I know that many local authorities make reference to this in their county and city development plans, but the reality is that so many of our local authorities are so taken up with what I think many see as the core work of housing, waste and road maintenance that social and cultural amenities, whether arts spaces or sports facilities, are seen sometimes as an afterthought across some local authorities, not all. We need to see much greater detail maidir leis na dualgais don our local authorities with regard to housing population and housing targets, planning targets, in the city and county development plans across the country maidir leis na Gaeltachtaí agus na ceantair Ghaeilge.
Amendment No. 183 places an obligation on planning authorities to prepare a Gaeltacht housing and population development strategy.
Key terms by TF-IDF across 10,217 words from 22 speakers. The summary quotes the highest-scoring sentences verbatim — nothing is paraphrased.
Tellers: Tá, Senators Paul Gavan and Marie Sherlock; Níl, Senators Robbie Gallagher and Joe O'Reilly.
| Question | Result | Tá–Níl |
|---|---|---|
| Amendment put: | Lost | 7–20 |
| Amendment put: | Lost | 8–21 |
| Amendment put: | Lost | 8–21 |
| Amendment put: | Lost | 9–24 |
| Amendment put: | Carried | 27–12 |
| Question put: | Carried | 21–9 |
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