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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Renewable Energy - Wind, Solar and Biogas: Discussion (4 Dec 2019) See 35 other results from this debate

Hildegarde Naughton: ...the Irish Solar Energy Association, ISEA, Mr. David Maguire and Mr. Michael McCarthy, from Renewable Gas Forum Ireland, RGFI, Mr. P.J. McCarthy and Mr. Donal Dennehy, and from SuperNode, Mr. John Fitzgerald and Mr. Robert O’Connor. I advise our guests that, by virtue of section 17(2)(l) of the Defamation Act 2009, witnesses are protected by absolute privilege in respect of their...

Confidence in the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government: Motion [Private Members] (3 Dec 2019) See 1 other result from this debate

Leo Varadkar: ...of our colleagues two years ago last week, when it looked like the country would be plunged into an election before Christmas because of false allegations made against the then Tánaiste, Frances Fitzgerald.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2019: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2019)

Michael McDowell: A good and long-standing family friend of mine, Mr. Garret FitzGerald, was once alleged to have asked, "That is all right in practice but does it work out in theory?" It is not true that he was the first to have said it. If one googles the phrase, one will find out it was said about 30 years before Mr. FitzGerald was alleged to have said it. It reminds me, however, of one proposition. I...

Freagra ar Eascairí - Return of Writs: Cork North-Central, Dublin Fingal, Dublin Mid-West and Wexford - Introduction of New Members (3 Dec 2019)

...sa chorrthoghchán a bhí ann an 29 Samhain 2019, de chionn an Teachta Proinséas Mhic Gearailt a thoghadh chun Parlaimint na hEorpa, an Comhalta seo a leanas a thoghadh don Dáil:- In compliance with Standing Order 198 of the Standing Orders relative to Public Business, I have to announce that at the by-election held on 29 November, 2019, consequent on the election of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Expenditure (28 Nov 2019)

Charles Flanagan: ...engagement on crime prevention. I attend the National Ploughing Championships every year including since I became Minister for Justice and Equality. The then Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality, Frances Fitzgerald T.D. attended in 2016. Generally, the Minister is accompanied by their Private Secretary at the event. A member of staff from the Department's Press and...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Supports to Former Taoisigh (27 Nov 2019) See 1 other result from this debate

Micheál Martin: ...Government to withdraw nearly all support without notice in 2011 was both unfair and damaging, in particular to the late former Taoiseach, Liam Cosgrave, and to the late former Taoiseach, Garret FitzGerald, who at an advanced stage had to make alternative arrangements almost overnight. Given that both held the office of Taoiseach at times when paramilitaries were actively seeking to...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (27 Nov 2019)

Kevin O'Keeffe: The Government gave a commitment that 40% of foreign direct investment would be allocated to regional areas. In 2002, the Fitzgerald army camp in Fermoy closed and the lands were handed over to IDA Ireland. To this day they have remained unoccupied apart from a few stray horses. Is it possible to get employment into this site? It is a rural part of the country and Fermoy needs some...

Seanad: Provision of Accommodation and Ancillary Services to Applicants for International Protection: Statements (27 Nov 2019)

Charles Flanagan: ..., which will allow for extra staffing resources to further improve processing times of cases on claims and applications. The International Protection Act 2015, steered through the Oireachtas by my predecessor, Ms Frances Fitzgerald, MEP, introduced a single application procedure for the first time. This involves all elements of a person's protection claim - refugee status, subsidiary...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Access to Justice and Legal Costs: Discussion (27 Nov 2019)

...to many areas where there were cuts during the economic crisis, there has been no restoration here. The Law Society has made representations to the then Minister for Justice and Equality, Frances Fitzgerald, and the current Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Flanagan. There is sympathy for the case that is made. There is recognition that it is becoming uneconomic. I am looking...

Hospital Overcrowding: Motion [Private Members] (20 Nov 2019)

Séamus Healy: ...was normal or acceptable. It is not normal or acceptable. In fact, it is the result of a deliberate policy pursued by successive Governments. It goes back quite some time, to the Hanly and Fitzgerald reports. Those reports were not accepted at the time. The policies underpinning those reports and their recommendations had been implemented on an ongoing basis by successive Governments....

