Results 13,261-13,280 of 40,897 for speaker:Simon Coveney
- Questions on Promised Legislation (15 Feb 2018)
Simon Coveney: It is confirmed that the Bill is awaiting Committee Stage, but we do not have a set date for it. I will ask the relevant Minister to come back to the Deputy on it.
- Questions on Promised Legislation (15 Feb 2018)
Simon Coveney: This is a complex issue which is related to child safety. In the consultation process the Government has undertaken on the issue the majority of respondents, including the Ombudsman for Children, the Internet Safety Advisory Committee and the Children's Rights Alliance, recommended that the digital age of consent be set at 13 years rather than 16. It is important to say the special...
- Questions on Promised Legislation (15 Feb 2018)
Simon Coveney: There are two separate issues. There is the protection of children online from abuse and the digital age of consent, on which we need to listen to the experts in the area.
- Leaders' Questions (15 Feb 2018)
Simon Coveney: I have accepted that it should have happened before now.
- Leaders' Questions (15 Feb 2018)
Simon Coveney: This is a question to which I have been asked to respond today and it has been brought to the Minister's attention this week. We have acted on that. There is a commitment this morning to ensure this procedure takes place in three months' time. We are trying to provide some certainty to the family.
- Leaders' Questions (15 Feb 2018)
Simon Coveney: I am sure the Deputies are aware that the financial practices and procedures at the Garda College in Templemore were the subject of public controversy last year and were examined in great detail by the Committee of Public Accounts. The Government has no direct role in the management of the finances of the Garda College. The Garda Commissioner is the Accounting Officer for the organisation....
- Leaders' Questions (15 Feb 2018)
Simon Coveney: On the general point of supporting SMEs and creating jobs outside of Dublin-----
- Leaders' Questions (15 Feb 2018)
Simon Coveney: -----it is worth noting that the vast majority of jobs created last year were actually created outside Dublin. Every county in the country without exception-----
- Leaders' Questions (15 Feb 2018)
Simon Coveney: -----has seen job numbers grow. In the last budget, and subsequently, we have seen numerous initiatives to help and support SMEs. I accept that in the procurement process, depending on how the contracting and procurement process is structured, it can be difficult in a competitive environment for SMEs. There are, however, examples of many State agencies and organisations looking to break up...
- Leaders' Questions (15 Feb 2018)
Simon Coveney: We will try to help the Deputy do that with the other parties. If one looks at Arlene Foster's statement yesterday, one can see that there are positives in it. We need to focus on those and build on them in terms of her desire to see devolved government up and running again, but clearly there is an issue and there is a frustration within unionism and the DUP regarding Irish language issues...
- Leaders' Questions (15 Feb 2018)
Simon Coveney: I thank the Deputy for giving some notice of this question so that I could give her a proper answer. We have been in contact with the Minister's office and he has been in contact with the hospital involved regarding this case. I am happy to meet Aisling after Leaders' Questions if that would be helpful. We received a letter from the hospital this morning. The Deputy may not have seen it...
- Leaders' Questions (15 Feb 2018)
Simon Coveney: The Deputy probably knows that it is not as straightforward as that, particularly with regard to very complex cases involving scoliosis. I accept that nobody should have to wait four years. I also think it is inappropriate for me to attempt to go into the medical detail of this case on the floor of the House. I am not a doctor but I am just going on the briefing I received this morning....
- Leaders' Questions (15 Feb 2018)
Simon Coveney: It is difficult to take this lecture on thinking about families and loan books from Fianna Fáil given what it-----
- Leaders' Questions (15 Feb 2018)
Simon Coveney: -----was responsible for in the banking sector.
- Leaders' Questions (15 Feb 2018)
Simon Coveney: Our job as a Government is to try to fix what Fianna Fáil broke.
- Leaders' Questions (15 Feb 2018)
Simon Coveney: The tens, if not hundreds of thousands of families that have suffered as a result of that banking collapse-----
- Leaders' Questions (15 Feb 2018)
Simon Coveney: -----which was directly linked to poor banking regulatory and Government policy.
- Leaders' Questions (15 Feb 2018)
Simon Coveney: That is what we have spent the past six and a half years-----
- Leaders' Questions (15 Feb 2018)
Simon Coveney: We will continue to try to fix that in a way that does prioritise families, tries to protect people in their homes and gives them State-funded supports in terms of the advice they need to get through a difficult debt and finance management journey, which many families are on.
- Leaders' Questions (15 Feb 2018)
Simon Coveney: We also need to ensure that the Central Bank has the power to ensure that, regardless of who owns loan books, how they are managed in respect of keeping people in their homes and protecting the public interest is at the forefront of what we are doing.