 Are you alright, Lee? You're certainly a wee bit cranky, aren't you? No, I had a little bit of a... It's not sore, it's just a husky kind of, I don't know. It was listening to you on the way in to work today, and I like it. But you couldn't stick with it, like you probably need to get it right. No, but I'm hard enough to listen to on the radio, never mind with a big, grony voice, you know? All right, that's the invite to text in and say how great Lee Gooch is on the radio. Thanks very much, and thanks for all your texts. No, but no, it's grand. You know what, I think it's doing a round. There's bits and bobs going around. All right, Lee, have a great day anyway. I hope that you're all back to great form again tomorrow. It is the 9-Till noon show right now. It's time for News Update, and it's good morning, Michaela Clark. Thanks, Greg. Good morning. It's a marriage sign at Constantinople County Council, around 3,000 euro to hold a meeting in the Ora Leisure Centre in Latercanny. The council meetings have been held in the facility since May 2020 to comply with social distancing regulations. In response to a question from Councillor Frank McBrushy, the local authority cited the significant technical setup and operation during meetings and required amplification system as the source of the costs. Concerns have been raised over the number of planning enforcement notices being issued in Donegal. There are currently 1,198 outstanding enforcement notices, 291 in Latercanny, 292 in Inneshawn, and 257 in Glenties. The remaining notices have been issued in other municipal districts of the county. Councillor Jeremy McGill says given the high number of enforcement notices, extra resources are needed to deal with them. I've asked the chief executive to look at ways and means that we can get this down or prevent enforcement orders having to be used, i.e. educate people better about the planning regulations, but if need be that we need to get extra staff and resources for our planning department, which is under extreme pressure at the minute. Current talks will take place today aimed at reducing emissions in the agriculture sector. Climate Action Minister Eamon Ryan will meet with Agriculture Minister Charlie McConnog in a bid to hammer out an agreement. Government last year set out plans for a 22-30% cut in the sector's emissions by 2030. However, there's disagreement between the Green Party and its coalition colleagues on what the exact figure should be. Junior Agriculture Minister and Green Party Senator Pippa Hackett says agriculture needs to play its part as the country seeks to cut emissions. We have a huge challenge ahead in terms of reducing our greenhouse gas emissions across the economy. The big sectors are energy, our transport and agriculture. It's really one big jigsaw and it's essential that we get the jigsaw pieces in the right places and certainly by doing that we must ensure that we bring the farming community with us and to do so in a way that strengthens farm incomes and builds resilience for the future. The design team is expected to be appointed in September to commence the design stage of the new Cleary Centre in Donegal Tine. 100,000 euro in capital funding has been allocated to progress the design. The new facility will provide day services for adults with intellectual disabilities from 18 years up across South Donegal. The HSE says it will continue to engage with service users and their families at each stage of the process. And for whether or not I am mostly cloudy morning is the chance of the odd shower. Some sunny spells will develop later with high temperatures of 15 to 19 degrees. That's all from Highland Radio News for now. We'll be back with news again at 10 o'clock. Until then, good morning. Good morning. You're very welcome. Hello, good morning. You're very welcome along to The 9. Till Noon Show at four minutes past nine on this Wednesday, the 20th of July. It's good to be back and thanks to Donal who stood in for the last week What a week it was wasn't it? A lot of talk about the weather And then we saw the real impacts of that weather not here particularly But certainly on nearest neighbors what we're seeing over in London They really got a hammering over there and if you're over there by the way, tell us what it was like Oh eight six sixty twenty five thousand of course it'd be zero zero three five three eight six sixty twenty five thousand We've loads to talk about on the show But we want your involvement as well. You call oh seven four nine one twenty five thousand oh seven four nine one twenty five thousand If you want to watch the program go on to our website Highland radio comm actually the link might not be there because I forgot to put it there but anyway, it's there somewhere if you want to dig around and Also, you can watch us directly on our social media's Highland Radio Island on YouTube Or you can go to our Facebook page Highland Radio Highland Radio News and sports so what if I missed I kind of to some extent did switch off a little bit from what's going on But still loads of interaction with people on social media and what have you so I don't think on that far behind Let's talk about the Enish Times now And you would wonder, you know the way things are going with Ulster Bank KCB Bank KC Bank B banks already a cashless bank But with Ulster Bank Leaving the market and over half of you Ulster Bank customers still haven't opened up a Another account yet by the way and they're sending you the emails and the text but you haven't done it yet Because the latest figures suggest same But of course now we have AIB banks going cashless a lot of people are using sort of like cashless They're not truly cashless, but you know branchless and cashless banks like Revolute and others And it does seem the direction of traffic where cash is going to become Not widely used many many people already not using it But there are people who are very keen to see it retained I think most young people I don't think really they're dealing cash anymore and lots of people like myself not so young I very rarely have any cash, but I do know