Results 4,421-4,440 of 7,126 for speaker:Alan Farrell
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 14 - Control of Ireland's Bilateral Assistance Programme
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (21 Jun 2018) Alan Farrell: Ms Penollar mentioned background noise in terms of what the Department is trying to achieve to get the message out and engage with local media and newspapers. Deputy Cassells will be delighted to hear that given his former profession. It is vital that this is done. It is not simply that it would reduce what we have to do – I do not have a problem doing the work – but at the...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 14 - Control of Ireland's Bilateral Assistance Programme
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (21 Jun 2018) Alan Farrell: I echo the recollection of Deputy Connolly. I cannot remember the gentleman's surname. I think his forename was John and he was an impressive person. However, there was a noticeable absence of any overview on climate change. Mr. de Búrca may be able to confirm that our food provision and other programmes have an environmental aspect which recognises that there may be by-products that...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 14 - Control of Ireland's Bilateral Assistance Programme
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (21 Jun 2018) Alan Farrell: Forgive me. I stepped out for a little while.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 14 - Control of Ireland's Bilateral Assistance Programme
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (21 Jun 2018) Alan Farrell: Note 6.3. I apologise. I must have missed Deputy Connolly's question.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 14 - Control of Ireland's Bilateral Assistance Programme
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (21 Jun 2018) Alan Farrell: Does Mr. Burgess want to offer anything on that point?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 14 - Control of Ireland's Bilateral Assistance Programme
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (21 Jun 2018) Alan Farrell: I appreciate that. I do not wish to duplicate Deputy Connolly's contribution.
- Summer Economic Statement 2018: Statements (20 Jun 2018)
Alan Farrell: Deputies, please.
- Summer Economic Statement 2018: Statements (20 Jun 2018)
Alan Farrell: I call Deputy Bailey and I understand she is sharing her time with Deputy Durkan.
- Summer Economic Statement 2018: Statements (20 Jun 2018)
Alan Farrell: I ask the Deputy to conclude.
- Summer Economic Statement 2018: Statements (20 Jun 2018)
Alan Farrell: Thank you, Deputy.
- Summer Economic Statement 2018: Statements (20 Jun 2018)
Alan Farrell: The Deputy's time is expired.
- Summer Economic Statement 2018: Statements (20 Jun 2018)
Alan Farrell: The Deputy had ten minutes. Her time is expired. I call Deputy Paul Murphy, who is sharing time with Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Business of Joint Committee (20 Jun 2018)
Alan Farrell: We have a quorum. I propose that we meet in private session initially.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: HIQA Report: Engagement with Tusla (20 Jun 2018)
Alan Farrell: We are now back in public session. We will have a presentation this afternoon from representatives of Tusla. I welcome CEO, Mr. Fred McBride, chief operations officer, Mr. Jim Gibson, director of transformation and policy, Mr. Cormac Quinlan, service director, Dr. Aisling Gillen and service director for Dublin and the mid-Leinster area, Ms Patricia Finlay. I thank them for coming here this...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: HIQA Report: Engagement with Tusla (20 Jun 2018)
Alan Farrell: As we have a substantial amount of time, I propose to allocate ten minutes to each member for questions and responses. There will be another round if the opportunity presents itself.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: HIQA Report: Engagement with Tusla (20 Jun 2018)
Alan Farrell: Yes. I have one question to ask and I can then open the discussion to members. The line which jumped off the page from the presentation provided by Mr. McBride, in the context of the HIQA report, was, "the report does not indicate that delays or inconsistencies affected the immediate safety of any child" which begs the question as to how he can be sure of that, given the gravity and context...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: HIQA Report: Engagement with Tusla (20 Jun 2018)
Alan Farrell: Okay.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: HIQA Report: Engagement with Tusla (20 Jun 2018)
Alan Farrell: I have to let Deputy Lisa Chambers in.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: HIQA Report: Engagement with Tusla (20 Jun 2018)
Alan Farrell: I remind the witnesses that if they are providing information, they should do so through the clerk.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: HIQA Report: Engagement with Tusla (20 Jun 2018)
Alan Farrell: That would be helpful. I propose to extend the meeting to 4.15 p.m., which will give us an additional 20 minutes. Is that agreed? Agreed.