I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." Gabhaim buíochas leis an gCeann Comhairle. Tá sé go maith go bhfuil an deis seo againn agus nach bhfuil an Rialtas ag cur ina choinne seo. Tá súil agam, amach anseo, go mbeidh muid in ann tacú leis le déanamh cinnte de gur reachtaíocht é. Is mian liom mo bhuíochas a ghabháil le roinnt daoine atá tar éis cuidiú liom anseo. Is é teideal an Bhille ná An Bille um Dhíospóidí idir Comharsana (Fásra), 2017, that is, the Neighbour Disputes (Vegetation) Bill 2017. It has be…

I will start where the Minister of State finished. This legislation was drafted in advance of the Mediation Act, but that is not to say that it should end because the Mediation Act has passed. There is a need for mediation and in fact the local authority in the city here often acts as a mediator where there is an antisocial tenant or a row between neighbours, especially in an estate that it controls. The problem is when it is a private estate but it could be a mixed estate. There are issues. If a tree is on a counc…

They grow. That is their purpose, and it is the same with hedges. Kids are the same. They are not as dainty either. Most people would cut their hedge back every year but will not touch trees. For trees, you have to be capable of going up a ladder and able to manage all the safety of cutting down a tree and so on. Sometimes it happens when a new estate is being built and because it looks nice in the sales brochure, trees are planted in the back gardens. If we were to go back 20 years later to see what those trees lo…

Ba mhaith liom an spotsolas a dhíriú ar chathair agus contae na Gaillimhe inniu. Mar is eol don Taoiseach, is cathair álainn í. Go teoiriciúil, is cathair dhátheangach í agus geata chuig an Ghaeltacht is mó sa tír. Tá an t-ádh dearg orainn go bhfuil lánfhostaíocht sa chathair ach tá fadhbanna tromchúiseacha ó thaobh cúrsaí tithíochta agus go háirid ó thaobh infreastruchtúr de. Tá easpa infreastruchtúr bunúsach ata fite fuaite leis an bhfadhb ó thaobh tithíochta de. I salute the families and campaigners, especially …

Everybody has spoken twice. If the Minister of State wishes to respond, he may do so.

Amendments Nos. 93 and 94 are related and may be discussed together.

Gabhaim buíochas. Ní raibh ach cúpla nóiméad agam ar an gceist seo. Is ceist ríthábhachtach í agus tá sé go maith go bhfuilimid ar ais ag déileáil léi. Is trua, ámh, nach bhfuil an Bille seo chomh foirfe is ar chóir dó a bheith agus nach bhfuil sé ag admháil na bhfadhbanna bunúsacha atá ann fós. In ainneoin an mhéid atá déanta go dtí seo, níl go leor déanta. We are dealing with a very complex issue, but we have come a long way from when the first attempts were made by the State to atone for its part in the abuse, b…

Gabhaim buíochas leis an Leas-Cheann Comhairle agus comhghairdeas don Aire Stáit as an ardú céime atá faighte aige. Tá post mór tábhachtach aige anois ó thaobh na Gaeilge de. Ní ag dul ar thaobh atá sé. Is ardú céime é i mo thuairim féin. Is ceist í seo a cuireadh isteach sular tharla an t-athrú aireachta ach tá sé fós cinniúnach go bhfuil sé anseo agus baineann sé le foilsiú reachtaíochta a bhí geallta ag tús na míosa seo, agus roimhe sin, maidir le toghchán d'Údarás na Gaeltachta agus cén uair a bheidh an reachta…

Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire Stáit. Tá an Rialtas imithe siar ar ghealltanas a tugadh go mbeadh dréacht-Bille os ár gcomhair roimh mhí Aibreáin. Ní hé seo an chéad ghealltanas maidir leis an mBille seo. Aithním go bhfuil ceannteidil nua ann. Rinneamar a lán oibre anuraidh i gCoiste Oireachtais na Gaeilge, na Gaeltachta agus Phobal Labhartha na Gaeilge agus rinneamar brostú ar an obair sin chun cuidiú leis an Rialtas, mar a dúramar ag an am, is é sin go mbeadh Bille os ár gcomhair agus go mbeimid in ann an toghchán…

An é sin samhradh na bliana seo?

