Results 5,941-5,960 of 26,293 for speaker:Seán Ó Fearghaíl
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Homeless Persons Supports (24 Mar 2022)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I will take it upon myself to guarantee that there will be an appropriate Minister here with some responsibility.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Homeless Persons Supports (24 Mar 2022)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Again, we are not in any way criticising the Minister of State, Deputy Ossian Smyth.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Homeless Persons Supports (24 Mar 2022)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Table the matter again and I will select it next week.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Homeless Persons Supports (24 Mar 2022)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: The next Topical Issue is in the name of Deputy Ellis, but he is not here. It is not just Ministers who are not always turning up. We cannot wait.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Homeless Persons Supports (24 Mar 2022)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I put it to you that the Opposition and the Government are provided with Whips who are remunerated from the public purse to do a particular job. One of their basic jobs is to follow the monitor and see what is happening-----
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Homeless Persons Supports (24 Mar 2022)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: -----so I do not accept that people are not here. If I followed matters closely enough before lunch, the House suspended because there was no Minister present to deal with the First Stage of legislation. We are now due to proceed to the Planning and Development (Protect Social Housing) Bill 2020. Is the Minister of State dealing with this?
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Homeless Persons Supports (24 Mar 2022)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: You will be the second speaker.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Homeless Persons Supports (24 Mar 2022)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I will suspend the sitting pending the arrival of a Minister. However, if there is no Minister here at 4 o'clock, we will adjourn.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Homeless Persons Supports (24 Mar 2022)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I thank Deputy Ó Broin for raising this particular matter. We should acknowledge that Dr. Austin O’Carroll has done a considerable service for the category of people referred to in this report. Any of us who are worth our salt as public representatives will have a fundamental concern for the people who are the subject matter of this report. I now call on the Minister of State...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Homeless Persons Supports (24 Mar 2022)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I take it that some material has arrived from the Department of Foreign Affairs.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Homeless Persons Supports (24 Mar 2022)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: It has literally dropped out of the sky. I will be writing to Departments to ask them to cop themselves on and to respond with a bit more respect to the Topical Issue matters that have been raised here. I inform Deputy Pringle that the Minister of State, Deputy Ossian Smyth, to whom we are grateful for being here, has just been handed a file which addresses the Deputy's question. Does the...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Fuel Prices (24 Mar 2022)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: The second important item that has been selected was tabled by Deputy Pringle, who wishes to discuss the decision of the United Kingdom to impose an electronic travel authorisation scheme in the context of the common travel area.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Fuel Prices (24 Mar 2022)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Deputy Ó Broin is present. His question relates to implementation of the recommendation of the interim report on mortality among the single homeless population.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Fuel Prices (24 Mar 2022)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Deputy Pringle, my apologies.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Fuel Prices (24 Mar 2022)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: The Minister of State, Deputy Smyth, is very versatile.
- Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters (24 Mar 2022)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 37 and the name of the Member in each case: (1) Deputy James O'Connor - to discuss the need to broaden the fuel supports for the haulage sector to include private bus and coach operators; (2) Deputy Thomas Pringle - to discuss the United Kingdom's decision to impose an electronic...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Fuel Prices (24 Mar 2022)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I thank Deputy O'Connor for raising this matter and thank the Minister of State, Deputy Ossian Smyth, for being here to deal with it.
- An Bille um an Naoú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Neodracht), 2022: An Chéad Chéim - Thirty-ninth Amendment of the Constitution (Neutrality) Bill 2022: First Stage (23 Mar 2022)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Is the Bill being opposed?
- An Bille um an Naoú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Neodracht), 2022: An Chéad Chéim - Thirty-ninth Amendment of the Constitution (Neutrality) Bill 2022: First Stage (23 Mar 2022)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Since this is a Private Members' Bill, Second Stage must, under Standing Orders, be taken in Private Members' time.
- Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2022: First Stage (23 Mar 2022)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Is the Bill opposed?