Results 3,801-3,820 of 5,757 for speaker:Fiona O'Loughlin
- Questions on Promised Legislation (14 Dec 2017)
Fiona O'Loughlin: There are no secondary places available. The special school does not have any availability. Parents are looking at going to Dublin or Carlow. This is causing huge frustration for the parents.
- Questions on Promised Legislation (14 Dec 2017)
Fiona O'Loughlin: My point is that we need to have something.
- Questions on Promised Legislation (14 Dec 2017)
Fiona O'Loughlin: Will I get an answer?
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Gender Equality (14 Dec 2017)
Fiona O'Loughlin: 245. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to introduce gender quotas for the boards of publicly listed companies here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54154/17]
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Commissioner for Education, Culture, Youth and Sport (13 Dec 2017)
Fiona O'Loughlin: I welcome the European Commissioner and the officials. We had an opportunity to meet briefly earlier. Mr. Navracsics mentioned the European Week of Sport. I attended the signing of the first European Week of Sport with the partners on behalf of Special Olympics Europe Eurasia. I am still a volunteer with that organisation and the organisation was delighted to participate in the first...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Commissioner for Education, Culture, Youth and Sport (13 Dec 2017)
Fiona O'Loughlin: Deputy David Cullinane mentioned the impact of Brexit. The Commissioner plans to host a European education summit, which is welcome, to improve co-operation in providing for the mobility of students. The implications of Brexit are a major concern for us. Some 12,000 Irish students are studying in Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Last week's news was positive in having a softer Brexit...
- Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Bill 2017: All Stages (12 Dec 2017)
Fiona O'Loughlin: I was listening to some of the contributions earlier and I felt that when my turn came I should sing a Christy Moore song because he sings about every townland in Kildare. Daniel O'Donnell has a new song out called "The Roads of Kildare".
- Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Bill 2017: All Stages (12 Dec 2017)
Fiona O'Loughlin: I share a birthday with Christy Moore on 7 May. I wish a happy birthday to both of those fine gentlemen. Getting back to the substantive issue, we all know why there was a constituency boundary revision. It is important that everybody is represented fairly and equally. It should not just break down on numbers. When we are talking about democracy in action, whether local or national,...
- Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Bill 2017: All Stages (12 Dec 2017)
Fiona O'Loughlin: They have to go through Kildare to get there.
- Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Bill 2017: All Stages (12 Dec 2017)
Fiona O'Loughlin: It is O'Loughlin, Deputy Stanley.
- Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Data (12 Dec 2017)
Fiona O'Loughlin: 68. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the age profile of former members of the Defence Forces for each of the past five years that have had to avail of supports provided by an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52729/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Personnel (12 Dec 2017)
Fiona O'Loughlin: 72. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the services and supports available to former members of the Defence Forces that find themselves homeless or in financial difficulty; if these supports are overly dependent on fundraising (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52728/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Service Provision (12 Dec 2017)
Fiona O'Loughlin: 407. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when Carbury, County Kildare, will have access to fibre broadband; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52604/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Service Provision (12 Dec 2017)
Fiona O'Loughlin: 411. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when a location (details supplied) will be supplied with fibre broadband. [52748/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test Regulations (12 Dec 2017)
Fiona O'Loughlin: 423. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the assistance available for persons with learning difficulties who are sitting their driving theory test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52603/17]
- Neurological Services: Motion [Private Members] (6 Dec 2017)
Fiona O'Loughlin: I speak on behalf of the approximately 750,000 people who have been diagnosed with a neurological disorder. We must bear in mind that more than 25,000 of those are struggling to get the services that they need to prevent disability and support their recoveries from conditions such as stroke, acquired brain injury, multiple sclerosis and Parkinson's disease. Demand for services is likely to...
- Leaders' Questions (6 Dec 2017)
Fiona O'Loughlin: We all knew about it.
- Situation in Syria: Motion [Private Members] (5 Dec 2017)
Fiona O'Loughlin: I thank Deputy Brendan Smith for sharing time. We all remember the news bulletins and social media reports last year showing terrified men, women and children in Aleppo. We watched in horror as civilians were killed on the spot in their homes, as bombs rendered hospitals and schools out of service and thousands of people fled in search of safety. The fall of Aleppo demonstrated what...
- Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2017) Fiona O'Loughlin: First, I offer congratulations on behalf of the committee to our former member, Deputy Josepha Madigan, who has now gone on to higher things. If this is a sign of things to come, I imagine Deputy McLoughlin will be getting the call-up soon. We have had three Fine Gael Deputies in this committee and they are all Ministers now. We are watching Deputy McLoughlin for the next vacancy.
- Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2017) Fiona O'Loughlin: It is a great sign of the quality of the Deputies that we have in the Select Committee on Education and Skills.