Results 181-200 of 276 for speaker:Naoise Ó Cearúil

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Humanitarian Aid (29 May 2025)

Naoise Ó Cearúil: 231. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on Israeli authorities temporarily allowing the UN to resume delivery of limited aid into Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27345/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Cybersecurity Policy (29 May 2025)

Naoise Ó Cearúil: 268. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide an update on the timeline for the National Cyber Security Bill; the Oireachtas Committee that will have responsibly for finishing pre-legislative scrutiny of the Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28540/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Climate Change Policy (29 May 2025)

Naoise Ó Cearúil: 492. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his Department's plans to support peatland restoration and enhance biodiversity through sustainable agricultural practices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28576/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Promotion (29 May 2025)

Naoise Ó Cearúil: 554. To ask the Minister for Health the measures being taken to increase awareness about the dangers of ticks which can lead to Lyme disease; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28582/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (29 May 2025)

Naoise Ó Cearúil: 555. To ask the Minister for Health the measures being taken to improve diagnostic pathways and treatment for those suffering with Lyme disease; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28583/25]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish-Speaking Community: Toghchán Leas-Chathaoirligh (10 Jun 2025)

Naoise Ó Cearúil: Go raibh maith agat, a Chathaoirligh, in ainneoin an vóta. Oibreoidh mé leat agus leis an gcoiste as seo amach. Táim ag súil le hobair an choiste seo. Bhí an oiread sin déanta ag Aengus Ó Snodaigh mar Chathaoirleach sa choiste deireanach agus ba mhaith liom aitheantas a thabhairt dó sin. Táim ag súil le bheith ag obair le hAengus agus leis...

Ceisteanna - Questions: European Council (10 Jun 2025)

Naoise Ó Cearúil: 7. To ask the Taoiseach to report on his attendance at the recent European Council. [27219/25]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Programmes (10 Jun 2025)

Naoise Ó Cearúil: 23. To ask the Taoiseach to report on the recent work of the Economic and Social Research Institute as part of the shared island initiative. [22483/25]

Housing: Statements (10 Jun 2025)

Naoise Ó Cearúil: I acknowledge the progress made this year to date. The CSO has announced 5,938 home completions happened in quarter 1 of 2025, which is the second highest first quarter since the series began in 2011, and that apartment completions in quarter 1 of 2025 were up 13.4% on quarter 1 of 2024. Many more apartments need to be built and I hope the announcements being made will increase the number...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Water Services (11 Jun 2025)

Naoise Ó Cearúil: I wish to raise a matter of urgent importance affecting communities across Kildare North, that is, the sustained and worsening failure in water infrastructure, particularly in Celbridge, Leixlip and Maynooth. For far too long, families in estates such as Primrose Hill, Temple Manor and The Grove in Celbridge have been forced to endure weekend after weekend of drastically reduced water...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Water Services (11 Jun 2025)

Naoise Ó Cearúil: I want to outline how the communications on burst water mains happens in Kildare. I will pick Maynooth as an example. I was a councillor there for close to 11 years before being elected to this House. I could get a call at 2 o'clock in the morning from a resident in a housing estate or from the local fire service telling me there is a burst water main. I then had to get on to Irish Water...

Proposed Approval of the Agreement Between the European Organization for Nuclear Research and Ireland: Motion (11 Jun 2025)

Naoise Ó Cearúil: I welcome Ireland's associate membership of CERN and, like others, I would encourage our moving towards full membership. I acknowledge the work done in this regard by the Minister, by Deputy Malcolm Byrne and by the previous Oireachtas. We really need to focus on the many positives coming out of this. The most important thing to bear in mind is that we get far more out of our associate...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence: Research Ireland (10 Jun 2025)

Naoise Ó Cearúil: I apologise for having been in and out. Another committee is meeting at the same time and I am Leas-Chathaoirleach of that committee so it makes it quite difficult. I appreciate the opening statement which I read through in detail prior to the meeting. For context, my background is in industry and I worked in AI prior to being elected to this House. I am also the Fianna Fáil party...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence: Research Ireland (10 Jun 2025)

Naoise Ó Cearúil: I might just come in there briefly. The CRTs are quite interesting. I appreciate it takes a long time to complete a PhD. Things change rapidly from day to day, for example, Google's Veo 3 and Apple's new iOS, which was launched today. Is there time or space for those CRTs to have some kind of rapid AI response fund for high-potential and high-speed innovation? While I appreciate that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence: Research Ireland (10 Jun 2025)

Naoise Ó Cearúil: I appreciate that. To move on to AI and research management, from reading it again, Taighde Éireann is promoting the use of AI in peer review, programme design and grant management. What safeguards are in place to ensure this does not entrench bias or create opacity in decisions about public research funding?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence: Research Ireland (10 Jun 2025)

Naoise Ó Cearúil: To that point, there would be algorithms. Who would audit any time of algorithm that would be proposed in research management?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence: Research Ireland (10 Jun 2025)

Naoise Ó Cearúil: Yes.