Results 1-20 of 27 for cork speaker:Alan Farrell

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters (23 Oct 2019)

Alan Farrell: ...) Deputy Gino Kenny - to discuss commencement of the medical cannabis access programme; (12) Deputies Mick Barry and Michael McGrath - to discuss the job losses recently announced at Novartis in County Cork; (13) Deputies Bríd Smith, Eamon Ryan and Catherine Martin - to discuss the proposed Shannon liquified natural gas, LNG, terminal and importation of fracked gas; (14) Deputy Pat...

Adjournment Debate Matters (9 Jun 2016)

Alan Farrell: ...to commence on 1 July 2016; (9) Deputy Mattie McGrath - funding of remedial and repair works to Ardfinnan Bridge in County Tipperary; (10) Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire - funding and delivery in respect of the Cork Events Centre; (11) Deputy Mick Wallace - the impact on the National Asset Management Agency of recent arrests by the National Crime Agency in Northern Ireland; (12) Deputy...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aviation Industry (3 Mar 2022)

Alan Farrell: 96. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the detail of the new routes from Cork, Dublin, Shannon, Donegal, Kerry and Ireland West Knock airports introduced since restrictions on non-essential international travel were lifted in July 2021 [12144/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (25 Jan 2023)

Alan Farrell: 178. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the acreage for land use and square meterage for building use that will be required for the planned elective hospitals in Cork and Galway, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3563/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Protection (22 Jul 2020)

Alan Farrell: 182. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will address concerns raised in recent reports citing major non-compliance issues at a child protection and welfare service in County Cork; the measures being taken to rectify the situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17520/20]

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Service 2019
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (6 Mar 2019)

Alan Farrell: It might be difficult for the Minister to recall the following, but one of her officials might be able to support her on it. There was a pilot trial of an after-school care service in County Cork, which a former Chairman of this committee and now Minister of State with responsibility for older people, Deputy Jim Daly, discussed here a couple of years ago. Does the Department have any...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 24 - Justice (Revised)
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (Revised)
Vote 44 - Data Protection Commission (Revised) (30 Jan 2024)

Alan Farrell: ...facilities throughout the country are doubling up, which is not ideal. Is there a plan in that regard, notwithstanding the new wings that have been added to at least two prisons, Limerick and Cork, in recent years? Will the Minister outline any further investment in infrastructure to try to accommodate prisoners as humanely and appropriately as possible?

Topical Issue Matters (7 Nov 2017)

Alan Farrell: ...- the allegations in the Paradise Papers and the involvement of Irish banks in international tax evasion; (6) Deputy Michael McGrath - the proposed closure of the Passage West health centre in County Cork; (7) Deputy John McGuinness - the risk to jobs at Morrisseys concrete company in Carlow; (8) Deputy Frank O'Rourke - the funding and delivery of home care packages nationwide; (9) Deputy...

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 20: An Garda Síochána (Supplementary)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Supplementary) (2 Dec 2015)

Alan Farrell: I had the pleasure of visiting with the committee, Cork prison a couple of years ago. One could see the netting which had been installed there. I appreciate it is required because of the daily onslaught of attempts to bring contraband into our prisons. I am sure it is an extremely difficult job for prisoner officers to deal with. I read in a national publication recently about an...

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 10 - Funding and Oversight of Approved Housing Bodies
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government
2017 Financial Statements - Housing Agency (25 Oct 2018)

Alan Farrell: ...is for. How many of those facilities will be delivered for €60 million? Does Mr. McCarthy have an idea of where they will be located? Are we looking primarily at the major cities, namely, Dublin, Cork, Limerick and Galway or are there other locations where there is proposed provision?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Anaerobic Digestion: Discussion (5 Jul 2022)

