Results 5,221-5,240 of 6,163 for speaker:Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire
- Justice Issues: Statements (28 Nov 2017)
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I hope it will because there was a significant delay, even after their discovery within the Department, between them being brought to the Minister's attention and sent to the Charleton tribunal. I was interested in the Minister's response to Deputy O'Callaghan, which relates to whether these documents were considered before or whether they were news. He stated that, essentially, they are...
- Justice Issues: Statements (28 Nov 2017)
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: -----it seems that, on inquiry, there legal issues to be dealt with and that certain proofing that had to be factored in. Again, however, I am very anxious to ensure that if there was any element of wilful neglect, it will be dealt with in the context of forthcoming events.
- Justice Issues: Statements (28 Nov 2017)
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: This sorry episode has seen the Secretary General, Mr. Noel Waters, resign from his position with immediate effect. He is the second Secretary General to resign in recent years, a fact which of itself raises alarm about the state of play in the Department. His resignation letter is quite remarkable. It states: "The Department has been subject to a barrage of unwarranted criticism in recent...
- Justice Issues: Statements (28 Nov 2017)
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I do not think that quite answered the question. I was looking for a fairly direct statement on whether the Minister believed the criticism was warranted. He can answer that question along with this one. I will briefly outline a dateline for how the particular e-mail came to public attention. The Department located it on 9 November. On 13 November the Minister was notified by the...
- Rural Crime: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (28 Nov 2017)
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I move amendment No. 1:To delete all words after "the robbery of farming machinery and equipment" and substitute the following: "- greater powers and scope to be given to joint policing committees, as well as increasing their numbers, in order to ensure greater feedback from communities to the Garda; and - reinvestment in the national model of community policing, and a reverse of the...
- Order of Business (28 Nov 2017)
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: The Taoiseach has said very clearly that there will be an opportunity to ask questions of the Minister, Deputy Flanagan. However, the Order of Business that has been outlined contains no reference to that. There are very clear questions regarding the manner in which information was given to him through his Department and regarding the record of the Dáil in that wrong information was...
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Administration (28 Nov 2017)
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 638. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the procedures by which organisations, companies and projects which take on persons on the community employment scheme can advertise a position; the restrictions that exist on such advertisement; and her views on whether this has restricted the ability of such schemes to take on such employees. [49970/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Administration (28 Nov 2017)
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 639. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the procedures by which persons seeking employment on a community employment scheme can apply for such positions; if it is possible to apply without use of the Internet; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49971/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Administration (28 Nov 2017)
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 640. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on recent changes to the recruitment and applications procedures for the community employment schemes that have made it more difficult for persons with literacy challenges and limited computer skills to apply to and access community employment schemes; her further views on the fact that giving opportunities to...
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Programme (28 Nov 2017)
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 642. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount an organisation (details supplied) receives for each job seeker who is placed with the agency. [50010/17]
- Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (Revised) (22 Nov 2017) Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Does the Minister anticipate any other responsibilities or agencies being transferred from his Department to this new Department? Will any legislative changes relating to the regulation of charities happen under the auspices of the new Department?
- Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (Revised) (22 Nov 2017) Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: My second question was not quite answered. I was not asking if legislative change is required for this transfer but whether any legislative change would be the responsibility of the new Department.
- Rural Crime: Motion (21 Nov 2017)
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I gather I have to move an amendment.
- Rural Crime: Motion (21 Nov 2017)
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I am still getting used to the procedures. We will be supporting the motion although we have tabled an amendment that we believe improves it. There is no question but that the issue of rural crime has been significant in recent months and probably for longer. I am aware of several horrific attacks in which people have been terrorised in respect of their property, health, and welfare and...
- Justice Issues: Statements (21 Nov 2017)
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Was the Tánaiste aware?
- Justice Issues: Statements (21 Nov 2017)
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: The Taoiseach told us earlier today that he received the email the Tánaiste discussed today on the radio at 11.30 p.m. last night for the first time. Why did the Tánaiste not hand over the email to the Taoiseach when it surfaced on Thursday? Why did it take journalists like Ms Katie Hannon to make inquiries for this to surface? The Tánaiste essentially withheld this...
- Justice Issues: Statements (21 Nov 2017)
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: In the context of the Taoiseach going on record saying the Tánaiste had no prior knowledge of this and first became aware of it in May 2016, it is scarcely credible that she would allow him to mislead the House in that way. We heard earlier a reference to the scoping exercise carried out by Mr. Justice Iarfhlaith O'Neill for putting together the Charleton tribunal's terms of...
- Multi-Party Actions Bill 2017: Referral to Select Committee [Private Members] (16 Nov 2017)
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I move: That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on Justice and Equality pursuant to Standing Orders 84A(3)(a) and 141.
- Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Industrial Relations (16 Nov 2017)
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 45. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on whether a complainant is left without decision, remedy or route to pursue their grievance through the industrial relations mechanism of the State despite following the industrial relations mechanisms in circumstances in which an adjudication officer of the WRC states that they do not have jurisdiction to hear a case and,...
- Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Industrial Relations (16 Nov 2017)
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 46. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if there are potential defects in the industrial relations mechanisms of the State, including the WRC and Labour Court, by which a complainant may possibly end up without a decision made on their grievance. [48555/17]