it's incredibly important Important to a lot of people the banks closing or becoming cash is big headache I imagine for businesses as well But for all for those as well who don't necessarily trust banks and want to have cash in their hand and we all know those people as well So I'm sure the AIB announcement, which I'll get to in a moment impact some of you Whether it's your private personal customer or a business banker But anyway any shones to AIB branches is set to go cashless later this year It's been confirmed This is in the Innish times with a focus on the peninsula of course The decision to go cashless is a result of what the bank has claimed as declining demand for these services Letter Kenny in Donegal town will be the only branches in Donegal that will continue to provide a full cash service. I think Bali Shannon also going cashless On to the Donegal post now and an innovative housing development driven by the Determination of the late father James McDowell in Glen Cullen kill 50 years ago could be a model for today's housing crisis But is there anyone around today with the famous priests vision tenacity and charisma? That's the question raised by one resident of father James McDowell Terrorist Paddy beg Gillespie. He believes that as was the case 50 years ago Young people in the rural village are being neglected by the government and the local authority when it comes to housing We eat another father McDowell said mr. Gillespie and that kind of I think echoes calls. We had from a Nadra listener Not so long quite a while ago over a month ago or something along those lines who said that you know We need to get back to Communities building at housing and getting drawn down the money down off the council whomever it might be But that might be the future sometimes you have to grab the ball by the horns and do this stuff yourself Right speaking of housing the Irish Times tells us that ministers have been told There's no indication the number of Ukrainians arriving into the state will stop and could stay at the current Elevated level for the rest of this year the cabinet was told an average of 1,400 people are now arriving from Ukraine every week with more than 40,000 fleeing the war in Ukraine and seeking protection in the state to date a Briefing document prepared for ministers before they signed off on reforms to visa exemption laws for refugees said There is no indication the inflow of Ukrainian seeking refugees will seek Sorry cease in the coming months and many state at current inflow levels for the remainder of 2022 Now we can't have a situation and we've saw it recently and I believe it was discussed on this program I dipped in an ad whereby you have groups of individuals not necessarily from from Ukraine or wherever they are Being put into one house in one area It's just that's It's just not an appropriate response for from the state from the council from whomever it might be You know, and I think we need to be forthright with people saying if you are coming here The reality is is this is what we have to offer as well because I imagine As much of the terror they are escaping They might be coming here with unrealistic Expectations of what can be agreed at the moment. It's a tented villages and what have you The Irish times the government must take immediate steps to prepare for the consequences of disruptive climate change Ministers will be warned today as heat waves will with record temperatures and wildfires continue to plague Europe and the UK and again It's like everything talking about cash. It's divisive and it's political the climate my word It's divisive and political people claiming nothing's happening. Why are you making a big deal about it? I agree to be honest with you. I'll go as far as to say You know, I I think And I said this privately As soon as there was the threat of good weather we had the skin cancer adverts We had the art water safety adverts and we had the don't do this and don't do that adverts It felt a bit over the top for me I know it's really important and the message hasn't to be has to be gotten out there But it was like right we forbid a good weather took forward to and then all of a sudden bombarded with Hollan You don't enjoy it too much, you know, because it's so bloody dangerous So I understand that we have to Talk about things like to keep ourselves safe But it was OTT I think right across the board for the most part and I think you know We need to trust people to give the advice once or whatever it might be and then people can take it on board or not up to them but not to Drive fear into people as we're seeing I was watching some of the BBC and and it was like, you know, it's crazy But another element of it which you cannot be denied. I don't think anyway and it's over discussion is the fact that the climate is changing Whatever is doing it is changing. We're seeing record temperatures. We are living and we're gonna get it too It got up as far as you know, South and East England. We will be experiencing 35 40 degrees here And you know people go, oh, well sure. It's only a bit of heat. What's the big deal? I go to Spain Blah-da-blah-da-blah. That's fine. But Spain has swimming pools. It's got air conditioning We don't have that our cities don't have that Older people younger people can't regulate the regulate their own temperatures as well as some people can and it's very Extreme heat is very dangerous if you're not prepared for it in a house That doesn't have the facilities designed to help you get through such as well, right? So I think that's something that we are going to have to look at. I mean, we're all gonna have to look at roads, okay? because Roads have to be built differently in countries with higher temperatures and we've seen, you know Roads melting and stuff like that in south south England So there's there's something coming down the tracks that we can't ignore But I just hope the things that we have to do doesn't just get caught up in this divisive You know this divisive situation that we find ourselves in in terms of discussing things like cash vaccines Climate change and I'm not