Results 41-60 of 208 for speaker:George Lawlor
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Employment Support Services (19 Jun 2025)
George Lawlor: Will the Minister of State outline the targeted actions his Department is taking to improve the employment rate of people with disabilities in Ireland given that Ireland consistently lags behind the EU average in this area? Will he also comment on Ireland's constrained labour supply, our obligations under the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the absence of a...
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Employment Support Services (19 Jun 2025)
George Lawlor: I thank the Minister of State. While I welcome his comments, we really need serious action in this area. As he will know, we are a laggard in terms of our performance. The figures speak for themselves. The right of persons with disabilities to work on an equal basis with others is enshrined in international, EU and national policies including the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons...
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Employment Support Services (19 Jun 2025)
George Lawlor: There are wonderful organisations right across the country working with people with disabilities but the State has really let them down. As I was saying, two in five people with disabilities are at risk of poverty, one in five lives in consistent poverty and one in two lives in deprivation. The additional costs of living for people with disabilities are well documented in the 2021 Indecon...
- Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Funding Strategy for Traveller-Specific Accommodation: Discussion (19 Jun 2025)
George Lawlor: We have received no apologies. No members are attending remotely. The evidence of witnesses physically present or who give evidence from within the parliamentary precincts is protected, pursuant to the Constitution and statute, by absolute privilege in respect of the presentation they make to the committee. This means that they have an absolute defence against any defamation action for...
- Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Funding Strategy for Traveller-Specific Accommodation: Discussion (19 Jun 2025)
George Lawlor: I invite Mr. Patrick O’Sullivan, principal officer, to make the Department's opening statement, following which we will have a questions and answers session.
- Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Funding Strategy for Traveller-Specific Accommodation: Discussion (19 Jun 2025)
George Lawlor: I thank Mr. O'Sullivan. I will open the floor to questions. I note there is a vote under way in the Seanad. I do not know if that affects the two Senators present.
- Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Funding Strategy for Traveller-Specific Accommodation: Discussion (19 Jun 2025)
George Lawlor: There will be a second round of questions.
- Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Funding Strategy for Traveller-Specific Accommodation: Discussion (19 Jun 2025)
George Lawlor: I ask Deputy Ellis to save his question for the second round.
- Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Funding Strategy for Traveller-Specific Accommodation: Discussion (19 Jun 2025)
George Lawlor: I know it is relevant but I want to be as efficient as I can in terms of time.
- Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Funding Strategy for Traveller-Specific Accommodation: Discussion (19 Jun 2025)
George Lawlor: Yes.
- Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Funding Strategy for Traveller-Specific Accommodation: Discussion (19 Jun 2025)
George Lawlor: I appreciate the difficulties Deputy Connolly is having with the system.
- Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Funding Strategy for Traveller-Specific Accommodation: Discussion (19 Jun 2025)
George Lawlor: I should have outlined at the start that each member has seven minutes for questions and answers, but there will be a second round if Mr. O'Sullivan wants to reserve some of his responses. I just want to keep a structure on everything.
- Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Funding Strategy for Traveller-Specific Accommodation: Discussion (19 Jun 2025)
George Lawlor: We will have a second round, Senator.
- Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Funding Strategy for Traveller-Specific Accommodation: Discussion (19 Jun 2025)
George Lawlor: You can come back in on the second round.
- Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Funding Strategy for Traveller-Specific Accommodation: Discussion (19 Jun 2025)
George Lawlor: Yes, but to be fair, there will be a second round.
- Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Funding Strategy for Traveller-Specific Accommodation: Discussion (19 Jun 2025)
George Lawlor: I ask Mr. O'Sullivan to hold that answer for the next round so we can keep a structure on the timing to give everyone a chance to get in. Those questions will be answered.
- Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Funding Strategy for Traveller-Specific Accommodation: Discussion (19 Jun 2025)
George Lawlor: Sorry, but this is not a back and forth. Through the Chair.
- Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Funding Strategy for Traveller-Specific Accommodation: Discussion (19 Jun 2025)
George Lawlor: We are tight on time for our second set of witnesses. I ask Deputy Ellis to be as brief as possible.
- Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Funding Strategy for Traveller-Specific Accommodation: Discussion (19 Jun 2025)
George Lawlor: We can certainly request that.
- Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Funding Strategy for Traveller-Specific Accommodation: Discussion (19 Jun 2025)
George Lawlor: Does the Senator wish to cc those questions to the entire committee? It would be a valuable exercise.