Results 181-200 of 5,632 for freedom of information

Eviction Ban Bill 2022: Motion (27 Sep 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: The housing crisis affects everybody in society at some level. Some are suffering significantly but there are very few who are not affected by it throughout the State. First of all, the housing crisis is a life-and-death issue. It is leading to significant deaths. It is creating a situation in which people are being forced into emergency accommodation, with all of the negative aspects...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Farm Inspections (27 Sep 2023)

Seán Kyne: I thank the Cathaoirleach's office for choosing this Commencement matter. I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Madigan, to the Chamber although I must express my disappointment that there are three Ministers in the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, none of whom are here this morning. Keelderry commonage in east Galway has eight shareholders. An inspection in 2010 found 0%...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare Reforms (27 Sep 2023)

David Cullinane: That is important and I will tell Mr. Gloster why. I got this under a freedom of information request. It is the minutes of the ministerial briefing from 23 March 2023. This is more for Mr. Watt because it talks about the national service plan, NSP, which we depend on, by the way, to ensure that it is accurate and all the information is provided. We need to understand what is happening in...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Water Services (26 Sep 2023)

Mattie McGrath: ...not want to know and it will not listen. We have a reservoir up in the Ragwell. That is empty but should be used. Businesses did buy into the business network and text alert service the Minister of State mentioned but are not engaging with it because Uisce Éireann will not give them the reports. William Burke organised a meeting in the Clonmel Park Hotel, which I attended....

Children's Health Ireland - Patient safety concerns and reviews in paediatric orthopaedic surgical services: Statements, Questions and Answers (26 Sep 2023)

Paul Murphy: I am telling the Minister that was the case in March. I want to go back to the timeline. I think the Minister accepted the reason things were published and processed was because of the article in The Ditch. I want to go all the way back to last year. Does the Minister know that the first freedom of information requests, FOIs, from the journalist, Pádraig Ó Meiscill, were...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Sep 2023)

Lisa Chambers: I also want to welcome visitors to the Gallery. We have members of the early years sector educators from Mayo, who were at the demonstration outside. They are very welcome to the Chamber. They will be glad to know, as I said to them outside, that many Members here today raised the issue that they raised outside; namely, the challenges being faced by the early years sector. I will deal...

Energy (Windfall Gains in the Energy Sector) (Cap on Market Revenues) Bill 2023: Second Stage (21 Sep 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: Like others, I very much welcome the Bill. It is appropriate and timely, however, that I address issues of which Ministers are aware, particularly in the Department of the Minister of State, Deputy Ossian Smyth, but on which they have not acted. The most obvious injustice and inequality is that full-time residents of mobile homes are locked out from the excellent €600 to €800...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: National Children's Hospital (21 Sep 2023)

David Cullinane: I cannot accept that everything possible has been done given that under freedom of information, FOI, requests and information submitted to me, we found out that the Minister did not meet with the board for the entirety of 2022, or for the first and second quarters of 2023. He had informal conversations with representatives of the board, which is not acceptable given the seriousness of these...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: RTÉ (Resumed) (13 Sep 2023)

...been provided is the top 100 salaries on an anonymised basis, following issues we had with certain individuals who were unhappy with publication. As I have said, we sought external advice. One of the questions we asked was about weighing the public interest in transparency against individual rights. The view taken in that regard was that, because RTÉ had provided a list of the...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): RTÉ (13 Jul 2023) See 3 other results from this debate

...Senators for their engagement with RTÉ on this issue. It is regrettable that my first meeting with the committee is under these circumstances but I look forward to working with it over the term of my appointment. The matters relating to the contractual arrangements for Mr. Tubridy, the public misstatements of his remuneration, and other subsequent discoveries have created one of the...

Committee on Public Petitions: Closure of Vital Health Services: Discussion (13 Jul 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

Mr. Mattie Quinn: I am a retired person and part of the Loughrea concerned citizens group. Ms Cronin has outlined why we are concerned and what our concerns are. I will go through some slides to illustrate the points she made. Slide 2 outlines the objectives of our concern group. These have been developed since we first got together around this time last year. The first is reopening the...

Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (12 Jul 2023) See 4 other results from this debate

Helen McEntee: I move amendment No. 57: In page 214, between lines 10 and 11, to insert the following: “(l) section 256;”. These amendments relate to section 45 of the Freedom of Information Act 2014. Currently, under section 45(10), the Information Commissioner is excluded from accessing information, documents or things, or An Garda Síochána stations designated by...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Authorised Push Payment Fraud: Central Bank of Ireland (12 Jul 2023)

Mr. Colm Kincaid: I am joined today by my colleagues, Mr. Patrick Casey and Mr. Wesley Murphy. We welcome the opportunity to discuss the important issue of authorised push payment fraud with the committee. Over the last number of years, two key trends have shaped the payments landscape for consumers and businesses in Ireland. Those are speed and innovation. Irish consumers and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on New National Children’s Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (12 Jul 2023)

Seán Crowe: During the summer it would just be a matter of putting in a freedom of information request and it would get out there anyway. I am just trying to tease out why Mr. Gunning will not give that information. If he feels it will weaken his hand with BAM and their negotiations, that is understandable, but it will come out in the public record over the summer period. It would be just useful for...

Housing and Homelessness: Motion [Private Members] (11 Jul 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: ...who have died in Dublin since 2018. Every party is organising this vigil. It is not a political event. It is simply a vigil to remember the shocking human tragedy that is unfolding on the streets of our capital city. Fr. Peter McVerry and family members of some of those who have died will be attending outside the gates tomorrow at 6 p.m. Documents released to me under freedom of...

EU Regulation on the Transfer of Proceedings in Criminal Matters: Motion (11 Jul 2023)

Peter Fitzpatrick: Most forms of international co-operation in criminal matters, such as exchange of police information, the gathering of evidence, the freezing of assets and extradition, have now been regulated to some extent by European Union legislation. However, one classical form of co-operation has been largely immune from the influence of the EU legislators. This is the area of transfer of proceedings....

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Jul 2023)

Gerard Craughwell: I am calling for a full investigation into the Irish Prison Service, particularly in the area of bullying and harassment. Some weeks back, I mentioned the case of Sean O'Brien, who was involved in an IRA prison escape in Portlaoise. That man has spent 20 years of his life trying to get information on what happened on that day. He is severely traumatised and the Prison Service is totally...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Reports (11 Jul 2023)

Michael McGrath: The report referred to in the question is already in the public domain having been released under a freedom of information request to the Department of Finance in 2013. The FOI records from 2014 onwards are available on the Gov.ie site but the records for 2013 are archived. The record in question has been requested and when available will be shared with Deputy Farrell.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Legislative Process (11 Jul 2023)

Pauline Tully: 239. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the current status of the Freedom of Information Act (Amendment) Bill; the timeframe for this bill to move to the next stage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34231/23]

European Union Directive: Motion (6 Jul 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

Cathal Berry: .... I welcome it. Ireland has had its brushes with corruption in the past, which have held us back decades. To be fair, I think things are improving but we cannot let down our guard in the light of recent events. I would like to focus on prevention in particular. Prevention and deterrents are very important. I agree with the emphasis on a public awareness campaign. It is not just a...