Results 4,381-4,400 of 5,860 for speaker:Fiona O'Loughlin

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Retention of Records Bill 2019: Discussion (26 Nov 2019)

Fiona O'Loughlin: I will allow Senator Gavan to come back in and then call Deputy Burton.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Retention of Records Bill 2019: Discussion (26 Nov 2019)

Fiona O'Loughlin: Do any of the survivors wish to respond to the Senator?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Retention of Records Bill 2019: Discussion (26 Nov 2019)

Fiona O'Loughlin: I am conscious that Leaders' Questions will begin soon. Will Ms Crowe respond very quickly to the point made by Senator Higgins about women being written out of history?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Retention of Records Bill 2019: Discussion (26 Nov 2019)

Fiona O'Loughlin: This has been a very powerful engagement and it was important for us to have the opportunity to engage with the witnesses. We listened to the expertise and particularly to the voices of the survivors. It is one thing getting and reading submissions; it is another hearing them in the witnesses' voices and having the opportunity to ask questions and to listen to them. It has been a very...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Retention of Records Bill 2019: Discussion (26 Nov 2019)

Fiona O'Loughlin: Absolutely.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Retention of Records Bill 2019: Discussion (26 Nov 2019)

Fiona O'Loughlin: No, I will not take any further contributions. I just want to say-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Retention of Records Bill 2019: Discussion (26 Nov 2019)

Fiona O'Loughlin: No. We are-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Retention of Records Bill 2019: Discussion (26 Nov 2019)

Fiona O'Loughlin: We are finished now.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Retention of Records Bill 2019: Discussion (26 Nov 2019)

Fiona O'Loughlin: I have asked all the witnesses' permission and they have said "Yes, that is fine", so, obviously, their statements will be published. Again, I thank the professionals before us, namely, Dr. Logue, Dr. O'Rourke, Dr. Buckley, Ms Crowe and Dr. Lodato, for giving their expertise. Most particularly, however, I thank the survivors, who should have the last word if any one of them wants to give...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Retention of Records Bill 2019: Discussion (26 Nov 2019)

Fiona O'Loughlin: You absolutely have our respect, I can assure you of that. In time, history will look on you as heroes, not as survivors, so the name will change.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Retention of Records Bill 2019: Discussion (26 Nov 2019)

Fiona O'Loughlin: We do not want you to go away.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Retention of Records Bill 2019: Discussion (26 Nov 2019)

Fiona O'Loughlin: As there is no other business, the committee will now go into private session.

Planning and Development (Amendment) (First-Time Buyers) Bill 2019: Second Stage [Private Members] (27 Nov 2019)

Fiona O'Loughlin: In the wise words of Maya Angelou, "The ache for home lives in all of us, the safe place where we can go as we are and not be questioned." Home ownership is the ultimate ambition of nearly every young working person. To think that home ownership rates have plummeted to the lowest ever level shows us in a really stark way how many people are locked out of the housing market. When we think...

Planning and Development (Amendment) (First-Time Buyers) Bill 2019: Second Stage [Private Members] (27 Nov 2019)

Fiona O'Loughlin: It is something that we all learned in school. It concludes: For a little house—a house of my own— Out of the wind's and the rain's way. That is all that we want for everybody.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fodder Crisis (27 Nov 2019)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 77. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether there is sufficient fodder available for winter 2019-20 in the event of a cold snap; if an analysis has been carried out on fodder stocks for same; if he will be making changes based on the 2018-19 fodder crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49009/19]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Reserve Strength (27 Nov 2019)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 87. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of additional recruits the Reserve Defence Forces has taken on to date in 2019 with regard to each service; the gender breakdown of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49332/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan Implementation (27 Nov 2019)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 229. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a hub (details supplied) will be prioritised to go live with high-speed broadband; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49327/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan Implementation (27 Nov 2019)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 230. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a hub (details supplied) will be prioritised to go live with high-speed broadband; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49328/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan Implementation (27 Nov 2019)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 231. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a hub (details supplied) will be prioritised to go live with high-speed broadband; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49329/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Data (27 Nov 2019)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 232. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the percentage of plastic waste recycled here; his plans to increase awareness regarding the amount recycled instead of general waste; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49330/19]