Results 621-640 of 1,033,903 for in 'Dáil debates' OR in 'Committee meetings' (speaker:Tom Kitt OR speaker:Mary Lou McDonald OR speaker:Jim O'Callaghan)
- Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (19 Jun 2024)
Debate adjourned.
- International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Motion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2024)
- International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Motion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2024)
The following motion was moved by the Taoiseach on Tuesday, 18 June 2024:
- International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Motion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2024)
Debate resumed on amendment No. 1: - (Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire)
- International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Motion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2024)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: It is the Government's slot next. I understand the Minister, Deputy Eamon Ryan, is sharing time with the Ministers of State, Deputies Heydon and Higgins.
- International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Motion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2024)
Eamon Ryan: I trust that the Ministers of State will be here in due course but I will start with my own contribution. First, in discussing migration, it obviously makes sense to look beyond Ireland's borders at the broader picture of what is happening on the Continent as a whole, particularly when we consider that for the majority of applicants arriving in Ireland, this is not their first...
- International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Motion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2024)
Martin Heydon: The EU migration and asylum pact will shape European migration policy for the next decade. Across the world, there are more people on the move than ever before. This is been driven primarily by war, famine and persecution. As a result, we have seen an increase in the number of people seeking international protection in Ireland. This is not a situation unique to Ireland. It is reflected...
- Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (19 Jun 2024)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Deputy Cathal Crowe is supposed to be our next speaker, ach níl sé anseo. Deputy Martin Kenny will be our next speaker.
- Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (19 Jun 2024)
Martin Kenny: From discussions I have had recently with childminders who mind children and provide a service in their own homes, while they accept the need for change and have no difficulty with it, there is a certain scepticism and difficulty with this Bill. They fear being overburdened with regulation. One person I spoke to asked whether visitors coming to their home would have to be vetted. Those...
- Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (19 Jun 2024)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: We must adjourn this debate at 4.31 p.m., in case Deputy Shortall is still speaking at that stage.
- Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (19 Jun 2024)
Róisín Shortall: I will probably be done by then. I welcome this debate on the Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2024, which I am taking in the place of my colleague, Deputy Jennifer Whitmore. I am disappointed the Bill has been drastically pared back, so much so that only seven of the children's committee’s 96 pre-legislative scrutiny recommendations are now relevant to the legislation before us....
- Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (19 Jun 2024)
Seán Sherlock: I am reading with interest the Minister's words before the House this afternoon. His speech states: The second purpose is to provide for the regulation and registration of childminders who work in ... [the childminder's home] through a phased approach in line with the national action plan for childminding. I am committed to delivering childminding-specific regulations that are both...
- Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (19 Jun 2024)
Rose Conway-Walsh: I acknowledge the hard and valuable work the 53,000 childminders across the country do. They fulfil a great role. As a parent, I have experience of this. Not everybody can afford long maternity leave. My two children went to a wonderful childminder, Sheila Wilson. They were part of her family and she provided not just a service but had them as part of her family. I know the difference...
- Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (19 Jun 2024)
Denise Mitchell: I welcome the publication of the Bill by the Minister. I hope it will finally put some shape on the consequences for providers who do not meet certain standards. It seems the Minister has found a formula that will give Tusla the powers it needs. Childcare providers, while subject to basic standards in child protection and business law, have existed in a bit of a grey space when it comes...
- Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (19 Jun 2024)
Seán Canney: Deputies Cronin, Conway-Walsh and Mitchell, who are sharing time, are next.
- Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (19 Jun 2024)
Réada Cronin: I am glad to speak on this Stage. Reform is much-needed in the sector and is welcome, but what is proposed in the Bill is not at all adequate. It lacks the necessary and broad consultation with our childminders, who are a fundamental and critical cohort. Our childminders have virtually been ignored in this process despite having a wealth of experience and wisdom on the issue of childcare....
- Digital Services (Levy) Bill 2024: Second Stage (19 Jun 2024)
Louise O'Reilly: It was MrBeast.
- Digital Services (Levy) Bill 2024: Second Stage (19 Jun 2024)
Dara Calleary: MrBeast. The European Commission provided guidance for VLOPs on this in May 2024. It sets out processes for those providers to follow to enable them to achieve the risk mitigation measures in this space. It sets out actions that can be taken before, during and after the election period. Coimisiún na Meán and the Electoral Commission have been engaging closely on this. However,...
- Digital Services (Levy) Bill 2024: Second Stage (19 Jun 2024)
Question put and agreed to.
- Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (19 Jun 2024)