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- Planning and Development (An Taisce) Bill 2024: Second Stage [Private Members] (9 Oct 2024)
Mattie McGrath: You stopped the air show.
- Planning and Development (An Taisce) Bill 2024: Second Stage [Private Members] (9 Oct 2024)
Steven Matthews: Can I address the question put to me, a Chathaoirligh Gníomhaigh?
- Planning and Development (An Taisce) Bill 2024: Second Stage [Private Members] (9 Oct 2024)
Mattie McGrath: You stopped the air show going ahead in a lovely seaside resort.
- Planning and Development (An Taisce) Bill 2024: Second Stage [Private Members] (9 Oct 2024)
Steven Matthews: A question was put to me. Will I be given the opportunity to answer that question?
- Planning and Development (An Taisce) Bill 2024: Second Stage [Private Members] (9 Oct 2024)
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- Planning and Development (An Taisce) Bill 2024: Second Stage [Private Members] (9 Oct 2024)
Michael Collins: We did not interfere when you were speaking.
- Planning and Development (An Taisce) Bill 2024: Second Stage [Private Members] (9 Oct 2024)
Aindrias Moynihan: I ask Deputy McGrath to continue, please.
- Planning and Development (An Taisce) Bill 2024: Second Stage [Private Members] (9 Oct 2024)
Michael Collins: Sit down and have manners.
- Planning and Development (An Taisce) Bill 2024: Second Stage [Private Members] (9 Oct 2024)
Mattie McGrath: One person at a time. Deputy Matthews might tell us something else.
- Planning and Development (An Taisce) Bill 2024: Second Stage [Private Members] (9 Oct 2024)
Steven Matthews: I expect an opportunity to answer that question.
- Planning and Development (An Taisce) Bill 2024: Second Stage [Private Members] (9 Oct 2024)
Aindrias Moynihan: Speak to the Bill, please, Deputy McGrath.
- Planning and Development (An Taisce) Bill 2024: Second Stage [Private Members] (9 Oct 2024)
Mattie McGrath: The Planning and Development (An Taisce) Bill 2024-----
- Planning and Development (An Taisce) Bill 2024: Second Stage [Private Members] (9 Oct 2024)
Steven Matthews: Allegations have been made against me in this House and I expect to be able to respond to them.
- Planning and Development (An Taisce) Bill 2024: Second Stage [Private Members] (9 Oct 2024)
Mattie McGrath: I asked a question. I did not make an allegation. It is well known in Bray what you are up to.
- Planning and Development (An Taisce) Bill 2024: Second Stage [Private Members] (9 Oct 2024)
Aindrias Moynihan: Deputy McGrath must speak to the Bill.
- Planning and Development (An Taisce) Bill 2024: Second Stage [Private Members] (9 Oct 2024)
Mattie McGrath: I will speak to the Bill. I thank Brian Ó Domhnaill, our research and policy assistant, and Mairead in our office for their work on this Bill in an effort to help the people of rural Ireland, who the last Deputy dismissed as if we do not know anything about anyone, as if we are Neanderthals or gombeens. Our country is in such a state with the Green Party’s influence over this...
- Planning and Development (An Taisce) Bill 2024: Second Stage [Private Members] (9 Oct 2024)
Steven Matthews: The Minister of State, Deputy Dillon, was here earlier.
- Planning and Development (An Taisce) Bill 2024: Second Stage [Private Members] (9 Oct 2024)
Mattie McGrath: Sorry. I will not be non-factual. He had to be here. That tells you what way Ireland is when we talk about housing, the crisis and everything else. I am very surprised with Deputy Connolly conflating our Bill. It is accidental it has come the same day as the Government has decided to guillotine the planning Bill. We had nothing whatsoever to do with it. We and rural Ireland have...
- Planning and Development (An Taisce) Bill 2024: Second Stage [Private Members] (9 Oct 2024)
Steven Matthews: An Taisce was established in 1948.
- Planning and Development (An Taisce) Bill 2024: Second Stage [Private Members] (9 Oct 2024)
Mattie McGrath: It is such a sacred cow now that we cannot even ask to amend it. The Rural Independent Group previously wrote to An Taisce seeking a meeting. It dictated the terms of the meeting. It wanted to chair the meeting and control us. It is unaccountable and not answerable to anyone. Some of the members of An Taisce are then moved on to An Bord Pleanála. As has been said already, are...