Results 441-460 of 1,625 for speaker:Pat O'Neill
- Seanad: Alcohol Consumption: Statements (17 Oct 2012)
Pat O'Neill: I welcome the Minister of State at the Department of Health, Deputy Alex White.
- Seanad: Alcohol Consumption: Statements (17 Oct 2012)
Pat O'Neill: Some 16 Senators have indicated that they wish to speak. We have one hour and 15 minutes before the Minister of State will be asked to reply. We must be strict on time. The speaker is Senator van Turnhout. She has eight minutes.
- Seanad: Alcohol Consumption: Statements (17 Oct 2012)
Pat O'Neill: Well timed, with one second to spare. The next speaker is Senator Gilroy, who has eight minutes.
- Seanad: Junior Certificate Reform and the Literacy and Numeracy Strategy: Statements (23 Oct 2012)
Pat O'Neill: When is it proposed to sit again?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Management IT Systems: Discussion (23 Oct 2012)
Pat O'Neill: I thank both of our guests for their presentations. Many of the matters to which I wish to refer in the context of IT skills and so forth have been dealt with. As Senator Brian Ó Domhnaill noted, agriculture has suddenly become popular and sexy again. Huge numbers of young people are trying to gain entry to agricultural colleges and I understand there was a deficiency of approximately...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Management IT Systems: Discussion (23 Oct 2012)
Pat O'Neill: What is important for people with these difficulties is the supports they get after college. They have gone to college but what supports has Teagasc in place for those people?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Management IT Systems: Discussion (23 Oct 2012)
Pat O'Neill: I appreciate that and that is wonderful but Teagasc has not provided special training in this respect. There are special needs assistants in the education sector. None of the Teagasc instructors have received specific training on how to deal with people with these problems.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Management IT Systems: Discussion (23 Oct 2012)
Pat O'Neill: It is something Teagasc should consider. While funding is a problem at present, this issue is coming more to the fore. It is not a problem for young people coming into agricultural college because many people who had a difficulty would have been diagnosed. There are many farmers in their 40s, 50s and 60s who went through the education system and were told that they were no use and their...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Management IT Systems: Discussion (23 Oct 2012)
Pat O'Neill: I forgot to ask this question of Mr. Coughlan. Regarding all this data to be put into the system, whether from HerdPlus or through any other system, what protections are in place in terms of data protection in regard to these systems? Can anybody get into them and see what I am doing as an individual farmer? Is that information protected? In terms of data protection, how does it work in...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Management IT Systems: Discussion (23 Oct 2012)
Pat O'Neill: Nobody is allowed access other than through one's-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (24 Oct 2012)
Pat O'Neill: If the previous Government had not picked the wrong site, there would not be a problem.
- Seanad: Order of Business (24 Oct 2012)
Pat O'Neill: Who was Taoiseach at the time?
- Seanad: Order of Business (24 Oct 2012)
Pat O'Neill: I ask that a debate be arranged on the sentencing of prisoners. In this country we, as legislators, have a duty to the 99.99% of the population who are law-abiding, and we currently have a revolving door system in place in the prisons. People in this country, particularly those in rural areas, live in fear, as people who are out on bail can continue to commit offences. Moreover, people can...
- Seanad: National Dementia Strategy: Motion (24 Oct 2012)
Pat O'Neill: I welcome the Minister of State with responsibility for small business, Deputy John Perry, for the rest of the debate.
- Seanad: Message from Dáil (24 Oct 2012)
Pat O'Neill: Dáil Ãireann agreed on 23 October 2012 to the amendments made by Seanad Ãireann to the Ombudsman (Amendment) Bill 2008.
- Seanad: Social Protection: Statements (Resumed) (24 Oct 2012)
Pat O'Neill: I welcome the Minister. While the Department of Social Protection has a role in the protection of the most needy in our society, it also has a duty of care to people in employment because people feel there is inequality in regard to the benefits some claimants get under the social welfare system which they cannot access in employment. Many Members referred to children's allowance and the...
- Seanad: National Dementia Strategy: Motion (24 Oct 2012)
Pat O'Neill: I welcome the Minister of State with responsibility for small business, Deputy John Perry, for the rest of the debate.
- Seanad: Message from Dáil (24 Oct 2012)
Pat O'Neill: Dáil Ãireann agreed on 23 October 2012 to the amendments made by Seanad Ãireann to the Ombudsman (Amendment) Bill 2008.
- Seanad: Social Protection: Statements (Resumed) (24 Oct 2012)
Pat O'Neill: I welcome the Minister. While the Department of Social Protection has a role in the protection of the most needy in our society, it also has a duty of care to people in employment because people feel there is inequality in regard to the benefits some claimants get under the social welfare system which they cannot access in employment. Many Members referred to children's allowance and the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Public Expenditure Allocation 2013: Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Oct 2012)
Pat O'Neill: We should go through each subhead at the next meeting.