Results 61-80 of 687 for long speaker:Aengus Ó Snodaigh

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Apr 2022)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: ...that has been given by the Minister in his amendments. I welcome the news that he will look again at further amendments. That is good news. One of the reasons I submitted these amendments along with Deputy Conway-Walsh was to try to get a debate around the additional - it should not be a burden - responsibility on the HEA. Without sight of those, we will still argue these out and...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Apr 2022)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: ...amendment, whether it is in section 34 or in this section and I will reflect on that. It is important that this new aspect be covered. As the Minister said, the Bill has been in gestation for quite a long time, as had the Official Languages Act (Amendment) 2021, but it managed to get through the hoop a great deal more quickly and it has very significant implications for every aspect of...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Apr 2022)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: ...our rights and in our interactions with the State. That is the frustration that has led to these amendments from Conradh na Gaeilge, and not just on this Bill. It is also on a number of Bills over a long time. The conradh would be first to acknowledge the huge progress in recent years in particular and progress by virtue of the fact the Minister has adopted some of its suggestions.

Town Centre First Policy: Statements (24 Feb 2022)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: ...is good that we are discussing this issue given that, as the document states, our towns and villages are vital economic, social and cultural assets. They provide us with a sense of space and of belonging. That is what the document says and nobody would deny that. Centrally, they are a home to businesses and to people living in them, and it is not just in rural Ireland that these towns...

Hospital Parking Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (17 Feb 2022)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: ...there was no attached parking and the hotel used a nearby car park. Guests were given a card, which they validated at the reception desk, and that enabled them to avail of free or discounted parking. It is a very simple process and is done everywhere else in the world. Why can we not do something like that? I have a parking app on my phone which means I can pull up at any parking...

Report of the Commission on the Defence Forces: Statements (16 Feb 2022)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: ...that relating to Lariam. This was a drug that was poisonous to some people, although for others it did what it was meant to do in addressing malaria. The regime of using Lariam continued beyond what should have been the case. When people were warned about it, they continued to use it. Members of the Air Corps experienced decades-long exposure to poisons. While safety regimes may have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Monuments and Archaeological Heritage Bill: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (27 Jan 2022)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Gabhaim buíochas leis an gCathaoirleach agus leis an Aire Stáit as an gcur i láthair. The Bill has been a long time coming. I remember it being on the list of promised legislation in 2002. At least we have the heads of a Bill. I have gone through them and good work has been done. There have been additions and clarifications. In terms of the point that has just been made...

Dublin Fire Brigade: Motion [Private Members] (7 Dec 2021)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Eighty years ago in May 1941, Dublin Fire Brigade crews were hailed as heroes across the nation for their quick response in rushing headlong to Belfast to help their colleagues and the citizens there to tackle the fires and destruction from a night-long Luftwaffe bombardment of the city. That is just one moment which their successors, today's firefighters, look back on with pride. There are...

Health (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2021: Second Stage (2 Dec 2021)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: ...á agam. My colleague indicated we would be supporting the Bill but we have tabled a number of amendments. They are similar to amendments we have tabled in other instances where this type of emergency measure was brought in. I am in the Dáil long enough to understand how the Dáil works and how it should work. When we are bringing in measures that impact on people's rights...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (23 Nov 2021)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 281. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Dublin City Council has agreed to long-term leasing of homes with a British arms manufacturer (details supplied); and his views on whether local authorities should be engaged in long-term leasing with pension funds or vulture funds in this way. [57235/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (23 Nov 2021)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 282. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Dublin City Council has agreed to the long-term leasing of six homes from a British arms manufacturer (details supplied); his views on whether contracts between the city council or another local authority should be bound by ethical guidelines and that such companies should not...

Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Nov 2021)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: ...the loss of the damage to his bike. It is a lacuna in the law. He should not have been on the path in any event but it is one of those issues. I believe a lot more training must be provided on the rules of the road. Many people speak of witnessing cyclists coming up to a set of traffic lights and swinging round to the left. I am not just talking about such cases. Yes, that...

Extension of Part 3 of the Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest) Act 2020: Motion (2 Nov 2021)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: ...Media all knew this. We kept hearing about pilot test events and oversight groups which were supposedly planning for a planned reopening. How did we then find ourselves on the morning of 22 October, the long-announced date for the reopening, with no plan having been released for live events? Guidelines were issued only late in the afternoon of the reopening date and none of them were...

Hospital Waiting Lists: Motion [Private Members] (28 Sep 2021)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: ...the first instance. Having been seen by a consultant, they must wait, wait and wait again for the procedure. For those in need of a single hip replacement, for example, the waiting period is so long that their good hip becomes banjaxed. Therefore, instead of one hip needing replacement, both need to be done. Can you imagine your hip being so bad that it takes 20 minutes to get up the...

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Beart na Breatnaise agus Caighdeáin Teanga: Coimisinéir Teanga na Breataine Bige (22 Sep 2021)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: ...sa seomra coiste féin. Má ordaíonn an comhchoiste dóibh, ámh, éirí as an bhfianaise a thabhairt i leith ní áirithe agus má leanann siad dá tabhairt, níl siad i dteideal dá éis sin ach pribhléid cáilithe i leith na fianaise acu. I wish to draw the attention of the witness to the long-standing parliamentary...

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Beart na Breatnaise agus Caighdeáin Teanga: Coimisinéir Teanga na Breataine Bige (22 Sep 2021)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: We have a long way to go to reach some of those standards. I do not think there was even one press conference at which Irish was spoken throughout the pandemic. I am open to correction on that. As I said, very little of the material from the Health Service Executive, HSE, came in Irish except where complaints were made. We have a job of work to do. Our own language commissioner will be...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Commercial Vehicle Testing (27 Jul 2021)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: ...for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the commercial vehicles vehicle test which have been carried out in recent months were backdated and vehicle tested at the time did not get a year-long certificate of road worthiness (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41326/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (27 Jul 2021)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: ...jobs in order to receive basic income supports; and the research that has been conducted into the devastating harm this move could have on Ireland’s music and entertainment sector in the medium and long- term. [40714/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (6 Jul 2021)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 540. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the long delay for an elderly person (details supplied) to have their request for their named chiropodist changed. [29909/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (30 Jun 2021)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 233. To ask the Minister for Health the reason it is taking for long for a person (details supplied) to undergo a hip procedure. [27756/21]