Results 1-20 of 89 for going forward speaker:Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Direct Provision System (29 Nov 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 2. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans for the direct provision model going forward; and if he will discuss recent events regarding new centres. [49877/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Nov 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 1236. To ask the Minister for Health if additional investment has been made in the past six months on testing and tracing and on acute hospitals; and his plans for investment going forward. [32746/20]

Multi-Party Actions Bill 2017: Second Stage (14 Nov 2017)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: The Mortgage Arrears Resolution (Family Home) Bill put forward by Deputy Michael McGrath went to pre-legislative scrutiny after Second Stage. If the Bill receives the support of the House, it will go to the Committee on Justice and Equality where it will be subject to pre-legislative scrutiny.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh – Priority Questions: School Costs (12 May 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: People across the State are doing all they can to keep up with sky-high bills and runaway price increases. The cost-of-living crisis is not new and it has been going on in education for some time. The idea that we have a free education system at primary- and post-primary levels is a myth. The Department of Education is one of the only Departments that has not put forward any serious...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare and Civil Law (Liable Relatives and Child Maintenance) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (24 Jan 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: That was going to be my question about Part 3. It is worth saying this Bill is now effectively two Bills in one. I am in favour of both but if I brought forward amendments like this to the Bill they would be ruled out of order three times from Sunday. That being said, I do not necessarily disagree with it. That is the answer to the question I was going to ask. Part 3 is related to a...

Back to School Costs: Motion [Private Members] (5 Jul 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Ba mhaith liom buíochas a ghabháil le gach Teachta a ghlac páirt sa díospóireacht seo agus le gach duine a thacaigh leis an rún seo. Is ábhar fíorthábhachtach é seo agus tuigimid go léir go mbeidh go leor tuismitheoirí agus teaghlaigh faoi bhrú millteanach sna seachtainí beaga amach anseo. Beidh an-imní orthu nuair a...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Community Development Projects (5 Apr 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Some of this is about being forward looking. Whatever discussions were held, we must take into account how much the area is going to grow. Many people coming into the area will be new to it. They will not necessarily be familiar with the community and, obviously, this is an established community. All in all, the city council and the Department need to be proactive here. Building 2,000...

Back to School Costs: Motion [Private Members] (5 Jul 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: ...been taken. They will undoubtedly help those on the lowest incomes, but there are many people who will not benefit. As I said, people will watch the news tonight who will say these measures are good and will wonder what they will get out of them. These people could be struggling on quite low incomes, but they will not benefit. A family with a combined household income of more than...

Education Costs: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (20 Jun 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I commend Deputy Clarke and Deputy Mairéad Farrell on bringing this motion forward. The summer months are meant to be a positive time for parents. They are meant to be a time to spend with their family and children and where good memories are made. Unfortunately, for a lot of parents the summer months are a very stressful and worrying time because they are looking to September and are...

Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) Bill 2023: Second Stage (20 Sep 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: ...; and the other on power. On detail, the margin in the plebiscite in Cork was narrow. We supported the campaign in favour of it and we were active in that but it was narrow. I believe that the Government wanted it to go through, but if it had not wanted it to go through, then this would have been exactly the way to succeed in not letting it through. The only thing people in Cork knew...

Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (18 May 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: ...and detail as that of Deputy Ó Broin, with its constructive, realistic and costed alternatives, including in this motion, many policy documents and legislation. The fact is that where there are good sections or proposals in Government legislation, they will be backed. They have been backed, and the record of the Dáil will reflect that. There have been many disastrous...

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

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Notwithstanding what the Ceann Comhairle said, it was an elegant navigation of Standing Orders a few minutes ago. The Government amendment is a particular device and I think it is the most remarkable use yet I have seen of it. The Government regularly comes to the House to say it will look at something in a year's time. It is its way of avoiding voting against something. In this instance,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: International Protection (Family Reunification) (Amendment) Bill 2017: Discussion (6 Feb 2019)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I thank all of the speakers and proposers of the Bill for bringing this forward. I will touch briefly on the money message but also I have some questions on the specific content of the Bill. On the money message, this has been very valuable because one could reference this ongoing discussion on radio, on television or in these institutions. I believe the public might ask what are they...

Autism Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (29 Jun 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: There is so much I could say that I am not sure where to start, but I will begin with the Government's approach to the legislation. The context here matters. The Government has indicated it will not oppose or support it. In April 2019, Sinn Féin brought forward a motion in support of a special autism committee and an autism empowerment strategy, and finally, three years later, that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Safe Deposit Boxes and Related Deposits Bill 2022: Discussion (24 May 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Ba mhaith liom tréaslú leis an Teachta Ó Cuív. Is reachtaíocht fhíor shuimiúil í seo agus is dóigh liom go bhfuil an ceart aige go bhféadfaí 20 bosca a oscailt gan faic a bheith iontu ach d’fhéadfaí dhá nó trí bhosca a oscailt agus luach dochreidte a bheith iontu ó thaobh staire agus oidhreachta de....

Social Welfare (Child Benefit) Bill 2023: Second Stage (17 May 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Táimid ag tacú leis an reachtaíocht seo, cé go bhfuil sí gairid. Is reachtaíocht thábhachtach í agus tabharfaimid gach cabhair don Bhille seo dul trí na Tithe, chun cúnamh a thabhairt do theaghlaigh agus leanaí ar fud an Stáit. This Bill is needed to facilitate, and give legislative effect to, the €100 cost-of-living payment...

National Maternity Hospital: Motion [Private Members] (23 Jun 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: ...for them. That did not start with the Minister. We have a long history of that. We see it in education and all sorts of areas. We see it very strongly in healthcare. If we are going to take a step away from that, as we should - the State should intervene in places that it is not directly involved in such as childcare - this is an essential part of that process. It is right and...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Direct Provision System (5 Jul 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: That is all very well from here on but I am referring specifically to a category of people who have not already received a speedy decision. They have already been living in Ireland for a period of years and they will still not have the right to work. That is significant. The other point is that a lack of a right to work, and we must not lose sight of this, was a denial of the dignity of...

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 May 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: ...terms of the organisations that can be representative. The need for those lay people to be more representative was discussed at length at Committee Stage. We should try to be more imaginative and go beyond the usual processes of appointment through the Public Appointments Service. It is for this reason that I have put forward a number of amendments. Some of them are in this group,...