Results 1-20 of 113 for going forward speaker:Aengus Ó Snodaigh

EU-IMF Programme: Statements (Resumed) (5 May 2011)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Measaim go bhfuil sé tábhachtach go bhfuilimid ag labhairt ar an gceist ríthábhachtach seo agus go bhfuil deis againn páirt a ghlacadh sa díospóireacht seo. Gan aird ar an méid atá daoine ag iarraidh a chur trasna, níl mé míréasúnta. I am reasonable in my approach. Sinn Féin has put forward reasonable and costed alternatives in the past. This Government and the previous...

Written Answers — Tax Collection: Tax Collection (6 Nov 2008)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 71: To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he has taken to ensure better reporting going forward in view of the previous failings of his Department to accurately predict tax revenue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38668/08]

Finance (Local Property Tax Repeal) Bill 2013 [Private Members]: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Jun 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Yes, but we are asking if they will come to the North to introduce some taxes that their Unionist colleagues might want to support. Sinn Féin has brought forward a reasonable proposal with the Bill, but it has been rejected, without even an examination taking place. The silliness of this Parliament is that one is restricted in publishing Bills that could involve a charge on the...

Order of Business (24 Sep 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: It is sometimes fun to go through the new legislative programme at the beginning of the parliamentary year to discover which Bills have fallen backward, moved forward or remained in the same position. Section A lists Bills that are expected to be brought forward this term, while section B includes those Bills for which the heads have been agreed. In the last session, the then Minister for...

Order of Business (17 Oct 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I have no problem with that. Sometimes I go on a bit, but today I will try to be brief. The Government intends to change the list of Standing Orders outlined in the motion. At the Whips meeting I did not argue specifically for more time because I was in the middle of bringing forward an amendment which is on the Order Paper also. It also has to be dealt with in that short period of...

The Secure America and Orderly Immigration Act: Motion. (6 Oct 2005)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Tá mé chun mo chuid ama a roinnt leis na Teachtaí Connolly, Cowley agus Gormley. Thar ceann Shinn Féin ba mhaith liom mo thacaíocht a thabhairt do Bhille Kennedy-McCain ar leasú imirce. This measure, if passed, could have positive and life-changing consequences for undocumented workers living in the United States, thousands or tens of thousands of whom are Irish. Three weeks ago, my...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Annual Report 2013: Office of the Ombudsman (4 Jun 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I will now ask members for comments and questions. A range of issues is contained in the report and what Mr. Tyndall presented is just a flavour of it. It is a report that I have looked forward to for many years and I have encouraged as many members of the public as possible to engage with the Office of the Ombudsman. If Mr. Tyndall ever gets waste management, I wish him well because the...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Pension Provisions (29 Jan 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: The Minister has addressed my question. The key point is that society is moving forward and trying to address inequalities from the past. This matter is one of those inequalities. We should take the earliest opportunity to address it; it should not be just a matter of whether we can afford it. Equality in our society comes at a cost. In this case, it is a substantial cost but we must...

EU-IMF Programme: Statements (Resumed) (5 May 2011)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: ...€120 billion or whatever figure one takes. Yes, savings will be made, but savings alone will not dig us out of a hole which was created by the previous administration, and I accept that. I look forward to the introduction of a job stimulus package on Tuesday because we need one. I do not think the Minister, Deputy Noonan, will go far enough. More radical proposals need to come forward...

Statistics (Decade of Centenaries) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (21 Oct 2021)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." Gabhaim buíochas leis an gCeann Comhairle agus tuigim go bhfuil spéis ar leith aige sa Bhille seo. Gabhaim buíochas leis an gCoiste Gnó as é seo a roghnú ón lató chun deis a thabhairt dom an Bille seo a phlé, An Bille Staidrimh (Na Deich mBliana de Chomórthaí Céad Bliain), 2020....

Topical Issue Debate: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (16 May 2018)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: ...urgently. On the land initiative, as proposed, I believe it is the public private partnership, PPP, model dressed up. The State needs to get a handle on housing proposals. The proposals put forward by Sinn Féin and others, including my colleague, Councillor Shane O'Brien, in dealing with the Shanganagh Castle site, bypass the private developer-led models in favour of a method of...

