Results 81-100 of 951 for speaker:Garret Ahearn
- Seanad: Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad (7 Nov 2024)
Garret Ahearn: The Cathaoirleach has received notice from the following Senators that they propose to raise the following matters: Senator Mary Fitzpatrick - The need for the Minister for Education to make a statement on her engagement with the State Examinations Commission regarding the proposal from Dyslexia Ireland that additional exam time be given to students with dyslexia in the junior and leaving...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Nov 2024)
Garret Ahearn: I thank the Senator.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Nov 2024)
Garret Ahearn: Before I call on Senator Keogan, I welcome the pupils of St. Margaret’s National School in Finglas and their teachers. I hope they are having a good day and learning things about politics and about this building. I hope in the future some of them will become politicians and do a better job than we do, or as good a job as we try to do anyway. If their teachers are listening, the...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Nov 2024)
Garret Ahearn: The Senator's number one supporter is behind her in the Public Gallery, smiling as she speaks.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Nov 2024)
Garret Ahearn: Before I call the Acting Leader, I also thank Martin Groves, Bridget Doody and all the team in the Seanad Office for their professionalism in recent years. We have moved from the Convention Centre to the Dáil and back to the Seanad. We really only developed the unity between us once we came back to our home here in Seanad Éireann. While it has been a fast four and a half years,...
- Seanad: Family Courts Bill 2022 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (7 Nov 2024)
Garret Ahearn: Seeing as the other two did and I did from that Chair earlier on, I want to acknowledge-----
- Seanad: Family Courts Bill 2022 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (7 Nov 2024)
Garret Ahearn: Am I allowed to speak? It is quite fitting that the Senator is sitting there in his last moments in this Chamber. I wish him and his family well. I also acknowledge the Minister on her exemplary work over the past five years. Being Minister for Justice is not an easy job and it has been difficult for the Minister's predecessors but she has done incredible work, particularly for women...
- Seanad: Companies (Corporate Governance, Enforcement and Regulatory Provisions) Bill 2024: Second and Subsequent Stages (6 Nov 2024)
Garret Ahearn: I welcome the Minister of State to the Chamber and thank him for introducing the Bill. The fact there are no amendments suggests it will be widely accepted. We did a lot of pre-legislative scrutiny on this in the Committee on Enterprise, Trade and Employment and most things have been thrashed out. It is a technical but important Bill. I acknowledge the work the Minister of State and his...
- Seanad: Finance Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (6 Nov 2024)
Garret Ahearn: Before I ask the Minister to respond, I welcome the students of CBC Cork Preparatory School. I hope they are having a very good day visiting Leinster House. I hope they are enjoying it and learning a lot. I hope some of them become politicians in the future. If their teachers are there, I can tell them they have no homework this evening if there is any coming. Or rather it is two days,...
- Seanad: Finance Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (6 Nov 2024)
Garret Ahearn: Recommendation No. 7 has been ruled out of order due to a potential charge on the people.
- Seanad: Finance Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (6 Nov 2024)
Garret Ahearn: I welcome Deputy Michael Ring's guests, who I suspect are from Mayo: Ita Plunkett, Patricia Walsh, Margaret O'Donnell and Sheila English. They are all very welcome to the Chamber. I hope they have had a fruitful and enjoyable day with Deputy Ring. They are in very good company, so should enjoy it.
- Seanad: Finance Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (6 Nov 2024)
Garret Ahearn: I welcome the guests of Deputy John Paul Phelan, who I suspect are from County Kilkenny. I hope they are having a very enjoyable day. It is tough for a Tipperary man to welcome Kilkenny people, but they are very welcome and I hope they have a good day. They are in very good hands with Deputy Phelan. Unless the Minister has anything further to add, we will move on.
- Seanad: Finance Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (6 Nov 2024)
Garret Ahearn: Recommendation No. 9 has been ruled out of order as it is not relevant to the subject matter of the Bill.
- Seanad: Finance Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (6 Nov 2024)
Garret Ahearn: It has already been discussed.
- Seanad: Finance Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (6 Nov 2024)
Garret Ahearn: Recommendation No. 16, in the names of Senators Gavan and Warfield, has been ruled out of order due to a potential charge on the people.
- Seanad: Finance Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (6 Nov 2024)
Garret Ahearn: Recommendation No. 17 is in the names of Senators Gavan and Warfield. Recommendations Nos. 17 and 18 are related and may be discussed together by agreement. Is that agreed? Agreed.
- Seanad: Finance Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (6 Nov 2024)
Garret Ahearn: Recommendations Nos. 19 and 37 are related and may be discussed together by agreement. Is that agreed? Agreed.
- Seanad: Finance Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (6 Nov 2024)
Garret Ahearn: Recommendations Nos. 25 and 41 are related and may be discussed together by agreement. Is that agreed? Agreed.
- Seanad: Finance Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (6 Nov 2024)
Garret Ahearn: Now.
- Seanad: Finance Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (6 Nov 2024)
Garret Ahearn: Now.