Results 401-420 of 1,071,130 for in 'Dáil debates' OR (speaker:Tom Kitt OR speaker:Holly Cairns OR speaker:Mary Lou McDonald OR speaker:Michael McNamara OR speaker:Peter Fitzpatrick OR speaker:Ciarán Cannon OR speaker:John Brady OR speaker:Niall Collins OR speaker:Eoin Ó Broin OR speaker:Frank Feighan OR speaker:Dessie Ellis OR speaker:Marc Ó Cathasaigh OR speaker:Róisín Shortall OR speaker:Brendan Howlin OR speaker:Ruairi Ó Murchú OR speaker:Cormac Devlin) in 'Committee meetings'

Committee on Drugs Use: A Health-Led Approach: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: Any point in respect of diversion-----

Committee on Drugs Use: A Health-Led Approach: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: It was two weeks ago that the Senator was rowing with me.

Committee on Drugs Use: A Health-Led Approach: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: I would like to point out that I believe the issue of drug debt intimidation has a very significant impact on communities. I believe that drug dealing and criminality has a very serious impact. I believe that people who should get-----

Committee on Drugs Use: A Health-Led Approach: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: I believe that people who should get supports-----

Committee on Drugs Use: A Health-Led Approach: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: Give me one second.

Committee on Drugs Use: A Health-Led Approach: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: Is there no such thing as a bad drug dealer in any way, shape or form?

Committee on Drugs Use: A Health-Led Approach: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: I have asked the question.

Committee on Drugs Use: A Health-Led Approach: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: The question was on those who need supports and so on but who fall into the court's bailiwick. I am talking about people who are being used and abused by nefarious characters. I accept that there are people-----

Committee on Drugs Use: A Health-Led Approach: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: Are we saying there is no such thing as a bad drug dealer? Of course, there are people-----

Committee on Drugs Use: A Health-Led Approach: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: Of course, there are bogeymen. Of course, there are people who are engaged in-----

Committee on Drugs Use: A Health-Led Approach: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: I could name a couple and I do not care what hardships they came through.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023: Land Development Agency (10 Oct 2024)

Cormac Devlin: I welcome our witnesses. I thank Mr. Coleman for his opening remarks. I will start by addressing Shanganagh Castle Estate. It is close to my own heart because, before my time as a TD, I was a councillor on Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council. I know how long that site lay vacant. While there were several plans for it, it was not until the LDA took over the site – the first...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023: Land Development Agency (10 Oct 2024)

Cormac Devlin: I see. The recharge relates just to that portion of homes.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023: Land Development Agency (10 Oct 2024)

Cormac Devlin: That is fine. As to the negotiations between the LDA and State-owned properties, Mr. Coleman mentioned 59 sites that are currently in negotiation. Is that figure correct?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023: Land Development Agency (10 Oct 2024)

Cormac Devlin: I presume there are other sites about which the agency is in discussion. Mr. Coleman also referred to a report that is being done in order that the LDA can have factual numbers and statistics on sites available to it for development. Is that report completed?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023: Land Development Agency (10 Oct 2024)

Cormac Devlin: Does that report or the new updated report that will be published next year, include sites that fall under the Project Tosaigh schemes, or does it only concern direct-build sites?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023: Land Development Agency (10 Oct 2024)

Cormac Devlin: In 2023, the LDA had 5,600 units under planning. Is that excluding units under Project Tosaigh? The reason I ask is I want to delve into Project Tosaigh shortly. What is the current state of play of those 5,600 units in planning? That figure is from 2023. At what stage are they currently? How many of those units have been given planning permission? How many of them are under...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023: Land Development Agency (10 Oct 2024)

Cormac Devlin: To receiving planning. Mr. Coleman spoke about transparency for the organisation. As planning is achieved, is a pipeline visible on the LDA’s website for people to see how many LDA sites there are and which ones what have planning permission in order that the public are aware of these large sites being developed?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023: Land Development Agency (10 Oct 2024)

Cormac Devlin: Going back to Project Tosaigh and the sites the LDA has acquired that have planning permission, Mr. Coleman said some of them are not straightforward and I accept that. He said there were 8,000 units proposed to be constructed through Project Tosaigh by 2028. How many units were delivered under Project Tosaigh last year? How many are to be delivered by the end this year?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023: Land Development Agency (10 Oct 2024)

Cormac Devlin: How are these sites, with planning through Project Tosaigh, acquired? How do they come to the LDA's attention and what is the optimal number involved? What criteria apply in deciding whether a site should or should not be selected?