Results 4,521-4,540 of 5,845 for speaker:Fiona O'Loughlin
- Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary) (12 Dec 2019) Fiona O'Loughlin: It could have been done on the Friday before the Monday in late September.
- Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary) (12 Dec 2019) Fiona O'Loughlin: We played our part in that last week as well.
- Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary) (12 Dec 2019) Fiona O'Loughlin: We do not have much time for supplementary questions. I will accommodate Deputy McLoughlin but I remind everybody that we must vacate this room by 12 noon.
- Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary) (12 Dec 2019) Fiona O'Loughlin: We are here to discuss the Estimates.
- Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary) (12 Dec 2019) Fiona O'Loughlin: I am a very fair Chairman in terms of giving everybody an opportunity to speak and I am always fair to the Minister as well so I urge the Deputy not to criticise me.
- Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary) (12 Dec 2019) Fiona O'Loughlin: I asked the Deputy when he arrived whether he would like to speak and he replied "No".
- Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary) (12 Dec 2019) Fiona O'Loughlin: Let me be very clear. The Deputy had an opportunity to speak before I returned to the Minister but he said "No".
- Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary) (12 Dec 2019) Fiona O'Loughlin: And I let the Deputy speak at this stage.
- Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary) (12 Dec 2019) Fiona O'Loughlin: Please do not criticise me about that either.
- Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary) (12 Dec 2019) Fiona O'Loughlin: If the Deputy had been present at the start of this meeting, he would have heard me say that we are dealing with the Supplementary Estimates.
- Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary) (12 Dec 2019) Fiona O'Loughlin: The Deputy has had plenty of time to talk about Sligo.
- Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary) (12 Dec 2019) Fiona O'Loughlin: We need to out of this room by 12 o'clock. I want to give the Minister an opportunity to respond to the Deputy and then I will conclude the meeting.
- Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary) (12 Dec 2019) Fiona O'Loughlin: If we do not complete this meeting by 12 o'clock, we cannot have a vote and, therefore, cannot send a message to the Dáil. Certain procedures need to happen.
- Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary) (12 Dec 2019) Fiona O'Loughlin: I thank the Deputy. I ask the Minister to please respond to Deputy McLoughlin in just 30 seconds because we need to have a vote.
- Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary) (12 Dec 2019) Fiona O'Loughlin: I thank the Minister and his officials for assisting us in our consideration of the Supplementary Estimates. I also thank the members.
- Select Committee on Education and Skills: Message to Dáil (12 Dec 2019)
Fiona O'Loughlin: In accordance with Standing Order 90, the following message will be sent to the Dáil: The Select Committee on Education and Skills has completed its consideration of the Supplementary Estimate for the public services for the year ending 31 December 2018: Vote 26 - Education and Skills.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Properties (17 Dec 2019)
Fiona O'Loughlin: 54. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the funding being allocated for the upgrade of facilities for personnel in the Curragh Camp, County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53208/19]
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Properties (17 Dec 2019)
Fiona O'Loughlin: This question relates to the Curragh Camp, the heart of the Defence Forces, the standard of accommodation there for recruits and the investment that is needed to bring the camp to a standard suitable for the men and women who serve this country.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Properties (17 Dec 2019)
Fiona O'Loughlin: I begin by wishing a very happy Christmas to all the men and women serving this country as peacekeepers within or outside the State, as well as their families. I appreciate that it is a challenging time, particularly for those serving abroad and their families. Of course, there are many challenges throughout the year for the Defence Forces, particularly in regard to recruitment and...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Properties (17 Dec 2019)
Fiona O'Loughlin: I welcome that €3.5 million was spent on the Curragh Camp. It was spent wisely and well. However, that does not take away from the appalling conditions in which many of our men and women serve. As the centre of the Defence Forces, the Curragh Camp merits more investment. The situation is all the more galling given that the Department of Defence handed back €23 million last...