Results 1-20 of 208 for speaker:George Lawlor

Select Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Copyright and Related Rights (Amendment) Bill 2025: Committee Stage (17 Jul 2025)

George Lawlor: Yes. Much of this is new to me. When I joined the enterprise committee, copyright was not the first thing I thought I would be discussing from a voting point of view. It appears to me from all this, however, that there seems to be much ambiguity here. We are a nation of performers and artists yet the imbalance is being directed towards the superpowers of the producers in many ways. ...

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Traveller Participation in Education: Department of Education and Youth (17 Jul 2025)

George Lawlor: Apologies have been received from Deputy Rice. I ask members who are attending remotely to put their microphones on mute when not contributing so that we do not pick up any background noise or feedback. As usual, I ask all those in attendance to ensure their mobile phones are on silent or switched off. I will check my own now. Members attending remotely are reminded of their...

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Traveller Participation in Education: Department of Education and Youth (17 Jul 2025)

George Lawlor: I thank Ms O'Neill for her comprehensive opening statement.

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Traveller Participation in Education: Department of Education and Youth (17 Jul 2025)

George Lawlor: Yes.

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Traveller Participation in Education: Department of Education and Youth (17 Jul 2025)

George Lawlor: It is okay.

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Traveller Participation in Education: Department of Education and Youth (17 Jul 2025)

George Lawlor: There are a few questions there for the witnesses.

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Traveller Participation in Education: Department of Education and Youth (17 Jul 2025)

George Lawlor: Does Deputy Cummins have anything to add?

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Traveller Participation in Education: Department of Education and Youth (17 Jul 2025)

George Lawlor: Well said. I thank Ms Cullen, Ms O'Neill and Ms Bumster for their attendance and for their comprehensive interaction with the members. We certainly gained a lot from it and I hope they gained something from the questioning-----

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Traveller Participation in Education: Department of Education and Youth (17 Jul 2025)

George Lawlor: -----and perhaps something they can bring back to incorporate into the wonderful projects and work they are involved in.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (17 Jul 2025)

George Lawlor: 449. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will review the refusal of a Stamp 4 visa for a person (details supplied) in the light of other doctors in similar circumstances under the same scheme being provided with a Stamp 4 visa; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40989/25]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 Jul 2025)

George Lawlor: I thank the Ceann Comhairle. I recently met a Ukrainian woman who qualified as a GP in Kyiv. She practised for seven years as a GP and six as an intern. She is now working as a healthcare assistant and doing a very fine job in a primary care centre in Wexford. Last week, I met a man working with a drain clearing company in Wexford. He fled the conflict in Ukraine, where, having qualified...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 Jul 2025)

George Lawlor: -----and keen to take part in our workforce?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Competitiveness and the Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (16 Jul 2025)

George Lawlor: I thank all the witnesses for their presence and presentations, which were extremely useful. As someone who ran a small business for more than 20 years in Wexford, I am all too well aware of the cost of doing business, be it energy, insurance or bad debt. People who just would not pay were also a factor. There were those weeks without wages, particularly in the early days, and investing...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Competitiveness and the Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (16 Jul 2025)

George Lawlor: Is it somewhat voluntary though?

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Greenways Provision (15 Jul 2025)

George Lawlor: 328. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the completion of the Glenmore to Waterford section of the southeast greenway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39560/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Pension Provisions (15 Jul 2025)

George Lawlor: 379. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to intervene in a case where a person (details supplies) has been penalised retrospectively in their pension abatement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38662/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (15 Jul 2025)

George Lawlor: 494. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she examined the case of a child with very complex needs (details supplied) who needs SNA support as they transfer schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39358/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (15 Jul 2025)

George Lawlor: 668. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a visitor's visa application (details supplied), applied for through the Irish honorary consul in Belgrade and forwarded to our embassy in Athens on 2 June 2025, will be determined, as the applicants wish to visit family in Wexford during Fleadh Ceol Na hÉireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39230/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (10 Jul 2025)

George Lawlor: 204. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of WTE staff, by job title, employed by OPW currently working at John F Kennedy Arboretum as of 4 July 2025; the number of vacant WTE staff, by job title, in tabular form; when those vacancies will be filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38598/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: State Bodies (10 Jul 2025)

George Lawlor: 208. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when he expects a new CEO for Failte Ireland to be appointed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38586/25]