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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Inadequate Personal Assistance Supports: Discussion (23 Mar 2023)

...in Ireland were one of the first group of disabled people to successfully push and fight for a PAS, and many hundreds of disabled people have led real and productive lives by using this basic tenet of modern social democracy. It has proven cost-effective, liberating and a real marker of social justice for disabled people who need the service. However, disconcertingly, Ireland does not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Sustainable Development Goals: Discussion (21 Mar 2023)

...authors suggest deep transformations are needed to safeguard human and planetary health. Current trends will only deepen the ecological crisis, while failing to eliminate social shortfalls. A core tenet of the SDGs is that states reach those in society who are the furthest behind, first. My colleagues and I from Coalition 2030 would like to give the committee a sense of the urgent...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Work and Priorities of the Defence Forces: Engagement with Chief of Staff (21 Mar 2023)

...their sense of this and where they are at, and I can say with real confidence that everybody's goodwill in terms of the success of the Defence Forces is there. That is the fundamental underlying tenet I would like to get across today, that every woman and every man in our organisation is determined for the Defence Forces to succeed. Everybody understands the challenges we have faced and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (21 Mar 2023)

Simon Harris: ...(CoFPI) report. As the Deputy may be aware, the report of the Commission recommended that Garda staff be recruited directly to An Garda Síochána, rather than the Civil Service. A central tenet of the recommendations was that An Garda Síochána should be seen and treated as a single organisation with a single workforce who share a common mission. It found that more...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Functions (1 Mar 2023)

Leo Varadkar: ..., the leaving certificate vocational programme, and the leaving certificate established as well as Project Maths. The review involved broad research and consultation and was published in March of last year. The three tenets of senior cycle reform are to empower students to meet the challenges of the 21st century; to enrich the student experience and build on what is good in our current...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (28 Feb 2023)

Simon Harris: ...(CoFPI) report. As the Deputy may be aware, the report of the Commission recommended that Garda staff be recruited directly to An Garda Síochána, rather than the Civil Service. A central tenet of the recommendations was that An Garda Síochána should be seen and treated as a single organisation with a single workforce who share a common mission. It found that more...

Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Feb 2023)

Joan Collins: ...them "50 years later" and points out that Bessborough is only "one home in a long list of mass graves" throughout Ireland, many of them unacknowledged by the Bill. Noelle writes that the twin tenets of this Bill, according to the Government, are acts of kindness and do not harm. According to Noelle, it does "neither of these" but only serves to magnify the level of disrespect, abuse...

Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Second Stage (22 Feb 2023)

James Browne: ...Commissioner will, with the approval of the board, appoint persons to the senior ranks of assistant commissioner and chief superintendent following selection competitions undertaken by the Public Appointments Service. The approval of the board will also be required for the appointment of senior Garda civilian staff. A central tenet of the commission report was that An Garda...

Seanad: Report on Working Conditions and Skills Shortages in Ireland's Tourism and Hospitality Sector: Motion (22 Feb 2023)

Micheál Carrigy: ...'s tourism and hospitality sectors, advocates for and ensures insofar as possible that the interests of trade union groups and workers are equally represented, alongside those of employers and their representative groups. Again, the fundamental tenet that workers should have greater representation and be given a platform to voice concerns or views was strongly advocated for in much of the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (21 Feb 2023)

Simon Harris: ...in Ireland (CoFPI) report. As the Deputy may be aware, the CoFPI report recommended that Garda staff be recruited directly to An Garda Síochána, rather than the Civil Service. A central tenet of the CoFPI report was that An Garda Síochána should be seen and treated as a single organisation with a single workforce who share a common loyalty and mission. It found...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Discussion (16 Feb 2023)

Eamon Ryan: ...be nice to click our fingers and say, "I want 5,000 foresters tomorrow", but these must come in the context of training and financial support from the Government and we will provide it. The first tenet here is the need to get democratic consent. The second is that the State does not break contracts. I accept the Deputy's point about the data centres adding to our electricity demand...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Disability Proofing and Data: Discussion (16 Feb 2023)

.... The only real limits we have on producing census tables is ensuring that we do not disclose information about persons on an individual level. This goes across the board and is possibly the key tenet of census taking. Subject to that constraint, however, we can cross tabulate the disability data with any other data on the census form and produce it to the lowest level of geography...

Joint Committee On Health: Mental Health Commission Interim Report on CAMHS: HSE (14 Feb 2023)

Gino Kenny: Regarding the commission's report and alluding back to the original tenet of their report about underfunding and understaffing, there is understaffing, there are governance issues and clinical issues of oversight where it does not happen. What is the HSE's commentary on the commission's assessment that the cause, in its words, was that CAMHS was deeply underfunded and understaffed in respect...

Nursing Home Charges and Disability Allowance Payments: Statements (9 Feb 2023)

Gino Kenny: ...four or five decades and is somewhat opaque as to the interpretation of the care that should be given to our citizens. In this case we are talking about long-stay nursing home care. The central tenet to the critique the Attorney General has set out, and I and others would argue this point, is that those who had an obligation to receive care were subjected to an imposition of charges with...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Feb 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I found this submission interesting. It challenged one of the central tenets that has been put across, which we have not heard challenged before, namely, the 25% top-up. The ESRI states fairly boldly that it does not seem to have a huge impact on people's decisions when you make it a default pension option. That is probably the most interesting point for the witnesses to expand on,...

Seanad: Family Courts Bill 2023: Second Stage (2 Feb 2023)

Simon Harris: ...any proceedings where guardianship, custody, upbringing of or access to a child is in question. Obviously, the courts and the Judiciary are independent. I very much get and respect that. It is a core tenet of our democracy. Assessors and experts in family law proceedings are formally appointed by the court itself and they are answerable to the presiding judge. The Family Courts Bill...

Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (1 Feb 2023)

Bríd Smith: ...to listen and do something for them. Some of the emails are terribly sad but mostly it is the anger that comes through. The anger is speaking to the Minister, who claims that he is pursuing twin tenets of acting with kindness and doing no harm but in their words, this scheme's exclusions are heaping abuse upon abuse. Even this discussion and this Bill, which will be passed because the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Commemorative Events (1 Feb 2023)

Catherine Martin: ...respectful, sensitive, measured and authentic ethos that has become the hallmark of the Decade of Centenaries Programme.  Historical accuracy, academic integrity, and archival discovery are key tenets of the programme - following the centenary timeline of the historical events of the period.  It is important that our history is faithfully presented, even when the historical...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Special Educational Needs (26 Jan 2023)

Seán Kyne: ...around child-centred, evidence-based intervention, individualised teaching, parental involvement and professional respect. It is a multi-denominational, coeducational school. The school is guided by the tenet that every child with autism has a right to an education, one that is grounded in scientific evidence of efficacy. It is committed to ensuring the safety and well-being of students...