Results 1-17 of 17 for revert speaker:Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: From the Seanad (28 Jun 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ...detailed representations from a number of respected non-partisan experts and GDPR-related organisations throughout Europe. We ask the Minister of State to heed the warning, withdraw the amendments and revert with a different proposal that can be properly debated. I do not invoke the notion of a threat to free speech lightly but I ask the Minister of State what the source of this...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh – Priority Questions: Special Educational Needs (24 Nov 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ...and I understand from the INTO statement the process was paused. Given that the process has been paused, what status does the pause now have? Will the idea be abandoned, changed in some way or reverted to?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Energy Prices (15 Sep 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ...do that at least but I hope the Department may be in a position to prepare for that worst-case scenario because it is going to need to have some plans in place that, hopefully, it will not have to revert to. If we have a situation where businesses go under and unemployment increasing, that is a winter that none of us really want to face into. As I have said, many of these businesses have...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Third Level Fees (19 May 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ...in terms of the reduction of the contribution charge etc. is it his vision that the cost would be zero? Is it the vision of his new Department or the Government, that in future years we would revert to where we were in the 1990s, that is, of having a zero euro sign beside the expectations of what families will contribute?

Working from Home (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (18 Nov 2020)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ...a post-Covid Ireland, that is where the attention of the Government needs to turn in terms of how we will reconstruct our society and economy once the pandemic has subsided. Are we just going to revert back to where we were? One of the tragedies of the last crisis was that we just went back to where we were, which was certainly the case with the housing market. I plead with Government...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: State Examinations (14 Oct 2020)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ...does not apply, the senior end of a primary DEIS school will have the same staffing schedule as a mainstream school. I acknowledge it is beyond the scope of this question but perhaps the Minister could revert to me on whether the reduction in the pupil–teacher ratio will be passed on to DEIS schools, which have a separate staffing schedule. If not, there will be absolute...

Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (7 Jul 2020)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ..., over a short period a huge amount of property became much more affordable to people of a certain income stream if they were still in employment. These are the types of schemes we need to revert to. The State should be happy to get involved. I do not understand the reluctance of successive Governments to have the hand of the State hugely, if not solely, involved in the provision...

Covid-19 (Housing, Planning and Local Government): Statements (7 May 2020)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ...again. They would learn their lesson, they would change and everything would be better. Of course, it only took the next crisis for many financial institutions to see their opportunity and revert to type. It is no surprise to me and many other people that the same banking ethic or lack thereof, the amorality within the system, prevails. These institutions see an opportunity to screw...

Seanad: Gender Recognition (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (10 May 2017)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ...years waiting for his name to be formally recognised as Noah as opposed to the name he was given as a child. It is particularly difficult for him to go through the process of constantly having to revert to his given name. While we may achieve things in legislation that can make it easier for somebody to change their gender identity in a formal sense, we do not allow them the same ease of...

Seanad: International Protection Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (7 Dec 2015)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: In response to Senator Norris, the rights of the child are implicit and explicit throughout this Bill. As for amendment No. 31, I again revert to the entire point of this Bill, which is that someone who is seeking asylum in this country, be that an asylum seeker or someone seeking protection, will, as a result of this Bill, be in the system for six months. Therefore, all these reasonable...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Medical Card Eligibility (26 Nov 2015)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ...has not provided details of any individual case. Should the Senator wish to provide information concerning a specific applicant, the national medical card unit would be happy to undertake a review and revert directly. Eligibility under the medical card scheme for persons aged 16 to 25 years is assessed by reference to the HSE's medical card and GP visit card national assessment...

Seanad: Personal Insolvency (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage (16 Jul 2015)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ...debate regarding bankruptcy policy, including the role of bankruptcy in resolving indebtedness and the possibility of further reducing the bankruptcy period which is currently three years to one year with the hope the committee might be able to revert with its views before the summer recess. The committee sent its report to the Minister last week and she is currently considering its...

Seanad: Direct Provision: Statements (22 Jan 2015)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: .... Apparently in the 1950s we had 250,000 people in mental institutions. Ireland also has a history of mother and baby homes, Magdalen laundries and an industrial schools system, yet again we revert to incarcerating and storing people while they wait for their asylum applications to be processed. The current system was first brought in as a reaction to about 10,000 people a year...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Disability Support Services Provision (7 Oct 2014)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ...Society was one of a number of groups who took part in that meeting. The issues raised at that meeting are under consideration by the relevant Departments at present and I expect that they will revert to me with their observations shortly.

Topical Issue Debate: Direct Provision System (19 Jun 2014)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ...in the first place, deep and challenging questions will be asked about what we did at this time to resolve this situation. I will conclude by repeating my fundamental questions. Are we going to commit to reverting to the six-month understanding? Will we transfer the inspection regime to a more suitable agency, such as HIQA?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Managing Back to School Costs: Discussion (8 May 2013)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ...do what it has to do, there is a responsibility of leadership on patron bodies and individual boards of management that could drive down these costs. There must be a cultural shift. We should be reverting to the ideal of free education and it should not be culturally acceptable for some of these practices to be allowable within the school system.

Topical Issue Debate: Services for People with Disabilities (12 Mar 2013)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ...and impassioned defence of the services the children in question need. I take it at face value that he will communicate with the Minister of State, Deputy Kathleen Lynch, on this issue and revert to me in due course. We are agreed on the need for the children in question to access the services they require. We must also acknowledge, however, that there is significant disconnect between...