Results 21-40 of 128 for going forward speaker:Paul Kehoe

Government Accountability (13 Jul 2011)

Paul Kehoe: We are bringing a number of reform proposals forward. The Whip of the Technical Group, of which Deputy Boyd Barrett is part, was instrumental in making some of those proposals and bringing them forward. Tomorrow, those proposals will go to the Committee on Procedure and Privileges. I hope they will be on the Order Paper next week and that we can introduce the changes in the first week of...

Other Questions: Common Security and Defence Policy (11 Jul 2017)

Paul Kehoe: ...looks at any of the contributions I have made at those meetings, it is clear that I have no issue with being out in the wilderness. I also, however, look for inclusiveness in any of the policies going forward, be it permanent structured co-operation, PESCO, the co-ordinated annual review of defence, CARD, or any decision making relating to common security and defence. Our policy of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Recruitment and Retention in the Defence Forces: Discussion with Minister of State (28 Nov 2019)

Paul Kehoe: There is a case going forward. The agreed back payment was to 1 October 2018. In the context of payments before that date, PDFORRA has indicated it will pursue this. That is a matter for PDFORRA to pursue on behalf of the Army Ranger Wing. People talk about me being a full Minister, half Minister or whatever sort of Minister. I am absolutely and totally committed to this job. I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Leaving Certificate Reform: Discussion (5 Oct 2021)

Paul Kehoe: ...Leaving aside geography, history and what was known as commerce in my day, does a move to continuous assessment for English, Irish and mathematics constitute reform of the leaving certificate or should we go further? I am aware some of our witnesses do not support a move to continuous assessment as the way forward. I am interested in hearing Mr. Jones's and Ms Ní Chéileachair's...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Reorganisation (20 Sep 2012)

Paul Kehoe: ...a longer timeframe than that of the strategy statement and will inform long-term capability requirements for implementation over an extended timeframe, typically ten or more years. I look forward to the publication of both the White Paper and the Green Paper. Some people might agree and some might disagree with this but we are going forward with a two brigade structure.

Other Questions: Defence Forces (9 Nov 2016)

Paul Kehoe: ...that as leader of the organisation it is important he would interact with other defence organisations and armies not only within the European Union but further afield to determine best practice going forward. I would welcome that. There are many similar organisations to ours in Canada, Australia and so on that we can learn from. I credit the Defence Forces on the establishment within...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Green Paper on Defence (18 Jul 2013)

Paul Kehoe: I am not going to dissociate myself from any comments that the Minister, Deputy Shatter, made. As I said to Deputy Ó Fearghaíl, we have an opportunity to discuss the area of neutrality and many other issues will be addressed in the discussions around the Green Paper in preparation for the new White Paper. That will give everyone an opportunity to debate the issues and then we will...

Standing Orders: Motion (28 Jan 2014)

Paul Kehoe: The Deputy should go back and read what he read into the record of the House. We gave the people an opportunity in a referendum in 2011 to start this banking inquiry. Unfortunately, we did not get that referendum over the line. We had to reflect on what happened. We brought the Oireachtas (Inquiries, Privileges and Procedures) Bill forward last year, the Taoiseach announced the banking...

Oireachtas Committee System (4 May 2011)

Paul Kehoe: Parts of the legislation the Deputy refers to is being prepared. I have spoken to the Attorney General about such legislation that we will bring forward in the future. When the Taoiseach spoke about this issue, which is in the programme for Government, and the Labour Party also referred to it in its pre-election manifesto, he spoke about making committees stronger and more relevant. That...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: The Future of STEM in Irish Education: Discussion (7 Mar 2023)

Paul Kehoe: ...of schools, if there is a young, dynamic teacher leading it, they will get the best out of the transition year students. How best can we use transition year to invest in and promote STEM subjects going forward?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Future Funding of Higher Education: Discussion (22 Feb 2022)

Paul Kehoe: I would be interested in seeing a proposal on that. The committee can look at it if Professor Hegarty would bring something forward. We are interested in anything that would assist students in getting where they want to get in their education. Mr. Miley noted earlier that the report on the future funding of higher education will soon be published. He said that it needs to be ambitious...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Remuneration (17 May 2017)

Paul Kehoe: ...members of the Permanent Defence Force to receive such allowances, or the total numbers of Defence Force members that may be in receipt of this financial support. In terms of remuneration going forward, the new Public Service Pay Commission (PSPC), published their Report on 9 May 2017, the Government intends to initiate negotiations on a successor to the Lansdowne Road Agreement ahead...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Representative Organisations (24 Jan 2018)

Paul Kehoe: ...enough for some of the issues that Deputy Lisa Chambers has outlined to be brought to the attention of the independent reviewer. It is totally up to both representative organisations to bring forward their views and thoughts on the special status the Deputy believes members of the Defence Forces have. The review of the conciliation and arbitration scheme is being conducted in the context...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Briefing on Current and Future Plans for the School Building Unit: Department of Education (31 Jan 2023)

Paul Kehoe: ...is something the committee might look into further. We can seek information about what is happening in the Department in respect of old buildings and new builds. That will be an important issue, going forward, as Mr. Dolan said. Committee members might want to hear more about that. We might invite Mr. Dolan to come back before the committee. The work schedule is in place until the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces Resources (17 Dec 2019)

Paul Kehoe: ...for developing subsea vision, although it does not explain how this will prevent anchors from breaking cables or the extraction of information from such cables. This is a key challenge for us going forward. If the Deputy listened earlier on he might have heard me speak about the different challenges we face now. I am not sure whether it was Deputy Jack Chambers or Deputy Durkan who...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Briefing on Current and Future Plans for the School Building Unit: Department of Education (31 Jan 2023)

Paul Kehoe: ...from, there is a rural school directly outside the town, Bree national school. The population has snowballed in the past number of years. The school got a number of extensions and now it is going again. This will be a considerable challenge for the Department and the building unit going forward. Let me impress upon them the importance of rural primary schools. They are very important...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Reopening of Further and Higher Education Institutions: Discussion (8 Jul 2021)

Paul Kehoe: ...year. I asked him whether he had met many of his colleagues and he replied that he was there for the induction day and had met a small number of people from his class. He said that he was looking forward and could not wait to get to the third level college. He said that he only knows two people with whom he would be quite friendly in the third level institution who were in his class or...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Carbon Sequestration and Storage in Agriculture: Discussion (17 Nov 2021)

Paul Kehoe: ...doing soil sampling to do so? In the same vein as Deputy Carthy was speaking about, I have a question about hedgerows. The old rural environmental protection scheme, REPS, was set up some years ago and is over now. Is there any agri-environment scheme that should be modelled on that? There was great participation by many farmers. Specifically on the matter of hedgerows, is there any...

Topical Issue Debate: Local Authority Charges Review (26 Jun 2013)

Paul Kehoe: ...time comes to set rates. The Valuation (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill is on Committee Stage in the Seanad. I hope the Minister will consider some of the issues Deputy Deasy highlighted today. We are going through a very difficult time economically and must take into consideration the business people who are holding on by their fingertips. I understand this is something within our control...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Protected Disclosures (26 Jun 2018)

Paul Kehoe: ...from any individual. That is clearly set out in the Act. All protected disclosures which I receive or which are received into my Department are treated as having the utmost importance and go through a clear process within my Department and in respect of all other parties involved. As the Deputy knows, there are a number of legal complexities around all protected disclosures made. There...