grouping them all in together. I'm just describing those things as things that Split us down the middle But anyway, the government must take immediate steps to prepare for the consequences of disruptive climate change Ministers will be warned today the climate change advisory council an independent body Which is vices the government and climate matters will today issue an opinion On the government's plan to adapt to climate change and say that while a solid foundation has been put in place More needs to be done urgently to prepare for the changes that a warming climate will bring bod at the same time right at the same time Because there's a lack of gas. We're going to be ramping up right across Europe Solid fuel burning to generate electricity and what have you It kind of makes a mockery of the carbon charges that the tax the carbon taxes that we're paying at the moment Doesn't it really? I think they need to come up with a plan a workable plan and for it to be fair on people And not contradictory to government policy and what's happening around the world The tax man might have some money that could be in your pocket. I did this some time ago I I thought my tax affairs aren't particularly complicated I'm just a payaway PAYE worker by the way, but my tax affairs aren't particularly complicated But I contacted one of these companies that checks to see if you've overpaid tax and I think I got to check for 3000 year or something in the post and I can tell you at the time it was very much It was very much needed But anyway households have been urged to check the income tax They are paying after it emerged that hundreds of thousands of you out there overpaying on their PAYE income every year That's the cost of living in crisis puts ever more pressure on families It can be revealed that a typical taxpayer could be missing out on around 600 each per year over the course of the last three Years just over one million taxpayers overpaid revenue to the tune of six hundred and twenty million Last year or alone four hundred and fifty thousand taxpayers overpaid by three hundred million an average around Six hundred and sixty euro each now we're all struggling. We're all seeing what's going on here So we don't want to be overpaying. Maybe it's time to get a tax expert on as well again to talk about where We can be claiming money's back or saving some money for ourselves Right the Irish daily mail today upro over greens plan to call cows. This is the kind of thing I'm talking about, you know The continent Europe is looking to start increasing again It's burning of oil and coal to generate heat and now we're talking about cotton calling cows I think a lot of people look at and go Something going on here Well green party leader Aiman Ryan's facing a fresh backlash from your rural TDs over plans for a reduction of the national herd The coalition is in turmoil as Fina fall and finna gale back benches from rural areas last night rebelled against mr Ryan's design to a desire to impose carbon emission reduction targets of up to 30,000 on agriculture one rural senator told the mail that such a reduction would have a huge economic impact across rural Ireland Last year key KPMG report a report said that up to 1.3 million cattle could have to be cold Okay, what do you think about that? The Irish star this morning politicians will be paid thousands of euro a month this summer for travel expenses to the doll There's a slight plot hole in this story though The dolls not sitting TDs will be paid an average of 5,000 euro each in travel expenses during their holidays While the rest of the country struggles with the cost of living These can be claimed by deputies who live furthest away from lester house despite the fact the politicians don't have to travel to The Dublin base when the parliament isn't in session the doll finishes up its current session last Thursday and will not return again until September 14th August September, that's a eight weeks holiday nice one. However TDs and senators will continue to pull completely unverged Travel and accommodation expenses during the annual summer recess TDs are paid from 9,000. Do you know what they should do? Don't give them back, you know show leaders should send an email out post on your social media Do you know what with everything that's going on in this country? I'm not going to claim my five grand of expenses for the two months. I'm not at work show a bit of Solidarity with us because it's crazy. It seems crazy. Anyway, especially as people struggle the sun today The next leader of pheniform must come from Dublin a former party rebel has said and this makes Darrell Brian and Jim O'Callaghan clear front runners according to independent TD mark McSherry. It would be some crack I think for pheniform if if Darrell Brian became the leader of pheniform Last week Kilkenny-Carlo TD John McGinnis said pheniform TD should not vote for leal for a car to become t-shock in December unless Meal Martin agreed he would step down by the next election But a minister for state now Collins described the leadership debate as another serving of nonsense from him Fina for rebel turned independent TD mark McSherry has said the party needs a strong rival to take on mr. Martin the Sligo TD said it has become a one-man show under the corkman who he claims ignored TDs and senators views Mr. McSherry insisted the next leader must hail from County Dublin Also be ironic that mr. McSherry was promoting Darrell Brian as a Future leader of the country and finally the Irish Daily Mirror We do have some money to spend it seems because Irish households spent 49 million euro on social media and dating sites in 2020 the total household expenditure on digital services was estimated at 896 million in 2020 new data published by the Central Statistics Office shows at 211 million Video streaming services with the largest category of digital services followed by online gaming At 137 million so that would be your PlayStation plus subscription the Xbox and the games Only 15% of the total 138 million went to Irish based companies supplying digital services But we spent 49 