Results 161-178 of 178 for speaker:George Lawlor

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Funding Strategy for Traveller-Specific Accommodation: Discussion (19 Jun 2025)

George Lawlor: I ask Mr. O'Sullivan to hold that answer for the next round so we can keep a structure on the timing to give everyone a chance to get in. Those questions will be answered.

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Funding Strategy for Traveller-Specific Accommodation: Discussion (19 Jun 2025)

George Lawlor: Sorry, but this is not a back and forth. Through the Chair.

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Funding Strategy for Traveller-Specific Accommodation: Discussion (19 Jun 2025)

George Lawlor: We are tight on time for our second set of witnesses. I ask Deputy Ellis to be as brief as possible.

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Funding Strategy for Traveller-Specific Accommodation: Discussion (19 Jun 2025)

George Lawlor: We can certainly request that.

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Funding Strategy for Traveller-Specific Accommodation: Discussion (19 Jun 2025)

George Lawlor: Does the Senator wish to cc those questions to the entire committee? It would be a valuable exercise.

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Funding Strategy for Traveller-Specific Accommodation: Discussion (19 Jun 2025)

George Lawlor: That concludes the question and answer session. I thank our witnesses for their presence and co-operation. We will suspend briefly to allow our second group of witnesses from the County and City Management Association to take their seats.

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Funding Strategy for Traveller-Specific Accommodation: Discussion (19 Jun 2025)

George Lawlor: I thank the Senator. I thank Deputy Quinlivan for stepping into the Chair and call the Deputy.

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Funding Strategy for Traveller-Specific Accommodation: Discussion (19 Jun 2025)

George Lawlor: I believe a horse project would be a valuable addition, particularly where there are LEADER companies that would be willing to step up to the plate and work with the Traveller community. This is probably separate to the issue of accommodation, given the difficulties Ms Carr outlined as regards aligning 1.5 acres with accommodation. A separate peace incorporating the LEADER companies, in...

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Funding Strategy for Traveller-Specific Accommodation: Discussion (19 Jun 2025)

George Lawlor: Does anybody else wish to come in?

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Funding Strategy for Traveller-Specific Accommodation: Discussion (19 Jun 2025)

George Lawlor: That concludes our business this afternoon. On behalf of the committee, I thank all the witnesses for attending and answering our questions and for their opening statements. We look forward to working together in the coming years, no doubt.

Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 and Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motions (25 Jun 2025)

George Lawlor: In recent years, the landscape of Ireland has begun to shift, with concerns about terrorist offences increasingly emerging in areas that were once considered safe and isolated. While Ireland has historically been associated with a relatively low level of terrorist activity, particularly since the Troubles ended, given the changing global landscape and the rise of various extremist...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (24 Jun 2025)

George Lawlor: 202. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will ensure that a passport will be processed urgently by his Department for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33907/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Schemes (24 Jun 2025)

George Lawlor: 592. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 909 of 10 June 2025, if it is his intention to further extend a free travel companion pass to those holders of free travel pass who are single and widowed persons, who are aged under 70; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34321/25]

Review of Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004: Statements (1 Jul 2025)

George Lawlor: I thank all the stakeholders in this review. I will speak to the proposed changes to the special school system. Circular 39/2025 in part refers to the designation of special schools under the plan. The Department and the NCSE have said they intend to commence work on reviewing the designation of existing special schools to ensure that all special schools respond to the needs of children in...

Nursing Homes: Motion [Private Members] (2 Jul 2025)

George Lawlor: As someone whose family is lucky enough to be in a position to keep their mother in her home while she requires care, with the help of some wonderful carers and my sister living with her, the spectre of what we saw on our TV screens a number of weeks ago was truly appalling. Families across the country looked on in horror as evil appeared on our screens. I do not need to rehearse all the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Tourism Promotion (1 Jul 2025)

George Lawlor: 319. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment following the conclusion of the Food Tourism Strategy 2018–2023, if there are plans to develop and publish a new food tourism strategy; if he will provide a year-by-year breakdown of the budget allocated to food tourism from 2019 to 2025, in tabular form; if any engagement with industry stakeholders on food tourism has taken...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (1 Jul 2025)

George Lawlor: 677. To ask the Minister for Health the number of pain management specialists currently employed in University Hospital Waterford; the number of hours they are contracted to work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35220/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Schemes (2 Jul 2025)

George Lawlor: 152. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of employers claiming wage subsidy scheme funding under each of the three strands, for each year from 2020 to 2024; the number of participants for each strand for each year from 2020 to 2024; the total expenditure on wage subsidy scheme in each year from 2020 to 2024; and if he will make a statement on the...