Results 6,101-6,120 of 7,126 for speaker:Alan Farrell

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Mortgage Resolution Processes (22 Jun 2023)

Alan Farrell: I ask Deputy Doherty to stick to the time allotted, please.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (22 Jun 2023)

Alan Farrell: 78. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on the implementation of BusConnects for Swords, County Dublin, and Malahide, County Dublin, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30190/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Credit Unions (22 Jun 2023)

Alan Farrell: 121. To ask the Minister for Finance for an update on credit union SME lending in the State; the plans he has to assist credit unions in reaching an increased number of SMEs with their lending offering; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30171/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (22 Jun 2023)

Alan Farrell: 143. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide the details of the flat-rate expense allowances for the building industry allowed by Revenue, to include an itemised list for all the sub trades of this sector; the way in which apprentices are treated for flat-rate expenses in the building industry; if he will rebalance any variances upwards for all those workers operating in the...

Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 and Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motions (27 Jun 2023)

Alan Farrell: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to this debate. I echo some of Deputy McAuliffe's remarks, particularly earlier, when he referred to the potential response that the State, that the citizenry of the State, might have made a number of decades ago had referendums been put to them as regards the manner in which courts may have dealt with criminality, particularly in the 1970s and 1980s....

Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 and Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motions (27 Jun 2023)

Alan Farrell: For years the Special Criminal Court has been at the forefront of bringing to justice leading criminals within Ireland, and that includes names like John Gilligan, Slab Murphy, Lisa Smith and, of course, Jonathan Dowdall, to name just some. Despite the success of the Special Criminal Court in securing justice for victims of organised crime and terror in Ireland, it is rather shameful that...

Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 and Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motions (27 Jun 2023)

Alan Farrell: -----Sinn Féin must now of course be realising that the public sees through their position on this court. Why else would they have switched their approach in recent years to abstaining from the vote? I believe they did so because they felt shame in the position, which was indefensible. In recent weeks they have engaged in a hypocritical campaign that is designed purely to mislead the...

Energy (Windfall Gains in the Energy Sector) (Temporary Solidarity Contribution) Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Jun 2023)

Alan Farrell: I commend the Minister of State and his Department on bringing forward the Bill and the work that is ongoing with this and associated Bills, which I understand will be published this summer. Like others, I lament the fact it has taken some time for this Bill to reach the House, but I know the committee had a small hand in that today. I, like other Members of this House, am acutely aware...

Energy (Windfall Gains in the Energy Sector) (Temporary Solidarity Contribution) Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Jun 2023)

Alan Farrell: One of the biggest constraints we have in this country is the left's obsession with trying to label people who are not on the left with them. They throw in various comments to suggest that we do not know what we are doing. A real anti-European was expressed too in the time that I have been sitting in this Chamber. It was covert but fairly obvious. We need to challenge those remarks. If...

Energy (Windfall Gains in the Energy Sector) (Temporary Solidarity Contribution) Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Jun 2023)

Alan Farrell: Health outcomes have increased. Educational output and prowess and our foreign affairs prowess in the world have increased. We now have a life expectancy that is one of the highest in Europe. All of these things are down to collective agreements that we have made and the Irish people have voted on. For those opposite to claim there is some conspiracy to put down the small people is...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Trade Relations (29 Jun 2023)

Alan Farrell: 56. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to detail what efforts are being made by his Department to enhance trade links with Asia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31674/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (29 Jun 2023)

Alan Farrell: 130. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on a school building project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31672/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (29 Jun 2023)

Alan Farrell: 148. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the implementation of the expanded summer programme for children with complex educational needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31673/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Legal Protections and Sanctions: Discussion (4 Jul 2023)

Alan Farrell: I thank the witnesses for the fairly comprehensive discussions this morning and afternoon. I have been tuned into proceedings since they started; I was just not physically present. I have found this discussion to be very useful. Perhaps to a certain extent, for me at least, it draws a line under the legal question being pondered by the committee as to whether we can legislate. This is...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Pharmacy Services (4 Jul 2023)

Alan Farrell: 577. To ask the Minister for Health what the outcome of the recent meeting between his Department officials and an organisation (details supplied) was; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32158/23]

Nature Restoration Law: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (5 Jul 2023)

Alan Farrell: Come on, Mattie.

Progress on the National Parks and Wildlife Service: Statements (6 Jul 2023)

Alan Farrell: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to this debate. I commend the Minister of State and the Department on the work that is being done to strengthen our national parks and wildlife. There is an awful lot to be done. I believe that this Government has taken notable strides in increasing funding for the National Parks and Wildlife Service and building a framework that will ensure...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Defamation (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (4 Jul 2023)

Alan Farrell: I thank our witnesses for coming in. It has been an interesting conversation although a good deal of what I had wanted to cover has been well covered at this stage. On the discussion of alternatives by Deputy Daly, for instance, and the PIAB idea, which is certainly worth exploring, the Bill proposes alternative dispute resolution. Perhaps some of the witnesses might want to make some...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Defamation (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (4 Jul 2023)

Alan Farrell: I am sure there are a lot of us.