Results 181-200 of 1,033,033 for in 'Dáil debates' OR in 'Committee meetings' (speaker:Tom Kitt OR speaker:Carol Nolan OR speaker:Seán Sherlock OR speaker:Seán Ó Fearghaíl)
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Jun 2024)
Louise O'Reilly: An intervention is required.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Jun 2024)
Micheál Martin: The Deputy has identified the challenges, just as I have.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Jun 2024)
Louise O'Reilly: I also asked what the Tánaiste was prepared to do.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Jun 2024)
Micheál Martin: There is not much difference between what she and I have said.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Jun 2024)
Louise O'Reilly: You are prepared to identify the challenges but you are taking a hands-off approach.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Jun 2024)
Micheál Martin: You have not asked anything-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Jun 2024)
Louise O'Reilly: That is not-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Jun 2024)
Micheál Martin: Through the Chair, the Deputy has not asked anything specific. Other than identifying the problem, she has not come up with a specific solution.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Jun 2024)
Martin Kenny: Have you identified-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Jun 2024)
Louise O'Reilly: I have spoken about a high-level intervention, as I implied in my email.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Jun 2024)
Micheál Martin: Whatever does that mean?
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Jun 2024)
Louise O'Reilly: You know exactly what that means.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Jun 2024)
Micheál Martin: Come off it.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Jun 2024)
(Interruptions).
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Jun 2024)
Louise O'Reilly: You know exactly what it means.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Jun 2024)
Micheál Martin: The only effective intervention is the industrial relations machinery. That is key.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Jun 2024)
Catherine Connolly: Táimid ag dul ar aghaidh go dtí an dara ceist, ón Teachta Cairns.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Jun 2024)
Holly Cairns: Yesterday, primary school principals were in the House pleading for help. Over the past two years, heating costs have risen by an average of 37%, electricity costs by 35% and insurance costs by 19%. Seven out of ten primary schools ran a deficit in the last 12 months. Almost three quarters do not even have enough money to pay for cleaners and caretakers. More than half have had to...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Jun 2024)
Micheál Martin: In any assessment of our education system, particularly our primary school system, it is shown to be one of the best in Europe. This is repeatedly the case with PISA outcomes and results for literacy and numeracy. Our system is very high up there in terms of outcomes. That needs to be said because the Deputy’s narrative was one of unrelenting misery and almost of a system that was...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Jun 2024)
Holly Cairns: Respectfully, it is not my narrative. It is what the principals are telling us, and it is really important that we listen to it. They spoke about the things the Tánaiste just referenced, for example, the hot school meals programme and how welcome that is. However, one principal gave an example of a contract for the hot school meals programme costing €160,000, which is more than...