Dáil Éireann

Dáil Éireann

Vol. 968 Tuesday, No. 6 8 May 2018 DÍOSPÓIREACHTAÍ PARLAIMINTE PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES DÁIL ÉIREANN TUAIRISC OIFIGIÚIL—Neamhcheartaithe (OFFICIAL REPORT—Unrevised) 08/05/2018A00100Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 691 08/05/2018C00400Leaders’ Questions � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 693 08/05/2018M00100Order of Business � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 703 08/05/2018Q01000Appointment of Member of the Legal Services Regulatory Authority: Motion � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 712 08/05/2018Q01250Ceisteanna - Questions � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 712 08/05/2018Q01300Strategic Communications Unit� � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 712 08/05/2018R00400Taoiseach’s Meetings and Engagements � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 715 08/05/2018T00350Taoiseach’s Meetings and Engagements � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 720 08/05/2018V00200Topical Issue Matters � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 725 08/05/2018V00400Message from Select Committee� � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 725 08/05/2018V00600Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 726 08/05/2018V00700Priority Questions� � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 726 08/05/2018V00750Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund� � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 726 08/05/2018W00200Homeless Persons Data � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 728 08/05/2018X00550Social and Affordable Housing Provision � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 732 08/05/2018Y00300Home Loan Scheme � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 735 08/05/2018Y01100Other Questions � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 737 08/05/2018Y01200Housing Regeneration � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 737 08/05/2018Z00650Valuation Office � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 740 08/05/2018AA00750Social and Affordable Housing Funding � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 742 08/05/2018BB00400Social and Affordable Housing Eligibility � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 744 08/05/2018CC01200Emergency Accommodation Provision � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 749 08/05/2018DD00500Wind Energy Guidelines � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 752 08/05/2018EE00400Housing Assistance Payment Administration� � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 754 08/05/2018EE01000Message from Select Committee� � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 755 08/05/2018EE01200Topical Issue Debate � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 755 08/05/2018EE01300Water Pollution � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 755 08/05/2018FF00500Mental Health Services Provision � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 758 08/05/2018HH00250Schools Building Projects � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 761 08/05/2018JJ00300Defined Benefit Pension Schemes � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 763 08/05/2018KK00400Radiological Protection (Amendment) Bill 2018: Order for Report Stage � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 766 08/05/2018KK00600Radiological Protection (Amendment) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 767 08/05/2018QQ00100Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 777 8/05/2018TT00300Health Service Reform: Motion [Private Members] � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 783 DÁIL ÉIREANN Dé Máirt, 8 Bealtaine 2018 Tuesday, 8 May 2018 Chuaigh an Ceann Comhairle i gceannas ar 2 p�m� Paidir. Prayer. 08/05/2018A00100Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy 08/05/2018A00200The Taoiseach: As Taoiseach and as leader of Fine Gael, I wish to offer my condolences to the family and friends of Monica Barnes, a woman I met many times and greatly admired for her courage, integrity and determination. In a fitting description, Monica was once described as the woman who saved the conscience of Fine Gael� In her championing of women’s rights and in the care and compassion she showed for people in difficult situations, she inspired many people around the country� She was a particular inspiration for young women and young men in my party and beyond� When Monica was first elected to Dáil Éireann in November 1982 she was one of only 14 women Deputies, and at the time that was a record number� Her courageous example helped to change that for the better, and encouraged many others to enter politics� Over the following 15 years, Monica served the people of Dún Laoghaire with great ability, and spoke for people across the country who had been marginalised and excluded� At a time when it was easier to stay silent, she always spoke her mind and was a fearless campaigner for change� I think a profile in The Irish Times once captured her best with a headline that read “Propelled by prin- ciple”� Monica’s principles helped to propel this country to a better place� Ar dheis Dé go raibh a hanam dílis� 08/05/2018A00300Micheál Martin: Ar mo shon féin agus ar son mo pháirtí déanaim comhbhrón le clann Monica Barnes as ucht a bás. Is léir gur pholaiteoir den chéad scoth í a bhí dílis dá muintir agus do mhuintir na tíre seo go ginearálta. Bhí dea-thionchar aici ar pholasaithe éagsúla agus chuir sí carn na bpolasaithe sin i bhfeidhm� I want to sympathise on my own behalf and on behalf of my party with Monica’s family, her husband Bob and daughters Sarah and Joanne, her extended family and friends� She was a very warm and sociable person who easily crossed the partisan party-political divide in this House� She had many friends across that political divide� She is an enormous loss to Irish politics and of course a huge loss to the Fine Gael Party� She was courageous, she was outspoken, she was kind and she was considerate� She was a progressive voice at a time when that was not always welcome� She in many respects was ahead of her time, thought outside the box, and always spoke her mind� I admired her warmth, her passion and her commitment to the causes that she cared so deeply about� We hope that her family will draw some consolation from the rich legacy she has left the political world and the world in general� She was close to her community and she was one of the outstanding members of this House down through the generations� We 691 Dáil Éireann were very saddened to hear of her loss last week� Ar dheis Dé go raibh a h-anam dílis� 08/05/2018B00100Deputy Mary Lou McDonald: I join the Taoiseach and every other Member in extending sympathy to the family and friends of the late Monica Barnes and to her colleagues in Fine Gael� She was one of the political women I used to look at as a child with some considerable admiration� The Taoiseach will forgive me for saying the following, which I want to put in the right way� She did not really come across like a Fine Gaeler, at least not to me� I mean that as the highest compliment to her, not that some of the Members opposite are not also lovely� She was a committed feminist in every respect, a woman’s woman and a courageous voice� Is it not something that just weeks before we go to the polls hoping to remove the eighth amend- ment, we recall that she was one of very few who stood against it when it was first proposed? She was one of the few who had the foresight, compassion and vision for women to take a very courageous stance at the time� I never met Monica Barnes and I am sorry that I did not know her� She represents a huge loss to her family� She had a considerable political career at a time when women were even rarer than we are now in the places of legislation and decision-making� Ireland

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