oct 2024)

Steven Matthews: Allegations of corruption now.

Planning and Development (An Taisce) Bill 2024: Second Stage [Private Members] (9 Oct 2024)

Mattie McGrath: It is a sacred cow. All we ever strive to do – it is in the Bible and the gospel – is do good. If you cannot do good, do not do anything bad. People here say we are trying to do damage or attack. The Deputy mentioned the word "attack" ten times or more in his three-minute speech but we are attacking nobody. We are trying to preserve a decent standard of living for people in...

Planning and Development (An Taisce) Bill 2024: Second Stage [Private Members] (9 Oct 2024)

Question put.

Planning and Development (An Taisce) Bill 2024: Second Stage [Private Members] (9 Oct 2024)

Aindrias Moynihan: In accordance with Standing Order 80(2), the division is postponed until division time this evening.

Message from Select Committee (9 Oct 2024)

Message from Select Committee (9 Oct 2024)

Aindrias Moynihan: The Select Committee on Enterprise, Trade and Employment has completed its consideration of the Companies (Corporate Governance, Enforcement and Regulatory Provisions) Bill 2024 and has made no amendments thereto. We will take Leaders' Questions at 12 noon.