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Dáil Éireann Vol. 1006 Wednesday, No. 7 12 May 2021 DÍOSPÓIREACHTAÍ PARLAIMINTE PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES DÁIL ÉIREANN TUAIRISC OIFIGIÚIL—Neamhcheartaithe (OFFICIAL REPORT—Unrevised) Insert Date Here 12/05/2021A00100Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters 884 12/05/2021A00175Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate 885 12/05/2021A00200Digital Hubs ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������885 12/05/2021B00350Hospital Waiting Lists 887 12/05/2021C00400Special Educational Needs 891 12/05/2021E00300Harbours and Piers 894 12/05/2021F00600Companies (Protection of Employees’ Rights in Liquidations) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] 897 12/05/2021S00500Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders’ Questions 925 12/05/2021W00500Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation 935 12/05/2021AA00800Pensions (Amendment) (Transparency in Charges) Bill 2021: First Stage 945 12/05/2021AA01700Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) (Foetal Pain Relief) Bill 2021: First Stage 946 12/05/2021BB00900Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions: Motion 948 12/05/2021BB01125Ceisteanna - Questions 949 12/05/2021BB01150Commissions of Investigation ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������949 12/05/2021DD00100National Economic and Social Council ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������952 12/05/2021FF02050Departmental Offices ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������960 12/05/2021NN00100Private Security Services (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) 962 12/05/2021AAA00300Loan Guarantee Schemes Arrangements (Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland) Bill 2021: Second Stage 989 12/05/2021KKK00300Loan Guarantee Schemes Agreements (Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland) Bill 2021: Committee Stage 1009 12/05/2021LLL00900Private Security Services (Amendment) Bill 2021: Financial Resolution 1012 12/05/2021LLL01100Private Security Services (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages 1013 12/05/2021NNN00100Planning and Development, Heritage and Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages 1013 12/05/2021SSS00100Project Ireland 2040: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] 1021 12/05/2021TTT00100European Defence Agency Project: Motion (Resumed) 1027 12/05/2021UUU00100National Marine Planning Framework: Motion (Resumed) 1030 12/05/2021VVV00100Private Rental Sector: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] ���������������������������������������������������������������������������1033 12/05/2021XXX00100Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) 1040 12/05/2021YYY00100Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Referral to Select Committee 1043 12/05/2021ZZZ00100Residential Property Market: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] 1043 12/05/2021AAAA00100Companies (Protection of Employees’ Rights in Liquidations) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] 1050 DÁIL ÉIREANN Dé Céadaoin, 12 Bealtaine 2021 Wednesday, 12 May 2021 Chuaigh an Leas-Cheann Comhairle i gceannas ar 910 am Paidir. Prayer. 12/05/2021A00100Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters 12/05/2021A00150An Leas-Cheann Comhairle: I wish to advise the House of the following matters in re- spect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 37 and the name of the Member in each case: (1) Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh — to discuss the Government decision to wind up the Digital Hub Development Agency in the Liberties; (2) Deputy Ciarán Cannon — to discuss the establishment of a dedicated portal for submission of video evidence of dangerous inci- dents of close passing of cyclists; (3) Deputy Sean Sherlock — to discuss the urgent need to tackle driver theory tests waiting times; (4) Deputy Catherine Connolly — le plé buiséid chun a chinntiú go leanfar ar aghaidh leis an bhforbairt atá beartaithe do chéibh domhainmhara Ros a Mhíl, Contae na Gaillimhe; (5) Deputy Richard Bruton — to discuss the plan to tackle the medical appointments backlog as we emerge from public health restrictions; (6) Deputies Pat Buckley and David Stanton — to discuss the lack of school transport places in east Cork; (7) Deputy Darren O’Rourke — to discuss challenges facing the taxi industry; (8) Deputy Neale Richmond — to raise the issue of the extension of Erasmus+ to students in Northern Ireland with the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science; (9) Deputy Kieran O’Donnell — to discuss an up-to-date progress report on the planned new 96-bed ward block at University Hospital Limerick; (10) Deputies Pádraig O’Sullivan and Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire — to discuss the plans for St Gabriel’s Special School, Cork; (11) Deputy Brian Stanley — to discuss the provision of dental services in Laois and Offaly; (12) Deputies Mattie McGrath, Michael Collins, Danny Healy-Rae, Michael Healy-Rae, Carol Nolan and Richard O’Donoghue — to discuss a suspension of all State funding to An Taisce pending a financial review of the organisation’s use of public funds The matters raised by Deputies Aengus Ó Snodaigh; Richard Bruton; Pádraig O’Sullivan and Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire; and Deputy Catherine Connolly have been selected for discus- sion 12/05/2021A00175Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate 884 12 May 2021 12/05/2021A00200Digital Hubs 12/05/2021A00300Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Baineann mo cheist leis an Mol Digiteach i mBaile Átha Cliath 8. This is vital infrastructure in an area that suffered from inaction for many generations and that is still suffering from it in some cases. The area has a low level of educational attain- ment and a high unemployment rate It is recognised throughout Dublin and beyond for its concentration of local authority housing complexes, or flats. Also in the area is Guinness, with all the employment it has brought I was elected in 2002 and the Digital Hub started in 2003 I was a champion of it from day one because it was located in the Liberties to play a major role not only in trying to regenerate the area but also in linking in to the community It has done tremendous work over 20 years in reaching out to and helping communities It has also done tremendous work in the educational field, including in local schools, and has encouraged people one might not have thought would have had a chance in the world of being employed by one of the companies in the hub The hub is to the fore in this regard In 2011, a decision was made that the Digital Hub Development Agency, DHDA, should be merged In 2013, it was announced that it would be merged with Dublin City Council, or that the council would take care over its governance Since then, I have continuously asked for word on this in the Dáil Chamber only to discover last year that there was a Grant Thornton review It took a year for the Minister to look at it I do not know why it took that long Then, lo and behold, out of the blue and with no logic whatsoever, a decision was made to end one of the most successful regeneration initiatives in the Liberties, Dublin, send the companies out of the area and build more houses While I agree we need more housing now, including houses for families, this is a land grab by the Land Development Agency, LDA Somebody else can talk about what the Land Development Agency stands for My biggest problem is that although we have been told continuously for the past several years that there is a need for sustainable jobs and communities, an initiative that has already proven to be sustainable is being closed down The jobs will move out to the suburbs That is not sustainable It means people living in the area have to move and travel to work This area has shown over the years that industry, big and small, can co-live with communities There are many other sites on city council or State land that could be utilised for housing in the area There is even land within the Digital Hub area that is surplus to requirements, or not suited to its requirements, that could have been earmarked for housing To collapse the Digital Hub in the way the Minister is suggesting is absolutely illogi- cal and ridiculous, and it needs to be reversed 12/05/2021A00400Minister of State at the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (Deputy Ossian Smyth): I thank Deputy for raising this question The decision in the late 1990s to establish the Digital Hub project in the Liberties was made in the light
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