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Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Rail Network (23 May 2024)

Maria Byrne: I thank the Minister of State for coming to discuss this issue. It is not her direct area of responsibility but I appreciate her addressing it. The Limerick to Foynes railway line is a 42 km stretch that was opened in 1858 and closed in 2001. Now it is being reopened, which is leading to the expansion and development of the port and which is welcome. I call for extra funding for...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 May 2024) See 2 other results from this debate

Mary Seery Kearney: I formally second Senator Martin's Bill. It is excellent, insightful legislation. It is very simple and straightforward but much needed, especially where applications regarding coercive control come into play. I congratulate and thank the Minister for Rural and Community Development for her announcement yesterday on the local enhancement programme. The constituency of Dublin...

Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 35 - Army Pensions
Vote 36 - Defence
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 12: Stock Management in the Defence Forces (23 May 2024) See 4 other results from this debate

Ms Jacqui McCrum: I thank the committee for the opportunity to discuss the 2022 appropriation account for Vote 35 and 36 along with the chapter 12 report on stock management in the Defence Forces and Reserve Defence Force, RDF, matters. I hope my brief opening statement will provide some context to members on the main issues impacting on the Department of Defence in 2022. For 2022,...

Committee on Scrutiny of Draft EU-related Statutory Instruments: Engagement with Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs (23 May 2024) See 4 other results from this debate

Alice-Mary Higgins: First of all, I welcome the Minister of State to the committee and it is good to see her in her new role and capacity. I also thank her, in particular, for opening up and talking about the journey of decisions. I think it is an area which is outside the remit of this committee but I feel that it is very complementary to it and could be strengthened in some of its earlier parts in the...

Committee on Public Petitions: Reopening of Ennis, Nenagh and St. John's Emergency Departments: Discussion (23 May 2024) See 2 other results from this debate

Stephen Donnelly: ...terms of senior decision-makers on site, it was my experience when I started visiting UHL that there were not senior decision-makers rostered on site out of hours and at the weekends. When I spoke to the nurses in the emergency department and the non-consultant hospital doctors, NCHDs, they said their single biggest concern was being left from Friday evening to Monday morning without...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Rights (23 May 2024)

Emer Higgins: On the 25th August 2023, the then Minister for Business, Employment and Retail, signed the Employment Regulation Order (ERO) for the Security Sector which came into force on 4th September 2023. At that time approximately 16,000 workers benefitted from the ERO, which included a wage increase to €12.90 per hour. In addition to the pay increases, the Joint Labour Committee (JLC) for...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Functions (23 May 2024)

Peter Burke: The National Training Fund (NTF) was established by the National Training Fund Act 2000 (the Act) as a dedicated fund to support employment-focused training. The Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (the Department) has responsibility for the management of the fund, and for the related annual financial reporting. Payments may be made from the fund in...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Official Engagements (23 May 2024)

Dara Calleary: On 19th of April I was proud to host Digital Ministers from the D9+ group of advanced digital member States, together with my colleague Minister Ossian Smyth, at a plenary meeting in Dublin Castle where we shared experiences in implementing the suite of groundbreaking EU digital rules which will set the guardrails for the digital economy in Europe. The meeting was the central event of...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (23 May 2024)

Michael McGrath: By way of background, prior to 31 December 2022, where the combined contributions by an employer and an employee to a PRSA did not exceed the employee’s annual percentage limit (between 15% and 40% of “net relevant earnings”, varying depending on age, up to a maximum relieved salary of €115,000), the contributions were relieved from tax. However, where the combined...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Economic Data (23 May 2024)

Peter Burke: ..., showed the level of direct expenditure in the Irish economy by foreign-owned agency client companies was €38.1 billion and €35.9 billion for Irish-owned agency client companies. These figures attest to Ireland’s strong platform for continuing economic growth. Expenditure within the economy by FDI companies increased during 2022 despite the prevailing challenging...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Trade Data (23 May 2024)

Peter Burke: Together, the manufacturing and services sectors comprise the vast majority of economic activity in Ireland. In a modern, interconnected global economy Irish firms are competing with firms worldwide. Technological advances have sharpened this competition over time, particularly for those firms operating in the field of internationally-tradeable services. Current patterns of geopolitical...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Defence (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (23 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: I recall Deputy Cronin's horror at the outcome of the IRG's report when it was published. I met the chair of the independent review group into the allegations that were made. We met the judge and a number of members who were absolutely adamant that it be external to the Defence Forces. This is an external oversight body over the Defence Forces, not necessarily over the Department. That is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: All-Island Economy: Discussion (Resumed) (23 May 2024) See 14 other results from this debate

Professor John Doyle: I thank the Cathaoirleach for the invitation to speak. In my opening comments, I will focus briefly on the key arguments, although I will make a longer report available to the Members of the Houses and their staff who wish to avail of it. A recent report from the Institute of International and European Affairs, which this committee discussed previously, claimed...

Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings Systems Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (22 May 2024) See 5 other results from this debate

Seán Sherlock: I thank the Irish Congress of Trade Unions, from which I have taken a very direct line. That will be obvious to everyone who has been watching the amendments we have put forward. That is only natural because I am a member of the Labour Party. This is good legislation. I would like to have seen it improved, but it is good for workers. If I may say so, the Minister has done a very good...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (22 May 2024)

Simon Harris: That was what I meant to say. It is what is written on my sheet of paper. I will get an update for the Deputy from the Minister of State. I share Deputy Paul Murphy's view on how appalling arson attacks are. One struggles to comprehend how, at a time of constraint in capacity, housing supply, accommodation and shelter for a whole variety of needs in our country, people who profess to...

Education (Smartphones in Primary Schools) Bill 2024: First Stage (22 May 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to promote the welfare and education of children by prohibiting use of smartphones by students in primary schools; and to provide for related matters. I am delighted to introduce the Education (Smartphones in Primary Schools) Bill 2024. This Bill is key to child protection. Powerful technology has been developed in...

Protection of Hedgerows Bill 2024: First Stage (22 May 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to make provision for the protection of hedgerows, to confer power on the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to make regulations for the protection of significant hedgerows and for the establishment of a register of significant hedgerows, to prohibit the removal of significant hedgerows except in...

Grocery Price Caps Bill 2024: First Stage (22 May 2024)

Paul Murphy: I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to establish a Grocery Price Caps Commission to set maximum prices for basic foodstuffs and to provide for related matters. I am very happy to introduce the Grocery Price Caps Bill and thank all those who have worked on it. We in People Before Profit are introducing the Bill because food costs are a massive issue for...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 May 2024) See 2 other results from this debate

Simon Harris: This will be the benefit of a directly-elected mayor for Limerick because this sounds like something the local authority and LDA should work together on. I will certainly ask the Minister for housing to follow up on Deputy Quinlivan's suggestion and revert to him.

Dentistry Services: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (22 May 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: I thank the Social Democrats for using their Private Members' time this week to discuss the serious failings in respect of dentistry services. The motion acknowledges that access to dental care has been in crisis. That is especially true in counties like my constituency of Clare. Urgent action was required by Government to address the serious failings. Instead, we got gestures and token...