Results 1-20 of 83 for via speaker:Seán Kyne

Seanad: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Second Stage (13 Jun 2024)

Seán Kyne: ...life to this world - life that will be loved, cherished and cared for. That is, in effect, what this Bill is about. It is about the proper processes and regulation of bringing life to this world via surrogacy. As the Minister said, this Bill will support those parents undergoing AHR treatment in the future. Children born through surrogacy will have rights under this legislation to...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 May 2024)

Seán Kyne: ...and personal devices; access to transport to and from Dublin city centre; and 24-hour on-site security. Once in IPAS, residents will receive the same supports as at other locations. This includes access to medical care via the HSE social inclusion outreach teams and medical card provision, IPAS customer service teams' clinics, on-site support from the provider's staff, and psychosocial...

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)

Seán Kyne: -----by modern communications methods if she is not available in the House, via text, WhatsApp or phone call, and ascertain whether she is available to come here and allow the House to sit. The Minister for Justice is here and is willing to sit past 8 p.m., 10 p.m., 10.30 p.m. or 11 p.m., and even tomorrow evening or Monday. I ask the Government Chief Whip to check with the Leader of the...

Seanad: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Second Stage (28 Nov 2023)

Seán Kyne: ...have a concern about where this is going to end up in the context of the flight of landlords that we have seen due to those concerns.We need all types of houses. We cannot have tenants without landlords or landlords with tenants. It is two-way traffic. We support tenants via the tax credit. It is important that we support the accidental or small landlords in particular, who provide...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: General Practitioner Services (4 Oct 2023)

Seán Kyne: ...from the HSE, provide full Westdoc cover. I appreciate that, since I raised the matter previously, funding has been provided for an improved and enhanced service in the Moycullen-Oughterard area via the red-eye service, or cover from 12 midnight to 8 a.m., which is certainly an improvement. Nevertheless, of course, from closing time at 6 p.m. to 12 midnight, cover still has to be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Nursing Home Charges: Department of Health (15 Feb 2023)

Seán Kyne: The Supreme Court stated that the attempt by the Government to rectify that via the Act in 2004 was unconstitutional.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2022: Committee Stage (7 Dec 2022)

Seán Kyne: ...and would deny assistance to those who have benefited from the scheme. More than 1,784 people in Galway and some 37,000 nationally have to date been assisted to get their feet on the property ladder via the tax rebate under the help-to-buy scheme. It is important to acknowledge that.

Seanad: Covid-19 and the New Measures (Health): Statements (1 Dec 2021)

Seán Kyne: ...in supporting other nations. This is not just a moral issue; it is also in our self-interest that the world gets vaccinated. It is important we accept that. We are trying to stay ahead of Covid via vaccination and while we have a very high rate of vaccination here, Austria and Germany, which are First World or developed world nations or whatever you want to call them, have much lower...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Oct 2021)

Seán Kyne: ...tender assessment and tender award. The letter of acceptance is to be issued to Wills Brothers for this 4.3 km bypass, with two entrance points at either side of Moycullen at Clydagh and Drimcong, both via roundabouts, with improved lighting in the area and realignment of the Tullykyne road between the church in Moycullen and down towards the business park and the Cloghaun junction. It...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: School Accommodation (21 Jun 2021)

Seán Kyne: ...with improved and safer access. This is similar to objectives in previous plans that have not come to pass. Lands suitable for the relocation of Scoil Shéamais Naofa, owned by community facilities in Galway County Council, have been identified off the main Moycullen road in the centre of Barna. These lands could be accessed via a continuation of the inner relief road in the town....

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Mar 2021)

Seán Kyne: ...have been reaching out and helping households that banks have not. I refer, for example, to the micro loan scheme which is why, thankfully, we do not see a massive growth in pay day lenders. An Post is already showing innovation and flexibility via its green hub initiative. It is not only helping people access finance for home retrofit and energy upgrades but supporting householders...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Hate Crime) Bill 2020: Second Stage (17 Nov 2020)

Seán Kyne: ...that they have that the Bill could cause problems for some within the LGBT community. This stems from concerns regarding the Gender Recognition Act 2015, with which I would have been involved via the Government that was in office at that time, as would other Members of both Houses, past and present. We celebrated the introduction of that groundbreaking legislation. The main problems are...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (20 May 2020)

Seán Kyne: ...to manage the finances of the business; - create a financial plan to secure the external finance that the company requires through the coming months; - represent 100% funding of up to €5,000 to access an approved financial consultant, and - be open via online application. Sustaining Enterprise Fund — HPSU The Sustaining Enterprise Fund – HPSU is aimed at High...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Irish Language (18 Dec 2019)

Seán Kyne: ...of early years provision through Irish both in Gaeltacht regions and nationally respectively. The following table sets out the current level of exchequer funding being provided by my Department to both organisations, via Údarás na Gaeltachta and Foras na Gaeilge respectively. The table also sets out the estimated costs of an increase of 5% in relation to this funding: ...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Údarás na Gaeltachta (19 Nov 2019)

Seán Kyne: ...Act 2012. This region is recognised as Limistéar Pleanála Teanga (LPT) Dhún na nGall Theas and the plan's implementation is being managed by Lár Chomhairle Paróiste Ghleann Cholm Cille Teo with ongoing financial support provided by my Department via Údarás na Gaeltachta. Finally, Údarás na Gaeltachta have informed me that they...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Census of Population Publication (8 Oct 2019)

Seán Kyne: ...censuses were undertaken under British legislation and were not subject to the Statistics Acts of 1926 and 1993. The census records for these years were made available as public records in 1961 via a warrant made by the Minister for Justice under the Public Records (Ireland) Act, 1867. The National Archives of Ireland established a research partnership with Library and Archives Canada to...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Gaeltacht Scholarships (9 Jul 2019)

Seán Kyne: The Deputy  may be aware that my Department provides a subvention  - via Scéim na bhFoghlaimeoirí Gaeilge (the Irish Language Learners' Scheme) aimed at indirectly subventing the cost of attending any one of the Gaeltacht Irish summer colleges recognised under the scheme. In 2018 approximately 26,000 students (both at post-primary and...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Central Statistics Office Staff (16 Apr 2019)

Seán Kyne: .... The role referenced in the Deputy’s query is a Principal Officer post. The agreed sequence for the filling of posts at this grade is 66.6% open and 33.3% internal, or 2 posts to be filled via Open recruitment for every 1 post filled via Internal competition. The two Principal Officer appointments made in the CSO prior to the competition referenced in the PQ were made from...

Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Act 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Apr 2019)

Seán Kyne: ...of the Parliamentary Counsel, which will take the Senators' amendments into account. The office will now be requested to include dissemination to an Oireachtas committee and online, as well as via national newspapers. In that context, I ask the Senators to withdraw their amendments and I will ensure that amendments will be brought on Report Stage to cover the areas outlined.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Motor Insurance Costs (20 Feb 2019)

Seán Kyne: ...premiums written in the market. The insurance companies are requested to supply price quotations for defined customer profiles for both new and existing customers. This request is made monthly via email from a member of the CSO’s CPI team directly to a representative of each of the insurance companies in the sample. As with all companies contacted directly for information used...