I would not comment on anything if it was heading for an investigation. That is why one leaves things go to investigation. I am not aware of the background to this at all.
TDs / Micheál Martin
Micheál Martin
Taoiseach
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I will ask the Minister to respond to some of these issues.
I thank the Deputy for raising this issue. When I met him in the corridor last evening, he highlighted the unique and important presence of prehistoric monuments known as the Baltinglass hillforts, up to 13 hillforts in south-west Wicklow and neighbouring parts of Kildare, the largest collection of such impressive prehistoric monuments in Ireland or Britain. I am delighted that the Deputy informed me that it involved…
As I looked out a window yesterday, I spotted an errant Minister, who had assured me he had given up cigarettes, smoking. He was caught red-handed as I looked out the window.
It was a funny moment. The Minister of State, Deputy Butler, has informed me that a lot of progress has been made on that legislation. There is a European dimension but we are anxious to progress it as quickly as possible. There are laws of the land. If I am honest, people in every institution are entitled to be governed by the laws of the land. It is a matter for the commission to look at the campus itself. We banne…
I do not have an exact timeline for the Bill.
I am not aware of who is submitting the planning permission.
I am aware of the issue. I cannot give an exact timeline as to when a planning application will be submitted.
I will raise this. There is no point in roaring at me about it.
A Department of Government is doing everything it possibly can to give access to people. The big issue initially was that there was no access. I will relay that the Deputy has raised this with the Minister of State. He is very well aware of it, as is the Minister, Deputy Lawless. All the Deputies have been engaged in this matter, but it is a bit much to expect us to have the operational timelines of every planning ap…
I thank the Deputy for raising this very important issue. My understanding is that the Minister, Deputy Carroll MacNeill, has met the parents' alliance. I certainly have no issue meeting them either, subject obviously to scheduling in terms of the diary. I will speak to the Minister for equality and disability, Deputy Foley, on the question of an equality audit. It is an important issue. A lot of work has been done, …
I dealt with this question yesterday. Our view is fundamentally that the insurance industry has to step up to the plate in many instances. In particular, where the State has completed flood relief schemes and where the infrastructure is in place, I have heard there are still difficulties in getting flood insurance, notwithstanding the investment that has gone in. In that case there is a case for the insurance company…
First, I send our deepest sympathies to all affected by the horrific and shocking shooting and killing in Austria. Our thoughts are with all those who have been killed, their families and relatives.
The reforms announced today of the rental sector will strengthen the rights of new and existing tenants in Irish society. That is a central part of the reform. Those reforms have been informed by the Housing Agency revie…
Every one of you said it and we are not.
We are not. What we are doing is extending it. It is becoming a national framework now in terms of rent pressure zones.
The evidence has pointed to those areas outside rent pressure zones being under pressure because of that very fact so we are correcting that in terms of making it a national protective framework. Existing tenants' rents are capped at 2%.
The Deputy knows that but she says the opposite here. She just tells untruths with abandon-----
With abandon---
Existing tenants' rents will be capped at 2%.
That is the reality of it and for those with four tenancies and above, there is an effective end to no-fault eviction.
That is the bottom line and yet Deputy McDonald comes in, all sound and fury. To a certain extent, there is an incredible incoherence in terms of Sinn Féin policy on housing. Deputy Ó Broin, as the Sinn Féin housing spokesperson, will meet all of the property interests. I have a list again of who he has met lately. On 30 April, Property Industry Ireland and IBEC. He meets them. Why?
For what purpose?
For what purpose? To introduce incentives for investors to capitalise apartment construction. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald comes in today and says the Government is only interested in institutional investors.
Her spokesperson has been meeting them on an ongoing basis. Such hypocrisy.
Such hypocrisy will not cut it with the people. The bottom line is this. This is a balanced set of proposals.