Results 501-520 of 587 for speaker:Naoise Ó Cearúil

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (14 Oct 2025)

Naoise Ó Cearúil: 4. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on the economy, trade and competitiveness will next meet. [46856/25]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (14 Oct 2025)

Naoise Ó Cearúil: I spent my summer months drafting my first Bill to establish a national AI office. I was delighted to see on 8 September the Minister, Deputy Peter Burke, announcing that this office will be established. Indeed, in the budget last week funding was allocated for this very office. Can the Cabinet committee consider naming this office an oifig náisiúnta um intleacht shaorga, or ONIS...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (14 Oct 2025)

Naoise Ó Cearúil: 16. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on EU and international affairs will next meet. [46857/25]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (14 Oct 2025)

Naoise Ó Cearúil: Like most of us, I welcome the peace deal between Palestine and Israel. I remain hopeful that we will see positive outcomes from the negotiations. I commend the Taoiseach, the Tánaiste, our MEPs and, indeed, our diplomatic corps who have worked tirelessly to share our mission and how we believe what was occurring in Palestine was genocide. I am shocked that I am the first person...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (14 Oct 2025)

Naoise Ó Cearúil: Brilliant.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Fishing Industry (14 Oct 2025)

Naoise Ó Cearúil: 97. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the planned financial supports for pelagic fishers and processors following the proposed 70% cut to mackerel quotas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54999/25]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish-Speaking Community: Earcaíocht sa tSeirbhís Phoiblí: Plé (14 Oct 2025)

Naoise Ó Cearúil: Anois déanfaimid ár mbreithniú ar ábhar na hearcaíochta sa tseirbhís phoiblí. Tógfaidh sé seo beagáinín am. Bíodh foighne agaibh liom, más é bhur dtoil é. Fearaim fáilte roimh na hionadaithe thar ceann an cheardchumainn Fórsa, Paul MacSweeney agus Aisling Cusack. Tá céad míle fáilte...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Grant Payments (16 Oct 2025)

Naoise Ó Cearúil: 13. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the method used to calculate commuting distance for the SUSI adjacency grant eligibility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56002/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Nitrates Usage (14 Oct 2025)

Naoise Ó Cearúil: 141. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps being taken by his Department to secure renewal of Ireland’s nitrates derogation; the contingency plans in place should it expire at the end of 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55000/25]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Integration of the Ladies Gaelic Football Association and the Camogie Association with the GAA: Gaelic Players Association (15 Oct 2025)

Naoise Ó Cearúil: I thank Mr. Parsons for coming in. We had reason to have discussions prior to the budget and there was some good news there. In regard to amalgamation, I appreciate the point that it is not a moment in time. As the Chair said, an important point is what the success metrics are over time. What, to the GPA, would suggest this is being successful? From the micro level, I know that in clubs...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Integration of the Ladies Gaelic Football Association and the Camogie Association with the GAA: Gaelic Players Association (15 Oct 2025)

Naoise Ó Cearúil: That is obviously across the game, not just in the ladies’ game.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Integration of the Ladies Gaelic Football Association and the Camogie Association with the GAA: Gaelic Players Association (15 Oct 2025)

Naoise Ó Cearúil: Would the GPA include an increase in the number of female players as well?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Integration of the Ladies Gaelic Football Association and the Camogie Association with the GAA: Gaelic Players Association (15 Oct 2025)

Naoise Ó Cearúil: That answers my question. I thank Dr. Lane.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence: Artificial Intelligence in the Public Sector: Discussion (14 Oct 2025)

Naoise Ó Cearúil: My apologies for being late. I had to chair another meeting and I was excited about being at this one. If I was using agentic, I would be organising to go to an Arsenal match rather than a Spurs match, but how and ever. In a previous life, I worked in the tech industry for quite a long period. The meetings with chief information officers and chief information security officers were always...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence: Artificial Intelligence in the Public Sector: Discussion (14 Oct 2025)

Naoise Ó Cearúil: Both the POC and knowledge management excite me. I am not sure what Mr. Lowry was touching on with agentic AI when replying to Deputy Geoghegan. If we take knowledge base on the HSE's website and Revenue's knowledge base as examples and look at the various Departments of State, and if there were a State LLM or even if the State were using Copilot in some way, perhaps people could go onto...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence: Artificial Intelligence in the Public Sector: Discussion (14 Oct 2025)

Naoise Ó Cearúil: That would be excellent. It is something the public see value for money in a lot of the time. Obviously, it depends on who perceives what as valuable, but a public-facing service would be very beneficial. I am conscious of the time. The Department of enterprise announced that the national AI office will be established, something I have been advocating for quite some time. Has the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence: Artificial Intelligence in the Public Sector: Discussion (14 Oct 2025)

Naoise Ó Cearúil: Has that Department discussed a regulatory sandbox as part of the national AI office with Mr. Lowry, and whether it or the Department of public expenditure will have responsibility for it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence: Artificial Intelligence in the Public Sector: Discussion (14 Oct 2025)

Naoise Ó Cearúil: That is brilliant. I thank Mr. Lowry.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (15 Oct 2025)

Naoise Ó Cearúil: 87. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the monthly passenger figures for major public transport services from January to September 2025, by month, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55800/25]