Results 2,001-2,020 of 23,950 for speaker:Charlie McConalogue
- Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (22 May 2013)
Charlie McConalogue: Amendments Nos. 1, 8 to 12, inclusive, and 17 are related and will be discussed together.
- Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (22 May 2013)
Charlie McConalogue: The only person who can comment, as the Deputy well knows, is the Minister who is in possession.
- Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (22 May 2013)
Charlie McConalogue: I have heard the Deputy's point of order and the matter has been resolved.
- Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (22 May 2013)
Charlie McConalogue: As amendments Nos. 2 and 3 are related, they may be discussed together.
- Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (22 May 2013)
Charlie McConalogue: Amendments Nos. 6 and 7 are related and may be discussed together.
- Topical Issue Matters (22 May 2013)
Charlie McConalogue: I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 27A and the name of the Member in each case: (1) Deputies Joe McHugh and Martin Ferris and Denis Naughten - the need to implement a strategy to anticipate fodder shortages in winter 2013/2014; (2) Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly - the need to address the water shortages affecting...
- Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Croke Park Agreement Review (22 May 2013)
Charlie McConalogue: 121. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there is any group representing retired public servants at the ongoing Croke Park 2 negotiations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24503/13]
- Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Sale of State Assets (22 May 2013)
Charlie McConalogue: 174. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans regarding any potential sale of Bord Gáis Energy; if he will be able to keep the company within State ownership; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24589/13]
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Health Affairs: Discussion with Minister for Health and HSE (23 May 2013)
Charlie McConalogue: I seek a response to a previously submitted question, Question No. 25, part one, on Carndonagh Community Hospital in Donegal, from the Minister for Health and the deputy CEO of the HSE. When the question was submitted over three weeks ago, four beds in Carndonagh Community Hospital had been closed, we were told, on a temporary basis by the HSE. Since then, those four beds have not reopened....
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Health Affairs: Discussion with Minister for Health and HSE (23 May 2013)
Charlie McConalogue: I thank the Chairman.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Health Affairs: Discussion with Minister for Health and HSE (23 May 2013)
Charlie McConalogue: There is a recruitment embargo.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Health Affairs: Discussion with Minister for Health and HSE (23 May 2013)
Charlie McConalogue: It was there last week.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Health Affairs: Discussion with Minister for Health and HSE (23 May 2013)
Charlie McConalogue: I thank Mr. O'Brien for his response and saying that the HSE is examining staff issues both in Carndonagh and Dungloe hospitals. The core of the issue is the recruitment embargo. We need to address the impact that is having in those hospitals. It is very disappointing to see-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Health Affairs: Discussion with Minister for Health and HSE (23 May 2013)
Charlie McConalogue: No. Please, Chairman.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Health Affairs: Discussion with Minister for Health and HSE (23 May 2013)
Charlie McConalogue: It is disappointing to state a fact and make it political, rather than dealing with what is a genuine issue.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Health Affairs: Discussion with Minister for Health and HSE (23 May 2013)
Charlie McConalogue: I am sorry to see that the Minister took that approach today.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Student Grant Scheme Reform (28 May 2013)
Charlie McConalogue: 42. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the Student Universal Support Ireland review report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25859/13]
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Student Grant Scheme Reform (28 May 2013)
Charlie McConalogue: I thank the Minister for his reply and welcome the publication of the report on SUSI. The fact that over half of students were not paid their grant until after Christmas last year was totally unacceptable. It led to some students having to drop out of college and exceptional financial duress on families which had to support students in college while they were waiting for a grant to come...
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Student Grant Scheme Reform (28 May 2013)
Charlie McConalogue: The process failed on two counts. The first was a failure to deliver grants to students more quickly, as the Minister admits, and the second was a failure to make the process more efficient in its first year. I ask the Minister to give an assurance to students that we will not see a repeat of this next year. We need to learn the lessons of what went wrong in this regard, as it is not the...
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (28 May 2013)
Charlie McConalogue: 45. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to implement in full the recommendations of the recent National Council for Special Education Policy Advice Paper on Supporting Students with Special Educational Needs in Schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25860/13]