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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 May 2024) See 21 other results from this debate

Simon Harris: ...seven weeks ago, I have chaired two meetings on road safety, we have allocated an additional €3 million to public awareness campaigns and we are working with local authorities to see what more we can do on road safety. We all have to amplify the message around killer behaviours, especially as we approach this bank holiday. The point the Deputy made on structure, governance and...

Neutrality and the Triple Lock: Motion [Private Members] (29 May 2024) See 15 other results from this debate

Seán Fleming: ...In the last few days, I have heard very little criticism in this House of what Hamas did on 7 October. We are very fair and proportionate. We criticise what Hamas did on 7 October and we also and more firmly criticise the actions of Israel and its barbaric slaughter in the Gaza Strip of thousands of utterly defenceless innocent women, children and men. When we talk about neutrality, we...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Strategic Infrastructure (29 May 2024)

Lynn Boylan: Gabhaim buíochas leis an gCathaoirleach. Today I want to discuss the critical issue of strategic gas storage. If the Government is going ahead with its plan for more gas infrastructure, there is an imperative need for robust legal and regulatory measures governing its implementation. It is essential to establish a framework that ensures any strategic gas storage is temporary and...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Horse Racing Industry (29 May 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

Victor Boyhan: ..., threats to the industry. It is set out in a very strategic and analytical way for which I commend the board and management of Horse Racing Ireland. The real underlying figure is the more than €2.5 billion that comes from this industry regarding the expansion of the economy by this industry. Sometimes we forget that. The horse racing strategy aims to protect, strengthen and...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Naturalisation Applications (29 May 2024) See 2 other results from this debate

Barry Ward: ...us all - to understand our norms and cultural richness. There is an opportunity for the State to contribute to that but it is doing nothing in that regard. One of the ways that it is done across Europe is through a citizenship exam, but I am talking more about a structured system whereby we can greet people who come to make their homes here, give them classes on Irish citizenship, be...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Emergency Services (29 May 2024)

Mary Butler: ...in the NAS National Emergency Operations Centre, NEOC. Last year, HEMS services attended 904 incidents in Ireland and such deployments have greatly reduced scene-to-hospital times, particularly in more rural parts of the country. We often think about road traffic accidents in this context, but there are many accidents in farms and around our lovely mountains and lakes that equally make...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 May 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

Michael McDowell: ...friend Mr. Mark Connaughton SC as the independent chair of that group. Currently, 775 children are waiting for orthopaedic surgeries in Ireland, including 289 who have been on the waiting list for more than a year. There are 288 children on a waiting list, 35 of whom have been waiting for one year. The position with waiting lists for children in need of neurology procedures are equally...

Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport (Arms Embargo) Bill 2024: Second Stage (29 May 2024) See 11 other results from this debate

Alice-Mary Higgins: ...by the International Court of Justice, all nations need to do what they can to prevent genocide and to prevent the individual acts that make up a genocide of a people. In this context Ireland can do more. It is deeply disappointing that the Bill is necessary. Ireland is a neutral country with a proud history of disarmament. We are chipping away at this but we need to reclaim it and I...

Seanad: Future Ireland Fund and Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund Bill 2024: Committee Stage (29 May 2024) See 11 other results from this debate

Alice-Mary Higgins: ...come back to that point again because I want it to be examined further.That is why this is about a report. I am not prohibiting the use of external investment managers. I am saying it is an area that needs more scrutiny. That has certainly come to my attention from the finance committee. I know the Minister of State is interested in attention to detail in how things are done. I...

Seanad: Housing Commission Report: Motion (29 May 2024) See 9 other results from this debate

Fintan Warfield: ...schemes and loans that were never drawn down. In other words, people did not buy the home. How many affordable homes did the Government deliver last year? It was 1,368, so the Government missed its own target by 61%. The year before the Government only delivered 1,007 homes, again missing its own target by 52%. Even more remarkable is the price of these so-called affordable homes. In...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (29 May 2024)

Seán Fleming: ...west Cork and he made the point very clearly. I want to respond as best I can without having the specifics of the particular schools mentioned by him in the few minutes to hand. There will be more special education teachers in our schools in September 2024 than ever before with an increase of 1,000 from when this Government was formed. This is in addition to a significant reduction...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Road Projects (29 May 2024) See 2 other results from this debate

David Stanton: .... The volume of housing that has been planned for the area is dramatic and, thankfully, it is happening, not only in Midleton but in all the villages in east Cork. Everywhere I go, there are more housing estates being built as we speak. People want to live there but they have to travel on that section of roadway. Not only is the surface very poor, but, as I stated earlier, they are...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Public Transport (29 May 2024) See 2 other results from this debate

Ruairi Ó Murchú: If we want more people on buses then we must provide the service. We all know the environmental benefits but we also know all the other benefits that can be provided.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scrutiny of EU Proposals (29 May 2024) See 2 other results from this debate

...allow an animal to go on suffering if another person has the wherewithal to put the animal down. It was less a discussion about whether non-vets should be allowed to put animals down at will and more so about whether one should legislate to say "never ever" or "never unless there is an extreme circumstance". Again, it is an example of the discussions at this working party. People were...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (29 May 2024) See 17 other results from this debate

.... I wish to acknowledge the director of Meat Industry Ireland, Mr. Dale Crammond, who is with us here this evening to also outline the existential threat to Ireland’s key meat industry processing for more than 100,000 farm families. It is not just an issue of dairy, it is really across the whole agriculture industry. Achieving continuous water quality improvement must be led...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Businesses: Discussion (Resumed) (29 May 2024) See 40 other results from this debate

...and ensure AI benefits both Irish businesses and Irish citizens. This year Amazon will celebrate its 20th anniversary in Ireland, having first invested here in 2004. We look forward to many more years of investing in the country. Amazon employs around 6,500 people in Dublin, Cork, Drogheda, as well as additional regional locations in diverse roles and disciplines. Over the last three...