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Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Nov 2013)

Billy Kelleher: ...people dropping their health insurance or downgrading their policies. That clearly is not a sustainable position to maintain. Everything he has done in recent times goes contrary to the central tenet of his policy, which is to provide a vibrant, competitive private health insurance market to underpin his universal health insurance aspirations. The Bill undermines all of this. The only...

School Patronage (16 Dec 2010)

Mary Coughlan: ...I will show him correspondence in regard to the considerable amount of lobbying and fundraising activities undertaken by Educate Together, with which I do not have a problem. I agree with the tenet of what the Deputy is asking me, namely, does parental choice have a relevance when it comes to new patronage. The answer is "Yes".

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Trade Between Ireland and the Palestinian Territories: Discussion (14 Jul 2021)

...areas, including that of products tainted by child labour, and the import of seal products and other products. Why not also regulate products that are derived from actions that violate the core tenets of international law? Advancing a more regulatory approach is another possibility at either the top level, between member states, or at the level of national parliaments and the European...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Election Monitoring Missions (16 Nov 2023)

Seán Fleming: ...Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). Members of Ireland’s International Election Observation Roster play an important role in the promotion of democracy, human rights and the rule of law, which are key tenets of Ireland’s foreign policy. Ireland's current international Election Observation Roster was established on 1 January 2019 and will expire on 31 December 2023. A call for...

Neutrality: Motion [Private Members] (25 Oct 2023)

Michael Healy-Rae: ...what the initiators had initially envisaged. The motion before us rightly underscores the critical fact that Ireland's choice not to partake in international military alliances has been a pivotal tenet of our foreign policy since the inception of the State.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Planning for Inclusive Communities: Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (20 Mar 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: ...Obviously, it will be allocated. If there are particular cases that are a huge priority, it is up to local authorities to make a business case to our Department on an issue. That is a fundamental tenet. To take the capital assistance scheme, CAS, there was an additional allocation of approximately €140 million last year. It ended up that €220 million was spent. That...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Services for the Blind and Vision Impaired: Vision Ireland (24 Apr 2024)

David Cullinane: ...for it. Mr. Mullaniff talked about moving some of the services, or maybe putting more of a priority on community care as opposed to having a higher dependence on acute care, which is one of the tenets of Sláintecare that makes perfect sense. We are told the logic of the regional health areas, RHAs, that are being established is to align services, bring an end to silos, have an...

Leaders' Questions (15 Nov 2016)

Enda Kenny: ...;, teachers and so on. In the interest of everybody, and to be fair to everyone, the Government is saying that we need a collective response. The Lansdowne Road agreement has proved to be a central tenet of public pay in this country. We stand by it. The ceilings have been set out. The Minister does not have the moneys being demanded, so there is a need, in everybody's interests, for...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Olympic Games Ticketing Arrangements (20 Jun 2017)

Shane Ross: ..., by way of letters to (i) me as Minister, (ii) Minister of State Patrick O'Donovan, and (iii) the Attorney General, relating to due process and natural justice.  Given the importance ensuring that due process and the tenets of natural justice are adhered to, the matters raised by that party, along with the contents of Judge Moran's Report, are currently being considered by...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Programme for Government Review (13 Feb 2019)

Brendan Howlin: One of the central tenets and commitments in A Programme for a Partnership Government is, "We will also provide additional exchequer capital, if needed, to deliver on our commitment to bring next generation broadband to every house and business in the country by 2020." Clearly, that commitment will not be delivered upon. Many people across the State are very fearful that not only will it...

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (21 May 2015)

John Paul Phelan: You don't have any view. Finally, in relation to the ... one of the central tenets of your contribution here this afternoon, you have said that the blanket guarantee in your view in all its circumstances was the right decision. I think you might have even used the only decision that could have been made on the night of the guarantee. Yet you have also outlined in your evidence that a...

Seanad: National Surplus (Reserve Fund for Exceptional Contingencies) Bill 2018: Second Stage (12 Jun 2019)

Victor Boyhan: ...be brief. First, I thank the Minister of State for his speech on the National Surplus (Reserve Fund for Exceptional Contingencies) Bill 2018. I thank him for his clarity on what is the central tenet of this legislation. As the previous speaker, Senator Horkan, stated, it is timely. It is prudent. It is the right thing to do. It is a wise decision. When we boil it all down to the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (28 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan: ...the same regulations. The NTA has licensed Uber as a dispatch operator. Dispatch operators are required to only provide bookings to SPSV licenced drivers using SPSV licensed vehicles.   A fundamental tenet of Ireland’s SPSV regulatory regime is that only SPSV licenced drivers and vehicles are used for the carriage of passengers for reward.    I met with Uber...

Written Answers — Job Losses: Job Losses (17 Jun 2004)

Mary Harney: ...in the year on year position. This brings the total number of persons in employment up to 1.84 million. The Government's policies are focused on the development of a competitive economy, a central tenet for generating sustainable employment and growth. Initiatives by the Government and the State's development agencies, including reducing the burden of unnecessary regulation, are aimed at...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Energy Resources (19 Jul 2016)

Denis Naughten: ...The Government views the continued operation of the Whitegate refinery on a commercial basis as highly desirable from an energy security and economic perspective. Security of supply remains a fundamental tenet of our energy policy and our overarching strategic energy security objectives are set out in the White Paper “Ireland’s Transition to a Low Carbon Energy...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Withdrawal from Irish Banking Market (Resumed): Engagement with Financial Services Union and Electric Ireland (25 May 2022)

...we have a stake in another bank, and we have a regulator and a Government. We can determine the future of the banking system, just as simply as the banking system can have an input. The central tenet of our debate and of the paper we have published on the future of banking relates to whether it should be driven solely for the benefit of shareholders. In both banks, share buy-backs and...

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (8 May 2008)

Batt O'Keeffe: ...projects. The scheme is not intended to leave schools with significant fundraising needs but for the school to tailor the scope of capital works commissioned to the available funding. A central tenet of the scheme is that the schools, granted discretion and funding, must equally accept responsibility for prioritisation, adherence to statutory regulations, control of costs and ensuring...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Maternity Strategy: Discussion (19 Jan 2017)

...to clinical colleagues in obstetrics, I am aware that we will need a phased programme of recruitment over a number of years to build those numbers up. There is no doubt that it is one of the key tenets of the strategy.

Written Answers — Job Losses: Job Losses (13 May 2004)

Mary Harney: ...year shows that employment growth continued in the fourth quarter of 2003, with an increase of 44,600 or 2.5% in the year on year position. The development of a competitive economy is a central tenet of generating sustainable employment and growth and is the focus of this Government's policies. Initiatives by the Government and the State development agencies, including reducing the burden...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Early Childhood Education (6 Nov 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: ...Care and Education (ECCE) programme which was introduced in January 2010 and provides early learning to children in the year before they commence primary school. However, it is an accepted tenet that care and education are inextricably linked elements in a child's holistic development and younger children who attend early years services are also availing of a programme which must comply...