Results 41-60 of 808 for speaker:Paul Lawless

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (9 Oct 2025)

Paul Lawless: Why has the Government ignored middle Ireland and ordinary families across Mayo? Why is ignoring couples who choose to self-build as well? These people are totally locked out of housing schemes and so on.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Legislative Measures (9 Oct 2025)

Paul Lawless: We abhor hate and I firmly believe that we should all speak respectfully. However, the previous Government set out essentially to define what hate would be. That is obviously a dangerous road to go down. There is movement throughout the European Union to push hate speech laws. Is the Minister saying today that is not going to happen and we are in compliance and we are going to say "No" to...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Legislative Measures (9 Oct 2025)

Paul Lawless: 15. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he has raised the implications of the proposed EU legislation on hate speech at an EU level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37589/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Legislative Measures (9 Oct 2025)

Paul Lawless: Is it the Minister's intention to reintroduce the hate speech legislation brought forward by his predecessor in the previous Dáil that was a such dramatic failure?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Legislative Measures (9 Oct 2025)

Paul Lawless: I welcome the Minister's response and the sea change in the Government's approach to the hate speech legislation. His predecessor, Deputy McEntee, was a big proponent and driver of this hate speech legislation, so I commend the Minister, Deputy O'Callaghan, on what he is doing. This House should always protect freedom of speech. We saw in Germany recently that pro-Palestinian protesters...

Financial Resolutions 2025 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (8 Oct 2025)

Paul Lawless: A person would not recognise this budget from the pre-election and electioneering that went on in Fine Gael last year. This budget has much more to do with the election cycle and the fact that there will not be an election for a number of years. It is important to remember what Fine Gael and its leader Simon Harris said last November in terms of making work pay. Has this promise been...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Social Farming: Discussion (8 Oct 2025)

Paul Lawless: I thank the witnesses for coming in. It is a fantastic initiative. It is amazing. I thank Brendan for giving us his insight and first-hand experience. He is very welcome, as are all of the witnesses. I want to ask about the funding as I am struggling to understand it. Kerry gets €100,000 per year but does not pay the farmers, and there is no mechanism to pay the farmers in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Social Farming: Discussion (8 Oct 2025)

Paul Lawless: How did the differential come about?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Social Farming: Discussion (8 Oct 2025)

Paul Lawless: What is the barrier in terms of going from 40 to 60? Where is the additional funding required?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Social Farming: Discussion (8 Oct 2025)

Paul Lawless: It is marketing, really.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Social Farming: Discussion (8 Oct 2025)

Paul Lawless: The social farming network has 250 farmers. What are the blockages to increasing the number of social farmers from 250 farmers to 500? Is it the payment to the farmer or are there administrative issues in the system with training, etc? Where must additional money go to increase the number?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Supports for Private Advisory Providers Delivering Advice on Nitrates and Water Quality Improvements: Agricultural Consultants Association (8 Oct 2025)

Paul Lawless: The witnesses are all very welcome and it is great to see them in. What strikes me is that there is a huge disconnect, and the Department when it comes in here needs to be reminded that whether you are working for Teagasc or as a private contractor, we are all trying to achieve the same objective in terms of supporting farmers and improving environmental standards. It is unfortunate that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Supports for Private Advisory Providers Delivering Advice on Nitrates and Water Quality Improvements: Agricultural Consultants Association (8 Oct 2025)

Paul Lawless: That software application is already built, having been paid for by the taxpayer.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Supports for Private Advisory Providers Delivering Advice on Nitrates and Water Quality Improvements: Agricultural Consultants Association (8 Oct 2025)

Paul Lawless: Is that critically important information available to, for example, a Teagasc adviser?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Supports for Private Advisory Providers Delivering Advice on Nitrates and Water Quality Improvements: Agricultural Consultants Association (8 Oct 2025)

Paul Lawless: It is not only affecting consultants' ability to function but preventing the State and the Government from reaching their water quality targets.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Supports for Private Advisory Providers Delivering Advice on Nitrates and Water Quality Improvements: Agricultural Consultants Association (8 Oct 2025)

Paul Lawless: What level of training does the Department provide for consultants?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Supports for Private Advisory Providers Delivering Advice on Nitrates and Water Quality Improvements: Agricultural Consultants Association (8 Oct 2025)

Paul Lawless: What is the association's ask of the Department with regard to slurry spreading and importing and exporting? Is it to get the direct message itself because the association represents the farmers?

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (8 Oct 2025)

Paul Lawless: 232. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the means by which he will ensure that any party reform or planning policy does not simply favour large developers at the expense of local communities, quality standards and affordability, given that the Central Bank has publicly stated that planning rules, not financial constraints, are now the principal barrier to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (8 Oct 2025)

Paul Lawless: 233. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason he believes he can credibly claim that its housing strategy is working when homelessness and emergency accommodation figures, particularly among children, are at a record high; and the specific trigger points and corrective mechanisms are in place to adjust policy if these outcomes continue to worsen. [53948/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Sentencing Policy (8 Oct 2025)

Paul Lawless: 283. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to outline the average custodial sentence imposed in cases of child sexual abuse over the past five years; and the number and proportion of such convictions in which part or all of the sentence was suspended. [54166/25]