million euro on social media sites and on dating sites. I hope it was money well-spent Finding the love of your life or whatever it might be okay That was a run-through of the newspapers set for this morning Let's take a quick break and get our first guest lined up on the show for you The newspapers are courtesy of Kelly centra mount and top letter Kenny Want unbeatable value from sky? Here's the deal get sky broadband for just 29 euro a month plus sky cue for only 10 euro a month super fast Super-reliable broadband and sky cue with your apps and recordings that sky broadband for 29 euro a month plus sky cue for 10 euro a month for 12 months now that is unbeatable value go to sky.ie Availability subject to location offer does not include sky TV subscription new sky customers only set up fees minimum term and further terms apply For more info see sky.ie slash speeds beat that cost of brexit with no customs charges Do you need a UK address for your limited company or personal use? 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We are confident We have your next car all of our cars come with up to 12 month warranty Call in to us and letter Kenny or Malin or check out iMotors.ie We love summer at Dunne stores with 20 varieties of fruits and vegetables all only 49 cent each every week think creamy avocados for delicious guacamole Zingy passion fruit and refreshing yogurt Crunchy peppers in vibrant salads courgettes spun into spaghetti and skewers packed with flavours and veggies Plus with our 10-off 50 grosser voucher you save even more which means every trip to Dunne stores means better value Dunne stores always better value Now a new junior search curriculum will see pornography Studied in the classroom for the first time in Ireland following a major review of Relationships and sexual education a revamp for the teaching of young teenagers to be published today may prove Controversial among some parents the draft curriculum will tackle pornography with reference to the online world and Sharing of sexual images. It will also deal with consent and gender serial typing, right? Okay Liam Mulligan joins us on the program now to discuss this. Good morning, Liam Good morning, Greg. How are you? I am doing fine. I'm sorry. I'm sending you an image of yourself But it's just a technical issue. I'm having at the moment. Okay Listen, what do you think of of these proposals? Let me just say from the get-go, right? Young fellas are growing up with a young girls as well I think are growing up with a very unrealistic expectation of themselves because they are watching porn Many of them are watching pornography and unfortunately that is How they're Forming their views as to what is expected of them or maybe what is expected of a partner So if it's done in an appropriate way at an appropriate age, you know I think it's no harm maybe if parents aren't doing it for certain conversations to be happening in a classroom Is that your view or are you of a completely different view? First of all, there's two sides to it. One is the Question of the availability of pornography Which the government could do on the ISPs could do something about to make it a bit more difficult to get access to it The other side is what are they actually going to do? Our problem with is trying to find out what is actually in this course When they started this a few years ago They had a plan pre-covid to bring it in immediately There was exactly zero curriculum content in the consultation document When somebody found curriculum content in a reference document a document were regarded as a reference Mentioned in the actual document produced by the department And found very inappropriate material in that document then they were accused of lying That makes us a little bit uncertain about what the Department of Education is actually doing with this and what is in it and I've actually opened the document myself and There's a lot more than was in the Document three or four years ago, but there's still it's about 10 12 headlines and the document even The title of the document that they've issued is a short course curriculum specification for a consultation Yeah, it's actually no there's still no curriculum content for us to consult on. We don't know how they're going to do it Whether it's age appropriate and whether the method of doing the Education is appropriate. So there's nothing to consult on. That's that's the problem with that and who do you think you know And I mean like I'll be honest with you. I don't know what's in the maths curriculum I don't know what's in the English curriculum. I don't know what's in the geography curriculum I don't know what's in the history curriculum and I'd expect I won't know what's in in in this curriculum that covers this element like Why do you want and this is no respect to you and no disrespect to you? But you know, I think myself and yourself, you know where we're a lot older really than that the people This is talking about like what do you want to do with that information? Like why do you want to know? Okay, no, it's But part is to do with the public discussion and the way the department is promoting the material itself It does not come out and tell you what it's doing in the new maths curriculum It does not make a whole series of press releases about what it's doing in the maths curriculum But there's a lot of guff that's put it bluntly in what it's saying about this curriculum. So you'd like to know You know student-led Maths you mentioned. Are we going to get a student-led curriculum? My maths is a 14 year old Going to tell us what should be in the maths curriculum for the junior cycle What are you afraid that what are you afraid might be included in this? You know in terms of teaching pornography What the element is is that there are pressure groups and there are groups purporting to assist teachers in looking at this very difficult area which are Definitely doing it in an appropriate format. So who are those? Those are people don't what groups are you talking about? Well, I mean, I'm not a sort of person who takes Everything I read in a mainline