Results 541-560 of 706 for speaker:Cathal Berry

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: International Relations (24 Jun 2021)

Cathal Berry: It is reassuring that the welfare of the two Ryanair passengers are uppermost in our minds at both the national and EU level. I very much welcome the targeted sanctions, asset freezing and travel bans for the 86 people and entities associated with the Lukashenko regime. It is a very positive development. I also welcome that the Belarusian national airline is banned from EU airspace and it...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: International Relations (24 Jun 2021)

Cathal Berry: I thank the Minister again for outlining the European and international dimension. Is there anything we can do at a national level to demonstrate our solidarity with and support for the people of Belarus and the political opposition in exile? I would be grateful for the Minister's thoughts on whether we should invite the opposition leader here to address the Houses of the Oireachtas,...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Membership (24 Jun 2021)

Cathal Berry: 104. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the current political situation within Hungary; and the way in which this will affect its relationship with the EU. [33939/21]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Jun 2021)

Cathal Berry: I raise the important issue of the volunteers who have been working so hard in mass vaccination centres and Covid testing facilities all over the country. These are very fine people who, last March, signed up for what they thought was going to be a couple of months, but a couple of months has turned into a couple of years. Has thought been given to how the State will recognise the...

Fisheries and Coastal Communities: Statements (17 Jun 2021)

Cathal Berry: As a Donegal man himself, I am sure the Minister fully appreciates the importance of the sea to this island nation, but most importantly to coastal and fishing communities around the country. I am pretty sure he also appreciates how dangerous it can be on the high seas, especially in the north Atlantic, and how many tragedies, unfortunately, have befallen the fishing communities in recent...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (17 Jun 2021)

Cathal Berry: I welcome the commitment to sport in the programme for Government. Accordingly, I would like to raise with the Tánaiste the matter of the disused and closed ice rink in Dundalk Institute of Technology, DkIT. This is a facility that was purchased in 2014, using public funds but, incredibly, has lain idle since then. It is the only ice rink in this jurisdiction and because it is not...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (15 Jun 2021)

Cathal Berry: 693. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 322 of 25 May 2021, if figures will be provided for the remaining troop rotations to UNTSO, MINURSO, MONUSCO, EUTM, KFOR, EU-BiH and UNNY. [31057/21]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Jun 2021)

Cathal Berry: I would like to focus my question this afternoon on the national recovery and resilience plan published yesterday afternoon. This plan is being exclusively funded from Brussels. For the first time ever the European Union is centrally borrowing to the tune of €750 billion - a massive amount of money - and distributing that money among member states. I wish this facility had been...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Jun 2021)

Cathal Berry: I have one concern with regard to Ireland's allocation, which is €915 million. Notwithstanding that Ireland's population is more than 1.1% of the European Union, its allocation is less than 0.75%. I ask the Taoiseach to outline what criteria was used at a European level to determine the allocations for individual member states and to confirm if he is happy and satisfied with...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Jun 2021)

Cathal Berry: I thank the Taoiseach for clarifying that the funding is a grant rather than a loan. That is really important because what we are going through at the moment is not a stand-alone economic crisis; it is a natural disaster that has become an economic crisis. It is important to make a distinction in that perspective. I note from the plan that there is a potential opportunity for a second round...

Situation in Belarus: Motion (1 Jun 2021)

Cathal Berry: I welcome this debate and the opportunity to speak on the worsening situation in Belarus. I note the comments of previous speakers and wish to add my voice to the chorus of condemnation that has already been heard in this Chamber. Accordingly, I am very happy to support this motion as it stands. The events of 23 May over Belarus were scandalous and completely unacceptable at so many...

Annexation of Palestine: Motion [Private Members] (25 May 2021)

Cathal Berry: I thank Deputy Brady for bringing this important motion before the House. It gives us another opportunity to discuss and debate this important matter, particularly in light of the significant events of the past number of days. I welcome last week’s ceasefire and the tentative cessation of hostilities that it has brought about. While I appreciate it is early days yet, the truce,...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Pension Provisions (25 May 2021)

Cathal Berry: 215. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of persons who received a waiver under sections 52(4) of the Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Act 2012, for the abatement of a public service pension within the past five years; the breakdown by Department and grade of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27737/21]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (25 May 2021)

Cathal Berry: 322. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the amount expended by his Department on the procurement of commercial flights for all Defence Forces troop rotations over the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27738/21]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (25 May 2021)

Cathal Berry: 323. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will provide details of the evaluation of cost savings by his Department associated with the procurement of an airlift capability for the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27739/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Defence Forces: Discussion with Permanent Defence Force Other Ranks Representative Association (25 May 2021)

Cathal Berry: I am in your hands, Chairman, so whatever suits you best.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Defence Forces: Discussion with Permanent Defence Force Other Ranks Representative Association (25 May 2021)

Cathal Berry: I welcome Mr. Guinan and his team. I also wish to convey my sincere sympathies to the Bright family. I ask the witnesses to convey to their members the huge amount of appreciation and gratitude we have for all their hard work, particularly over the last 15 months on the pandemic and in the last few weeks in respect of the cyberattack. The country would be lost without them. I also thank...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Defence Forces: Discussion with Permanent Defence Force Other Ranks Representative Association (25 May 2021)

Cathal Berry: My first question is for Mr. Guinan. I thank him for updating the committee on the announcement made in the last 24 hours on the technical pay situation. I presume that the committee will probably write to the Minister following this meeting. Would it be a fair to assert that we would appreciate early clarity and swift implementation of what was announced yesterday? Would that be a...

Situation in Occupied Palestinian Territory and Israel: Statements (20 May 2021)

Cathal Berry: I thank the Minister for outlining the Irish State's position on the appalling ongoing humanitarian catastrophe in Palestine, and in particular in the Gaza Strip. I acknowledge the Minister's efforts in New York and his attempt to try to seek consensus and a Security Council resolution, and his work at European Union level in trying to shame it into a more proactive stance. I welcome the...