Results 21-40 of 136 for going forward speaker:Aengus Ó Snodaigh

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Oct 2018)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Measaim go bhfuil sé tábhachtach go bhfuil deis agam labhairt ar an mBille seo, ach go háirithe tar éis do Theachta ó mo pháirtí labhairt romham, agus an chuma ar an mhéid a bhí le rá aige go bhfuil sé i gcoinne na reachtaíochta seo. I can state wholeheartedly that Sinn Féin endorses this Bill despite the comments from Teachta...

Housing: Motion [Private Members] (3 Oct 2018)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: ...right to a home in a supposed republic is perverse. The Minister should take the first step and declare the national emergency. Tá géarchéim againn. Nuair atá éigeandáil ann ba chóir go dtógfaí na cinntí chun an pobal a chosaint. Is gá é sin a dhéanamh anois. Ní fheicim an chéim sin tógtha go dtí...

Home Building Finance Ireland Bill 2018: Report Stage (2 Oct 2018)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: ...Dublin can do so such that they are not competing for accommodation provided for those less fortunate, taking a place on a housing list or adding to overcrowding in family homes. I urge the Minister of State to consider the amendment put forward by my colleagues, Deputies Ó Broin and Pearse Doherty. They have argued this case inside and outside the House for quite some time. The...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Regulation of Rickshaws: Discussion (30 May 2018)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: If we go down the road of regulation, it would be useful. Taxis have onerous responsibilities and must comply with certain regulations. We should apply at least the same to plying this trade. In particular, there should be Garda vetting. There should be nobody with a history of the offences that some of the people have who are working with these rickshaws. The Minister mentioned there...

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...

Permanent Structured Cooperation: Motion (7 Dec 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: ...of peacekeeping. It is when one starts interfering with the sovereignty and neutrality of the Irish State in the way outlined in the motion that we start to have a very serious problem. The Government is trying to push through a motion which is being presented as if it is one of the many European Defence Agency or other military motions. It is a case of there is nothing to see, move on....

Independent Reporting Commission Bill 2017: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Jul 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: ..., and outside it, to be as constructive as possible rather than squeaking from the sidelines to try to ensure that progress is made, that we have a working assembly and Executive and that we can move forward as was intended in a number of agreements going back as far as the Good Friday Agreement. In particular, we are moving towards an all-island approach in this legislation. If we did...

Mediation Bill 2017: Report Stage (11 Jul 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: ...the number of case of domestic violence which end up in court is minuscule in comparison to what should be dealt with there. Recent court judgments would not encourage many of those victims to go down that route. I refer to the Women's Aid document. It refers to another report from one family who quoted another woman concerning how vulnerable she felt in the sessions themselves by...

Defence Forces: Motion (4 Apr 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: ...and pay and conditions while they are serving with the Defence Forces, and to ensure their health needs are catered for after serving their full contract especially if it has been affected by the rigours of service, including overseas deployment;"(b) To insert the following after "effective strength of the Defence Forces is below 9,000;":"- the 2015 White Paper on Defence commits to...

Standing Orders: Motion (9 Jun 2016)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: ...mhaith liom mo bhuíochas a ghabháil leis an gCeann Comhairle as an obair a dhein sé muid a tharraingt le chéile chun déileáil le ceist atá teibí do chuid mhór daoine. Uaireanta ní thuigeann siad go díreach cad atá ar bun againn san áit seo. Déileáil an coiste go maith leis an gceist agus d'éirigh linn teacht...

Crime: Statements (5 May 2016)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Táim ag roinnt mo chuid ama leis an Teachta Seán Crowe. Gabhaim buíochas as an deis labhairt ar an ócáid seo, go háirithe nuair atáimid ag caint ar cheist na coiriúlachta. Ba chóir dúinn ár mbuíochas a ghabháil leis An Garda Síochána as a gcrógacht agus as an ghairmiúlacht a léiríonn siad san obair...

Estimates for Public Services 2016 (28 Apr 2016)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Tá sé go maith go bhfuilimid ag déanamh plé arís ar an gceist thábhachtach maidir le bailiúchán staitistic an Stáit chun déanamh cinnte go bhfuil plean ceart glactha amach anseo maidir le tithíocht agus maidir le conas a bheith cinnte go bhfuil pleanáil cheart déanta ar an gcóras ina iomlán nó ar an...

Confidence in Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (20 Jan 2016)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: This is the very cronyism of which the Labour Party and the Minister opposite has accused others. Hopefully, David Begg, a good man by all accounts, is not tainted by the hypocrisy of the party opposite. He may have the required experience for the job in question; I do not know him that well. If he had so much experience, why did the Tánaiste not encourage him to put his name...

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...

Gender Recognition Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: ...the significant progress that has been made in the past number of years in terms of the approach of the State to this issue, as reflected in the Bill. However, I do not believe the legislation goes far enough. We now have an opportunity to be a world trendsetter in this area, such that other countries would look to us as an example of best practice in this area, just as in the past we...

Statement of Estimates for the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission: Motion (7 Jul 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Ba mhaith liom buíochas a ghabháil leis an Aire mar go raibh sé sásta glacadh leis an díospóireacht seo. Ní raibh mé ag iarraidh díospóireachta chun gearán a dhéanamh, ach chun a mheabhrú do dhaoine nach bhfuil gach uile pháirtí ar Choimisiún Thithe an Oireachtais. The minutes of the commission are available...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Employment Support Services (6 May 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I thank the Minister of State for the reply and I look forward to the long-awaited and overdue comprehensive employment strategy for people with disabilities. I hope it will include proposals which are acceptable to those who have a disability and are trying to access work. In Switzerland 80% of those who have a spinal cord injury return to work but in Ireland 80% of those with a spinal...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Medical Eligibility Criteria for Social Protection Payments: Discussion (29 Apr 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: ...across absolute frustration among people who often are in stressful situations and trying to fill in forms. Everyone accepts that there is a need for forms and that there is a bureaucracy that goes with making an application. As one issue I had originally hoped to deal with today concerned general practitioners, GPs, and consultants, it is a pity the Irish Medical Organisation, IMO, is...

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 Apr 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: ...highest, if not the highest, child care costs of any country in the world, which makes it difficult for anyone in work. To date, with their one-parent family payment they have been able to subsidise going back to work and now in many instances they will be penalised. Those on this side of the House and certain Government backbenchers have raised with the Minister of State and the...

Gender Recognition Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Mar 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: ...in the Bill, we will have missed an opportunity to be a leader in protecting human rights in this area. A person who seeks a legal document to assert his or her identity should not be required to go to a medical practitioner to justify his or her life and health. Gender recognition models across the European Union are moving away from medical practitioners and a requirement for...