Results 4,681-4,700 of 7,126 for speaker:Alan Farrell
- Sea-Fisheries (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (22 Sep 2021)
Alan Farrell: Deputy McGrath, take your seat this instant. I gave you a fair bit of latitude.
- Sea-Fisheries (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (22 Sep 2021)
Alan Farrell: You went way off what is acceptable during a Second Stage speech.
- Sea-Fisheries (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (22 Sep 2021)
Alan Farrell: Yes, you did, and you know it.
- Sea-Fisheries (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (22 Sep 2021)
Alan Farrell: I allowed you some latitude. Show some courtesy to another Member of the House who has the floor. Deputy Crowe, please continue.
- Sea-Fisheries (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (22 Sep 2021)
Alan Farrell: In accordance with Standing Order 80(2), the division is postponed until next week.
- Garda Siochana (Functions and Operational Areas) Bill 2021: Second Stage (22 Sep 2021)
Alan Farrell: Next is Deputy Martin Kenny, who I understand is sharing time with Deputies Munster and Quinlivan.
- Garda Siochana (Functions and Operational Areas) Bill 2021: Second Stage (22 Sep 2021)
Alan Farrell: I appreciate the opportunity to contribute on the Bill. I want first to congratulate the Minister, Deputy Harris, and his wife, Caoimhe, on the arrival of their son, Cillian Harris, who arrived a little earlier today. The House will, no doubt, join me in congratulating them. This Bill facilitates a new operational model for An Garda Síochána. Given its 2015 origin and the...
- Ombudsman for Children's Initiative on Eliminating Child Poverty and Child Homelessness: Statements (23 Sep 2021)
Alan Farrell: I take this opportunity to welcome Deputy Bacik to the House. I have not been in her presence in the Chamber because of the manner in which the Dáil has been meeting. She is welcome. I thank the Minister for his introductory remarks. They were thought-provoking and most welcome. As the former Chair of the Joint Committee on Children and Youth Affairs, I had the privilege of...
- Criminal Justice (Public Order) (Quadbikes and Scramblers) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (23 Sep 2021)
Alan Farrell: They are not.
- Criminal Justice (Public Order) (Quadbikes and Scramblers) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (23 Sep 2021)
Alan Farrell: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Ossian Smyth, for sharing his time. I welcome the opportunity to debate this Bill with the Members opposite. It is a good proposal and I know Deputy Ward has been on this issue for some years. It might come as a surprise to him to learn that in our 100 years of democracy, only about seven Private Members' Bills have been passed into law, to the best of...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Reopening of Schools, Cork Life Centre, School Bullying and the Impact on Mental Health: Discussion. (21 Sep 2021)
Alan Farrell: I appreciate that and I thank the Minister. I asked about additional supports for schools for the hot meals programme.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Reopening of Schools, Cork Life Centre, School Bullying and the Impact on Mental Health: Discussion. (21 Sep 2021)
Alan Farrell: That is absolutely understood and accepted. I am afraid my next remark also relates to another Department. It ties into the review and the expenditure announcement the Minister made in her opening statement. It relates to the general emotional and therapeutic supports the committee has recommended in its report to her, which she has acknowledged. One of the points made to me during my...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Reopening of Schools, Cork Life Centre, School Bullying and the Impact on Mental Health: Discussion. (21 Sep 2021)
Alan Farrell: I thank the Minister for that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Reopening of Schools, Cork Life Centre, School Bullying and the Impact on Mental Health: Discussion. (21 Sep 2021)
Alan Farrell: I thank the Minister, and I thank Deputy Jim O’Callaghan for his patience.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Reopening of Schools, Cork Life Centre, School Bullying and the Impact on Mental Health: Discussion. (21 Sep 2021)
Alan Farrell: She did, in fact, mention something in that regard. I call Senator O’Loughlin.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Reopening of Schools, Cork Life Centre, School Bullying and the Impact on Mental Health: Discussion. (21 Sep 2021)
Alan Farrell: I thank the Minister.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Reopening of Schools, Cork Life Centre, School Bullying and the Impact on Mental Health: Discussion. (21 Sep 2021)
Alan Farrell: I thank the Minister again. I call on Senator O'Reilly and thank her for joining us
- Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: EU Funding (23 Sep 2021)
Alan Farrell: 26. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the work on determining the disbursement of Ireland’s allocation of over €1 billion from the Brexit Adjustment Fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45438/21]
- Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Budget 2022 (23 Sep 2021)
Alan Farrell: 67. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the plans that are under way to prepare for the changing demographics that will see an increase in the median age of the population, which is currently 38 years, and a corresponding increase in age-related public expenditure as forecast in the Trends in Public Expenditure Review Paper produced by his Department during summer 2021; and...