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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Report of the Commission on the Defence Forces: Engagement with Chair of Implementation Oversight Group (15 Oct 2024)

Réada Cronin: On gender diversity, what specific initiatives are in place to encourage greater female participation in the Defence Forces? What kind of liaison is going on with the Defence Forces women's network and is it supporting the efforts?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Report of the Commission on the Defence Forces: Engagement with Chair of Implementation Oversight Group (15 Oct 2024)

Réada Cronin: On the cultural transformation that is required, how can we make sure that will be sustainable?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Report of the Commission on the Defence Forces: Engagement with Chair of Implementation Oversight Group (15 Oct 2024)

Réada Cronin: On progress reporting, with only one third of the recommendations completed, what are the main obstacles? What is slowing down the implementation of the remaining recommendations?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Report of the Commission on the Defence Forces: Engagement with Chair of Implementation Oversight Group (15 Oct 2024)

Réada Cronin: Regarding public perception of the Defence Forces, the publication of the IRG report and the Women of Honour testimony can cause a lot of upset, not least for decent members of the Defence Forces. Deputy Berry explained this well in the Dáil, whereas another ex-member of the Defence Forces, who is not here, did not take it so well. I know it is very difficult. My experience is with a...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Oct 2024)

Simon Harris: I thank Deputy Lowry for this important question in relation to aviation policy and indeed the role of Shannon Airport. More broadly, on the passenger cap at Dublin Airport, as the Deputy knows this arises from a 2007 condition attached to planning permission for terminal 2. I do not believe a 17-year-old decision holding back growth in 2024 to be a sustainable situation. I engaged with...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Business of Joint Committee (15 Oct 2024)

Claire Kerrane: Apologies have been received from Deputies Denise Mitchell and Simon Coveney. I will read into the public record that all minutes of public and private meetings of the joint committee between 21 May and 9 July, previously agreed at private meetings, are considered the agreed minutes of meetings.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Commission for Future Generations Bill 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Oct 2024)

Claire Kerrane: The agenda item for consideration this afternoon is the resumption of pre-Committee Stage detailed scrutiny of the Commission for Future Generations Bill 2023, which is a Private Members' Bill in the name of and drafted by Deputy Marc Ó Cathasaigh. Its main aim is to establish an independent commission for future generations which will report on how best to establish an office of...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Commission for Future Generations Bill 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Oct 2024)

Claire Kerrane: Thank you both. I remind members before I open the floor to questions and answers that when putting their questions to the witnesses, they should adhere to the agenda items scheduled for discussion. I now call on the members to put their questions in accordance with the speaking rota circulated in advance of this meeting. Each member will be allocated seven minutes, and I ask members to...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Commission for Future Generations Bill 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Oct 2024)

Claire Kerrane: Would anyone else like to respond?

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Commission for Future Generations Bill 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Oct 2024)

Claire Kerrane: Do any of the witnesses wish to make concluding remarks?

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Commission for Future Generations Bill 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Oct 2024)

Claire Kerrane: I propose that we publish the opening statements to the Oireachtas website. Is that agreed? Agreed. I thank the witnesses for being here this afternoon and for their input and insights, which have been helpful and will assist us greatly when we draft our report on this Bill.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Commission for Future Generations Bill 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Oct 2024)

Claire Kerrane: Thank you, Deputy Ó Cathasaigh. I ask Ms Duffy and Ms Ní Bhuachalla, both of whom are representing the NYCI, to deliver their opening statement.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Analysis of Private Rental Sector Discrepancies: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Oct 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank both organisations for their presentations and the research. We understand how big the piece of research is because two datasets are being compared that are not recording necessarily the same thing, which creates all sorts of challenges. In the first round, I want to understand how the datasets have been separated. As mentioned here, characteristics have been identified in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Analysis of Private Rental Sector Discrepancies: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Oct 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: -----or from the presentation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Analysis of Private Rental Sector Discrepancies: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Oct 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: From what has been said, from a statistical point of view there is a stronger basis to say the "formal" ones are formal because they kind of match the dataset from the RTB registrations. The exclusion of the 47,000 is a consequence because they do not match.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Analysis of Private Rental Sector Discrepancies: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Oct 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: So there is nothing inherent about those that suggests-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Analysis of Private Rental Sector Discrepancies: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Oct 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Analysis of Private Rental Sector Discrepancies: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Oct 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: Yes.