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Agriculture Appeals (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (11 Jul 2024)

Patrick Costello: This legislation has received a broad welcome from Deputies and the farming organisations. However, there is a broader issue here in the context of how we approach rights and obligations and the enforcement of same. To be blunt, we have created a Byzantine mess of quasi-judicial bodies. There is ultimately a risk of constitutional weakness, vulnerability and challenge to many of these and...

Agriculture Appeals (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (11 Jul 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I welcome the Bill. In everything we do in this area, our concern is that there be fairness for farmers. It is also about bringing the enjoyment back into farming. The Minister knows all about the various schemes, the associated bureaucracy and everything that has happened over the years. I accept completely that there must be proper governance of everything that is done. However, the...

Agriculture Appeals (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (11 Jul 2024)

Claire Kerrane: I welcome the legislation and commend the Minister for making it happen. I know this was a commitment that was made, not least in the programme for Government. It is good to see the legislation before the House this afternoon. The Minister mentioned the pre-legislative scrutiny undertaken by the committee on agriculture and the report that was published subsequently. I am very glad that...

Committee on Public Petitions: Office of the Ombudsman Annual Report 2022 and Related Matters: Discussion (11 Jul 2024)

Pat Buckley: I thank our guests and it is great to see them here again. Guests attending some committees may feel like they are being interrogated but this committee is a bit different. I want to discuss the In Sickness and in Death report published in April 2023. Mr. Deering, in his statement today, said it was an investigation into medical treatment in the EU, EEA and the UK. A number of...

Committee on Public Petitions: Office of the Ombudsman Annual Report 2022 and Related Matters: Discussion (11 Jul 2024)

Pat Buckley: I certainly will.

Committee on Public Petitions: Office of the Ombudsman Annual Report 2022 and Related Matters: Discussion (11 Jul 2024)

Pat Buckley: I was trying to be polite.

Committee on Public Petitions: Office of the Ombudsman Annual Report 2022 and Related Matters: Discussion (11 Jul 2024)

Pat Buckley: I look forward to the Ombudsman's report. No matter what situation we are discussing, it seems to be the case that if communication breaks down, everything breaks down. Without having a conversation, nothing will happen. I am very happy to come back to Mr. Deering's office with details of the case I raised. I have one more question, if the Cathaoirleach will allow it.

Committee on Public Petitions: Office of the Ombudsman Annual Report 2022 and Related Matters: Discussion (11 Jul 2024)

Pat Buckley: Absolutely.

Committee on Public Petitions: Office of the Ombudsman Annual Report 2022 and Related Matters: Discussion (11 Jul 2024)

Pat Buckley: Mr. Deering said in his opening statement: "To ensure public bodies respect the dignity and worth of every individual interacting with them, we developed a guide for staff of the Office of the Ombudsman in 2023..." Has that guidance been rolled out? Sometimes, people come into our offices to talk about how terribly they were treated by such-and-such an organisation. They describe people...

Committee on Public Petitions: Office of the Ombudsman Annual Report 2022 and Related Matters: Discussion (11 Jul 2024)

Pat Buckley: None other than thanking Mr. Deering. It has always been a pleasure. Some committees think it is a bashing competition, but we like to try to make it as progressive as we can. When you open up the art of conversation, it is amazing what things you can do and the things that can happen. The Chair mentioned Uisce Éireann. Its to-and-fro servicing, even with us as elected...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (11 Jul 2024)

Pat Buckley: Yes, Chair, I want to make a brief comment. I know the building and it is an eyesore. In fairness to this lady, she has ticked every box that she is supposed to and she does not seem to be getting any help, at any angle. We are the petitions committee - the last resort. Could we also write to the relevant Minister and flag this lady's case? We need to find out, once and for all, who is...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (11 Jul 2024)

Pat Buckley: There could be issues with preservation orders and so on. We have a Department that looks after that as well.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (11 Jul 2024)

Pat Buckley: I would be interested to see what comes back.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (11 Jul 2024)

Pat Buckley: That is agreed. We will just have to wait until that comes back.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (11 Jul 2024)

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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Consultation on the Draft National Planning Framework: Discussion (11 Jul 2024)

Steven Matthews: I welcome everybody to the Joint Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage. The committee meets this afternoon as part of the consultation on the draft national planning framework, NPF. We are joined by the following officials from the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Mr. Paul Hogan, acting assistant secretary in the planning division; Ms Alma Walsh, senior...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Consultation on the Draft National Planning Framework: Discussion (11 Jul 2024)

Steven Matthews: I thank Mr. Hogan.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Consultation on the Draft National Planning Framework: Discussion (11 Jul 2024)

Steven Matthews: Please, go ahead.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Consultation on the Draft National Planning Framework: Discussion (11 Jul 2024)

Steven Matthews: For the information of members, although we received the draft document yesterday, we also received a lot of other documentation, including the Natura impact statements and the strategic environmental assessment, SEA, statements. It is a kind of changes document. Is that the one to which Ms Walsh is referring? We have that in our Teams folder.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Consultation on the Draft National Planning Framework: Discussion (11 Jul 2024)

Steven Matthews: Yes. It is 270 pages long with the draft itself. It compares the 2018 national planning framework to what is proposed in this draft one. There are strikeouts and so on. It is a helpful document. As regards the eight-week or ten-week consultation period, or however long the period is, I am in two minds about whether it is good or not during the summer. I find I have more time on my...