newspaper and put it off and index it so that I can find it again No, I'm not trying to I'm not trying to corner you corner. You don't know. I don't I don't want I don't think you are No, what I'm trying to say is you yeah, you're talking about because to be honest with you You're looking for transparency On this I'm just looking for a little bit of transparency on your point of view. Let us say if you don't know that's fine I'm not trying to it's not trying to got you Liam. I'm just saying like what type of groups Do you think are trying to influence this and and maybe an easier question to ask to what end? Why why do you think there are outside interests trying to influence this? What do you think they're trying to achieve? well, I'm going to go through a little bit of history of pedophile pedophilia promotion and If we go back to the 1970s and this is from the garden there was an organization called the pedophile information exchange and It was promoting sexual freedom for all including children and The National Council of Civil Liberties in the UK under Harriet Harman took them under the wings for a couple years Until they copped along and they realized what was going on and I acknowledge 100% when they copped on they completely Blank they completely Excluded them from their promotions. Then we get a very What would you call them a very high profile politician on the continent? Daniel con bend it Now I I know a lot of greens. I respect What they're trying to do, but Daniel con bend it was the joint leader of greens in the European Parliament of last European election He was better known in 1968 When I was a little fella just about ending primary school as Danny the red as one of the leaders of the student agitation in the Sorbonne in Paris and He was looking for 19 year olds to tell Professors what should be on their courses in the college in the university and that they should have no exams before they got jobs in civil service To see that they'd actually learned anything. So in the 80s he became notorious for writing promotional pieces on pedophilia on Writing it was an article in the Suddeutsch Zeitung. I worked for German company for many years So I speak German and I read the German papers on and off And I haven't come across this article where he had it reported on his history of writing these articles about living in a commune Where toddlers and young children were encouraged to sexual expression the infallible the sexuality take the skin This is the term So I appreciate people are about. I appreciate I thought I honestly thought and this is fine and I fully respect your point of view I thought this was going to be a conversation about how you were concerned maybe that you know people could be Could be matured too quickly or they could end up being too liberal or you know Maybe you know not understanding the potential values of you know, but instead you're saying this is paedophile grooming gangs behind this effectively No, there are paedophile grooming groups or the paedophile promotion groups there There are other groups that have a feeling of Sexual freedom promotion that these things but you know, you know, but you do but Liam you do know, right? That's paedophilia child child sexual abuse imagery Next to murder and for a lot of people beyond murder. These are the most horrific of crimes We all agree that everybody agrees it right across the world So so tell me again Please Yeah, but how would teaching How would teaching young people the what you see in pornography is not real life and you shouldn't set your standards or Whatever you do on that. Why are you talking about pedophiles? No, I mean it's pornography is it's only an element of it But in the pornography and come back to the pornography question is how it is presented and how it is Elements, this is the detail. I'm looking for detail from the thing I want to see because this the nature of this Particular area of adaptation Previously Parents and this was an item agreed yesterday in the contributions both from Rebecca and Mary But this is an item that must be under the discretion of the parents But now it is being included into a course which is compulsory where there is no discretion allowed So how it's done is very important and age-appropriate and that's all we want to know I wasn't actually going I'm not I all I heard you were talking about someone from the 1960s someone from the 1980s and Pedophile groups and I so that's all I was hearing sorry Liam Do you know? But I have to bring the history forward to the moment to stop me Greg I know why you stopped me I understand because it is rather long but the World Health Organization document for RSE sexual education in Europe Contains a piece for five to six year olds that reminded me when I read it of what I had read about What Con Bendit have been writing in the 80s. So this stuff doesn't go away This is not good some of the stuff that has been used as reference on the basis of sexual enlightenment On the basis of sexual freedom is simply not that it is something else hiding behind it And I just want to see what it is. I have not said that This is inappropriate I have not Attack the department the only thing I've attacked the department about is the lack of transparency and unfortunately When these issues were raised before the department engaged issued a press release I think it was Richard Bruton Spatz, but was over Joe McHugh's signature Stating that the people were lying and all they had done was called from an actual document referenced in a department document So if people if they started that it's it's a plan not to be transparent No, I agree with you the entire this conversation should be had completely out in the open 100% and and and Nothing should be decided unless there is Consultation with parents parents of all different types of views and that's something agreeable and for the benefit primarily of children is Agreed I get that. I just don't understand why I just don't understand why every conversation I has to come back to it being about you know the most emotive of subjects because I think I'm not sure