Results 41-60 of 2,204 for in 'Dáil debates' speaker:Roderic O'Gorman

Accommodation for International Protection Applicants: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: We plan ahead to ensure-----

Accommodation for International Protection Applicants: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: We plan ahead so we can ensure there will be beds available for families with children in the coming weeks and it would be grossly irresponsible for us not to do so. Deputy Cairns spoke about beds in the Ukrainian system, as if it is interchangeable with the international protection system. After 24 months, it is deeply frustrating for me to hear Deputies saying that the two systems are...

Accommodation for International Protection Applicants: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: The Deputies know well that it is not possible to demand that somebody who has a Ukrainian accommodation contract takes international protection applicants.

Accommodation for International Protection Applicants: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: It is not possible. We are actively engaging-----

Accommodation for International Protection Applicants: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: The Social Democrats have 40 minutes; I have ten. I ask the Deputy to let me finish my point. We have been actively engaging with providers on the Ukrainian side seeking that they transfer to the international protection side. We have had some successes in that and will continue to do that but this notion that there are 3,000 easy beds there that we can remove-----

Accommodation for International Protection Applicants: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: The Deputy implied that this was something that was easily done.

Accommodation for International Protection Applicants: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: We have major challenges on the accommodation front and it is not helpful when people pretend there are easy solutions to address this. There are no easy solutions; if there were, there would not be people left unaccommodated right now. I want to thank, as I always do when we discuss migration, the many Deputies in government and opposition, both party members and Independents, who work...

Accommodation for International Protection Applicants: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: Ireland has long stood by the principle in international and European law that those who need to seek refuge must be afforded the right to do so humanely, fairly and according to the rules of the international system that we strive to uphold. Recent years have seen an unprecedented combination of contributory factors — some one-off, others due to fundamental shifts in migration...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Mar 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: My Department and all Government will continue to engage with the Deputy and the other Drogheda TDs about supporting the immediate needs within Drogheda of the business community and looking to support the move of other hotels back into the tourism sector. The Deputy is absolutely right about the difficulties the current approach necessitates whether it is the use of hotel accommodation or...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Mar 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: Over the course of last week, Deputy Bacik and many other Deputies in this House raised the really concerning situation in Mount Street, which is why I asked my Department to act and identify a location where people would have access to sanitation, showers, toilets, meals and services. We were able to provide them at the site in Crooksling. The earliest we were able to provide that was last...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (6 Mar 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: There are not thousands of beds available. I wish there were because if there were, we would not be in a position where people are being left unaccommodated. It is an extremely serious situation right now where there are 1,100 people unaccommodated. Over the weekend, we were able to provide a very basic, emergency and short-term response to about 150 individuals over the course of the two...

Supporting People with Disabilities and Carers: Motion [Private Members] (5 Mar 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: I thank all the Deputies for their contributions on the large-scale reforms we all recognise are needed in the areas of disability and care. I also thank them for speaking to the individual constituents and the extremely difficult individual cases that all of us as constituency TDs face daily, and our knowledge that the entire system needs to do so much more for people with a disability. ...

International Women's Day: Statements (5 Mar 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: I thank the Deputies for their contributions to our statements on International Women's Day. This is the fourth time I have had the opportunity to deliver the speech on behalf of the Government and to listen to Deputies. During those four years there has been criticism that not enough has been done. There is always more for every government to do. There is more for this Government to do...

International Women's Day: Statements (5 Mar 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: I begin by welcoming all present to the Chamber and wishing everyone, especially my female colleagues, a happy International Women's Day. As Minister with responsibility for gender equality, International Women's Day is significant. It is a reminder of my Department's mission of working towards a fair, equal and inclusive society where rights are respected and all people can reach their...

Report of Joint Committee on Gender Equality: Motion (29 Feb 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: I hope Deputy Cronin might extend an old cupán tae to me as well during the revolution, because I certainly would like to be a part of assisting it.

Report of Joint Committee on Gender Equality: Motion (29 Feb 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: I want to begin by welcoming all present for our debate on the joint committee's report Unfinished Democracy: Achieving Gender Equality. As both Deputies have already described, the overarching goal of the report is to achieve gender equality within our society by means of a variety of targeted actions. That goal is also a key tenet of my Department's mission. This is outlined in our...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: International Protection (29 Feb 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: The Deputy speaks of a cooling-off period as if these are easy decisions that our Department is taking in a normal time. Again, we are responding to a humanitarian crisis and imminent homelessness. We have already seen that we are unable to provide accommodation for more than 1,000 male applicants as of today. We are close to being in that situation with families and female applicants as...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: International Protection (29 Feb 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: We do not sign contracts without evidence of compliance with fire certification. On the final point, the Deputy spoke of 220 spaces that are available in Drogheda. Those are spaces that under Government decisions can only be used by beneficiaries of temporary protection by Ukrainians.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: International Protection (29 Feb 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: With respect to the Deputy, that is true.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: International Protection (29 Feb 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: They are not available for the use of international protection-----