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Proposed Legislation (20 Nov 2019)

Jim O'Callaghan: ...on incitement to hatred. A review was carried out by the University of Limerick in 2008. In reply to a parliamentary question tabled in 2016, the former Minister for Justice and Equality, Frances Fitzgerald, stated there would be a review of the 1989 Act. It is important that we take that into account and get an answer from the Minister on when this legislation will be brought forward....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Ministerial Advisers Data (20 Nov 2019)

Charles Flanagan: ...legislative programme that I am responsible for, Mr. Robert Bourke BL was appointed to the position of legal adviser in my Department from March to December 2018.  During the period of office of Ms. Frances Fitzgerald as Minister for Justice and Equality, Ms. Marion Mannion, Mr. Stephen O’Shea and Mr. Matthew Lynch served as special advisers. All were appointed in...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ministerial Advisers Data (20 Nov 2019)

Heather Humphreys: ... 13/6/2017 Alan Cantwell Jim McGrath Ellen Lynch Roy Dooney 13/5/2016  13/6/2016  9/1/2017 23/1/2017 5/11/2016 21/1/2017 13/6/2017 13/6/2017 Frances Fitzgerald, an Tánaiste and Minister for Business Enterprise and Innovation 14/6/2017 to 29/11/2017 Marion Mannion Matthew Lynch Aoife Sweeney Stephen...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: UN Convention on the Rights of the Child: Discussion (20 Nov 2019)

Alan Farrell: ...today on International Children's Day, namely, Andrea Radu, Scoil Mhuire, Buncrana, County Donegal; Anna Crowley, Scoil Phobail, County Cork; Courtney O'Connor, the King's Hospital School;. Daniel Fitzgerald Bell, Belvedere College; and Patrick McGrath, Coláiste an Chroí Naofa, County Cork. They are very welcome. Another group will attend a later part of the meeting. Dr....

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (19 Nov 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: ...a second look at a Bill, it is only right and proper to do so. The composition of the next Government may be very different. A Senator was once a Minister in a Fine Gael Government led by Garrett FitzGerald. I may be the next Minister for Defence sitting next to the Minister and supporting him.

Financial Challenges Facing RTÉ and its Revised Strategy 2020-2024: Statements (Resumed) (14 Nov 2019) See 2 other results from this debate

Jan O'Sullivan: ...voluntary redundancy because they cannot afford to move to Dublin or Cork, or will not move their children out of their schools etc. That is wrong. I have already called on RTÉ to respond to the offer from the president of the University of Limerick, Dr. Des Fitzgerald, to provide a home for Lyric FM on the university campus when the lease on its present location expires, which I...

Provision of Accommodation and Ancillary Services to Applicants for International Protection: Statements (13 Nov 2019) See 1 other result from this debate

Mattie McGrath: ...rural area and knows how communities tick and work. It is a matter of bringing them with us and of engagement. As far back as December 2015, I asked the then Minister for Justice and Equality, Ms Frances Fitzgerald, whether she would address concerns around the designation of a hotel in Clonea Strand as an emergency reception and orientation centre. It is not far down the road from the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: State Aid Investigations (13 Nov 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: ...on legal fees and the companies and firms to which the fees have been paid. The approximate totals paid to each of these to date, inclusive of VAT, are as follows: William Fry, €3.2 million; McCann Fitzgerald, €523,000; PwC, €611,000; Baker McKenzie, €148,000; and Hogan Lovells, €3,900. The total paid to external individual counsel engaged is...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Legal Costs (13 Nov 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: ...regarding the legal fees and the companies and firms to which the fees have been paid, and the totals paid to date to each of these, inclusive of VAT, are approximately as follows: - William Fry: €3.2 million - McCann Fitzgerald: €523,000 - PWC: €611,000 - Baker McKenzie: €148,000 - Hogan Lovells: €3,900 For completeness, the total paid to external...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Workforce Planning in the Irish Health Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Nov 2019)

Michael Harty: We will resume our review of workforce planning in the health sector. I welcome from the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation, Ms Phil Ní Sheaghdha, general secretary, Ms Eilish Fitzgerald, second vice president, Ms Niamh Adams, president, and I have left one person out.