Results 141-160 of 6,465 for speaker:Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (24 Jun 2025)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 802. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nursing home beds the HSE held in private nursing homes in Cork, in each of the past five years, including 2025. [33929/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (24 Jun 2025)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 803. To ask the Minister for Health the number of publicly funded medical emergency nursing home beds the HSE held in private nursing homes in Cork, in each of the past five years, including 2025. [33930/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (24 Jun 2025)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 804. To ask the Minister for Health the number of publicly funded respite beds the HSE had in private nursing homes in Cork, in each of the past five years, including 2025. [33931/25]

Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025 : Discussion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2025)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: To clarify for our guests, the permanent members of the committee do not get a veto or anything like that. It is just priority in terms of who speaks first. First, to pick up on Dr. Burke’s point, last week, in the context of one of the members of the committee saying they had received some abuse online and so on for their pro-neutrality position, I said it was important that this...

Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025 : Discussion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2025)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I thank Mr. Power. I certainly agree with the latter point he made. It seems that if the Minister had brought forward legislation - and this Bill contains clarifications, which is important - that clarified instances where there have been difficulties, it would have been relatively uncontroversial. I think it would have got the support of the committee, maybe not unanimously but broadly...

Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025 : Discussion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2025)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I first want to put a position on the record. Statements have been made to the effect that the proposed legislation does not affect neutrality and that it is irrelevant to it. I do not think they are the same. It is Dr. Burke's position that in the final assessment, because of various safeguards that he believes exist institutionally and constitutionally, and international law and so on,...

Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025 : Discussion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2025)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: That is an important clarification point, and I understand it. Is it Dr. Burke's position that if he were drafting the general scheme, he would have left the 12-peacekeeper limit alone and kept all the other bits?

Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025 : Discussion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2025)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: That might require parliamentary scrutiny.

Public Transport Experience: Motion [Private Members] (18 Jun 2025)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I thank the proposer of the motion. It is an important debate. Sinn Féin is ambitious for public transport, particularly in Cork. It is an area that has been the subject of a lot of attention recently. It has been a priority for us because we recognise that for Cork to be the fastest-growing city in the State, we cannot simply rely on more and more people getting into their cars. We...

Emergency Action on Housing and Homelessness: Motion [Private Members] (17 Jun 2025)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: One of the things that people cannot get their heads around regarding the housing crisis is how an issue can be top of the political agenda for so long but everything is still going in the wrong direction. How can it be the case that Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael have been in government for so long and the crisis has escalated and escalated? We are here discussing a set of emergency...

Ceisteanna - Questions: National Security (17 Jun 2025)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 22. To ask the Taoiseach for an update on the progress of the national security strategy. [31327/25]

Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: The Work of Dóchas: Discussion (17 Jun 2025)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Gabhaim buíochas leis an gCathaoirleach. I thank the witnesses for their attendance and the important work they do. I was with the Minister of State, Deputy Richmond, a week or two ago. It was very sobering. The phrase "triage of human suffering" really sticks with you. The invidious choices facing aid organisations around the world, including potentially those of the witnesses, are...

Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: The Work of Dóchas: Discussion (17 Jun 2025)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I will direct this to Mr. Clarken because he answered a few questions on it. I will take the opportunity to raise the situation in Gaza. On what is happening on the ground at present, I agree that the approach being taken by this new organisation, backed by the US Administration, is about control. It is a weaponising of it. To have a starving population, this situation on top of it and the...

Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: The Work of Dóchas: Discussion (17 Jun 2025)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I appreciate that, but in select ways.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (17 Jun 2025)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 180. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on the implications of reduced capacity at Casement Aerodrome (Baldonnel) in relation to the upcoming EU presidency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32170/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (17 Jun 2025)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 181. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence who will be on alert to assist with airborne cover if needed during the EU presidency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32171/25]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Community Development Projects (17 Jun 2025)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 997. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if there are plans for a fund for community centres for energy efficiency and insulation in 2025 or 2026. [32714/25]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Air Corps (12 Jun 2025)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 3. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to outline, further to recent Dáil debates, his views on past health and safety measures in the Air Corps, and potential engagements with interested groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31321/25]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Air Corps (12 Jun 2025)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: This question relates to issues relating to the safety measures, or lack thereof, that potentially existed in terms of Air Corps aircraft maintenance personnel over the course of recent decades. We spoke about two broad areas during our last discussion. One was the court-related issues. I flag that in response to the points the Minister made last time, several people have told me the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Air Corps (12 Jun 2025)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: On that point, while I understand there are restrictions on what the Minister can respond to me on, a former personnel member who was a part of aircraft maintenance said there was no current active engagement between the State Claims Agency and litigants despite what the Minister had claimed in the Dáil the previous week. The former personnel member stated that nobody from the State...