Results 81-100 of 175 for speaker:Manus Boyle

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Planning Challenges in Offshore Renewable Energy: Discussion (15 Jul 2025)

Manus Boyle: I agree. Vessels around this coast can sail any place. Why they cannot simply sit on guard duty is beyond belief. It would give the fishers a financial reward for buying in.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Planning Challenges in Offshore Renewable Energy: Discussion (15 Jul 2025)

Manus Boyle: Ms Brien talked about foreshore licences. Why do they take so long to get through? Some people say it takes an awful long time to get one.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Planning Challenges in Offshore Renewable Energy: Discussion (15 Jul 2025)

Manus Boyle: I reiterate what Deputy Mac Lochlainn and Senator O'Reilly said: at the end of the day, the fishers are the ones who need to be looked after here. That is very important. I have two quick questions. Why did the Sceirde Rocks project not proceed? Financially, what is the difference between floating and fixed? Is there a massive difference money-wise between the cost of doing the two...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Planning Challenges in Offshore Renewable Energy: Discussion (15 Jul 2025)

Manus Boyle: Why did the Sceirde Rocks project fall by the wayside?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Planning Challenges in Offshore Renewable Energy: Discussion (15 Jul 2025)

Manus Boyle: I thank the witnesses.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Jul 2025)

Manus Boyle: I want to raise an issue I brought up in the past but have got no feedback on it yet, namely, the issue of the benefit-in-kind scheme for the National Ambulance Service. The Minister, Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill, said she passed it on to the Minister for Finance. The Revenue Commissioners have to make the decision on this. It has been four months since first I brought it up in this...

Seanad: Transport Policy: Statements (10 Jul 2025)

Manus Boyle: The Minister of State is welcome. I tabled a Commencement matter about this but I did not get it through yet. To add to what my fellow Senator said, the A5 is a big disappointment to us in Donegal. For decades, we have been waiting for it. We are really isolated in Donegal and we thought this was the way forward. I attended the football game a few Saturdays ago when Donegal and Tyrone...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Legal and Policy Gaps in Adult Safeguarding: Discussion (9 Jul 2025)

Manus Boyle: This is all very welcome. It is good to see the witnesses. This is an important issue and I cannot understand why it is taking so long to understand. I am new to the Joint Committee on Health. It beggars belief that this issue keeps being kicked down the road. I feel the witnesses' frustration. At the end of the day, we all have to look after our elderly people. It is totally wrong...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Legal and Policy Gaps in Adult Safeguarding: Discussion (9 Jul 2025)

Manus Boyle: It was on Covid. I remember when my father used to visit people, but that all stopped when Covid started.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Legal and Policy Gaps in Adult Safeguarding: Discussion (9 Jul 2025)

Manus Boyle: If we could get our people back out into the community and the small pockets and work with that, it would be-----

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Jul 2025)

Manus Boyle: I express my sincere condolences to the family of Natalie and Ella McLaughlin who tragically lost their lives last week in County Donegal. I have met many wonderful community groups across Donegal and Ireland in the last few years. These groups do invaluable work caring for their loved ones day and night. One issue that keeps coming up is the cost of legal fees for people who have been...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Jul 2025)

Manus Boyle: It was brought to my attention by Councillors Martin Harley, Jimmy Kavanagh and Michael Boyle that the funding for the apprenticeship programme for education and training boards, ETBs, nationally will be cut by €40 million this year. This means a large number of apprentices will not be in a position to go from phase 4 to phase 6. This is ridiculous at a time when the country has a...

Seanad: Sea Fisheries: Statements (2 Jul 2025)

Manus Boyle: I thank the Minister of State for coming in today and congratulate him on his appointment. It is long overdue. We have been 15 years without a junior Minister and the Government has shown that this is something that is a priority after so many years and that fishing and marine life are back on the agenda. It is great that the Minister of State has come in today, but the people looking in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Management of Hospital Waiting Lists and Insourcing and Outsourcing of Treatment: Discussion (2 Jul 2025)

Manus Boyle: I thank the witnesses for coming in. It is great to see them here and great to get answers to questions. The waiting time has improved, decreasing from 9.2 months to 7.2 months. Does the HSE see the wait time further improving? Outpatient wait time has decreased from 12 months to 6.8 months. Will there be further movement in that regard? Some hospitals seem to be doing a lot better than...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Management of Hospital Waiting Lists and Insourcing and Outsourcing of Treatment: Discussion (2 Jul 2025)

Manus Boyle: There is a good news story too. A lot of people travel down to Galway to the prostate clinic. I have encountered so many men who they think it is great. Could that not be replicated in Donegal? Some people tell me you go down and meet the consultant on the first day, go home and then you have to go back down again to get a biopsy done and then back down again to get an MRI done. To get...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Jul 2025)

Manus Boyle: I concur with my party colleagues. The Minister needs to reverse this. People are hard pressed the way things are with the cost of living. This really needs to be sorted. Another issue I will take up today is about Irish Water. North Inishowen, Malin and Carndonagh were without water for three to four days last week. Shops, hairdressers, businesses and households had no water for four...

Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Review of Sea Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Act 2006: Discussion (1 Jul 2025)

Manus Boyle: I thank the witnesses for coming. It is great to see them today. How would Mr. Burke describe the relationship between the industry and the monitoring authorities as of now?

Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Review of Sea Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Act 2006: Discussion (1 Jul 2025)

Manus Boyle: I thank Mr. Burke. I have a second question. His summary mentioned that the SFPA is attempting to justify itself. Can I have more details on that, please?

Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Review of Sea Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Act 2006: Discussion (1 Jul 2025)

Manus Boyle: I am sorry to hear that, Cormac. I hope it works out well for you now.

Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Review of Sea Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Act 2006: Discussion (1 Jul 2025)

Manus Boyle: I have a question for Mr. Byrne. Does he think we are working on a level playing field? Is the rule book in Holland, Germany and France the same as that in this country?