Results 5,581-5,600 of 6,044 for speaker:John O'Mahony
- Seanad: Childcare Support Bill 2017: Second Stage (18 Apr 2018)
John O'Mahony: When is it proposed to take Committee Stage?
- Seanad: Northern Ireland and 20th Anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement: Statements (18 Apr 2018)
John O'Mahony: I ask the Senator to conclude if she wishes to share her time.
- Seanad: Order of Business (24 Apr 2018)
John O'Mahony: I congratulate Leinster on qualifying for the European Rugby Champions Cup Final and commiserate with Munster. The cost of flights to Bilbao on the weekend of the final is €800.
- Seanad: Order of Business (24 Apr 2018)
John O'Mahony: It is disappointing that our national carrier is charging those prices. I fully understand demand and supply but two nights' accommodation in Bilbao is approximately €1,200 that weekend and the following weekend flights and two nights' accommodation will cost €290. That illustrates how people are being exploited. Aer Lingus is the only Irish carrier flying directly into...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Proposed MetroLink: Discussion (25 Apr 2018)
John O'Mahony: I thank the witnesses from the State agencies and, in particular, the community groups, the sporting clubs and the schools for presenting. We have heard about the problems associated with the preferred route but I would hate to hear about the problems associated with the less preferred route. I would defer to the local public representatives who are directly affected but as somebody who has...
- Seanad: Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Statements (1 May 2018)
John O'Mahony: I thank the Minister. This debate, I am told, must finish by 6.15 p.m., and the group spokespersons have eight minutes each, so we will keep strictly to the time to fit in as many contributions as we can. I call Senator Mark Daly.
- Seanad: Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Statements (1 May 2018)
John O'Mahony: It is now the turn of the Independent group. As Acting Chairman, I welcome Senator Ian Marshall. He spoke a couple of hours ago when he took his seat but now he is going to make history for the second time by making his maiden speech on the substantive debate on Brexit.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Joint Committee (Resumed) (16 May 2018)
John O'Mahony: I support Deputy Murphy's suggestion. It comes at a very good time, given recent events, and I think many of the organisations have woken up to the need to do something about this.
- Seanad: Situation in Palestine: Statements (23 May 2018)
John O'Mahony: Senator Bacik is next and she has six minutes.
- Seanad: Rural Development: Statements (23 May 2018)
John O'Mahony: I welcome the Minister to Seanad Éireann and as I said previously, I particularly welcome the fact that there is now a dedicated Minister for Rural and Community Development in Government, in recognition of the need to bridge the gap between the overcrowded eastern seaboard and the regions. If that problem did not exist, we would not need a separate Minister. Deputy Ring is well suited...
- Seanad: Rural Development: Statements (23 May 2018)
John O'Mahony: Senator Mac Lochlainn referred to TEN-T funding. The impression is given that when the west was not included in that programme, investment stopped in the west. The biggest road project in Europe last year was the Gort to Tuam motorway. I led a study group to maximise the potential of Ireland West Airport Knock and it grew from 250,000 passengers to 750,000 passengers with the help of the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rural Bus Services: Discussion (30 May 2018)
John O'Mahony: I thank the Minister for his presentation. He has mentioned that the office for Sligo-Leitrim-Roscommon has applied. Did the other offices, and the one in Mayo in particular, indicate that they were applying?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rural Bus Services: Discussion (30 May 2018)
John O'Mahony: Mayo, Clare and Limerick would be the ones in which I am interested.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rural Bus Services: Discussion (30 May 2018)
John O'Mahony: There does not seem to be any excuse in the sense that they have been contacted again and so on-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rural Bus Services: Discussion (30 May 2018)
John O'Mahony: I thank the Minister. I have no further questions.
- Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (13 Jun 2018)
John O'Mahony: Let me clarify a situation in respect of the vacant sites levy. There are different requirements in rural and urban Ireland. In my town of Ballaghaderreen people are receiving letters about vacant sites for which planning permission was never sought. They were used as farmland. When I inquired, I found that there were 352 vacant houses in Ballaghaderreen. Why is there a levy on land that...
- Seanad: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Second Stage (13 Jun 2018)
John O'Mahony: I welcome the Minister.
- Seanad: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Second Stage (13 Jun 2018)
John O'Mahony: The Minister is not required to circulate one.
- Seanad: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Second Stage (13 Jun 2018)
John O'Mahony: He can agree to have it done.
- Seanad: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Second Stage (13 Jun 2018)
John O'Mahony: The Minister can proceed.