Results 161-180 of 1,318 for speaker:Conor McGuinness
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Inshore Fishing: National Inshore Fishermen's Association (23 Sep 2025)
Conor McGuinness: Gabhaim buíochas as sin. Iarrfaidh mé ar Theachtaí agus ar Sheanadóirí a suim a léiriú má tá siad ag iarraidh caint. I have Senator Sarah O'Reilly, then Deputy Mac Lochlainn and then Deputy Collins. If anyone else wishes to indicate, they should just catch my eye.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Inshore Fishing: National Inshore Fishermen's Association (23 Sep 2025)
Conor McGuinness: Deputy Collins is next. For everybody's attention. here are clocks around the room and it is ten minutes for each Teachta Dála or Seanadóir and that includes time for answers. Thank you Senator, that was right on the button.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Inshore Fishing: National Inshore Fishermen's Association (23 Sep 2025)
Conor McGuinness: I am conscious I am eating into Senator Boyle’s time but to respond directly to Mr. Desmond, the committee is not the Minister or the Government. Our job is to hold Government to account, point towards policy improvements and innovation, highlight issues and hold State agencies to account. That is the committee's function and role in all of this. That said, we have people here who...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Inshore Fishing: National Inshore Fishermen's Association (23 Sep 2025)
Conor McGuinness: Before I move on to our next speaker, Deputy Whitmore, there is a proposal from Senator Boyle. Is it agreed that we write to the Department to seek ongoing engagement, notwithstanding the fact that our witnesses are meeting the Minister today? We can discuss that correspondence at our next private meeting.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Inshore Fishing: National Inshore Fishermen's Association (23 Sep 2025)
Conor McGuinness: Yes, meaningful engagement is very important.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Inshore Fishing: National Inshore Fishermen's Association (23 Sep 2025)
Conor McGuinness: Sorry, if Mr.Desmond does not mind, I will hand over to Deputy Gallagher. We are into his time slot. We can get back to that issue.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Inshore Fishing: National Inshore Fishermen's Association (23 Sep 2025)
Conor McGuinness: I will cut in as we are over time and Senator Craughwell has been waiting online. He is going to take his ten minutes now. We will have a stand-alone meeting next week to look at the entire issue of sprat, and if Mr. Foley would like to send some questions, we can put them. We just do not have time to discuss it now. There will hopefully be another round of questions, with much less time...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Inshore Fishing: National Inshore Fishermen's Association (23 Sep 2025)
Conor McGuinness: Loud and clear.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Inshore Fishing: National Inshore Fishermen's Association (23 Sep 2025)
Conor McGuinness: There is a proposal from Senator Craughwell. As part of our work programme, we have undertaken to have the Department in on a regular basis. The Senator's proposal is a good one and I am prepared to see it go forward.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Inshore Fishing: National Inshore Fishermen's Association (23 Sep 2025)
Conor McGuinness: I thank Deputy Mac Lochlainn. I call Deputy Whitmore to speak on that proposal.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Inshore Fishing: National Inshore Fishermen's Association (23 Sep 2025)
Conor McGuinness: Absolutely.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Inshore Fishing: National Inshore Fishermen's Association (23 Sep 2025)
Conor McGuinness: Would Mr. Desmond mind waiting? I am trying to keep a little bit of control on this. We have at least one more speaker and potentially two to come in on it. I want to keep the discussion to comments on the proposal from Senator Craughwell and then I will go back to administrative issues. If it is related to that I will allow it, but if it is not, I will not.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Inshore Fishing: National Inshore Fishermen's Association (23 Sep 2025)
Conor McGuinness: Is that agreed? Agreed.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Inshore Fishing: National Inshore Fishermen's Association (23 Sep 2025)
Conor McGuinness: I ask Senator Craughwell to wait a moment.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Inshore Fishing: National Inshore Fishermen's Association (23 Sep 2025)
Conor McGuinness: As part of the same meeting. Is that agreed?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Inshore Fishing: National Inshore Fishermen's Association (23 Sep 2025)
Conor McGuinness: Can I take it as agreed that we will certainly invite the Minister in-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Inshore Fishing: National Inshore Fishermen's Association (23 Sep 2025)
Conor McGuinness: In a moment. I just want to finish this point. Perhaps we will have a discussion about how that meeting goes at our next private meeting on Tuesday morning, if that is okay. Other speakers have been waiting patiently to come in and have their say. Senator Craughwell has one minute if that is okay.