Results 601-620 of 1,132 for speaker:Garret Ahearn

Seanad: Recent Violence in Dublin City Centre: Motion (29 Nov 2023)

Garret Ahearn: As I was saying, the Minister showed in Clonmel how her intervention, working with the Garda, can change things. We have seen it from the Government response in Limerick before. We need the same response the Minister made in Clonmel and previous Governments made in Limerick, which is to show force. As she said on TV, these people need to be held accountable for their crimes and locked up.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Childcare Services (30 Nov 2023)

Garret Ahearn: I welcome the Minister of State to the Seanad. I am always delighted when she comes in to respond to commencement matters. She dealt with two of my issues previously and both have been solved. I have said this to the Minister of State privately but I want to put it on the record of the House today. I raised the case previously of a woman who is an amputee but who did not have a medical...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Childcare Services (30 Nov 2023)

Garret Ahearn: Absolutely, the Minister of State has, and that is exactly it. It is about public consultation, bringing it in on a phased basis and making sure that we reassure people working in that sector that they are being recognised. In the Minister of State's contribution, she said that the settings and the particular type of childcare they provide will be taken into account, and it will be...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Dec 2023)

Garret Ahearn: There was a welcome auction on Friday and on Monday of about €500,000 worth of goods that have been seized by the Criminal Assets Bureau, CAB. Rolex watches, Louis Vuitton bags and other assets were seized from some of the highest criminals in the country. CAB is an organisation set up by Fine Gael to attack criminal organisations and such people as the former Sinn Féin...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: School Facilities (7 Dec 2023)

Garret Ahearn: I welcome the Minister of State to the Chamber. I thank him for taking this important Commencement matter I have tabled. It relates to St. Anne's Secondary School in Tipperary town. I have two questions for the Minister of State. One relates to an application for additional space, essentially for an extension or new building for the students and the school. It is important. They have a...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: School Facilities (7 Dec 2023)

Garret Ahearn: I thank the Minister of State for his response, much of which related to the capital funding for developments. That is important in the long term. In regard to his response on school meals, he said the Department is going to liaise with the school with respect to its application. I thank him for that. The principal himself is willing to meet with either the Minister for Education or the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Dec 2023)

Garret Ahearn: I facilitated a really important meeting with the Minister, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, and representatives from 120 businesses in Clonmel recently. The chairperson was Mr. William Burke, and Mr. Richie Gleeson, Ms Aisling Kilroy and Ms Nuala Hickey came to meet the Minister. The meeting was about Irish Water and water services in Clonmel. It is a huge issue for businesses. Essentially there...

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)

Garret Ahearn: On a point of order, I thought the Leader said in her contribution a few minutes ago that she was going to go to the Chief Whip to get an answer to Senator Kyne's question about sitting later. It seems that almost everyone present wants to sit later. Every point of order that has been raised can be clarified and answered by the Chief Whip or by the Leader. One of the reasons we were given...

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)

Garret Ahearn: -----and is willing to sit late.

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)

Garret Ahearn: Could we just get an answer?

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)

Garret Ahearn: Even though almost everyone wants to sit later because this is really important, we cannot do it because one person does not want to.

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)

Garret Ahearn: Does the Cathaoirleach not want to know who the Acting Leader is?

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)

Garret Ahearn: I am honestly asking. The Cathaoirleach says it is a matter for the Leader. Surely, he will want to know.

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)

Garret Ahearn: The Cathaoirleach is going to have to go to the Acting Leader to propose a suspension or to propose to move on.

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)

Garret Ahearn: Surely, the Cathaoirleach will want to know who the Acting Leader is?

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Dec 2023)

Garret Ahearn: I join in everyone else in wishing all the staff here, including Martin, Bridget, a very happy Christmas. I also wish the Cathaoirleach a happy Christmas. It is almost a year since he started his role. I thank him for his courtesy and the way he treats us here. I am laughing after yesterday's intervention, but on reflection, I think he managed it very well. I also wish Tom Hickey well in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Shoplifting: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)

Garret Ahearn: I thank the witnesses for their contributions. I thought that the most interesting thing was what Mr. Jennings said a few minutes ago about how the development of an individual can start at shoplifting and can go on, through years of being let off with it, to a much more serious crime event. In this building we sometimes hear from individuals - particularly in the Seanad - who would talk...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Shoplifting: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)

Garret Ahearn: These people are saying they are from their community and understand it, or they may be from a minority group. People should not be let off simply because of their background or where they grew up, family circumstances or anything like that. A crime is a crime.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Shoplifting: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)

Garret Ahearn: Exactly. And they are the ones being victimised.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Shoplifting: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)

Garret Ahearn: Mr. Dunne was talking about his shops in different areas and challenges he faces. I was talking to one of his managers in a shop in Tipperary. where I am from. One of Mr. Dunne's shops in Tipperary has been robbed three times since this meeting started.