Results 401-420 of 1,096,937 for in 'Dáil debates' OR (speaker:Joe O'Brien OR speaker:Neasa Hourigan OR speaker:Simon Harris OR speaker:John McGuinness OR speaker:Paul Donnelly OR speaker:Michael Lowry OR speaker:Bríd Smith OR speaker:Micheál Martin OR speaker:Ossian Smyth OR speaker:James Lawless OR speaker:Hildegarde Naughton OR speaker:Thomas Byrne OR speaker:Danny Healy-Rae OR speaker:Cathal Berry OR speaker:Paul Murphy OR speaker:Cormac Devlin OR speaker:John Lahart OR speaker:David Cullinane OR speaker:Darragh O'Brien OR speaker:Mairead Farrell) in 'Committee meetings'

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

Neasa Hourigan: I never offered Ms Brennan my congratulations on her new role. I am very impressed she came to the committee straight after being appointed. I have a few questions on how our witnesses navigate assisting more vulnerable users, such as women and people from the Travelling community. Ms Foley may wish to respond on this. There has been a large increase in international persons in my area....

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

Neasa Hourigan: To be clear, the court has translation services set up that it can access?

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

Neasa Hourigan: It the standard Courts Service translation services.

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

Neasa Hourigan: We had some brilliant contributors last week who talked about the specific challenges women face when they find themselves in addiction, often around accessing services while having to deal with things like childcare. There is often a complicating factor in that they might themselves be the victim of domestic or sexual abuse or trauma from childhood, although that is not gender-specific. Is...

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

Neasa Hourigan: Who does it link in with on those issues?

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

Neasa Hourigan: What Mr. Duffin like to come in on that?

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

Neasa Hourigan: Yes. Not to put too fine a point on it but not only has the number of people on the streets increased, but they are often people who do not have English as their first language. I know from my area that, whether we like it or not, homeless services and other services are under increasing pressure.

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

Mairead Farrell: Thank you, a Chathaoirligh.

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?

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

Cormac Devlin: Is that the home builder partnership as opposed to direct delivery by the LDA?

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

Cormac Devlin: Shanganagh.