Results 1-18 of 18 for ukraine speaker:Fergus O'Dowd

Conflict in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory: Motion (23 Jan 2024)

Fergus O'Dowd: ...lack of mandate it appears to have to bring about that peace and to stop that hell. The paralysis that is very clear in the Security Council, when the United Nations is unable to act effectively in Ukraine and now in the Middle East, is a cause of grievous concern for the vast majority of people who speak to me. The world is now a much more dangerous place because of all these troubles...

Planning and Development Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 Dec 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: ...communication from a person in my constituency who has been working with a number of developers who have channelled significant investment into provision of the required accommodation for persons seeking international protection and also those from Ukraine fleeing the war. The developers have a lot of accommodation ready to be slept in tonight. It is already there. What is the problem?...

School Transport 2023-2024: Statements (3 Oct 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: ...we meet children and families in that situation, the Department makes a huge effort to resolve the problem and, in the vast majority of cases, it is able to do so. More than 5,400 children from Ukraine and now living in Ireland are availing of school transport. The situation is not all bad. There are a lot of good things happening. However, I will focus on where the issues are...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Policies (1 Dec 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: I was sickened to see, near North Wall, the term "Irish lives matter". Of course they do. Everybody's life matters, but people have been raped, murdered and slaughtered in Ukraine. People are saying there should be a cap on the number of them coming here. We had a cap on the number of Jewish refugees coming to Ireland during the Second World War. We stopped them from coming into the...

Ceisteanna Eile (Atógáil) - Other Questions (Resumed): Ukraine War (13 Oct 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: .... People have been shouted at and intimidated. They have been punished for coming to me. One of the complaints was that a service provider employee threatened that people would be sent back to Ukraine if they did not withdraw their complaints. This is totally unacceptable. We need an independent advocacy service so that Ukrainian women and children will be properly and appropriately...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: EU-UK Withdrawal Agreement: Discussion (22 Sep 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: .... In my constituency, I have had a complaint in recent weeks, regrettably and sadly, that they feel intimidated and bullied and they have been shouted at and threatened with deportation back to Ukraine. They have been treated very badly. I have been in contact with the Department. I have not got an appropriate answer from it yet as to who will deal with these issues and vindicate the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Architects of the Good Friday Agreement (Resumed): Mr. Jonathan Powell (30 Jun 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: ...officials in the State Department. We discussed the issues on the protocol, the American attitude to relationships between Britain and Ireland North and South, and the geopolitical issue with the Ukraine war. George Mitchell played a key role in getting us to the Good Friday Agreement. Would Mr. Powell have a view as to how important America's influence might be if it were to appoint an...

Accommodation Needs of Those Fleeing Ukraine: Statements (5 May 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: ...placements but it would make a lot of sense and I very much commend that. This is the 71st day of the war. Over 7.7 million people have been dispossessed and 5.7 million people have left Ukraine. This is the same as every man, woman and child in Ireland leaving Ireland to go to another country. This is what is happening in Ukraine. I very much welcome and support the work of...

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (6 Apr 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: ...President Zelenskyy this morning was a very moving experience. His words were thoughtful and reflective. The truths he told about the appalling things that are happening to his fellow citizens in Ukraine are shocking and horrifying. Worse is probably yet to come. Putin's soldiers are massacring civilians and razing cities to the ground just like the Nazis did in the Second World War....

Government Response to Situation in Ukraine: Statements (30 Mar 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: ...must be added to and they are supported right around the country - in our communities, in our political parties, in our schools and everywhere else. The impact of this appalling, evil war in the Ukraine is felt in every house and home in Ireland. On every television, on every Facebook page, on every TikTok channel, the reality that war is evil and the human tragedies are unfolding hourly...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Ukraine War (22 Mar 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: 707. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the needs of Irish medical and dental students in Ukraine (details supplied); if a support process can be put in place to accommodate these students who will be affected by the crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13979/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (10 Mar 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: What is the status of the excellent and very timely report of the Commission on the Defence Forces? This is a very important issue now given the invasion of Ukraine, the concerns worldwide about militarism and the lack of capacity in our own country to defend our shores.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (10 Mar 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: ...Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on the need to ensure the Defence Forces have the capability to patrol Irish territorial waters and airspace in particular in view of recent events in Ukraine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13192/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (8 Mar 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: 304. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will arrange for the appropriate official to contact a person (details supplied) in respect of urgent diabetes supplies required in the Ukraine crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13028/22]

Support for the Sovereignty and Territorial Integrity of Ukraine: Motion (1 Mar 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: ...about the Russian ambassador and the Oireachtas. I was appointed by the Ceann Comhairle as the convenor of the Irish-Russian parliamentary group. We had a discussion following the invasion of Ukraine at the weekend and the Ceann Comhairle decided, in conjunction with the Cathaoirleach of the Seanad, that the Irish-Russian parliament group would be dissolved yesterday. The Ceann...

Security Situation in Europe: Statements (23 Feb 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: I welcome the ambassador from Ukraine. The world is in a very difficult position and, clearly, we all have worries about war breaking out and families being destroyed and obliterated from the face of the earth. It is unacceptable to all of us. The Irish Government, the European Union, the United Kingdom and America are all speaking with one voice here - there must be an end to this...

Seanad: Renewable Energy: Motion (12 Mar 2014)

Fergus O'Dowd: ...State. It is important to recognise that our transition to renewable energy affords us the opportunity to use our abundant indigenous resources to meet our own energy needs, while also ensuring compliance with our legally binding EU targets. It creates a hedge against the volatility of fossil fuel prices and improves our security of supply. In view of the situation in Ukraine and the...

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage (5 Oct 2006)

Fergus O'Dowd: We will decide that one. Internationally, there is a wide spectrum of approaches in different countries. Canada, the Ukraine, Iran — believe it or not — and South Africa allow prisoners to vote but bar some categories of prisoners. For example, in Australia, prisoners with a sentence of over five years cannot vote. In China, prisoners on death row cannot vote. It extends to a blanket...