Results 21-40 of 124 for speaker:Naoise Ó Cearúil

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Primary Care Centres (6 Mar 2025)

Naoise Ó Cearúil: I welcome the news about the primary care centre in Leixlip. As the Minister mentioned, it will be a significant investment by the State and a significant primary care centre in Leixlip but bear in mind that the whole idea of primary care is accessibility, that older people, young families and mums with children can walk down to a primary care centre and receive care in the community. I ask...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Primary Care Centres (6 Mar 2025)

Naoise Ó Cearúil: The Minister has hit the nail on the head. There was a site where a health centre was to be changed into a health centre, which is ludicrous. There is a wider argument around planning, particularly how one arm of the State speaks to another. That is a wider question. I welcome that there will be a primary care centre in Leixlip. I will continue to work with the Minister to try to find an...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (6 Mar 2025)

Naoise Ó Cearúil: 172. To ask the Minister for Health the action she is taking to expand GP services in Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10051/25]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (19 Mar 2025)

Naoise Ó Cearúil: 7. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on climate action, environment and energy will next meet. [10807/25]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (19 Mar 2025)

Naoise Ó Cearúil: Given the recent devastation, which was widely reported and debated in the House, caused by Storm Éowyn, which resulted in widespread power outages and damage amounting to hundreds of millions of euros, the Climate Change Advisory Council has urged immediate action to prepare for future extreme weather events. It recommends establishing a national climate damage register to track the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (19 Mar 2025)

Naoise Ó Cearúil: Gabhaim buíochas, a Leas Cheann-Comhairle.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (19 Mar 2025)

Naoise Ó Cearúil: 11. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the EU leaders' informal retreat on 3 February 2025. [4389/25]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (19 Mar 2025)

Naoise Ó Cearúil: Could the Taoiseach provide a report on his attendance at the EU leaders' informal retreat on 3 February? This meeting focused on European defence, addressing critical topical issues such as enhancing defence capabilities and financing EU defence priorities. We have seen the need to improve our own defence capabilities in this country, and I look forward to hearing the Taoiseach's response.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Commemorative Events (19 Mar 2025)

Naoise Ó Cearúil: 23. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent attendance at the commemoration for the liberation of Auschwitz. [4391/25]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Commemorative Events (19 Mar 2025)

Naoise Ó Cearúil: During the commemoration, survivors expressed deep concern over the resurgence of antisemitism and the rise of radical ideologies worldwide. Leon Weintraub, a 99-year-old survivor, highlighted that such ideologies preach hostility and hatred towards others, defining racism, antisemitism and homophobia as virtues. In light of these alarming trends, how does the Government plan to strengthen...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Water Charges (20 Mar 2025)

Naoise Ó Cearúil: 13. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will rule out any return of water charges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12727/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Water Charges (20 Mar 2025)

Naoise Ó Cearúil: Ba mhaith liom gach rath a ghuí ar an Aire, an Teachta Browne agus an Aire Stáit, an Teachta O’Sullivan. I wish the Minister, Deputy Browne, and the Minister of State, Deputy O'Sullivan, well in their new briefs. In the programme for Government, there is no mention of water charges. However, there was an article in the Irish Independent last week and then a furore was...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Water Charges (20 Mar 2025)

Naoise Ó Cearúil: That is reassuring. The Opposition spokesperson on housing blew this up on social media, saying that the Government was trying to sneak this in by the back door. The Minister confirmed in the media - he has done so again now - that there is no attempt to reintroduce water charges. It is incredulous that there was an attempt to construe that there was going to be a return to water charges....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Water Charges (20 Mar 2025)

Naoise Ó Cearúil: There is a wider conversation to be had about excess water usage in society. By and large, households are responsible when it comes to use of water. It is great that the Government is committed to not reintroducing any type of water charges or introducing water charges for excess use.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Water Charges (20 Mar 2025)

Naoise Ó Cearúil: Do not shout at me, Deputy.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Water Charges (20 Mar 2025)

Naoise Ó Cearúil: Cathaoirleach, he is way over time.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (20 Mar 2025)

Naoise Ó Cearúil: 127. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on the progress of section 50 regulations required to open up and facilitate the transfer of a PSNI officer to the ranks of An Garda Síochána; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12512/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (20 Mar 2025)

Naoise Ó Cearúil: We have seen an exceptional Garda recruitment campaign recently in February. I commend the Minister and An Garda Síochána on this. However, there are ready-made police officers and there is a barrier to them becoming gardaí. Can the Minister provide an update on the progress of section 50 regulations required to open up and facilitate the transfer of a PSNI officer to the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (20 Mar 2025)

Naoise Ó Cearúil: While I appreciate that the Minister will be consulting with his counterparts in the UK, at a time when we have an acute shortage of gardaí and require additional officers, there are members of the PSNI who wish to become gardaí. They are living in the Republic and commuting to the North. They are ready-made police officers ready to act. There are many such members. One in...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (20 Mar 2025)

Naoise Ó Cearúil: I thank the Minister. I appreciate him looking into this matter in more detail. I will work with him outside the House in respect of the case to which I refer. The number involved is not huge. To my knowledge, it is in the teens. These are people who are working in the PSNI. They have spent a lifetime in policing and have a considerable amount of experience that could contribute a...