Results 201-220 of 15,805 for speaker:Michael Ring

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Expert Advisory Committee Reports into RTÉ: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (2 Jul 2024)

Michael Ring: I thank Mr. Bakhurst.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (2 Jul 2024)

Michael Ring: 167. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of people that have passed the area knowledge module of the SPSV driver entry test for the past five years, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28153/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (2 Jul 2024)

Michael Ring: 175. To ask the Minister for Finance if a relief can be extended (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27912/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Exemptions (2 Jul 2024)

Michael Ring: 176. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will increase an exemption (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27913/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Question Heading for question(s) 177 (2 Jul 2024)

Michael Ring: 177. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will amend threshold groups (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27914/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (2 Jul 2024)

Michael Ring: 434. To ask the Minister for Health when his Department will provide clarity in order that a former HSE employee (details supplied) will receive their pension and net lump gratuity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27995/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Fishing Industry (27 Jun 2024)

Michael Ring: 119. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when a person (details supplied) will receive payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27662/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Administration (27 Jun 2024)

Michael Ring: 157. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding co-educational schools in a location (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27702/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (27 Jun 2024)

Michael Ring: 254. To ask the Minister for Health when an appointment will be scheduled for a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27761/24]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Welfare, Treatment and Traceability of Horses: Discussion (26 Jun 2024)

Michael Ring: I cannot believe this could happen in Ireland in 2024. I just cannot believe it. I take this opportunity to compliment the three women who brought this matter forward, and also RTÉ, of which we can be very critical but which we have to compliment on this occasion regarding the job they did that the Department failed to do. What was going on is scandalous. I had to stop watching the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Welfare, Treatment and Traceability of Horses: Discussion (26 Jun 2024)

Michael Ring: How many complaints did the Department actually get from those ladies or from anybody else? I am sure Mr Sheahan knows that answer. How many complaints were received about that particular slaughtering plant and the difficulties that were happening? If these ladies knew there was something happening, surely when the Department vets who were actually there were told something was happening,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Welfare, Treatment and Traceability of Horses: Discussion (26 Jun 2024)

Michael Ring: On an annual basis, how many horses are slaughtered in the country? How many abattoirs have we now and how many had we in the past five years?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Welfare, Treatment and Traceability of Horses: Discussion (26 Jun 2024)

Michael Ring: If a family had a horse that was a pet to the family, in the past they would bring out the local vet and he would put it down in a humane way. That is not allowed now. They would have buried that horse and treated it as if it was a human. That is the way they felt about the animal. The Department's policy, and in particular Mr. Sheahan's section, over the past number of years has been to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Welfare, Treatment and Traceability of Horses: Discussion (26 Jun 2024)

Michael Ring: Paid for by the Department of agriculture and controlled by the Department.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Welfare, Treatment and Traceability of Horses: Discussion (26 Jun 2024)

Michael Ring: Paid for by the Department and controlled by the Department. Even though they might be under the local authorities, it is Mr. Sheahan's Department that actually pays for them.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Welfare, Treatment and Traceability of Horses: Discussion (26 Jun 2024)

Michael Ring: I have one final question and it is a simple question to the rest of the panel. They talk about animal welfare but they are all a disgrace because none of them make any contributions. The Department give a bit of money at Christmas to a charitable organisation that looks after animal welfare in this country and I think that particularly Horse Racing Ireland but the whole lot of them should...

Primary School Funding: Motion [Private Members] (26 Jun 2024)

Michael Ring: I call Deputy McNamara. His group has ten minutes in total. I, too, congratulate him on his recent election to the European Parliament. I wish him well. There are ten minutes between Deputies McNamara, Fitzmaurice and Harkin.

Primary School Funding: Motion [Private Members] (26 Jun 2024)

Michael Ring: For the Rural Independent Group, Deputies Mattie McGrath, Michael Collins, Michael Healy-Rae and O'Donoghue are sharing time. I ask them to respect one another's time.

Primary School Funding: Motion [Private Members] (26 Jun 2024)

Michael Ring: Thank you, Deputy. You are sharing your time.

Primary School Funding: Motion [Private Members] (26 Jun 2024)

Michael Ring: I will get the usher to organise that. Deputy Connolly is next, sharing time with Deputy Joan Collins.