Results 121-140 of 1,318 for speaker:Conor McGuinness
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Sprat Fishing: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)
Conor McGuinness: I am sorry to cut across Mr. Lynch. I ask him to conclude, please.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Sprat Fishing: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)
Conor McGuinness: I invite the representative of the NIFA to make an opening statement.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Sprat Fishing: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)
Conor McGuinness: We are out of time, Deputy Whitmore.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Sprat Fishing: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)
Conor McGuinness: I do not mean to cut Mr. Foley off mid-flow, but I must ask him to direct his comments through the Chair. I want to avoid getting into a back-and-forth between witnesses.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Sprat Fishing: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)
Conor McGuinness: I understand that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Sprat Fishing: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)
Conor McGuinness: That is understood.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Sprat Fishing: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)
Conor McGuinness: Mr. Foley is more than entitled to make his point and respond to Mr. Murphy, but he should do so through the Chair. We will try to do that so we will not get into a back-and-forth if that is okay.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Sprat Fishing: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)
Conor McGuinness: I will give Mr. Murphy one minute only because Senator Boyle is waiting patiently for his opportunity.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Sprat Fishing: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)
Conor McGuinness: For the avoidance of doubt, I take Deputy Whitmore's point that it would be interesting to hear the perspective of environmental organisations. At least one invitation was issued and there were a number of opportunities where proposals could be made to invite in further organisations. It is not that it was not a consideration. The clerk can correct me if I am wrong, but one invitation was...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Sprat Fishing: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)
Conor McGuinness: Do so very briefly, Deputy.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Sprat Fishing: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)
Conor McGuinness: There were a couple of different questions there. I will go first to Ms McSherry, next to Mr. Murphy and back to the Marine Institute thereafter.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Sprat Fishing: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)
Conor McGuinness: Dr. Officer can respond to that directly and I will come to Mr. Murphy then, if that is okay.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Sprat Fishing: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)
Conor McGuinness: I thank Mr. Murphy. We will leave it there because we have one more question.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Sprat Fishing: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)
Conor McGuinness: As Ms McSherry reminded us, we have an invitation to attend from the Minister of State, Deputy Dooley, the logistics of which we can discuss at our next private meeting. It would be useful. Most of us around this room and any of us who have been involved in any way in sea fisheries have been over and met DG MARE, the Commission, the European Parliament Committee on Fisheries, PECH, and our...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Sprat Fishing: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)
Conor McGuinness: We have no further members indicating to speak. I have been listening attentively and would like to pose a question to the three fisheries representatives and give them a minute or two to sum up. Notwithstanding the lack of scientific evidence on the table, we would be better able to manage this and it would not be a crisis were there sufficient fishing opportunities for Irish vessels, both...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Sprat Fishing: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)
Conor McGuinness: I thank all our witnesses for their contributions, statements and conduct today. It has been very informative for all our members and an important piece of work for the committee. It is something we will return to and discuss again. We do not quite have a resolution - we will put it that way. We await advances in research and science on which we can rely as committee members, people...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Sprat Fishing: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)
Conor McGuinness: Would anybody like to respond to that? Mr. Lynch is at a disadvantage because he is on Teams, but he has his hand raised. We will come to Ms McSherry afterwards.
- National Social Enterprise Policy: Statements (25 Sep 2025)
Conor McGuinness: I agree with everything my colleague Deputy Donnelly said. We have spoken about this matter in the past. The Minister of State knows my feelings on it. Social enterprises are at the heart of rural and community life. They create jobs and roll out services. They foster innovation, but too often they have been treated as an afterthought by the Government. They have not been given priority...
- National Social Enterprise Policy: Statements (25 Sep 2025)
Conor McGuinness: That is not good enough. I look forward to the remainder of the debate. I look forward to hearing the contributions of other Members. Hopefully, the strategy, as I said, will be followed by a framework for action.
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 Sep 2025)
Conor McGuinness: Earlier today I attended a briefing by the Family Resource Centre National Forum. I think we can all agree that FRCs are tremendous services. They are holistic, engaged, progressive, they provide vital interventions for families and individuals at all stages of life. In Waterford city we are very fortunate to have three excellent centres, Sacred Heart, Brill FRC and St. Brigid's, but there...