Alan Farrell: ...of this process? I put myself into the final category. I remember seeing campaign signs, ten or 15 years ago, around various parts of rural Ireland. I am pretty sure one of them was in west Cork. I certainly remember them in Mayo and Roscommon which would be on my route to Louisburgh where I have been going for 25 years. Is ignorance one of the biggest barriers? If one looks at the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rail Network (22 Jun 2023)

Alan Farrell: ...that particular ambition. As I said a number of different lines around the country could benefit from additional tracking, particularly the northern commuter line to Belfast but also the likes of Cork and elsewhere.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: UN Convention on the Rights of the Child: Discussion (20 Nov 2019)

Alan Farrell: ...acknowledge a group of students present in the Public Gallery today on International Children's Day, namely, Andrea Radu, Scoil Mhuire, Buncrana, County Donegal; Anna Crowley, Scoil Phobail, County Cork; Courtney O'Connor, the King's Hospital School;. Daniel Fitzgerald Bell, Belvedere College; and Patrick McGrath, Coláiste an Chroí Naofa, County Cork. They are very welcome....

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters (28 Nov 2018)

Alan Farrell: ...in the south east; (7) Deputy Frank O'Rourke - to discuss housing development in Celbridge, County Kildare; (8) Deputy Billy Kelleher - to discuss the reconfiguration of the An Post mail centre in Cork; (9) Deputy Mattie McGrath - to discuss the redevelopment of St. Patrick's Hospital in Cashel and the closure of St. Brigid's Hospital, Carrick-on-Suir; (10) Deputy Louise O'Reilly - to...

Finance (Local Property Tax) Bill 2012: Second Stage (14 Dec 2012)

Alan Farrell: ...is probably not the best time to be introducing a property tax. That it is based on market value means it will clearly be slightly unfair to people in urban areas, particularly Dublin but also Cork, Galway, Limerick and places like that. It is regrettable that those in cities are subventing those in rural areas again, primarily because house values are lower where demand is lower. I...

Local Government Reform (Amendment) (Directly Elected Mayor of Dublin) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (22 Nov 2016)

Alan Farrell: ...to the officeholder but I would very much like to see the project rolled out across the country. I would like to see included our existing local authorities and certain cities — Galway, Cork and Limerick, perhaps. I want to ensure this is rolled out across the country because I do not want to see a figurehead with executive responsibility in the cities only to the detriment of our...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Governance and Child Safeguarding Issues in Scouting Ireland: Tusla and Scouting Ireland (13 Mar 2019)

Alan Farrell: ...needs, special or otherwise. In the light of the transformational change it is going through, it is appropriate for me to say that yesterday when I was chatting to a former scout leader from Cork, the way in which volunteers had dealt with issues that can be alarming for ordinary members, particularly those which have ended up on the front pages of newspapers, was acknowledged. I am sure...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Cybersecurity for Children and Young Adults: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Feb 2018)

Alan Farrell: I welcome Professor Barry O'Sullivan, director of the Insight Centre for Data Analytics in the department of computer science in University College Cork, UCC, and Dr. Mary Aiken, adjunct associate professor at the University College Dublin, UCD, Geary Institute for public policy and academic adviser to the European Cybercrime Centre at Europol. I thank the witnesses for appearing before the...

Topical Issue Matters (12 May 2015)

Alan Farrell: ...- actions planned to ensure the HSE acts on the findings of the HIQA report into Portlaoise Hospital, County Laois; (8) Deputy Patrick O'Donovan - the need to invest in the proposed Limerick to Cork M20 motorway; (9) Deputy Seán Kenny - the need for a grant scheme to enable householders replace lead water supply pipes on their property; (10) Deputy Clare Daly - the EU proposals to...

International Travel and Aviation: Statements (25 May 2021)

Alan Farrell: ...in the sector as quickly as possible, many more jobs will be at risk, not just those jobs that were lost in Shannon Airport last week. There is the potential for more job losses and those will be in Cork and Dublin in the very near future unless we give certainty to the sector. It requires time to plan the recovery. I commend Recover Irish Aviation for putting forward such a well put...