Other Questions: Invasive Plant Species (10 Feb 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: ...systematic effect as the work done by the Groundwork volunteers to whom I refer. In a previous reply, the Minister referred to the adopt a woodland scheme. That scheme might represent the way forward in order that Groundwork or other voluntary organisations might play a role in trying to reinstate the flora and vegetation of the habitats to which I refer. Is the Minister in a position...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2015 - Vote 37: Minister for Social Protection (22 Sep 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: No, not politics. It is a constitutional ban which the Constitutional Convention addressed and asked us to examine; it is in one of the reports. It prevents us from putting forward proposals, be they positive or negative, in response to legislation. That gives rise to the view of why one would bother to make a proposal on a piece of legislation that is on Committee Stage because it would...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: One-Parent Family Payments (5 Mar 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: ...payments in July. Obviously, the qualification criteria for SUSI were drawn up with the current one-parent family payments in view. Will the Tánaiste confirm that the changes required will be brought forward before the conclusion of the debate on the Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill, as appropriate? If that is not possible, will she ensure a decision on the matter...

Report of the Commission on the Defence Forces: Statements (16 Feb 2022)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Tá sé go maith go bhfuil an tuairisc seo foilsithe agus go bhfuil sí á plé inniu. Tá an cuma ar an scéal go bhfuil daoine chun a bheith dáiríre, sa deireadh thiar thall, faoi dhéileáil leis na fadhbanna atá ann sna Fórsaí Cosanta anois agus sa todhchaí. Tá sé go maith go bhfuil an cuma ar an scéal go...

Offshore Islands: Motion [Private Members] (17 Sep 2019)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: ...leo siúd a chur an rún seo os comhair na Dála agus a tharraing fócas ar phobal na n-oileán. Is fócas é nach mbíonn ag an institiúid seo, ag an Rialtas ná ag cuid mhór de phobal na hÉireann go minic. Ní dhírítear air go minic agus is mór an trua é sin. Is trua é freisin nach dtógann an chuid is...

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Tuarascáil Oifig an Choimisinéara Teanga: An Garda Síochána (12 May 2021)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Tá cúpla ceist ghairid agamsa. Tá súil agam go mbeidh ár n-aíonna in ann iad a fhreagairt. Bhí roinnt díobh siúd a bhí agam ardaithe ag daoine eile. Níor chuala mé mórán faoi cheist amháin. Nuair a bhí mé óg agus ag fás aníos i mBaile Átha Cliath, anois is arís bhí meon ag...

Prisons Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Report Stage (7 Mar 2007)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: ...occur during the transfer of prisoners. I refer to the scenario in which one prisoner might attack another. Amendment No. 5 is intended to ensure prisoner custody officers would not be hindered in forwarding information they might come across that would prevent the commission of a crime, in that they would not feel obliged to go to the Minister, with the attendant delays, to ensure such...

Select Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Bille na dTeangacha Oifigiúla (Leasú), 2019: Céim an Choiste (Atógáil) (16 Apr 2021)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: ...shin ag an staid seo. Tá súil agam nach mbeidh cúpla mí eile i gceist. Rinne mé trácht ar an tuairisc ó Choimisiún na Gaeltachta agus tá sé an-soiléir gur aithin siadsan díreach an fhadhb atá ann anois, sé sin, nach raibh go leor gardaí ann chun seirbhís a thabhairt do cheantair Ghaeltachta trí Ghaeilge....

Private Members' Business. Medical Treatment (Termination of Pregnancy in Case of Risk to Life of Pregnant Woman) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Apr 2012)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: ...dealing with an extremely difficult issue for all concerned, particularly women faced with the kind of situation with which the legislation is trying to deal. For more than 20 years successive Governments have failed to deal with the issue and have ignored the reality faced by tens of thousands of Irish women. They have also left medical practitioners is a very difficult situation caused...