Results 661-680 of 4,780 for speaker:Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (3 May 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 183. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if access to a payslip for teachers requires the teacher to have a Public Services Card; her views on whether access to a person's own payslip is not a public service; the reason for the requirement for a PSC; and if access will be made available without having to have a PSC. [20767/23]

Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (26 Apr 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: This amendment, which was tabled by Deputy Paul Murphy, goes to crux to people's comfort or otherwise with the Bill. The demonstration test is something I have discussed with academics, including Jennifer Schweppe and others. I have spoken to Seamus Taylor, who effectively wrote the book on hate crime. He says that, in his experience, it is essential to the effectiveness of the Bill. It...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (26 Apr 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: The Football Association of Ireland, FAI, has commissioned a report into the horse and greyhound racing fund. Apparently, the report states that as a country we have spent €1.5 billion on this fund over the past 20 years, of which €1 billion has come from a direct levy on betting and €0.5 billion has come from the Exchequer. Some 80% of that goes to the horse racing...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (26 Apr 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ------into the horse and greyhound racing fund because I do not think the level of funding we give it stands up to scrutiny.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (26 Apr 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Not according to this report.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (26 Apr 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Will the Taoiseach not do a review?

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (26 Apr 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 90. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will investigate the withdrawal of school transport from a child with Down syndrome (details supplied); and the measures that can be taken to ensure their transport is restored. [19684/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (26 Apr 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 94. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of lowering primary school class sizes in all primary schools to include DEIS Band 1 schools from September to December 2023, and for the full financial year 2023/2024. [19803/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (26 Apr 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 95. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the breakdown of the number of assistant principal 1 and assistant principal 2 (special duty posts) that existed in primary and special schools on 26 March 2009. [19804/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (26 Apr 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 96. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the breakdown of the number of assistant principal 1 and assistant principal 2 (special duty posts) that exist in schools as of today's date. [19805/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (25 Apr 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 393. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality how many successful applicants there are for the scheme for long-term undocumented migrants; the number of applicants in total; the number that were refused as they arrived later than the cut-off point; and if there are plans to assist those who missed the cut-off point by less than six months. [19004/23]

Organised Crime: Statements (20 Apr 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Unfortunately, when a murder happens, for too many people it is just something they see on the news and there is not really the horror or disgust that should happen when somebody’s life is lost in a particular location or address. It is something that people might raise their eyebrows at; they might see it on the news and move on. If you live in, work in or care about a community...

Courts Bill 2023: Second Stage (19 Apr 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: This Bill is very welcome and, as others said, there is a crisis at the heart of our court system as to their sittings, an issue we have often debated. The lack of judges has been reported upon by any number of media outlets. How judges are appointed has been part of the political debate for a number of years. However, we cannot get beyond the fact that our courts system is grinding to a...

European Union Directive: Motion (19 Apr 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I do not have much to add to what has been said. The Labour Party welcomes this proposal with regard to this particularly troubling type of crime and area. The lives of those who are at the rough end of this criminal endeavour are often destroyed and it is disproportionately women and children who are affected. As Deputy Costello said, to raise public consciousness of this issue we need to...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Reviews (18 Apr 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: It could be argued though that there were probably oversight structures within the Defence Forces as well over the past 23 years and it may have made that argument as well in order to defend how it was operating. We are on the same page here. We need the Minister to come back to the House in six months to give an update to Members as to what those cultural audits have discovered. We need...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Reviews (18 Apr 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 36. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality in light of recent reports into the Irish Defence Forces and the London Metropolitan Police, if he will initiate a comprehensive review of institutional and cultural practices in An Garda Síochána and the Prison Service to ensure no such issues exist in these forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Reviews (18 Apr 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: In light of recent reports into the Irish Defence Forces and the London Metropolitan Police, will the Minister initiate a comprehensive review of institutional and cultural practices in An Garda Síochána and the Prison Service to ensure that no such issues exist in these forces?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Reviews (18 Apr 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I am interested in what the Minister spoke about with regard to cultural audits into An Garda Síochána and the Prison Service. What he is saying is welcome. In politics, we always react to a scandal. We always do a review after the fact. What was discovered in the Metropolitan Police in London was absolutely shocking with the level of racism and misogyny and the difficulties...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Apr 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: It is not agreed. At the risk of being accused of point scoring, I raise the issue of facial recognition technology and the determination of the Minister for Justice to include this as an amendment to the bodycam Bill. We are not necessarily opposing facial recognition technology, but we are mindful that EU legislation is pending and that this recognition technology has been very...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: -----unbelievable.