Results 541-560 of 798 for speaker:Cathal Berry

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Jun 2023)

Cathal Berry: I wish to raise a very important issue with the Minister, which is the inability of our Defence Forces to recognise the bravery of their troops due to overly restrictive regulations placed on them. I wish, if I may, to use the tragic case of Private Billy Kedian as an example of this. Billy was a very young Irish soldier who was killed in action 24 years ago in south Lebanon. I welcome a...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Jun 2023)

Cathal Berry: I thank the Minister for that encouraging response. The country could do with a few heroes these days. The great irony is that we already have them, we just have not found a way to recognise and acknowledge them. We have done so in the sporting and business worlds, but not in the military world. I look forward to engaging with the Tánaiste on this issue because it is long past time...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (15 Jun 2023)

Cathal Berry: Go raibh maith agat. I have another budgetary question. Yesterday, there was an excellent discussion here in the Chamber on rural Ireland. The major takeaway for me was that some of the schemes are working well. We have the town and village renewal scheme and the rural regeneration and development fund, RRDF, initiative. The major problem with these schemes is that they are not...

Home Care and Support Services: Motion [Private Members] (21 Jun 2023)

Cathal Berry: I am very grateful to be in the Chamber this morning to speak on this very important motion and I acknowledge Deputy Noel Grealish and Maria in his constituency office and her team who did all the heavy lifting to put this together. To start, I want to double on what the Minister of State said about demographics. People talk about this demographic bulge as though it is a time bomb. I...

Opt-in under Protocol No. 21: Motions (21 Jun 2023)

Cathal Berry: I am very grateful for the opportunity to contribute briefly to this debate on the opt-in by Ireland to the three EU proposals. It sounds like a bit of housekeeping to deal with technical issues, but in this Chamber we should forensically scrutinise any proposal that comes from Brussels. As the Minister of State and Deputy Pa Daly are aware, there is a reputation at least that the legal...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (20 Jun 2023)

Cathal Berry: 82. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reason no Air Corps apprentices have been inducted this year; when this induction is going to take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29271/23]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (20 Jun 2023)

Cathal Berry: 93. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the date by which he expects primary radar coverage of Irish airspace to be operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29272/23]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (20 Jun 2023)

Cathal Berry: 106. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will outline, in tabular form, the numbers of RDF recruited and discharged from both the Army Reserve and the Naval Reserve, since 1 January 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29273/23]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (20 Jun 2023)

Cathal Berry: 110. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence how many of the currently unoccupied married quarters/family homes in the Defence Estate he expects to have refurbished and reoccupied by the end of 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29270/23]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (20 Jun 2023)

Cathal Berry: 113. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reason the military medicine scheme for military medical officers has been so poorly resourced that the scheme appears to no longer be viable; if he will engage with the representative associations on improved terms and conditions for improved direct-entry medical officers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29274/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (29 Jun 2023)

Cathal Berry: 346. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide the breakdown of firearm types (details supplied) seized by An Garda Síochána from 2013 to 2022, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31833/23]

Proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of Ireland's participation in four European Defence Agency Projects: Motion (6 Jul 2023)

Cathal Berry: I am actually on my own. I very much welcome the proposal before us today, which proposes that Ireland opt into an additional four European Defence Agency projects. Three have to do with procurement and one has to do with cybersecurity. They make perfect sense. I will address the procurement projects first. The first has to do with soldiers' equipment. This refers to personal...

European Union Directive: Motion (6 Jul 2023)

Cathal Berry: I very much welcome the opportunity to make some brief comments on this EU anti-corruption directive. I welcome it. Ireland has had its brushes with corruption in the past, which have held us back decades. To be fair, I think things are improving but we cannot let down our guard in the light of recent events. I would like to focus on prevention in particular. Prevention and deterrents...

Report on Section 481 - Film Tax Credit: Motion (6 Jul 2023)

Cathal Berry: I ask the Deputy to be somewhat circumspect in respect of individuals-----

Report on Section 481 - Film Tax Credit: Motion (6 Jul 2023)

Cathal Berry: In fairness to the gentleman concerned, he is not here to defend himself. I do not think-----

Report on Section 481 - Film Tax Credit: Motion (6 Jul 2023)

Cathal Berry: If the Deputy has an issue with some of this-----

Report on Section 481 - Film Tax Credit: Motion (6 Jul 2023)

Cathal Berry: In your opinion.

Report on Section 481 - Film Tax Credit: Motion (6 Jul 2023)

Cathal Berry: The last word goes to Deputy Boyd Barrett.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Engagement with the Reserve Defence Force Representative Association (11 Jul 2023)

Cathal Berry: It is being strung along.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Engagement with the Reserve Defence Force Representative Association (11 Jul 2023)

Cathal Berry: I am sure the witnesses recognise that they are behind friendly lines. Everyone on the committee is totally motivated to try to make things as good as we practically can. I thank Mr. Richardson for his opening statement. It was very stark, as the Chair said. It was candid and very hard-hitting. Not only do I agree with everything in it; I fully endorse it. It is entirely my precise...