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Seanad: Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Second Stage (14 Dec 2023)

Sharon Keogan: I have serious concerns about this Bill. I believe its inevitable outcome will be to deny women the option of availing of lifesaving supports when they need them most. This criminalisation is far too sweeping, particularly when considering the sheer number of safe access zones that this law would create, covering every GP clinic, hospital and family planning centre, irrespective of whether...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Female Genital Mutilation (14 Dec 2023)

Helen McEntee: The International Protection Office (IPO) of my Department is responsible for examining all international protection applications received and, under the International Protection Act 2015, each application is assessed individually on its merits. An applicant’s gender must be taken into account when assessing persecution. Section 7(2)(f) of the International Protection Act 2015...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: All-Ireland Economy: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Dec 2023)

...about new or returning barriers, Northern Ireland is not in the EU. The protocol and, by extension, the Windsor Framework do not mean that Northern Ireland is in the EU; it is just a series of roles that Northern Ireland businesses have to adhere to in order to avoid a border on the island of Ireland. Even in the manufacturing community, our manufacturers cannot lead on public...

Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2023)

: I propose to address amendments Nos. 84 to 87, inclusive, as they have been grouped together for discussion. Amendment No. 84 amends Schedule 1, Part 1 of the Bill, which sets out the executive functions to be retained by the director general, and not to transfer to the mayor. Functions referred to in sections 10 and 26 of the Bill, and the legislation containing these functions, is...

Digital Services Bill 2023: Second Stage (13 Dec 2023) See 4 other results from this debate

Dara Calleary: ...Teachta a bhí páirteach sa díospóireacht seo, go háirithe leis na Teachtaí a léigh an Bille agus a bhí ag caint faoi cad a bhí sa Bhille, thar aon rud eile. I re-emphasise that the purpose of the Digital Services Bill is to provide for full implementation in Ireland of the EU regulation on a single market for digital services. This Bill...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Waterways Ireland (12 Dec 2023) See 1 other result from this answer

Pat Buckley: 458. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department is aware of a confidentiality clause being signed within Waterways Ireland (details supplied); if this process is legal, given public money funds Waterways Ireland; if this development will be subject to the Freedom of Information Act 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55352/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (12 Dec 2023)

Helen McEntee: ...year I announced a further €10 million for Garda overtime in Dublin. This additional allocation is being spent, to provide consistent high visibility policing in the capital. The allocation of over €2.3 billion to An Garda Síochána for 2024 includes provision for a 25% increase in the overtime budget for An Garda Síochána, to €131 million from...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Expenditure (7 Dec 2023) See 2 other results from this debate

Eoin Ó Broin: Clearly the Minister of State is very confused and does not understand what I am asking for. This is what I am asking for. Every single year since 2018 I have either written to the Secretary General of the Department or put in a parliamentary question requesting a breakdown not just of how much housing gets, heritage gets and local government gets, but every individual spending programme....

Immigration: Motion [Private Members] (6 Dec 2023)

Mattie McGrath: We had no quorum here for the first hour of the debate this morning. That tells us everything about the debate. There was not one backbencher or other Minister to support the Minister and Minister of State. I lay the blame on the Taoiseach, the Tánaiste and the Minister, Deputy Ryan. He has copped off some place else. We know where he is. There is not one backbencher. What is...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Child and Family Agency (6 Dec 2023)

Pearse Doherty: They have been clarified in the courts, as the Leas-Cheann Comhairle will hear in a second. The false recording of a confession was not rectified for two years afterwards. It was two years before William found out, through a freedom of information request, that the fabricated confession by him was on his file. In 2014, the Garda contacted William to explain that during one of the rare...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Supplementary Estimates for 2023: Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform (6 Dec 2023)

David Cullinane: The head of the Department of Health, Mr. Robert Watt, appeared before the Joint Committee on Health and said that the existing level of spending, ELS, for 2023 and 2024 was underfunded. We know that for 2023, the health service ran a deficit of approximately €1.5 billion. The cash deficit was approximately €1.1 billion but taking accruals into account, the head of the HSE...

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Gas (Amendment) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (6 Dec 2023)

Ossian Smyth: ...for this, but we will not legislate for it today. I also want to discuss the question about the climate Act and whether its provisions will apply to GNI following this reorganisation of the structures. Gas Networks Ireland, GNI, is a semi-State public body. Its shares are 100% controlled by Ministers, and it is therefore subject to the same criteria as other State bodies regarding its...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Preventing Bid Rigging in the Public Procurement Process: Discussion (6 Dec 2023)

Ms Anne Stewart: I am the assistant secretary in the Office of Government Procurement, which is a division of the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform. I have responsibility for public procurement policy, service delivery and digitalisation. I am joined by my colleagues, Mr. Declan McCormack, principal officer, and Mr. David O'Brien, principal...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Online Safety, Online Disinformation and Media Literacy: Discussion (6 Dec 2023)

Fintan Warfield: I want to touch on what we are hearing about censorship and the disproportionate censorship of Palestinian voices. I have seen stories about hiding hashtags and content takedowns. We often see people using workarounds to try to trick the algorithm, such as by using an "@" sign in the word "Gaza". Does that work? Mr. Ó Broin said that complaints of this nature are coming from both...

Renters: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (5 Dec 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: There are now 13,179 people in emergency homeless accommodation in Ireland. The number of children in emergency accommodation is 4,000. The total population of emergency accommodation is equivalent to the whole population of Midleton in Cork, a full mid-size town in Ireland. If we look at the number of children who are homeless in the State, it is equivalent to 171 classrooms of children....

Confidence in the Minister for Justice: Motion (5 Dec 2023)

Micheál Martin: ...time with the Minister, Deputy Catherine Martin. The recent violence in Dublin could not be more serious. It cannot be tolerated in our democratic Republic. It represents a challenge to all of us here to show we have a politics which is capable of treating serious issues with urgency and with a focus on action. The sad reality is this debate has nothing to do with the issues of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Update on Ukraine: Discussion (5 Dec 2023)

...on Foreign Affairs and Defence on the latest developments and situation in Ukraine, including the ongoing war and our visible challenges for the future. Before turning to my remarks, on behalf of the people of Ukraine, I extend words of appreciation for the support from Ireland, which we are receiving at this unprecedentedly challenging time for our country. Today is the 650th day of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (5 Dec 2023)

Helen McEntee: As the Deputy will be aware, the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the management and administration of Garda business, including all operational policing matters, under the Garda Síochána Act 2005 (as amended). The Commissioner is also the Accounting Officer for the Garda Vote under the Act, and is responsible for the economy and the efficiency of the Garda Síochána...

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (29 Nov 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

David Cullinane: I went through this in lengthy detail with the Secretary General of the Department and the head of the HSE. The head of the HSE was clear. There is a difference between the cash deficit, which is money that is paid out up to the end of the year, and what is presented as accruals. That is expenditure that has occurred in 2023 but has not been paid. It might be paid in January, February or...