Results 21-40 of 1,073,094 for in 'Dáil debates' OR in 'Committee meetings' (speaker:Jan O'Sullivan OR speaker:Norma Foley OR speaker:Charlie McConalogue OR speaker:Seán Ó Fearghaíl OR speaker:Stephen Donnelly OR speaker:Michael Ring OR speaker:Martin Heydon OR speaker:Seán Ó Fearghaíl9 OR speaker:Mairead Farrell OR speaker:Paul Murphy OR speaker:Marc Ó Cathasaigh OR speaker:Brendan Howlin)
- Planning and Development Bill 2023: From the Seanad (9 Oct 2024)
Catherine Connolly: I did not take exception and it is not politics. I am in the Chair, and the conversation and debate should be relevant to what is going on. That is what I am doing now as well. I remind the Deputy that we are discussing amendments Nos. 1 to 18, inclusive.
- Planning and Development Bill 2023: From the Seanad (9 Oct 2024)
Michael Healy-Rae: That is right.
- Planning and Development Bill 2023: From the Seanad (9 Oct 2024)
Catherine Connolly: This morning I reminded the Deputy that we-----
- Planning and Development Bill 2023: From the Seanad (9 Oct 2024)
Michael Healy-Rae: You did, but you had-----
- Planning and Development Bill 2023: From the Seanad (9 Oct 2024)
Catherine Connolly: No, no.
- Planning and Development Bill 2023: From the Seanad (9 Oct 2024)
Michael Healy-Rae: You said it when you were sitting on the Opposition benches. You took exception to what I had said.
- Planning and Development Bill 2023: From the Seanad (9 Oct 2024)
Catherine Connolly: Deputy, please. In my role as Chair, I asked you to be relevant to the topic, as I ask everybody. I asked you not to make it personal. I am asking you again to direct your comments towards the amendments. I am giving great latitude.
- Planning and Development Bill 2023: From the Seanad (9 Oct 2024)
Michael Healy-Rae: Thank you. I am making it clear that when you left the Chair and went to the Opposition benches, you told me what you thought about what I had said, which is fine because you are elected here the same as me. You are perfectly entitled to do that - absolutely, no problem - and you were right to say what you said. I am also right to say it is not normal behaviour. The funny thing about it...
- Planning and Development Bill 2023: From the Seanad (9 Oct 2024)
(Interruptions).
- Planning and Development Bill 2023: From the Seanad (9 Oct 2024)
Michael Healy-Rae: Is there interference?
- Planning and Development Bill 2023: From the Seanad (9 Oct 2024)
Catherine Connolly: A little bit.
- Planning and Development Bill 2023: From the Seanad (9 Oct 2024)
Michael Healy-Rae: Maybe it is the Russians. I will continue.
- Planning and Development Bill 2023: From the Seanad (9 Oct 2024)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Or the Americans.
- Planning and Development Bill 2023: From the Seanad (9 Oct 2024)
Thomas Gould: Or the Israelis.
- Planning and Development Bill 2023: From the Seanad (9 Oct 2024)
Michael Healy-Rae: I want to make that point very clearly. Nobody in Ireland would say that it is normal for a person to object continuously. Any one individual, of course, could have an issue with a person developing something-----
- Planning and Development Bill 2023: From the Seanad (9 Oct 2024)
Catherine Connolly: Deputy, we are discussing amendments Nos. 1 to 18, inclusive.
- Planning and Development Bill 2023: From the Seanad (9 Oct 2024)
Michael Healy-Rae: -----that would affect themselves. My God, how could 20 or 25 people affect you, wherever you are living? That type of nonsense will have to stop. Serial objectors will have to be called out in this House and in the local authorities for what they are. Rightfully, in my opinion, I called them "cranks" and "crackpots" this morning because that is exactly who they are. Whether you are a...
- Planning and Development Bill 2023: From the Seanad (9 Oct 2024)
Catherine Connolly: I am not giving any more leniency. We are discussing amendments Nos. 1 to 18, inclusive.
- Planning and Development Bill 2023: From the Seanad (9 Oct 2024)
Michael Healy-Rae: I am coming back to that. I mentioned "cranks" and "crackpots" because it is a fact and I want to call them out. Coming back to the Bill before us tonight, the one worry I have is when it comes to the zoning of lands. When we see what has happened to the farmers recently - I was glad at the very beginning and in the first instance on behalf of people in Killorglin, outside of Killarney...
- Planning and Development Bill 2023: From the Seanad (9 Oct 2024)
Bríd Smith: I want to comment on what has been said.