Results 81-100 of 493 for at speaker:Réada Cronin

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (21 Nov 2023)

Réada Cronin: 62. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will include the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005 in the terms of reference of the tribunal of inquiry, specifically in the context of the sensitive, significant matters and working circumstances raised by a group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50893/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Budget 2024, Official Development Assistance, COP28 and Ongoing Humanitarian Situations: Dóchas (21 Nov 2023)

Réada Cronin: I was not well last week so I am interested to hear about loss and damage because we have touched on the matter in the climate committee. The witnesses spoke about reaching €1.5 billion per year by 2030 and then sustaining that sum forever. I thank them all for coming in and for the work they do. How are their aid workers abroad, particularly those in Gaza? The number of aid...

Escalation of Violence in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (14 Nov 2023)

Réada Cronin: We have kept this motion simple. We are asking the Dáil to refer Israel to the International Criminal Court in the name of Ireland, humanity, decency and the international rule of law, given the murder of UN staff, the targeting of journalists, the killing of their families, the evisceration of men, women and children, and the killing of ICU nurses and doctors. I saw the last ever...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Global Humanitarian Response: United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (14 Nov 2023)

Réada Cronin: ...also like to give my condolences towards the families of more than 100 UN workers who have lost their lives. The committee's brief also covers the Department of Defence. The 122nd and the 123rd battalion of peacekeepers are currently in rotation in south Lebanon. We all have skin in the game, as such. I thank Mr. Rajasingham for the work the UN does locally there. My colleagues...

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

Réada Cronin: I ask the Tánaiste to get involved with the Office of Public Works, OPW, in the context of its actions in relation to the acquisition of lands at Castletown House in Celbridge. The community of north Kildare has rallied behind the acquisition of the lands and is dismayed at how it is being publicly pilloried by the OPW. That office needs to focus on engaging professionally and...

Neutrality: Motion [Private Members] (25 Oct 2023)

Réada Cronin: Gabhaim buíochas leis an gCathaoirleach Gníomhach agus leis an nGrúpa Neamhspleách as an rún seo a chur ar aghaidh. In every poll, the electorate has shown itself to be in favour of keeping our military neutrality. It is, as our popular President called it, a cornerstone of our foreign policy as a State. That neutrality is all the more precious in light of Russia's...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Children in Care (25 Oct 2023)

Réada Cronin: 162. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what improved and specific help will be given to emergency foster carers for their contingent need, for example, in the provision of packs of emergency supplies, appropriate to the various age groups, so they can begin, with the necessary ease and equipment, the wrap-around care of highly vulnerable children at...

Health Service Funding: Motion [Private Members] (24 Oct 2023)

Réada Cronin: It is quite clear that the Government has washed its hands of health in the same was it washed its hands of housing. This is why I have constituents across north Kildare who cannot afford it but who are pushing themselves financially to pay for private health insurance after they have paid their taxes including USC, and PRSI, not because they have notions but because they want to stay alive....

Middle East and the Occupied Palestinian Territories: Statements (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)

Réada Cronin: As we speak here this evening, Israel is raining hell on Gaza. It is horror beyond measure. I am sticking to raw politics tonight because I do not have the language to deal adequately with the human slaughterhouse scenes that we see on our screens. The EU leadership needs to immediately up its game for Gaza and the Palestinian people. Millions of Europeans looked aghast at the antics of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Schemes (18 Oct 2023)

Réada Cronin: 158. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the length of time each child who was without a school place availed of the home tuition scheme in each year of the last five years, in tabular form both at primary and secondary level; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45611/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Schemes (18 Oct 2023)

Réada Cronin: 159. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children without a school place forced to rely on home tuition who successfully went into the school system thereafter in each year of the past five years, including how many did not, both at primary and secondary level, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45612/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council and Departmental Matters: Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and for Defence (17 Oct 2023)

Réada Cronin: I thank the Tánaiste for attending. Before I start, I also reiterate our heartfelt condolences to Kim Damti's family and the family of Emily Hand. I remember them at a solidarity with Palestine protest in Naas last Wednesday. At the time there was still hope that Kim would be found alive. That, unfortunately, was not to be the case. I also warmly welcome the stance that Ireland,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council and Departmental Matters: Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and for Defence (17 Oct 2023)

Réada Cronin: I thank the Tánaiste for his statement. I send my best wishes to our 342 personnel in Camp Shamrock in south Lebanon. I am sure there are contingency plans to get them out in the event of a real emergency, but they are well-trained soldiers and one would hope they are having a stabilising influence on the region. How many of the soldiers stationed in south Lebanon are on their first,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council and Departmental Matters: Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and for Defence (17 Oct 2023)

Réada Cronin: It is difficult to believe that “Defence Forces management is progressing” the introduction. The system is not even at the point of being introduced. It sounds like the Government has not even started. There was no mention of it in the budget, so it sounds like we are nowhere near to introducing it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council and Departmental Matters: Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and for Defence (17 Oct 2023)

Réada Cronin: ...soldiers. I would not be suggesting a quota, but the Defence Forces should consider taking people from the enlisted ranks into officer ranks. It would help with retention because it would show that there was a realistically attainable route for enlisted personnel to move up. The Tánaiste spoke about lieutenants and above but did not refer to non-commissioned officers, NCOs. I...

Sustainability of Stability of Services Provided by Section 39 and Section 56 Organisations on behalf of the HSE and Tusla: Statements (12 Oct 2023)

Réada Cronin: I thank an Teachta Ó Murchú for sharing his time with me. I am extremely concerned about all our section 39 and section 56 workers, such as all those working in the Irish Wheelchair Association in north Kildare and Dara Community Living in north Kildare. I welcome the disability federation, the federation of voluntary service providers, and the service users, or, as I like to...

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (12 Oct 2023)

Réada Cronin: ...spokesperson on defence, I will direct most of my budget contribution on the crisis in the Defence Forces. It is fair to say there will be hurt and disbelief in barracks and bases across the State this week because the Defence Forces can be in no doubt that the Government values them by plámás only. If the Government valued the Defence Forces at all, it would not have given...

Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Human Trafficking) Bill 2023: Second Stage (4 Oct 2023)

Réada Cronin: I am also very glad to speak to this Bill on this Stage. Its wide provisions are welcome, particularly the piece in Part 2 to which the Minister of State referred earlier whereby a person who provides a character reference on behalf of a convicted sexual offender would be available to be cross-examined by the court. That is really welcome. I am also happy to say this is particularly...

An Garda Síochána: Motion [Private Members] (4 Oct 2023)

Réada Cronin: Gabhaim buíochas don Ghrúpa Réigiúnach as an rún seo. There has to be a real concern about the morale in the Garda and their stated positions recently. I do not want to get parochial around this. I have spoken about the fact that we have such low Garda numbers in north Kildare before. I believe that we are at a critical stage. I welcome the fact that the Minister...