Results 421-440 of 739 for speaker:Conor McGuinness

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Middle East (20 May 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 206. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he recognises that Israeli officials, over the course of the conflict and blockade, have made repeated public statements indicating an intention to use starvation as a method of warfare against the civilian population of Gaza. [25669/25]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Middle East (20 May 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 207. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on whether the blockade of humanitarian aid into Gaza over the past 70 days constitutes the use of starvation as a weapon of war and a violation of international humanitarian law. [25671/25]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Middle East (20 May 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 208. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether he supports the establishment of a United Nations-mandated force to ensure the safe delivery and distribution of humanitarian aid to the civilian population in Gaza. [25672/25]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Middle East (20 May 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 209. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether the Government will consider bringing forward, or supporting, a motion at the United Nations General Assembly, on foot of the Uniting for Peace mechanism, to authorise the deployment of a UN humanitarian protection force to Gaza, given the Security Council's ongoing failure to act. [25673/25]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Middle East (20 May 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 210. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if, given Ireland's historical experience of famine as a tool of genocide and its weaponisation against a civilian population, and the enduring intergenerational impacts of that trauma, the Government will propose the codification of famine as a distinct crime under international law and seek to advance that objective within the United...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Rockall Island Ownership (20 May 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 211. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the Government's position on Rockall and surrounding waters; his approach to Britain's claim of sovereignty and to 22km territorial waters off the islet; and the steps he is taking to assert Irish interests in this part of the North Atlantic. [25675/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (20 May 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 402. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps her Department will take to ensure that a child (details supplied) can access a suitable educational setting for the remainder of the 2024/2025 academic year, as well as for the upcoming 2025/26 academic year. [25128/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (20 May 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 780. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a much-needed urology appointment at Cork University Hospital. [25149/25]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services (21 May 2025)

Conor McGuinness: The Minister of State will agree it is unacceptable that Waterford is the only city, and the south-east region is the only part of the State, that does not have a Jigsaw youth mental health service. These services are not only physically based in premises but also offer outreach services. People I am dealing with right across Waterford city and county and also those in parts of south...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services (21 May 2025)

Conor McGuinness: I agree that young people in particular are under huge stresses in this day and age. There is of course a need to constantly improve our acute mental health services, particularly for young people - children and adolescents. As I said, there is a need for early intervention and that wellness piece. There are great organisations working on the ground across Waterford and I met Pride of the...

Gaza: Statements (21 May 2025)

Conor McGuinness: What we are witnessing in Gaza is not just a failure of diplomacy but also a moral collapse of the international order. The bombardment, forced starvation and displacement of Palestinians are not abstract tragedies; they are livestreamed horrors etched into our collective conscience. Ireland, with its history of colonial oppression and enforced starvation, cannot look away as mams and dads...

Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Election of Leas-Chathaoirleach (20 May 2025)

Conor McGuinness: It is a good question. The period is four minutes. If there is a quorum here after four minutes, we will proceed with the vote. If there is not, we will wait a further eight minutes and then lock the doors and proceed to the vote. Every day is a learning day.

Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Election of Leas-Chathaoirleach (20 May 2025)

Conor McGuinness: I declare Deputy Pat the Cope Gallagher elected as Leas-Chathaoirleach. Déanaim mo chomhghairdeas leis. Táim ag súil go mór le hobair ina theannta ar an gcoiste amach anseo agus é mar Leas-Chathaoirleach. Táim cinnte go mbeidh sé mar chrann taca láidir dom agus go mbeidh a chuid taithí san earnáil seo an-tábhachtach agus go mbeidh...

Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Election of Leas-Chathaoirleach (20 May 2025)

Conor McGuinness: I echo Deputy Gallagher's call for the Minister of State to be given full delegated responsibilities to equip him to advocate and work on behalf of the sector, and to complete his job. I also agree with his comments on the recently agreed Brexit deal between Britain and the European Union. That is something the committee will have to examine in the near future. I open the floor to any...

Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Election of Leas-Chathaoirleach (20 May 2025)

Conor McGuinness: We will go into private session at this point to deal with a couple of housekeeping matters.

Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Election of Leas-Chathaoirleach (20 May 2025)

Conor McGuinness: The first nominee is put to the meeting and is either agreed or not agreed. Any member is then at liberty to call a division on that. I would then go to the second nominee if that question was lost.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Provision (22 May 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 63. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the work he has undertaken to date to address the crisis impacting on rural communities where young families are unable to find a home in the area they were raised in; and if he has met the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to discuss the matter. [26532/25]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Provision (22 May 2025)

Conor McGuinness: Rural communities are in crisis. Young families who cannot find homes in their communities are being pushed into larger urban centres, which are already under pressure. Rural communities, ár gceantair Ghaeltachta san áireamh, are facing an existential threat. What specific steps are the Minister and his Department taking to support rural and coastal communities facing decline due...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Provision (22 May 2025)

Conor McGuinness: The Minister mentioned Our Rural Future. While I am glad to hear that the next iteration of the Government's rural development policy will look at housing, the previous one did not do so in any meaningful sense. In fact, it had more to say on rural broadband than on rural housing. I believe that is part of the fundamental problem. This Government and its predecessors have wasted years...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Provision (22 May 2025)

Conor McGuinness: I look forward to having those discussions with the Minister both at committee and in the Chamber and, indeed, offline because this is an issue that is not going away any time soon. Much time has been wasted over the last five to ten years when we should have been developing housing, but it is never too late to start doing the right thing. It needs to be focused on keeping rural communities...