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Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 Oct 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: I very much support the board and the work it is doing and I have confidence it is managing a very difficult situation on our behalf well. It is making the kinds of demands and putting in place the kinds of arrangements that taxpayers and the children of Ireland deserve. Yes, I expect we will see the hospital handover at that point but I know also, given all the difficulty we have had, that...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 Oct 2024)

Gary Gannon: I think the Minister and I share the belief that, in the round, the BusConnects plan for Dublin city will be largely positive. However, I cannot step away from the fact that two of the five bus services being lost will impact the community of Drumcondra. I ask specifically about the No. 11 bus route, which serves an older population and a population with disabilities. As the route goes...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 Oct 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: I am aware of the issues the Deputy referred to with regard to the Nos. 11 and 19 bus routes. As to whether these changes been disability proofed, my understanding is that Dublin Bus does that. It does so with particular regard to the buses and bus stops to allow the kind of access the Deputy and I want to see for our constituents with disabilities. I know this is an issue for many of the...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 Oct 2024)

Paul Murphy: What does the Minister say to those families who are facing yet another 10% price increase in bin charges by Greyhound? It is outrageous price gouging. Going back three years, the company was charging €16.50 per month. Now it is up to almost €30 per month, or €300 per year. Incredibly, Greyhound is claiming that one of the reasons it is increasing prices is that...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 Oct 2024)

Ossian Smyth: It is ludicrous to suggest that bin companies are putting up their prices because of the deposit return scheme. They are absolutely capable of putting up their prices, and often did so before the deposit return scheme was brought in. People have said to me that they are not happy about the number of bin companies operating on the same streets around the country and that this is not the...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 Oct 2024)

Paul Murphy: That will help pay the bills.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 Oct 2024)

Verona Murphy: A very serious incident is being reported in Wexford this morning by journalist Dan Walsh and South East Radio. On Monday, 23 of the councillors in Wexford County Council voted to increase the property tax and 11 voted against it so that the hard-strapped mortgage payers would not have an increase in their property tax. What actually happened was that at yesterday's Gorey district meeting,...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 Oct 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: The Deputy uses language like "robbing". She is condemning what is happening in Gorey - I was there recently - but, on the other hand, she is not making the situation any easier by using the word "robbing". What is happening here is people who have been elected, like the Deputy and me but at a council level, have made the decision that they want to make a change in the local property tax...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 Oct 2024)

Verona Murphy: It is a disgrace.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 Oct 2024)

Mattie McGrath: I am sure the Minister has heard the song, "It's a Long Way to Tipperary". Tipperary town has been forgotten by successive Governments. We were promised and had great hopes for an outer relief road or bypass. The N24, which is to be the M24, is trudging along ever so slowly, and God knows when we will see the funding for it or see it developed. Tipperary town is choked with trucks,...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 Oct 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: I thank the Deputy. The money made available for new roads, bypasses and the kinds of changes the Deputy referred to has increased. I am not sure what specifically is delaying the project the Deputy referred to but I will raise it with the Minister and my colleagues in the Department of Transport.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 Oct 2024)

Joan Collins: The are real fears about the danger facing Irish troops from Israeli forces. We still have flights carrying munitions through Irish airspace to arm a country that is pointing tanks at our troops and firing on UN positions. We recognised the State of Palestine and that was an important act of solidarity. The next step is to immediately pass the occupied territories Bill and ban all trade...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 Oct 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: Let me emphasise again that any targeting or threatening of troops, particularly Irish troops who are fulfilling their UNIFIL duties, is to be condemned and should cease. Regarding the issue the Deputy raised about the status of the occupied territories Bill, the Tánaiste, Taoiseach and Minister, Deputy O'Gorman, received a briefing on this matter at the start of this week from the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Oct 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: I want to say directly to the people in those towns and communities that are affected by the issues the Deputy has referred to that I am not in a position to come into the Dáil today and give a very specific answer on the status of wastewater treatment plants for different towns and villages within our country. If he had given me an indication that he was going to raise these specific...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Oct 2024)

Michael Collins: I thank the Minister. What is wrong with Uisce Éireann? The Minister is saying the Government is pouring money in it. Even if it was moving at a snail's pace, some of these towns would have their wastewater treatment plants built, but it is not even moving at that pace. It cannot be money as in some of the towns I mentioned, we have offered co-funding to speed up the process and get...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Oct 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: We need action but I think we also deserve some honesty about the work of Uisce Éireann. In the Deputy's second contribution, I think he suggested that it in some way is the culprit for this.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Oct 2024)

Michael Collins: It is.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Oct 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: Uisce Éireann is the organisation that offers the best hope that we have of resolving this issue.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Oct 2024)

Michael Collins: No hope to these towns. Some have been waiting for 27 years.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Oct 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: It is a great dishonesty to say on the one hand we want progress to be made in the area and then the men and women who work in the organisation capable of making a difference-----