Results 141-160 of 12,378 for speaker:Louise O'Reilly

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (4 Mar 2025)

Louise O'Reilly: Maybe because they shouted at him like they are shouting now.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (4 Mar 2025)

Louise O'Reilly: 282. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of the rise in overcrowding on the commuter trains on the northern line serving the towns of Balbriggan, Skerries and Rush and Lusk; if he has plans to address this serious issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9762/25]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Accommodation (27 Feb 2025)

Louise O'Reilly: I thank the Minister of State for the reply. He spoke about some of the pressures being created, such as those caused by the duplication of applications. I have sympathy for parents who make duplicate applications, particularly because they feel they have no choice. When they come into my office, we have a conversation and talk about what they are doing. They are being told by the schools...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Accommodation (27 Feb 2025)

Louise O'Reilly: I am very privileged and proud to represent the people of the constituency of Dublin Fingal West. We are a very young constituency, one that is growing and expanding. We are also a constituency and a community that faces many challenges. I get that some of the challenges cannot be foreseen. I do not blame the Government for things that are outside its control. However, there is nothing...

Housing Commission Report: Statements (27 Feb 2025)

Louise O'Reilly: I was not here for all of this debate but I listened to most of it and I heard Deputy Barry Ward refer to home ownership as giving you a stake in society. My God, I do not know what that says about the thousands of young people the Government has locked out of home ownership. It does not give you a stake in society. It is absolutely classist to suggest that it does and that home ownership...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (27 Feb 2025)

Louise O'Reilly: We know that the Tánaiste's party has carried out an internal investigation into the inappropriate behaviour of a sitting Fine Gael Senator towards a female member of staff working in the Oireachtas. We know that a very substantial sum of money was donated to a charity on foot of the outcome of that investigation. We know also that the Senator in question was selected by the Fine Gael...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (27 Feb 2025)

Louise O'Reilly: That is not acceptable.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Feb 2025)

Louise O'Reilly: Hear, hear.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Feb 2025)

Louise O'Reilly: They know what it is about.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Feb 2025)

Louise O'Reilly: I do not rate you, Tánaiste-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Feb 2025)

Louise O'Reilly: ------but when it comes to misrepresenting people you clearly know what you are talking about.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Meals Programme (27 Feb 2025)

Louise O'Reilly: We all saw the Jamie Oliver programmes in England and his war on turkey twizzlers and all of that. We have an opportunity to not let the situation get to that level. I welcome the Minister's commitment to monitoring the system. The Department must be very proactive as a significant amount is being spent here. That buying power should be used to drive up and maintain standards rather than...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Meals Programme (27 Feb 2025)

Louise O'Reilly: 93. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection how Healthy Ireland nutrition standards and specific dietary requirements are enforced in the school meals programme. [8362/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Meals Programme (27 Feb 2025)

Louise O'Reilly: We understand the importance of the school meals programme but it is equally important that when kids are availing of this programme, the food is decent, of good quality, healthy and nutritious. I know from talking to teachers in my constituency that, for some kids, these meals may represent a significant proportion of the food they eat on any given day. It is important that those standards...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Meals Programme (27 Feb 2025)

Louise O'Reilly: Irish Country Living has found that traceability of the food can be poor and that ingredients are often just listed as "pasta sauce" on the website. This has been widely reported in the media. We also know that the same amount of funding, €3.20 per meal, and the same portion sizes are given to children from junior infants right up to sixth class. That should be looked at because...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Social Welfare Code (27 Feb 2025)

Louise O'Reilly: 84. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he intends to abolish the means test for the carer’s allowance; if this will be phased out; if he can provide a detailed timeline for it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9019/25]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Social Welfare Code (27 Feb 2025)

Louise O'Reilly: This is a subject we discussed at length during the most recent election. I am pleased that, due to pressure from the organisations representing carers and from members of the Opposition, including my party, the two parties that now make up two thirds of the Government committed to the abolition of the means test for carers. As yet, we do not have a detailed timeline in relation to that....

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Social Welfare Code (27 Feb 2025)

Louise O'Reilly: I will have to substantially redefine my understanding of what a significant commitment means if that is what the Minister believes it means. I asked for a detailed timeline and what I got instead from the Minister was a very watery indication that he might at some point do something. We talked at lot about this during the election. The commitment was given and carers need to know it will...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Social Welfare Code (27 Feb 2025)

Louise O'Reilly: According to Family Carers Ireland, three in four of the family carers it surveyed indicated that the people they support do not receive sufficient formal support and 72% had never received any respite. The Minister should think about how his words will sound to a person who is stuck at home and does not have access to respite, as is the case for most people. As the Minister knows, that is...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Widow's Pension (27 Feb 2025)

Louise O'Reilly: 82. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the terms of the widow's or widower's pension, particularly in respect of non-married or cohabiting couples, and the judgment of the Supreme Court on 22 January 2024; the expected timeline in terms of the legislative changes that are required in respect of this decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9018/25]