that gets us anywhere But that's your view and I fully respect it Liam No, I'm not I'm what I mean the most emotive I mean, I'm trying not to be a motive about this and trying to find out what they're going to be teaching my kids Yeah, and I would like to know that too. Yeah, that's quite important and I would like to have something put into it Society Take let me take an example of the rally weekend. I saw a couple of decals running around at the rally weekend Clip and ditches tip and bitches Collars of knickers desk these were decals not just painted amateurly on the cars by the lads themselves These were decals put onto the cars We have gone from one unhealthy attitude to sex in our society to a different unhealthy attitude to sex And I want to see our department our education our society Working towards a healthy attitude sex can we achieve that and I just want to get that sort of information Make sure that's the sort of information of my child. Okay, listen. Thanks for that I appreciate your time Liam and I think a lot of people would I don't know if there's anyone listening to this who doesn't want to Know what's going to happen and maybe have some input into it I think we want to go over consultation document Greg with information not Aspirations All right, Liam, I appreciate your time this morning. Have a great day great to chat to you again. All right. Bye. Bye. Nice one. All right. Take care of yourself Oh wait, six sixty twenty five thousand. What's up some texts to that number? Oh wait six sixty twenty five thousand will call all seven four nine one twenty five thousand Rebecca a parent spoke for the majority yesterday and that man today's also making perfect sense. What's Greg's problem? I have no problem with it whatsoever Here we go. It's About the every conversation now has to go to the absolute ultimate extremes that there are Groups in the background nameless groups by Liam's own admittance there that have an ulterior motive Connected in some way or other to pedophilia. Is that generally what the majority of people out there are concerned about? Or is it maybe some of the stuff I was talking about in the lead into that conversation? But it's open to debate oh wait six sixty twenty five thousand right, okay Where are we? I think the politicians should be cold help the climate change. Well, that's I understand. Hopefully you're That's a tongue-in-cheek comment. I really do hope that On in terms of the cashless society the move to a cashless society is the most heinous power grab in the history of the Republic Banks not satisfied with charging you to put money in your account take money out If your account or keeping it in your account they're trying to grab all the money in the country money in our bank accounts Is really on the banks books cash in your pockets personal cash registers is not the banks are trying to force us to give it to them It's not about tax Some of the most successful banks don't deal in any cash at all though and people have flocked to them of their own accord But keep your views coming in because it's an education as we go Cash is legal tender So why are certain banks and shops allowed to refuse accepting it is our government going to step in and stop this happening I think in private co. I'm not sure where the the obligation is in terms of legal tender to To accept it Don't a gold counter cancel need the views of the public on the local property tax The tax needs to decrease they should know they should know the dire financial situation people are in after the last local election The brave cancer has decided to increase it by 15% as if the public were not paying enough tax The thing is is that public consultation happens annually I'm not sure it makes any difference at all because it is one of the very very few One of the very few decisions that is fully in the hands of your elected representatives Most of the decisions are executive decisions, but that is one that they can in fact design So in yesterday's poll a revamp of the sex education curriculum is underway and plans to include an awareness of pornography Do you agree with this? This was our poll and we put it out to see what parents and whomever could click it thought on twitter Actually, it wasn't It wasn't like unanimous. It was unanimous, but it wasn't as as high as I thought it might be on twitter 65.2 percent of you said yes a revamp of the sex education curriculum Underway should include an awareness of pornography on instagram 80 percent of you Believe that's the case, but you know what would be an interesting question I don't know if we can do it today or not Is what level of consultation do you want to have in it? You know, I think there's a there is a distrust of of the powers that be And I think Liam made some very valid points I'm here to to some extent to tease the conversation out and maybe put views from from people who aren't on the phone Call to him and vice versa and Liam knows he's welcome back on any time to further his point, but I think it would be interesting to find out how many of you would actually like To have all the information and an input into it And then yes, if you know what I mean, some of your comments on our polls Offer a cause to parents not their children No Another the children could nearly educate the adults as it is knowledge is power says another the thing worries me is the level of In terms of adults The nature of the pornography that's watched in this country it's released by some of the the The big platforms under what what people search for it's kind of worrying And then we have the big expose of how many people in this country Would be accessing sites with with child sexual abuse images I think there's a conversation has to be had amongst the adults in this country as well about their attitude to Uh to to what's right and what's wrong And as well as sort of having that conversation extending it down to our younger people as well, perhaps in 2018 Toyota cut through the confusion completely ceasing production of diesel passenger cars lowering harmful emissions and providing certainty for irish drivers