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Commission for Future Generations Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (30 May 2024) See 7 other results from this debate

Roderic O'Gorman: ...or role such as that proposed by the Bill should not be necessary. Is it a failure of politics that we work in a cycle? Potentially, it is. It is certainly a symptom of politics, and has been for as long as people have been coming together and voting to decide on a leader. That symptom, with all its challenges, can be mitigated. That is why we put other institutions into our...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Education Policy (30 May 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

Joe Flaherty: ..., and Ms Kathleen Moran, senior librarian and JCSP library project chair. They stated that they wanted to: reiterate our realistic and concrete demand; the minister [for education] must, at long last, fulfil the department’s 2005 commitment to extend the Junior Certificate School Programme Demonstration Library Project to all Deis schools. Recent joint Oireachtas committee...

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (30 May 2024) See 5 other results from this debate

Heather Humphreys: ...decide to do so in future. The programme of gradual, incremental increases in PRSI as already agreed by the Government will support the retention of the State pension age at 66, help address the long-term sustainability challenges facing the Social Insurance Fund and also provide for the jobseeker's pay-related benefit. As I mentioned in my opening statement, I intend to table...

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Second Stage (30 May 2024) See 3 other results from this debate

Duncan Smith: ...unemployment secure in the knowledge that the welfare system will adequately support them and their families in the transition. I do not think it is unfair to say that our current system needs long overdue reform and this legislation, with its introduction of pay-related benefits for jobseekers, is a part of positive reform in this area. The current system offers a below poverty line...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (30 May 2024) See 2 other results from this debate

Pauline Tully: ...dental services. Dentists are not taking on medical card holders and people cannot afford to pay for dental treatment privately. If people cannot have their teeth taken care of, there are long-term consequences for their general health and appearance. A review of the scheme was promised two years ago by the Minister for Health. Additional funding is not the only problem here. The...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 May 2024) See 3 other results from this debate

Joan Collins: ...rented dwellings would need to allow purchases with the tenant in situ. This is a clear solution to one of the biggest problems facing renters, namely, the lack of security of tenure, and it would go a long way to ending no-fault evictions and securing renters in their homes. Such an arrangement is standard for commercial property. If it is good enough for businesses, it should be...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defective Building Materials (30 May 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...-researched science. This science is emerging that the cause is not mica but pyrrhotite and internal sulphate attack. This means a very different remediation approach is needed. It is taking too long for the Government to respond to this reality and homeowners have no confidence.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Provision (30 May 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: ...was also seen in Cork county, with a record figure of 806 commencements in April. While it will take time to see recent commencement activity converted to delivery of new homes, the medium- to long-term outlook is positive. Early forecasts suggest the target of 33,450 new homes for 2024 will be met and exceeded. In the past 12 months, there were 53,000 new housing starts. I will be...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Legislative Reviews (30 May 2024)

Ivana Bacik: ...and being asked to make big decisions ... [and] We need a regulator ... as heading into this remediation project there are up to 100,000 homeowners, at an estimated cost of 2.5 billion. It has long been acknowledged that there is a need for greater support, greater guidance and a regulator to cover owner management companies which are doing the best they can in many cases but are faced...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Programme for Government (30 May 2024)

Catherine Martin: ...a vibrant night-time economy. While encouraging residential development in urban centres is clearly key to people living closer to amenities and services, it cannot be at the expense of long-established night-time venues. This issue of the agent of change principle arose during discussions on the night-time economy task force. My Department is establishing a small working group to look...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (30 May 2024) See 4 other results from this debate

Brian Stanley: ...to an identifiable person or entity, they will be directed to discontinue their remarks and it is imperative that they comply with any such direction. Members and witnesses are reminded of the long-standing parliamentary practice that they should not comment on, criticise or make charges against a person outside the Houses or an official either by name or in such a way as to make him or...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Television Licence Fee (30 May 2024)

Catherine Martin: ...service media is critical to a well-functioning democracy but it is also essential for cultural development, social cohesion and well-being. As such, it requires a funding model that provides long-term certainty, is sustainable and, vitally, protects the independence of media providers. Such funding is not only crucial for our public service broadcasters, TG4 and RTÉ, but also...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: International Protection (30 May 2024)

Garret Ahearn: ...The local people want to keep them there. My question relates to Hearns Hotel. Has there been communication between the Department, the owners of Hearns Hotel and Tipperary County Council? How long has that been going on? When will international protection applicants be accommodated in Hearns Hotel and how many international protection applicants will this involve? What supports...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Fishing Industry (30 May 2024)

Seán Kyne: ...for safety, food quality and abiding by regulations. However, I think there could be a better, simpler and easier way to assist those involved in what is a small but important industry which has long roots in the past and, it is to be hoped, a good future as well.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 May 2024) See 3 other results from this debate

Annie Hoey: ...sure all of these vacant properties are even being captured at the moment. I could not stand up today and not highlight how stunned all of us were at how many of the doors we were knocking on belonged to houses that are outright empty. That brings me to my second point, which is about a protest held outside Leinster House yesterday specifically about the housing crisis in Gaeltacht...

Seanad: Parent’s Leave and Benefit Act 2019 (Extension of Periods of Leave) Order 2024: Motion (30 May 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

James Browne: ...18 weeks to 26 weeks, and the period in which the leave can be taken was extended from when the child attains the age of eight years to when the child attains the age of 12 years. Where the child has a disability or long-term illness, parental leave can be taken up to when the child reaches the age of 16. Further significant developments to family leaves were introduced under the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Television Licence Fee (30 May 2024)

Catherine Martin: ...I do want to see the implementation plan. I gave six weeks for that. It is to be available towards the last week of June. I just need to see that. The discussions continue. I feel that, for too long now, Irish Governments have failed to address the question of how to fund public service broadcasting. The Deputy said there was no political will but there certainly is now. I have made...

Committee on Public Petitions: Business of Joint Committee (30 May 2024) See 8 other results from this debate

Marian Harkin: .... I am interested in hearing what my colleagues have to say about this. The competition is totally unnecessary and takes away from progress that can be made now and also in the future. A long time ago, as chairperson of the Council for the West, I fully supported the western rail corridor. I have never moved from that position, but if Government policy is not to move forward with the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Business of Joint Committee (30 May 2024)

Fergus O'Dowd: ...name or in such a way as to make him, her or it identifiable or otherwise engage in speech that might be regarded as damaging to the good name of the person or entity. Members are reminded of the long-standing parliamentary practice to the effect that they should not comment on, criticise or make charges against a person outside the Houses or an official, either by name or in such a way...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Women and Constitutional Change: HERe NI (30 May 2024)

..., we need to assign a fiscal framework regarding where this funding is going to go and where it is most needed. What also needs to come out of that is the sense that a little funding can go a long way. If we can provide a basic level of support to meet people's baseline needs, we are going to go a long way towards encouraging their participation in public life. Without access to...