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Swords’ rapid housing growth is being outpaced by transport, wastewater and community infrastructure, with calls for stronger co-ordination, while Government says major projects and funding are already under way to support sustainable development.
The Chair welcomed Leryn Stephenson to the Gallery, and Senator Conway also welcomed her while thanking staff and inviting colleagues to visit Clare.
The committee welcomed new member Deputy Martin Daly, agreed the minutes, and noted several accounts and correspondence. It highlighted serious issues in the Tusla accounts over non-compliant procurement and the ISIF loss of €2.5 million from a fraud, and agreed to write for further detail on both. Members were highly critical of IFI’s spend of over €70,000, excluding VAT, on media-training and legal preparation for a PAC appearance, and agreed to seek wider information from Departments and agencies on pre-hearing training costs. The committee also published its interim report on the national children’s science centre, calling for urgent Government intervention and no further public funding until a full review is done.
The measure would ban hare coursing with dogs, including competitive events and training exercises that use live hares. It would remove legal exemptions that currently allow hare coursing under animal welfare and wildlife laws, and it would change related greyhound legislation to shift support toward lure coursing instead. In practice, it would end a long-contested activity that animal welfare groups describe as cruel, and bring Irish law closer to the approach already taken in nearby jurisdictions.