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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Online Harassment and Harmful Communications: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Oct 2019)

...harms manifest themselves across different platforms and varied jurisdictions. We all share the objective of protecting our systems of due process and our commitment to freedom of expression. Preserving these tenets in regulatory proposals can be achieved by collectively ensuring there is clarity on the obligations of all stakeholders, thereby avoiding an outcome whereby companies could...

Financial Resolutions - Budget Statement 2020 (8 Oct 2019)

Séamus Healy: ...to work by car. When both members of a couple are working but cannot afford to buy a house, how does the Government believe taxing them further will help them to provide for themselves and their children, which is the key tenet of sustainability? Public transport, consistent with the standard needed in commuting to work and school, is not available in much of Ireland outside the greater...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Schools Building Projects Status (2 Oct 2019)

John Halligan: ..., is in place between the Department and DDLETB in that respect. This agreement outlines the roles and responsibilities of each of the parties in the delivery of education projects. It is a central tenet of devolution that responsibility for the delivery of these projects, within certain agreed parameters as laid down in the SLA, rests with DDLETB. In that respect, the education and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Online Harassment and Harmful Communications: Discussion (2 Oct 2019)

...Internet-enabled crimes are proliferating fast and that Ireland is not alone in struggling to deal with the threat and that tackling cybercrime must be regarded as a core function of policing. A central tenet of the report on the future of policing in Ireland is that policing is not something the police do alone. Likewise, the solution to tackling online harassment, harmful...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Sep 2019)

Jerry Buttimer: ...the rationale for the use of a reduced timetable and have a plan for the child's full reintegration into full-time day school. The key phrase is "full reintegration into full-time day school". The basic tenet of what we are trying to achieve is as follows. All pupils who enrol in a school should remain there for the whole day. I have been involved with special needs education and I was...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Sep 2019)

Thomas Pringle: ...the Istanbul Convention, an international instrument to combat domestic violence, yet here we have an example of victims of domestic abuse being further marginalised by the Government. Among the tenets of the Istanbul Convention is that state parties implement comprehensive and co-ordinated policies involving Government agencies, non-governmental organisations as well as national,...

EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement: Motion [Private Members] (10 Jul 2019)

Catherine Murphy: .... I wonder how the farmers outside the gates of Leinster House feel about their concerns being described as overblown and disingenuous by the Commissioner. He wanted to point out that the central tenet of the Mercosur deal is that trade should not happen at the expense of the environment and labour conditions, yet all of the evidence points to the contrary. We know that the EU recently...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Jul 2019)

...in the contract cannot, therefore, be done through regulation or the commitment agreement. One's whole contract is gone if one reaches a commitment-style agreement. Future-proofing was always a tenet of this. In April 2014, we stated that this is a long-term infrastructural investment on the part of the State and is therefore a long-term contract. Regulation does not do long-term...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Jun 2019)

Jerry Buttimer: ...people. A father and his daughter died and their wife and mother almost died with them. It is reminiscent of the images we saw a couple of years ago of a young Syrian boy lying on a beach. I have issues with President Trump's policies and the tenet and tone of what he is trying to do around immigration. Again, Senator Boyhan and I will raise the matter in Luxembourg next week because...

Home Help: Motion [Private Members] (25 Jun 2019)

Fiona O'Loughlin: Sometimes in life there are many things that we take for granted. We are inclined to take for granted some of the basic tenets, such as the ability to feed ourselves, wash ourselves and be able to care for ourselves. As we get older, these basic rights can be taken away from us. It is incredibly painful when we see the independence and dignity of parents, relatives, friends and neighbours...

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...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Direct Provision and the International Protection Application Process: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Jun 2019)

...living space and adequate cooking facilities must be installed in all centres. I will now turn to the longer-term changes that need to be made to create a protection system that is reflective of the key tenets of a modern democracy, a system that respects privacy and human dignity. We fully agree with the recommendation of the Irish Refugee Council that responsibility for the provision...

Development of Primary Care: Statements (29 May 2019)

Michael Harty: ...funding for running general practice, not income for it. An important aspect of the new deal is stabilisation. A second aspect of the deal is to provide chronic care delivery through general practice. A basic tenet of Sláintecare is that chronic care management is delivered through general practice in primary care. A third pillar of the new deal is to expand eligibility to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (8 May 2019)

Joe McHugh: ...the means to address their approved accommodation and building priorities with a guaranteed amount of funding and gives them day to day control of their building project. It is a central tenet of the devolved schemes that responsibility for the management of a project, including cost control, start and completion dates, rests with the school authority.

Seanad: Statement by the Taoiseach (18 Apr 2019)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: ...say to him on behalf of Sinn Féin. It is of core importance and brilliance that this Seanad affords people such as me and my colleague, Senator Marshall, the opportunity to engage with the Taoiseach and colleagues in this House. A core tenet of the Good Friday Agreement is that a person born in the North can identify and, crucially, be accepted as Irish, British or both, and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government (Restoration of Town Councils) Bill 2018: Discussion (28 Mar 2019)

...cost savings and better value for money and generally strengthen local government. At the time, the then Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Phil Hogan, argued the "whole tenet of my policy is to make sure there is a rebalancing of power to the democratically elected local councillor and away from the management system". The result of the local government...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Mar 2019)

Thomas Pringle: ...the students, as well as policy changes to ensure a reduction in emissions from agriculture. I am hopeful that the committee's report will go some way to addressing these demands but its main tenets can only be addressed where there is political will within the Government. I urge the Minister and the Taoiseach to seriously consider the list of demands in the petition and show they...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (12 Mar 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: ...for the delivery of affordable housing for purchase. The new affordable purchase scheme is based on local authorities providing, directly or indirectly, below market price housing. The main tenets of the Scheme are as follows: - It will be targeted towards low- to middle-income first-time buyer households; - Discounts of up to 40% of the market price of the property will be...

Independent Radio Stations: Motion [Private Members] (28 Feb 2019)

Timmy Dooley: ...certain programmes are occasionally run, but we cannot take away from the fact that the people who work on those programmes or who perform their duties in an independent and coherent way do so as a major tenet of the protection of the democratic principles by which the State should stand. As I stated earlier, if we are serious about that, we need to pay for it. The Minister mentioned...

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Feb 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: ...colleague, Senator Norris, referred to a case which seems, on the face of it, to have backfired on the Oireachtas. This is dangerous because the separation of powers is one of the most important tenets that we survive on. When the courts are adjudicating on what went on in an Oireachtas committee, it sets a bad precedent. It is not for me to criticise the Supreme Court and I am not for...