Results 1-20 of 33 for troy speaker:Micheál Martin

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (18 May 2023)

Micheál Martin: -----for first-time buyers. Deputy Troy raised the issue of AI and I appreciate the points he made about good governance, trust and confidence. However, it will be some time before that directive comes to light. It will be a considerable length of time. I favour the use of facial recognition technology by An Garda Síochána in respect of child abuse cases, for example, as well...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (23 Mar 2023)

Micheál Martin: Deputy Troy raised the issue of the Women of Honour group. I intend to meet with those groups, prior to and after publication of the report. I received the report last month. I sent it to the Attorney General and I will be bringing it to Government very shortly. I hear conflicting reviews as to when it should be published. We cannot wait until after the recess either for publication....

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (21 Jun 2022)

Micheál Martin: ...ongoing war. The agenda for June's European Council covers wider Europe; Ukraine; the membership applications of Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia; economic issues; and the Conference on the Future of Europe. We may also touch on some foreign policy issues, including in respect of Turkey. The Minister of State, Deputy Troy, will address the Conference on the Future of Europe in his remarks...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (2 Mar 2022)

Micheál Martin: ...'s liability and so on is before the House at the moment. A range of legislative measures is being taken and of course, the PIAB legislation is being piloted by the Minister of State, Deputy Troy.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí (Atógáil) - Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (2 Feb 2022)

Micheál Martin: ...and to spend their allocations. The Government showed its commitment by allocating substantial and record funding under the urban regeneration and development fund. The Minister of State, Deputy Troy, along with the Tánaiste, will shortly publish a new south-east regional enterprise plan. That is a bottom-up plan that has been developed by local stakeholders, including the local...

European Council Meeting: Statements (14 Dec 2021)

Micheál Martin: ...and we will assess implementation of conclusions from June and October of this year. We will also discuss several important EU external relations issues. I will provide more detail presently relating to Belarus and Ukraine. The Minister of State, Deputy Troy, will provide more detail on the EU-Africa summit and the situation in Ethiopia in his concluding statement. He will also address...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Dec 2021)

Micheál Martin: ...to applying a common sense approach to risk is of particular relevance to leisure and high-footfall activities, as it will help to address so-called slips, trips and falls. The Minister of State, Deputy Troy, is progressing development of a general scheme of legislative amendments to increase the number of cases which are settled by the Personal Injuries Assessment Board, PIAB, without...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Nov 2021)

Micheál Martin: ...to have been delivered in terms of legislative change, of which there is more to come, and also in terms of the personal injury guidelines and reform of PIAB. The Minister of State, Deputy Troy, is working on legislation to reform PIAB. The Government is, therefore, taking a multifaceted approach. The Government cannot directly intervene in the insurance market and States are prohibited...

Ceisteanna - Questions: National Risk Assessment (17 Nov 2021)

Micheál Martin: ...approach it. I do not know the full background to the circumstances there. As a Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment, it would be natural and normal for Deputy Troy to meet companies. It would also be important in the context of the Digital Services Act because there are issues. Other countries have different agendas with regard to the legislation,...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (3 Nov 2021)

Micheál Martin: ...of legislative amendments to increase the number of cases settled by PIAB without recourse to litigation. The Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment under the Minister of State, Deputy Troy, have developed the heads of a Bill in collaboration with PIAB. The Minister of State is progressing this in consultation with the Office of the Attorney General. There is a Cabinet...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Sep 2021)

Micheál Martin: ...all of the Ministers and Deputies representing the western region and we will, obviously, continue to pursue that in the context of the national development plan. I point out the Minister of State, Deputy Troy, is spearheading the development of a new west regional enterprise plan. It is a bottom-up plan that was developed by regional stakeholders, including the local authorities,...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 Jul 2021)

Micheál Martin: ...jobs in County Waterford, the regional enterprise plan for the south east is currently being developed by the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment, the Tánaiste and Minister of State, Deputy Troy, working closely with the south-east committee. The plan is building on successful clusters in the region in life sciences, pharmaceuticals, medical technologies, biopharma,...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Legislative Programme (25 Nov 2020)

Micheál Martin: ...the Duffy Cahill report, which is not directly applicable to the Debenhams situation but nonetheless should happen. It relates to the Clerys situation as well. The Ministers of State, Deputies Troy and English, had good meetings recently. They convened a forum to discuss that with the social partners. That process will continue. The Tánaiste is engaged in his Department with...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Nov 2020)

Micheál Martin: ...during Leaders’ Questions. I went back to my Cabinet colleagues and discussed it with them, particularly the Minister for Transport, Deputy Eamon Ryan, and the Minister of State, Deputy Robert Troy, who had a discussion with the Deputy in this House another occasion. We cannot divulge confidential discussions of the Cabinet subcommittee but this issue was raised there and has been...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Nov 2020)

Micheál Martin: ...statutory redundancy but that is not the issue at stake. The recent exploratory talks at the Workplace Relations Commission ended without agreement. The Ministers of State, Deputies English and Troy, jointly chaired a forum with the social partners on 4 November to discuss the legislative provisions that deal with redundancy and insolvency from a company law and employment law...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Oct 2020)

Micheál Martin: ...in a liquidation process and, indeed, in a legal process. That said, the Tánaiste and the Ministers of State at the Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation, Deputies English and Troy, have been endeavouring to see what can be done. I have also sought, in the widest sense, to see if avenues could be pursued that could lead to a resolution of this. I know Mandate has been...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (30 Sep 2020)

Micheál Martin: ...respects. The Government has formed a special Cabinet sub-committee involving a number of Departments to deal with this in a comprehensive and very focused way. The Minister of State, Deputy Troy, is working on reform of the Personal Injuries Assessment Board, PIAB, to strengthen it and its role in personal injury cases.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Jul 2020)

Micheál Martin: Insurance companies should honour their commitments. The Government is taking the insurance issue very seriously. The Ministers of State, Deputies Fleming and Troy, the Tánaiste, the Minister for Finance and the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform are all very focused on the need to deal comprehensively with the insurance issue in order that insurance companies will honour...

Appointment of Ministers and Ministers of State (7 Jul 2020)

Micheál Martin: ...of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht with special responsibility for heritage, and at the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government with special responsibility for electoral reform; Deputy Robert Troy as Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade with special responsibility for trade promotion; Deputy Damien English as Minister of State at the Department...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Dec 2019)

Micheál Martin: ...essentials of this crisis. I welcome the intention of the Government to support Senator Pádraig Ó Céidigh's Perjury and Related Offences Bill 2018, which has been supported by my colleague, Deputy Troy, and the Fianna Fáil Party from the outset. We will help to fast-track this through the Dáil. I also point out to the Taoiseach that as far back as October 2018,...