Molaim don Aire Stáit féachaint arís ar an tuarascáil a chuir an coiste le chéile agus fiú amháin ar na haighneachtaí bhí ansin. Tá a lán den stuif a bhí á lorg, agus a bhí agus a bheidh á lorg maidir le hÚdarás na Gaeltachta agus leis an toghchán, gafa ansin. Ní raibh gach ceist freagartha; tá a fhios againn sin. Cén uair a bheidh na ceannteidil foilsithe i nGaeilge mar níl siad ar an suíomh Idirlín ach i mBéarla? Tá sé go dona gur tharla sé sin arís mar gur tharla sé an uair dheireanach chomh maith. Measaim gur c…

Nuair a théitear ar shuíomh an Aire Stáit féin, brúitear an cnaipe agus tá teideal ar an gcnaipe i nGaeilge ach níl ach doiciméad amháin ann.

Has the Department studied the potential impacts and benefits in terms of tourism and culture of developing a culture quarter on Moore Street as a living commemoration of the heroes of 1916?

Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire. The Ministers and others in the House will be aware that I had a legislation, An Bille um Cheathrú Chultúir 1916, 2021, that was passed here in the House on Second Stage in 2021 and has languished in the housing committee, which it probably should not have been sent to. It should have been sent, as originally intended, to the arts committee where at least the concept would have been looked at as a whole. That is not necessarily to do with the Minister, Deputy Catherine Martin. It was …

I do not know whether the Minister is aware that there is an opportunity here for a national programme and it is not only the responsibility of the city council because this area will be impacted by the metro. The State owns not only Nos. 14 to 17 Moore Street but owns other properties in the area. Also, An Post has decamped from the GPO, which means that one could have, as envisaged, not only by me but by Deputy Darragh O'Brien in the past in the Seanad, a cultural quarter which would extend from the GPO - all the…

Bhí muid ag labhairt níos luaithe faoin mBille um Údarás na Gaeltachta. Dúradh go bhfuil sé ag teacht am éigin ach, idir an dá linn, tá bord Údarás na Gaeltachta agus an t-eagras féin fós ag obair. Cathain a líonfar na folúntais ar bhord Údarás na Gaeltachta, lena n-áirítear ról an chathaoirligh? An ndíreoidh an tAire Stáit isteach ar an gceist seo?

It cannot be called if the person is not here. When Question No. 20 is reached, it will still be there.

Fógraíodh i mí Mheán Fómhair seo caite go mbeadh Mary Uí Chadhain, iarstiúrthóir airgeadais TG4, ag éirí as mar chathaoirleach an bhoird ag deireadh na bliana. Bhí deis ag an Rialtas cinneadh a dhéanamh maidir leis an gcéad chathaoirleach eile ar an mbord Stáit an-tábhachtach seo ón am a fógraíodh an cinneadh sin, Meán Fómhair, go dtí anois. Is é sin seacht mí, nó sé mhí ar a laghad. Tá an folúntas ann ó mhí Eanáir ach bhí deis ann déileáil leis roimhe sin. Dá mbeadh folúntas mar sin ann san IDA nó grúpa mar sin, b…

Níl a fhios agam an bhfuil fadhb bhunúsach i gcóras PAS ach tá an cuma air go minic go mbíonn moill thar cuimse nuair atá folúntais ar bhoird Stáit le líonadh. Nílim ag caint faoin bhfolúntas seo amháin ach ar chinn eile freisin. Níl a fhios agam an bhfuil fadhb ar leith ann nach bhfuil iarratais á ndéanamh ag an bpobal ar na poist agus na folúntais seo nó an bhfuil moill ann na folúntais a fhógairt in am. Tá sé ríthábhachtach do na boird Stáit ar fad - ní hamháin na cinn a thagann faoi Roinn an Aire Stáit, nó cuid…

This question relates to the purchase by the Department of Defence of military equipment, munitions and hardware from Israeli-based or owned defence companies in the past ten years and whether those contracts are ongoing or any future contracts are pending.