Results 5,141-5,160 of 15,805 for speaker:Michael Ring
- Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Jul 2017)
Michael Ring: I thank Deputy Tóibín for his co-operation. He has an understanding of how rural Ireland works. The Government is setting up a new Department to represent and put rural Ireland at the Cabinet table. Maybe Deputy Ó Cuív does not like that, but I am delighted that the Taoiseach has selected a Minister. The Deputy should be delighted that the Gaeltacht Department will not...
- Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Jul 2017)
Michael Ring: I did not like tonight, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle. This debate was not about the Irish language or the Gaeltacht. It was about setting up a new Department. I just want to put that on the record loud and clear. I am proud to have been born and reared in rural Ireland. I have never used it as a holiday home. I have always lived in rural Ireland. I understand the problems of rural Ireland. I...
- Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Jul 2017)
Michael Ring: The Ceann Comhairle should let Deputy Ó Cuív go ahead.
- Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Jul 2017)
Michael Ring: We are discussing an amendment.
- Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Jul 2017)
Michael Ring: We are having a debate on the Irish language.
- Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Jul 2017)
Michael Ring: We are supposed to be discussing an amendment.
- Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Jul 2017)
Michael Ring: The amendments tabled by Deputy Tóibín propose to change the name of the Department to the all-Ireland Department of regional, rural and community development. While I cannot accept the amendments, I assure the Deputy that the new Department will be very active on North-South co-operation. Under the North-South Ministerial Council set up under the Good Friday Agreement, the...
- Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Jul 2017)
Michael Ring: Deputy Ó Cuív was about four hours late.
- Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Jul 2017)
Michael Ring: It was 1 a.m. when the Deputy arrived.
- Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Jul 2017)
Michael Ring: It is.
- Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Jul 2017)
Michael Ring: There was no one there.
- Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Jul 2017)
Michael Ring: They have improved a lot since with the Wild Atlantic Way and everything else. Allow me to finish. We think they were all started during our time by the way. The Minister, Deputy Ring, kept saying how depressed things were and I said that if it was that bad, it would be great that people were moving out. No one would want to live in an area like that. I did not believe that, however. I...
- Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Jul 2017)
Michael Ring: I thank all of the Deputies who have contributed to the debate on the formation of the new Department of Rural and Community Development. I think most Deputies have the best interests of rural Ireland at heart and see the merits in setting up a dedicated Department to progress the social and economic development of rural Ireland, as well as supporting both rural and urban communities through...
- Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (12 Jul 2017)
Michael Ring: And Roscommon.
- Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (12 Jul 2017)
Michael Ring: That is right.
- Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (12 Jul 2017)
Michael Ring: The Deputy is good at that.
- Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (12 Jul 2017)
Michael Ring: I never said that I did.
- Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (12 Jul 2017)
Michael Ring: We reopened what Deputy Ó Cuív had closed.
- Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Order for Second Stage (12 Jul 2017)
Michael Ring: I move: "That Second Stage be taken now."
- Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Order for Second Stage (12 Jul 2017)
Michael Ring: I am taking the Bill on behalf of the Minister.