Results 61-80 of 497 for at speaker:Réada Cronin

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Ireland's SIDS Strategy, Impact of Climate Change and Update on Development Co-operation: Department of Foreign Affairs (23 Jan 2024)

Réada Cronin: I reiterate what the Cathaoirleach said about how supportive we are of the witnesses' work and how supportive we are of deepening relationships with these other small islands. We are a small island and a very prosperous one. We still have a history and a memory of colonialism, famine, displacement and poverty. It is to be hoped we can bring that to the witnesses' work in SIDS. We have...

Investment Funds Trading in the Residential Property Market: Motion [Private Members] (17 Jan 2024)

Réada Cronin: ...x2019;s 10% stamp duty did not work then and has not fixed the problem since. There is something really galling and perverse about a hard-working couple in north Kildare having to compete with an international investment fund to buy their first home, having saved and done the overtime and perhaps moved back in with mum and dad to save money to put a deposit together. They compete with...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (17 Jan 2024)

Réada Cronin: 1803. To ask the Minister for Health if he can confirm that all neurological services at Naas General Hospital are fully open, functioning to optimum level and are staffed appropriately including with any locum appointments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1952/24]

An Bille up an Daicheadú Leasú ar an mBunreacht (Cúram), 2023: An Dara Céim - Fortieth Amendment of the Constitution (Care) Bill 2023: Second Stage (14 Dec 2023)

Réada Cronin: I am glad to speak on Second Stage of the Fortieth Amendment of the Constitution (Care) Bill 2023, which relates to women in the home and the operation of care. I thank the citizens' assembly for its great work and commitment. I thank again all the NGOs that came to the committee to discuss this. It was an interesting committee. I enjoyed contributing to it. I also thank the chair of the...

An Bille um an Naoú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (An Teaghlach), 2023: An Dara Céim - Thirty-ninth Amendment of the Constitution (The Family) Bill 2023: Second Stage (14 Dec 2023)

Réada Cronin: ...the Bill. It and the Fortieth Amendment of the Constitution (Care) Bill 2023, Second Stage of which is also being taken today, are very much interconnected and reflect the changed and changing State and society in which we live. We have come a long way in the past 40 years in particular, and these referendums will be important markers on the next stage of our journey. They will be a...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (12 Dec 2023)

Réada Cronin: I was in my constituency office in Naas that Thursday evening, and I could hear the sirens going off on the main street as gardaí headed towards Dublin. It is for this reason that I really want to talk to the Minister of State about what it is like for families of gardaí who were left unprotected that night at the riot. I know what it is like to be a member of a Garda family, and...

Delivery of a Rights-Based Care Economy in Ireland: Motion (7 Dec 2023)

Réada Cronin: ...to speak on this motion on a rights-based care economy with my colleagues in the women's caucus and the gender equality committee set up after the citizens' assembly report. We all know that if carers downed tools for even a day, our economy and society would grind to a halt, except, carers, of course, would not do that, which governments know. In so many cases, they are motivated by the...

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (6 Dec 2023)

Réada Cronin: As the Minister of State and the Taoiseach go to the European Council next week, I want them to make it very clear to those who profess to defend European values that they cannot be selective in their condemnation of war crimes. I want them to take a clear message to the European Council that the attitude of official Europe to the Palestinian people bears no resemblance or relation to the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Update on Ukraine: Discussion (5 Dec 2023)

Réada Cronin: ...I would also like to ask the ambassador to speak about how the embassy could help Ukrainian professionals who have come to Ireland, such as teachers, doctors and nurses, to work, have their qualifications recognised more quickly and help with services such as education for Ukrainian children, etc. I am confused, Chairman. I thought Mr. Merezhko was going to talk about peace efforts but...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child Abuse (5 Dec 2023)

Réada Cronin: 490. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of Section 3 investigations opened before the CASP was implemented at the end of June 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53768/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Education (5 Dec 2023)

Réada Cronin: 615. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address, immediately, the situation whereby nursing students have just been informed that the INMO are reportedly to change the students’ travel allowance entitlement, from a flat weekly rate, to one that is receipts-based, leaving those students currently finishing a six-week placement bloc at an immediate financial disadvantage since...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Properties (29 Nov 2023)

Réada Cronin: 50. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason and how the State acted with such alacrity on the purchase of a property at Dowth, while still delaying on the purchase of lands at Castletown to the degree the current owner has withdrawn their proposal to sell, due to lack of appropriate engagement; and if he will publish the timeline of the transaction regarding Dowth in...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Properties (29 Nov 2023)

Réada Cronin: 51. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the State acquisition of the lands at Castletown; the timeline of each and all engagements by the OPW with the current owner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52689/23]

Neutrality: Motion [Private Members] (28 Nov 2023)

Réada Cronin: I take this opportunity to welcome home the highly trained peacekeepers of the 122nd Infantry Battalion who returned from south Lebanon at the weekend. It was genuinely uplifting to see their families welcome them home. I wish them all the best as I do those of the 123rd Infantry Battalion who are rotating in at the most dangerous time for decades in the Middle East, while the EU gives full...

Policing, Protests and Public Order: Statements (28 Nov 2023)

Réada Cronin: We were all horrified when we heard that a woman and three junior and senior infants had been stabbed in broad daylight outside their school last Thursday. Our thoughts and prayers are with them. Once it was leaked that the attacker had not been born in Ireland, anyone could have predicted what followed. That is, anyone except this Government and the Garda Commissioner, who insist, despite...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Supplementary)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2023)

Réada Cronin: Has the Israeli ambassador been called in at all to discuss Arab concern around the genocide in Gaza?

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Supplementary)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2023)

Réada Cronin: I was going to leave it at that. My questions were answered. I have one other question on Vote 27, but I do not want to have it if-----

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Supplementary)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2023)

Réada Cronin: Great. I spoke to Deputy Carthy, who is sorry he could not be here, and he raised the issue of compensation at the PAC in 2021. He was told that: Ireland pursues this issue consistently ... [although] bilaterally and jointly with other donors. The Minister for Foreign Affairs has raised the issue of demolition and confiscation of humanitarian aid and Palestinian property with both the...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Supplementary)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2023)

Réada Cronin: At that time, my colleague, Deputy Carthy, was informed that no compensation had been paid thus far. Is that still the case?