everywhere And kelly's toyota proud to be part of that hybrid electric journey visit kelly's toyota Letter Kenny or mount charles today to see what makes toyota ireland's best-selling car brand in 2021 and 2022 You'll never take a wrong turn with toyota Built for a better world best-selling claim based on most recent monthly figures charlie mclaffordy funeral directors Serving letter kenny and the surrounding areas for over 100 years charlie mclaffordy funeral directors and our family take care of your family and guide you through a difficult time Give your home a whole new look for less with foiant company summer sale Get great value with up to 50 off selected lines across all departments Redecorate your home with great discounts on display sofas ready-made cushions and curtains Breathe new life into your walls with great savings on wallpaper and paint Don't miss out on fantastic savings in store and online at the foiant company summer sale letter kenny and belly buffet While stocks last The clan money agricultural show entries now being taken until this friday the 22nd of july Entries after the state cannot be accepted. 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Okay, you're welcome back to the program concerns have been raised about the number of planning enforcement notices being issued throughout the county There are currently 1198 outstanding inform enforcement notices With 291 in letter candy 292 in in a show and 257 in glentes the rest Have been issued in other municipal districts in the county. Councillor jay mcmonagall joins us on the program now to discuss this Good morning cancer. Thank you for taking the time out this morning Morning Greg and good morning to all the listeners. All right. This is a almost 2000 really bother shouting So what is a planning enforcement notice really? Well, it normally happens if if someone would make a complaint Or if if the planning Authority thinks that there's a building not being built according to The plan that was granted so You know, it's not they say that they're all all the the enforcement cases that once a Complaint is made a case has to be open the files opened And then the the plan enforcement department and the planning authority follow it up and investigate it So it was just when we've got the chief executives report A monday have been reading through it prior to the meeting and I just thought there was an ordinate amount of Live cases and I just thought I would ask questions on it. So the chief executive has promised to come back to me and what was a Better explanation and the type of enforcement issues that have been raised and are currently on file Yeah, I mean, are we talking, you know a mobile home, for example Or are we talking a shed that shouldn't be there or are we talking an extension or are we talking houses that Completely contribute contravene maybe the the planning guidelines. Is that the kind of clarity that you're looking for? Yeah, yeah, it could be it could be someone built something as simple as a garden shed and it's Someone has complained about it, but it's in a an improper location or it's a block on the right and it's outside the the remit for the The the plan of regulations it could be that someone hasn't built according to the plan of regulations the style and Type of house that was plan was granted for it could be their septic tank could be Not in the right place. So there's a number of things that could cover and and then there's people then who unfortunately just tend to begin a development without seeking plan permission And and then look for retention. So once a complaint is made as I say a file is opened And then it has to be investigated and it's time consuming and we've seen for a long time and We always said that there was a problem with the resource and of the enforcement side of planning for years when there was multiple Applications and and developments going on But even now like and there wouldn't have been as many as it had been in recent years Allow the rising but we still don't seem to have adequate resources or staff in the enforcement Department and I think these figures would suggest that we would need more Yeah, it'd be interesting to know how many are opened So it's last year or the year before and how many were closed, you know, maybe people feel that You know, you know enforcement lacks teeth in this county and sure you just ignore The letters or whatever it might be like us to say these are questions that we kind of need answers to aren't they? Yeah, well, if we look at the figures from To june this year and letter candidates saying that there was 35 opened And that was 21 was closed. Right, but it's it's not suggesting or it's not saying It are clarifying. Is that 21 of the 35 that was opened or is that just 21 from a previous year or other? But I know myself and being involved in and following up and making representations On behalf of of some of the people who have made Some complaints that it takes an inordinate amount of time There's an awful lot of paperwork And inspections have to go into Establishing is a development And I know exempt are not in compliance. So yeah, and also too from those who might receive A notice, you know, maybe they want to dispute it or You know, they and they're getting tied up in a process that obviously is going to be, you know, stressful So there's there's a few sides to this It'd be interesting to see what resources might be needed though to start making some headway on on the almost 2000 outstanding enforcement notices Well, and that's where I'm coming from Greg. It's about look at the get more resources on their plan and department And in particular around these enforcement cases There's an awful lot of stuff going on at the minute And, you know, there's there's been new regulations brought on recently Around helping they promote the housing for all around exemption for development And that's causing problems because people aren't aware of it And and people are taking advantage of this, but they're maybe not complying with The protocol it's set down even though it was exempt from planning