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Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (6 Nov 2024)

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (6 Nov 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: I do not know whether the Taoiseach is familiar with Dublin city's flat complexes. If he has been in and out of them, he will know that they are fairly unique and are incredible communities. He will also have observed how badly let down they have been by successive Governments. Some of the living conditions for citizens in our inner cities are reminiscent of another era, such is the level...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (6 Nov 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: Deputy McDonald would not have acknowledged that.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (6 Nov 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: -----saga. Do not mind me, Minister. This issue is about the people who live in these flats, not his sensitivities, with all due respect to him.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (6 Nov 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: I know that. Nor is it about the Deputy’s sensitivities.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (6 Nov 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: In O'Devaney Gardens, only 56 units have been delivered 20 years on. There has been a six-year wait for progress for the flats at Constitutional Hill. I could go on and on. Why are these communities and families left to wait and live in conditions that no one here lives in and or would be prepared or tolerate living in?

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (6 Nov 2024)

Simon Harris: While I do not want to get in the way of a discussion between the Deputy and my colleague the Minister, Deputy Donohoe, I accept the important issue in respect of regeneration. It is not only about the regeneration of homes and flats but also of communities and the importance of getting on with that. I am proud of the progress made. The flats on Dominick Street have now seen significant...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Nov 2024)

Simon Harris: I hope Deputy Cairns tells those people on the doors which of these splashing of the cash payments she would like to cancel. I invited her the last time to email me on this and she has not.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Nov 2024)

Holly Cairns: A one-off payment will evaporate quickly.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Nov 2024)

Simon Harris: Please, you do not need to heckle. The Deputy could listen and I listened-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Nov 2024)

Holly Cairns: The energy credits for holiday homes.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Nov 2024)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Please, Deputy Cairns.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Nov 2024)

Simon Harris: I listened to Deputy Cairns. I presume when she talks about splashing the cash, the Deputy is in favour of the double child benefit payment. I presume she would not begrudge someone the additional old-age pension this month and again before Christmas. I presume she would not stop the fuel allowance payments or the lump sum payments for carers or people with a disability or the working...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Nov 2024)

Bernard Durkan: Hear hear.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Nov 2024)

Seán Canney: I want to raise with the Taoiseach the serious traffic issue at present in Galway. As everybody knows, Galway city is the centre of the west of Ireland but the way it is currently progressing, it is running into trouble with traffic. We have the outer ring road which has been on the books for at least 15 to 20 years. About €30 million has been spent on it and we have nothing to show...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Nov 2024)

Catherine Connolly: Hear hear.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Nov 2024)

Seán Canney: The problem is that in the east of the county, many of our young people and workers go to work in Galway city every morning and come out in the evening. They probably spend about an hour and half in traffic every day of the week trying to get in and out of work. There is no guarantee they will arrive on time. This is coupled with the fact we have been talking about putting in place a bus...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Nov 2024)

Simon Harris: I thank Deputy Canney for raising a number of matters. First, I agree with him on the need to continue to invest and deliver more projects around Galway city and county and to address the huge congestion issues. I would point, and my colleagues have reminded me, to some of the progress that has been made in recent times. The Minister, Deputy Ryan, has made the point to me that the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Nov 2024)

Seán Canney: I appreciate what the Taoiseach has given me there. It is a history lesson, let us say. What I think can and should be done is to first look at the work the Minister, Deputy Ryan, has carried out in the all-island rail review. The western rail corridor can be reopened without having to go through all the processes on which we spend millions. It does not need a rail order or planning...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Nov 2024)

Simon Harris: I definitely was not trying to give the Deputy a history lesson but what I was trying to politely push back against the assertion that we are not investing in the transport infrastructure. I know those works I referenced in Oranmore and Ceannt are under way and I know the Deputy and others will welcome that. When it comes to Dexcom, the idea of its potential for a rail freight siding...