Results 281-300 of 2,017 for speaker:Anthony Lawlor
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2018)
Anthony Lawlor: Has the Senator gone home?
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2018)
Anthony Lawlor: Senator Norris has gone home.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2018)
Anthony Lawlor: That is okay. I am merely clarifying that Senator Norris has gone home.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2018)
Anthony Lawlor: On a point of order, we have discussed this on a number of occasions previously. I have been here on a number of occasions and this has come up constantly.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2018)
Anthony Lawlor: The Acting Chairman, Senator Craughwell, has put his name to this amendment.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2018)
Anthony Lawlor: The Acting Chairman has put his name to this amendment.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2018)
Anthony Lawlor: Is it impartial that Senator Craughwell should also be in the Chair?
- Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2018)
Anthony Lawlor: This is probably the only time I will speak on this Bill. I had looked for a section on which I could speak. I admire the contributions so far from Senator Ruane, but I am concerned about what is coming with the Bill. I have spoken to the Minister previously about the need for the wrap-around services associated with the Bill, which are equally as important. There should be an integrated...
- Seanad: Finance Bill 2018: Committee Stage (5 Dec 2018)
Anthony Lawlor: I am also concerned regarding the impact of an increase in the betting tax from 1% to 2%. I have raised with the Minister of State my concerns about whether we are generating the proper tax through the system we have in place. Perhaps he will provide an indication that he will review the impact of the 2% tax he is placing on bookmakers to determine whether we can generate the equivalent...
- Seanad: Finance Bill 2018: Committee Stage (5 Dec 2018)
Anthony Lawlor: I welcome what the Minister of State has said. We are all in agreement on the need to take more tax from the bookmaking sector. We do not want a crude bludgeon but a fair system. We are driving more and more people to online services and we need to review those to determine whether we can generate more income from the sector. As most of us know, it is the small bookmakers nationally who...
- Seanad: Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (5 Dec 2018)
Anthony Lawlor: I have some queries on this amendment given the level of concern there is about the English language school sector at the moment. QQI is being asked to interact with providers, whether in the English language school sector or otherwise.Many providers of English language classes at present do not have any qualification marks and one might even describe some as bogus schools. They are not...
- Seanad: Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (5 Dec 2018)
Anthony Lawlor: I asked the Minister of State a question and she never answered it.
- Seanad: Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (5 Dec 2018)
Anthony Lawlor: Thank you very much, a Chathaoirligh.
- Seanad: Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (5 Dec 2018)
Anthony Lawlor: On a point of order, I asked the Minister of State a question with regard to the transfer of information from-----
- Seanad: Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (5 Dec 2018)
Anthony Lawlor: I did not get an answer.
- Seanad: Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (5 Dec 2018)
Anthony Lawlor: Maybe the Minister of State, in her wisdom, will give me an answer.
- Seanad: Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (5 Dec 2018)
Anthony Lawlor: Will the Minister of State answer my question on the transfer of information between Departments?
- Seanad: Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (5 Dec 2018)
Anthony Lawlor: All questions are relevant to the Bill.
- Seanad: Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (5 Dec 2018)
Anthony Lawlor: I have a couple of queries in regard to the providers.
- Seanad: Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (5 Dec 2018)
Anthony Lawlor: It is. By "providers", I mean the schools or other facilities that are providing the courses that are being recognised by QQI. Will the providers have to facilitate the authority with a list of students who are attending those schools, so they can link with the Department of Justice and Equality in order to make sure - I go back to the transfer of data from one Department to another - the...