Results 461-480 of 6,044 for speaker:John O'Mahony

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Apr 2018)

John O'Mahony: I congratulate Leinster on qualifying for the European Rugby Champions Cup Final and commiserate with Munster. The cost of flights to Bilbao on the weekend of the final is €800.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Apr 2018)

John O'Mahony: It is disappointing that our national carrier is charging those prices. I fully understand demand and supply but two nights' accommodation in Bilbao is approximately €1,200 that weekend and the following weekend flights and two nights' accommodation will cost €290. That illustrates how people are being exploited. Aer Lingus is the only Irish carrier flying directly into...

Seanad: Childcare Support Bill 2017: Second Stage (18 Apr 2018)

John O'Mahony: When is it proposed to take Committee Stage?

Seanad: Northern Ireland and 20th Anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement: Statements (18 Apr 2018)

John O'Mahony: I ask the Senator to conclude if she wishes to share her time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Joint Committee (Resumed) (28 Mar 2018)

John O'Mahony: I support Deputy Rock's proposal. This is a major and urgent issue.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Funding for Minority Sports and Sports Capital Programme Expenditure (28 Mar 2018)

John O'Mahony: I thank the Chair. I will be brief. I thank the Minister, the Minister of State and the Department for outlining the issues with the sports capital funding. I think everybody acknowledges that it has played a key role in improving facilities for sports clubs for all the different sports around the country. It has really made a difference and increased participation. I am interested in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Funding for Minority Sports and Sports Capital Programme Expenditure (28 Mar 2018)

John O'Mahony: Will it be available to those schools free of charge?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Funding for Minority Sports and Sports Capital Programme Expenditure (28 Mar 2018)

John O'Mahony: That is what I wanted to clarify.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Funding for Minority Sports and Sports Capital Programme Expenditure (28 Mar 2018)

John O'Mahony: For balance, I want to return to the schools issue again. In a previous career, I was a teacher in a school where there was no funding or one could not apply for sports capital funding as a school. That was changed a few years ago, which was a good move. It meant that the facilities are available 12 hours a day, that is, they do not close at 4 p.m. when the school closes. Schools got...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme: Discussion (28 Mar 2018)

John O'Mahony: As Deputy Robert Troy has to leave soon, I will allow him to go first.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme: Discussion (28 Mar 2018)

John O'Mahony: I thank each of the governing bodies who have come in as well as Sport Ireland and the Federation of Irish Sport. I was one of those who proposed this would happen. I come from a background of involvement in the majority sports of Gaelic games and so on, but there is a huge need for support as the economy recovers. I realise the problems faced by the sports council in that they cannot...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme: Discussion (28 Mar 2018)

John O'Mahony: I am sorry to interrupt, but what would the cost of affiliation be for a tennis club with around 100 members? Have some of those unaffiliated clubs received sports capital grants?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme: Discussion (28 Mar 2018)

John O'Mahony: Is it the case that if the membership fee of the club was €50 per person Tennis Ireland would ask for €10 from that?

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Mr. Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh (21 Mar 2018)

John O'Mahony: Ba mhaith liom míle fáilte a chur roimh Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh. Is cuairteoir cáiliúil, speisialta é. Tá meas faoi leith ag muintir na hÉireann air. Micheál is heartily welcome to Seanad Éireann to mark Seachtain na Gaeilge. I am more than familiar with meeting him over the years, mainly in Croke Park and around the country,...

Seanad: Flooding: Statements (Resumed) (8 Mar 2018)

John O'Mahony: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Kevin Boxer Moran.

Seanad: Flooding: Statements (Resumed) (8 Mar 2018)

John O'Mahony: We have until 1.45 p.m.

Seanad: Flooding: Statements (Resumed) (8 Mar 2018)

John O'Mahony: The Minister of State has five minutes left.

Seanad: Flooding: Statements (Resumed) (8 Mar 2018)

John O'Mahony: That concludes statements on flooding. I ask the Acting Leader to propose the suspension until 2.30 p.m.

Seanad: Foreign Affairs: Statements (Resumed) (7 Mar 2018)

John O'Mahony: I am deputising for Senator Joe O'Reilly. I had not intended to speak but I am glad to contribute briefly to the debate and to signal the opportunities and challenges posed by our relationships in Europe and with our colleagues throughout the world. I will not go into the detail of individual issues that have been raised here but whatever criticisms there may be of Irish participation,...

Seanad: Protection of Employment (Measures to Counter False Self-Employment) Bill 2018: Second Stage (28 Feb 2018)

John O'Mahony: Senator Horkan has eight minutes.