There still is procedures that you have to go through and forms etc. etc That you must submit before you begin development But unfortunately some people aren't doing that and they're just starting the development And that's causing an angst and it's also causing problems then for the the enforcement Unit and the council. All right, we'll watch on with the interest 3000 euro Procession to sit at the aura leisure center. Do that's good value for money and when why are you still at aura and not back at lifford? councillor Yeah, look, it's we would all like to be back at lifford. I don't know any of the councillors that don't We've requested in recent times to go back Obviously cove it hasn't gone away as they say it's still very much there And that's a concern for the council the council officials staff and indeed members But we have that hybrid option and if if members are not happy or just maybe unsure yet of Coming back in this small compact area that lifford is Then they can avail of online. But look, I would like to see us back At lifford. I think it's it makes for better meetings and it's the sake of power for the local authority and You know, we and also like the free up the aura for what it's Was built on its purpose and that's to provide Social support outlets for for the wider community here in never getting on a go So as it stands, um, the feeling is is the reason why some of these meetings are still taking place in the aura is because of concerns over coven Yeah, a lot of it is that there the main is Thought and that there would be that but as I say for for quite a while Councilors have been asking and Requesting that we would consider going back to lifford as you know yourself Where glifards are very small chamber. It's very compact I'm trying to get the press the elected members and have a facility tight slot. It's tight there It's very tight yet. You know, so Look, it's it would be ideal to be back there and hopefully we'll be back there soon. But until then We're going to have to stay at the aura and it's the only facility That's available to us and big enough to host the meetings. All right. Listen. Thank you for that I appreciate your time this morning. Councillor Jerry mcmonagall there. Oh wait 60 25 000 your whatsapps and texts to that number Um already this morning, of course some of you messaging in Um, this is going to happen in every bank. It's called the great reset off the world So that all the governments know what you spend every penny on I say they're for fair idea already, but that was laid out in the um Project 2030 the un document. I was reading through it there at the other day a bad idea for society to go cashless Hope this won't be allowed What is wrong with people says a caller. I remember 50 years ago the tar melting on the roads with the heat now That was 50 years ago grow up people But you see the problem is is that we all remember that But the the heat that was witnessed Further south of us not in Ireland, but particularly in England is is a prolonged Heat's much far beyond you would have experienced 50 years ago because it was the first it was record temperatures and um Again, it's fantastic and this is kind of feels wee bit like the the previous conversations we've had It's great if you've got air con or if you're a healthy Maybe younger person, but that's not for everyone. Everyone isn't Right. Okay. Uh, Pierce. Good morning to you. Uh, how are you getting on? I'm very good Greg and yourself. I'm okay. I'm all right. Uh, you believe we're backwards when it comes to talking about sex Well, I think yeah, we're we're talking about sex in Ireland or even on anything when it comes to youthful development I think we're very backward to the rest of Europe Like if you take it Say the alcohol laws are what they are here But say in Europe most of Europe They allow their children say to have a glass of wine or whatever with their males And then when it comes to sex like a sex education in Europe was taught even pre-puberty And they basically know everything about sex by the time even up puberty here. We seem to be we're still stuck and uh I'm going to say we're we're still a very right-wing religious country even though we pretend not to be But we do have to have a conversation do we not about How we talk to younger people about sex? I mean, I think that's really what that's what's needed That's what's being called for it's not to say look don't talk about it. Um, because I We're all dependent on your age In school dances, you you know, you weren't allowed to stand anywhere near the person you were dancing with They leave some space for the only spirit things were very different then but we I think people though what they want an input parents want an input as to what will be talked about But I think the problem is with the parents themselves because I don't think I think it's the parents That would need to be taught for us because they don't know how to approach this object As you said because that's the way they were brought up I think it's the parents so we're probably been need to be taught before the children would be yeah Now I think if we get the conversation out into the open and everyone feels they have an input Maybe parents will get an education along the way They might be a bit more comfortable with it if they know what might be discussed or if they have some input into it Uh, and I think that's the way it's gonna that's the future peers that maybe that's the The way it should be I just think a lot of parents are probably Well, it's new you on them to start with because they weren't taught that's in their day They're probably scared a lot of them. I can understand that But as I said, it's just a society in general We seem to be so backward in every outlook compared to the rest of Europe. Nice Okay, uh, listen, that's just that's just my opinion No one yours is as valid as everybody else's and that's why we invited you on to to outline your text And it's very much appreciated All right, Pierce. That's ground trick. Thank you very very much. Thank you. 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