Results 21-40 of 461 for speaker:Joanna Byrne
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Tusla - the Child and Family Agency (2 Oct 2025)
Joanna Byrne: I welcome Ms Duggan and her colleagues. I listened to her refer several times to the commonality and the main common factor in the cases of Kyran and Daniel was the impact of Covid-19. There is another common factor to both cases, namely the county of Louth, which I represent. Kyran was born, reared and lived all his life in County Louth, and Daniel spent from his birth up to the day...
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Tusla - the Child and Family Agency (2 Oct 2025)
Joanna Byrne: I appreciate that, and I appreciate Ms Duggan's honesty and frankness regarding her concern that there are not enough social workers. I respect that. The oversight of children between the age of two and four is obviously an area of concern. Is it a priority for Tusla to close the gap? I know it is moving towards a digital integrated child record. Does that feed into this? What timeframe...
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Tusla - the Child and Family Agency (2 Oct 2025)
Joanna Byrne: If they are engaged with a Barnardos or a family resource centre-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Tusla - the Child and Family Agency (2 Oct 2025)
Joanna Byrne: -----Tusla will have the PPS numbers and so on from that engagement. That is very welcome and positive. I am running out of time. On the 42,000 children and the cases that were closed during the pandemic, I welcome that Ms Duggan hopes the review in that regard will conclude on 31 March. All going well, that metric will be met. What procedure has Tusla planned for cases where it cannot...
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Tusla - the Child and Family Agency (2 Oct 2025)
Joanna Byrne: Is Ms Duggan concerned that there may be such instances?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Tusla - the Child and Family Agency (2 Oct 2025)
Joanna Byrne: I wish Tusla all good luck in that endeavour. I am mindful that it is not easy work for the staff on the ground. I sincerely hope we will not be not sitting here this time next year talking about another two children such as those whose tragic cases we have had to reference today.
- Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Sports Facilities (2 Oct 2025)
Joanna Byrne: 27. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to ensure the provision of playing pitches, courts and sports facilities in new residential or mixed-use developments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52249/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Sports Facilities (2 Oct 2025)
Joanna Byrne: 34. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to improve the condition of existing playing pitches, courts and sports facilities in community use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52250/25]
- Investment in Sport and Sporting Infrastructure: Statements (1 Oct 2025)
Joanna Byrne: Last week, when I saw that statements on sport were on the agenda for this week I was particularly pleased. When I saw the change to the much longer title, with a much narrower focus, for these statements, the realisation dawned that the Government benches were going to use this as an opportunity to be their own cheerleaders, focus on the positive and ignore the bigger picture and the...
- Situation in Gaza: Statements (1 Oct 2025)
Joanna Byrne: I must start my contribution to these statements on Gaza by mentioning the peaceful Global Sumud Flotilla, our friend and party colleague, Senator Chris Andrews, and all who are on the vital humanitarian mission. In the early hours of this morning, an armed vessel with no lights on approached the flotilla. Those on board the flotilla ships believe that this is an Israeli military vessel...
- Insurance Costs: Motion [Private Members] (30 Sep 2025)
Joanna Byrne: Insurance costs in this State defy belief. The reasons given by insurers for costs being so high defy logic and are beyond rational realisation. However, the Government will not tackle them and their obvious profiteering despite mountains of evidence that should demand action from any government, anywhere, that really has the best interests of its citizens at heart. Sinn Féin, from...
- Child Poverty and Homelessness: Motion [Private Members] (24 Sep 2025)
Joanna Byrne: The starkest example of how unimportant child poverty and homelessness are to this Government is in its amendment to this motion. The Government's response mentions reducing child poverty but nowhere does it mention eradicating it entirely. The response also mentions that this Government has announced a target of 3% or less of consistent poverty to be achieved by the end of 2030. Does the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Safeguarding Policies and Procedures within the Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)
Joanna Byrne: It is safe to say the last time the FAI appeared before this committee it was probably one of the most infamous hearings in the committee's history. As somebody who is heavily involved with the game and has a huge love for it, I was always very hopeful that the next time the FAI returned, it would be in a more positive setting and its representatives could outline the good work that is done...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Safeguarding Policies and Procedures within the Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)
Joanna Byrne: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Safeguarding Policies and Procedures within the Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)
Joanna Byrne: Ms Rafferty mentioned in one of her answers that at times there can be many allegations. Are there any stand-down orders in place at the moment?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Safeguarding Policies and Procedures within the Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)
Joanna Byrne: That is Ms Pakes as well.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Safeguarding Policies and Procedures within the Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)
Joanna Byrne: I just picked up on a comment Ms Rafferty made that there can be many allegations, which I presume-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Safeguarding Policies and Procedures within the Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)
Joanna Byrne: Does Ms Pakes want to comment on that, whether there are any stand-down orders in place at the moment?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Safeguarding Policies and Procedures within the Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)
Joanna Byrne: I appreciate that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Safeguarding Policies and Procedures within the Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)
Joanna Byrne: But are there any in place at the moment?