Results 21-40 of 1,049,505 for in 'Dáil debates' OR in 'Committee meetings' (speaker:Tom Kitt OR speaker:Réada Cronin OR speaker:Brendan Howlin OR speaker:Catherine Connolly OR speaker:Pat Buckley OR speaker:Leo Varadkar)
- Report of the Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Motion (4 Jul 2024)
Jackie Cahill: I move: That Dáil Éireann shall take note of the Report of the Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine entitled "Environmental Impact of Local Industrial Emissions in Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny", copies of which were laid before Dáil Éireann on 11th May, 2023. As Chairman of the Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine, I am glad to present...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Planning Issues (4 Jul 2024)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I might be a bit slow, but could the Deputy make it clear to us who is proposing to build this mysterious centre?
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Planning Issues (4 Jul 2024)
Chris Andrews: Well, it is the ICML, which is a charity.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Planning Issues (4 Jul 2024)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: What does it have to do with the National Concert Hall?
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Planning Issues (4 Jul 2024)
Chris Andrews: That is the site where the building will be constructed.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Planning Issues (4 Jul 2024)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Who is giving the charity the site?
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Planning Issues (4 Jul 2024)
Chris Andrews: The OPW is going to build it and it was locked into an agreement several years ago.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Planning Issues (4 Jul 2024)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Right. Can we hear the Minister of State anyway?
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Planning Issues (4 Jul 2024)
Chris Andrews: Yes. If I could just say, the cost of this project started at €15 million. It is now going to cost €70 million.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Planning Issues (4 Jul 2024)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: We could build two of them.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Planning Issues (4 Jul 2024)
Kieran O'Donnell: I thank the Deputies for raising this matter. The national children's science centre, NCSC, aims to provide an interactive science museum that will include over 200 scientific exhibits, interactive science spaces and demonstration areas, as well as a lecture and planetarium space. I understand that it is intended that these facilities will interact with science curriculum activity in...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Planning Issues (4 Jul 2024)
Chris Andrews: This project has been foisted on the OPW and the National Concert Hall. The Iveagh Gardens are an extremely important part of our heritage. The location functions as a lung in the city of Dublin and it must be protected. This is the thin edge of the wedge. As I said, this project was foisted on the National Concert Hall. Three Departments have grant funded the project but they have left...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Planning Issues (4 Jul 2024)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I appreciate that the Minister of State has given a lot of clarity in his response, but I still do not know what the ICML entity is. This is the party that is applying for this project and that is going to build it. What is this group?
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Planning Issues (4 Jul 2024)
Chris Andrews: It is a private charity.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Planning Issues (4 Jul 2024)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I have never heard of it.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Planning Issues (4 Jul 2024)
Chris Andrews: Exactly.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Planning Issues (4 Jul 2024)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Could the Minister of State tell us about it, please?
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Planning Issues (4 Jul 2024)
Kieran O'Donnell: I have only held this portfolio for a short time, but my understanding is that the ICML brought forward a proposal to build a science centre. That centre has ended up being the subject of arbitration in 2013 and 2021, with a decision having been made in June 2022. That decision from the arbitrator was that the OPW had the legal obligation to build the national science centre. It went...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Job Losses (4 Jul 2024)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I thank the Minister, Deputy Burke, for being here to deal with this important matter.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Job Losses (4 Jul 2024)
Gerald Nash: I agree that it is a very important development. We have all been working for years to ensure that IDA Ireland develops the advanced units we need to bring employment to Drogheda. It is now incumbent on IDA Ireland to fast-track that process. Planning permission has been provided and we hope that will move forward very quickly. They confirmed to me yesterday that they are aggressively...