Results 2,881-2,900 of 21,588 for speaker:Denis Naughten

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: National Action Plan on the Development of the Islands: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Mar 2022)

Denis Naughten: We will start with the Department.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: National Action Plan on the Development of the Islands: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Mar 2022)

Denis Naughten: We might start with the representatives of the Department and then move on to Mr. Ó Maoldhia.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: National Action Plan on the Development of the Islands: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Mar 2022)

Denis Naughten: The departmental officials might check with colleagues and come back to us in writing on that, just outlining what engagement has taken place.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: National Action Plan on the Development of the Islands: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Mar 2022)

Denis Naughten: I have just a few questions on the evidence we have heard this morning. Our island communities are in a unique position because of the clean energy for EU islands initiative. It gives them special status in progressing this transition to a zero-emission sustainable economy and not just in the delivery of electricity and energy but the overall economy. I outlined that at the start of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: National Action Plan on the Development of the Islands: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Mar 2022)

Denis Naughten: Can we pause to address this audio problem? It is interfering. Can we mute everyone please? I am sorry about this, Mr. Newsome.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: National Action Plan on the Development of the Islands: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Mar 2022)

Denis Naughten: With regard to the regulations I can say that the shortest element will be the passage through the Houses of the Oireachtas. Will Mr. Somers give us firm details on the timelines involved? The phrase "a few weeks" is something I heard quite frequently with regard to the wind energy guidelines signed off by the then Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government, Deputy...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: National Action Plan on the Development of the Islands: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Mar 2022)

Denis Naughten: Ms Ní Shearcaigh wanted to come in.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: National Action Plan on the Development of the Islands: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Mar 2022)

Denis Naughten: I call Senator Burke.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: National Action Plan on the Development of the Islands: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Mar 2022)

Denis Naughten: Mr. Somers might come back in on the questions from Senator Burke. Perhaps the other witnesses want to come in on Ms Ní Shearcaigh's questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: National Action Plan on the Development of the Islands: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Mar 2022)

Denis Naughten: Ms Ní Shearcaigh has had the last word on that. The clear view of this committee is that rather than the islands being an afterthought in policy development, they should be to the forefront and become, as Mr. Ó Maoildhia said earlier, lighthouse projects. That was at the core of signing up our offshore islands to the island strategy that was being driven at EU level. I know that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: National Action Plan on the Development of the Islands: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Mar 2022)

Denis Naughten: I thank our guests and the first committee member who indicated is Deputy Ó Cuív.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (24 Mar 2022)

Denis Naughten: This is Ireland’s first Neurodiversity Celebration Week. Its purpose is to celebrate and raise awareness of the different ways those who are neurodiverse experience and interact with the world around them. Neurodiverse conditions include autism, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, ADHD, dyslexia and dyspraxia, to name just a few. With the growing waiting list to access...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Mar 2022)

Denis Naughten: Inflation makes everyone poorer, particularly those on fixed incomes. In Ireland, energy costs have a far greater impact on inflation than in anywhere else in the EU. I want to put three practical suggestions to the Minister. Our electricity prices are among the most expensive in Europe, with Irish families paying, on average, €180 extra for electricity annually. This is partly as...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Mar 2022)

Denis Naughten: There are reports that the Government is considering a swing mechanism on fossil fuel taxes to address-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Mar 2022)

Denis Naughten: -----oil-price volatility, but this seems to have been shelved. Why is that?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Mar 2022)

Denis Naughten: The point I am making on data centres is that families that are struggling to pay electricity bills should not be subsidising the cost of electricity going into the centres. It is immoral and needs to be stopped. May I make a final suggestion to Deputy Donohoe in his role as Minister for Finance and chairman of ECOFIN. We need to see, across the EU, a review of the commodity-trading...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Undocumented Irish in the USA (24 Mar 2022)

Denis Naughten: I want to use my 30 seconds to recognise the passing of the late ambassador, Jim Kelly, who acted on behalf of the State and our people in an exemplary manner during a career that straddled both sides of the Atlantic in the EU and UN, providing him with a unique perspective. He acted as a role model not only for our own missions but many other missions also. I extend my condolences to his...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Undocumented Irish in the USA (24 Mar 2022)

Denis Naughten: It is estimated that every parish in Ireland has an average 20 undocumented Irish citizens in the US. In reality there are far more from every parish along the western seaboard and in the west of Ireland. We have a unique opportunity with President Biden and his cabinet, which has more members from the west of Ireland than the Irish Cabinet. We need to use these connections. Many Irish...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Undocumented Irish in the USA (24 Mar 2022)

Denis Naughten: The Minister is correct. It is not just about focusing on the executive branch of government in the United States. The House of Representatives and the Senate are very important in this. The previous Taoiseach, Deputy Varadkar, appointed the former Deputy John Deasy as a special envoy to the US Congress to work on the issue of the undocumented. He worked very closely with the Minister....