I am glad to have the opportunity to speak on this issue. I apologise; I was gathering notes when I came into the Chamber.
I want to join others by referring to poor little Harvey Morrison Sherratt and all that he endured, as well as the arduous campaign his family have waged for justice ever since his death. It is very important to recognise that there is going to be the statutory public inquiry that they have long…
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Cathal Crowe
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6. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the way in which he plans to address delays in delivering capital projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59855/25]
Will the Minister outline some of his plans to address the significant delays in delivering capital projects in the country?
They say every day is a learning day. Recently, I was back in University Hospital Limerick with other politicians looking at a new ward system, a new 96-bed block, a five-storey building. Angela Coll of the Ennis hospital committee was recently in the Minister's office, where the three of us had a good discussion. When I spoke to clinicians that day, they were delighted with this five-storey building and the 96-bed b…
The whole system is very impractical. When you want to build a new 96-bed block, it is not just foundations you are building; you are digging down, tanking out a whole basement floor and then going up five or six storeys. The upper floor must be load-bearing, so it can take more units and wards if required. All the services, including sewerage, water and electricity services, are then introduced but then you have to …
I join others in expressing outright condemnation of the horrible scene we saw in Drogheda the other night. I did not realise until yesterday morning that there was actually footage of it online. How disgusting to see someone bring a flammable liquid into the hallway of that premises, pour it up along the stairway and set it on fire, putting the lives of children upstairs at risk. It is disgusting and I hope when tha…
A few weeks ago I stood here and highlighted the fact that whilst An Coimisiún Pleanála has much expertise in the realm of planning, it has no in-house expertise when it comes to aviation. I flagged that here in the Dáil and an upshot of that in the days that followed was we were notified that Sagentia, a British company, has been taken on as an independent consultant. Why is it that the Irish Aviation Authority, the…
Nonsense.
That is nonsense. Go away out of that.
Total nonsense.
The Deputy is more interested in electioneering. He has one eye on the election.
The Deputy is not interested in Irish unity. Nonsense.
It is insulting to this debate.
It is awful to hear lies in this Chamber.
I am glad we are having this debate in the Dáil. The uniting of all people of this island in a shared state is, beyond all else, the founding value of the Fianna Fáil Party. In politics, we more often than not work in here-and-now situations and the long-term vision we as parliamentarians have for our country and its people is not always expressed. In this debate, I wish to state on the record of Dáil Éireann that my…
Is the Deputy doing that work?
That is absolute nonsense.
Shame on Deputy Donnelly using his time like that point-scoring.
We are as committed as anyone else in this House. It is nonsense, utter nonsense.
It is utter nonsense. Point-scoring on a very serious matter.
Sin do rogha.
Ar aghaidh leat.
The Deputy is sharing with Deputy Brabazon, so it is up to the two of them, but it is a ten-minute block.
The way radar interacts with aircraft is that a little ping signal goes up and back, positioning at all times the aircraft on a vertical and horizontal axis on an air traffic controller's screen. The Irish Aviation Authority has said very clearly in recent planning files that it is unsafe to put wind farms in close proximity to radar. It distorts the signal of where those aircraft are. It jeopardises passenger safety…
I thank the Taoiseach. On a point of order, a Cheann Comhairle, let the record show-----