Results 101-120 of 1,212 for speaker:Garret Ahearn
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jun 2025)
Garret Ahearn: Will Ms Ní Chaoindealbháin answer on the League of Ireland?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jun 2025)
Garret Ahearn: I am only joking. Gavan is doing fine.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jun 2025)
Garret Ahearn: I will go back to what the Chair said about "The Tonight Show" and additional content. We do not know whether it qualifies, as the Chair said, but the real question is whether, if it is found to qualify, Virgin Media is committed to going back to four days per week on "The Tonight Show"?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jun 2025)
Garret Ahearn: Is it something Virgin Media wants to go back to? Does it see it as a success?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jun 2025)
Garret Ahearn: And the only reason it is not there four nights is financial.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jun 2025)
Garret Ahearn: So, if it qualifies, then it is an option.
- Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: The Work of Dóchas: Discussion (17 Jun 2025)
Garret Ahearn: I thank the guests for attending today and outlining very starkly the realities in developing countries across the world. A number of my questions have been asked already, so I will not repeat them. Ms McKenna stated the gap between the funds required and those received has doubled. Has that been since the announcement of the US?
- Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: The Work of Dóchas: Discussion (17 Jun 2025)
Garret Ahearn: With regard to Irish funding and seeking to get to 0.7%, Ms McKenna said we are 0.34% at present. How much is Ireland giving in aid and, of that, how much is going directly, which is the criterion on which Dóchas bases its position? Ms McKenna said we need €300 million per annum. In an ideal world, we would have it in the budget coming up in October – I should not say...
- Seanad: Delivering a World-Class Education System: Statements (12 Jun 2025)
Garret Ahearn: The Senator spoke already. She does not have an opportunity to respond. The business is statements, unfortunately.
- Seanad: Delivering a World-Class Education System: Statements (12 Jun 2025)
Garret Ahearn: There is no opportunity under Standing Orders for the Senator to intervene. That concludes the statements. I thank the Minister of State for his time. Before I call the Deputy Leader, I welcome guests of our colleague Senator McCarthy from the school of law in Quinnipiac University and New York. I hear they are studying in Trinity College, so they did not have to come too far. They are...
- Seanad: Delivering a World-Class Education System: Statements (12 Jun 2025)
Garret Ahearn: Is that agreed? Agreed.
- Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Sports Funding (11 Jun 2025)
Garret Ahearn: I welcome the ambassador as well and acknowledge the work she has done over recent months and years. We had a productive meeting yesterday in the foreign affairs committee. It could have gone on for two or three more hours it was so impressive. I am happy to see Senator Andrews in the Chair now because League of Ireland and grassroots soccer is something he and I are passionate about....
- Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Sports Funding (11 Jun 2025)
Garret Ahearn: I thank the Minister of State for the response. He is right that there has been an awful lot of money given over the past number of years to support the FAI and grassroots level in terms of the €30 million. It is important to note that the people leading the FAI now have, as the Minister of State said, delivered on the memorandum of understanding. Some 98% of that has been...
- Seanad: Child Trafficking and Child Sexual Exploitation Material (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (11 Jun 2025)
Garret Ahearn: Does the Minister of State wish to come in again?
- Seanad: Child Trafficking and Child Sexual Exploitation Material (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (11 Jun 2025)
Garret Ahearn: Amendments Nos. 3, 5, 21, 23, 29, 31, 33, 35, 36 and 38 are related and may be discussed together by agreement. Is that agreed? Agreed.
- Seanad: Child Trafficking and Child Sexual Exploitation Material (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (11 Jun 2025)
Garret Ahearn: As Senator Flynn does not wish to speak, I call the Minister of State to respond.
- Seanad: Child Trafficking and Child Sexual Exploitation Material (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (11 Jun 2025)
Garret Ahearn: Amendments Nos. 25 and 26 are related and may be discussed together. Is that agreed? Agreed.
- Seanad: Child Trafficking and Child Sexual Exploitation Material (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (11 Jun 2025)
Garret Ahearn: Does the Minister of State wish to respond?
- Seanad: Child Trafficking and Child Sexual Exploitation Material (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (11 Jun 2025)
Garret Ahearn: Just to let Senator Flynn know, as Senator Kelleher has pointed out with regard to the wording, amendment No. 44 says "to insert" the term child pornography, whereas Senator Flynn wants it to say "to replace" the term. However, the Senator cannot change the amendment now. The option is either to withdraw the amendment for the moment or-----
- Seanad: Child Trafficking and Child Sexual Exploitation Material (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (11 Jun 2025)
Garret Ahearn: And reintroduce it at a later stage?