Results 1-20 of 253 for speaker:Tony McCormack

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (22 Oct 2025)

Tony McCormack: 98. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will report on his Department’s engagement with employers and the SME sector in relation to the introduction of auto-enrolment in 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57552/25]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (21 Oct 2025)

Tony McCormack: 4. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on infrastructure will next meet. [46858/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Small and Medium Enterprises (21 Oct 2025)

Tony McCormack: 141. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps his Department and the diplomatic network are taking to support Irish small and medium enterprises seeking to enter new export markets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57060/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diplomatic Representation (21 Oct 2025)

Tony McCormack: 172. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on the expansion of Ireland’s diplomatic and consular network globally under the Global Ireland strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57061/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Cybersecurity Policy (21 Oct 2025)

Tony McCormack: 199. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the discussions he has had with EU counterparts in regard to Russian cyberattacks, disinformation, and political subversion aimed at weakening democracies and dividing societies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56958/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trade Relations (21 Oct 2025)

Tony McCormack: 200. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has considered appointing a trade envoy to Ukraine to build relationships for the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56959/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Small and Medium Enterprises (21 Oct 2025)

Tony McCormack: 510. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the assistance or guidance his Department or agencies under the remit of his Department is providing to small business owners in relation to the introduction of auto-enrolment in 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57424/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (21 Oct 2025)

Tony McCormack: 799. To ask the Minister for Health when an appointment will be made for a person (details supplied). [56824/25]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Briefing on Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of a Short Term Letting and Tourism Bill 2025: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)

Tony McCormack: I thank the ladies - Ms McGuire, Ms O'Mahony, Ms De Saulles and Ms Ní Bhrolcháin - for their presentation this morning. The short-term letting and tourism Bill that is coming in will probably give us a picture of what exactly is going on in that whole area of accommodation. As they were saying, one in ten jobs is provided in the tourism industry, which makes the industry a huge...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Briefing on Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of a Short Term Letting and Tourism Bill 2025: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)

Tony McCormack: Can I just come in there? I understand there are 220 properties. That is a lot of accommodation but unfortunately we have a very low hotel rate in County Offaly so they would be a huge part of our accommodation. While in other areas it might only be 3% to 34%, in County Offaly there might be a significant percentage of those being occupied a lot of the time. That is why I am wary of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Briefing on Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of a Short Term Letting and Tourism Bill 2025: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)

Tony McCormack: I know. I understand where Ms McGuire is coming from but sometimes we throw the child out with the dishwater, unfortunately, when we quote figures like that. However, it must be remembered that weekends are the busiest periods where we have weddings and people coming for events. The weekdays are not so busy, so we cannot have a situation where we cut those off as well.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Briefing on Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of a Short Term Letting and Tourism Bill 2025: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)

Tony McCormack: I know, but sometimes we can get lost in figures that do not show the true picture.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Briefing on Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of a Short Term Letting and Tourism Bill 2025: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)

Tony McCormack: It is rural areas where we need those units, so we need to reflect on that more before we come in with a broad brush and a broad stroke. I thank Ms McGuire and I appreciate that. I will move on to the representatives from Fáilte Ireland and give them a chance to come in.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Briefing on Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of a Short Term Letting and Tourism Bill 2025: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)

Tony McCormack: Will the registration and compliance system Fáilte Ireland will have be user friendly? Ms De Saulles spoke about it being digitally integrated but how will the data be securely shared with Departments?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (14 Oct 2025)

Tony McCormack: 5. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on the economy, trade and competitiveness will next meet. [46859/25]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (14 Oct 2025)

Tony McCormack: Our national success in enterprise depends on our competitiveness and our competitiveness depends on reliable energy infrastructure. In County Offaly we have a great energy infrastructure that is close to capacity. EirGrid is under real pressure to expand it. Offaly’s central location and long history in energy generation means it is ideally placed to help to meet that challenge....

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Business of Joint Committee (9 Oct 2025)

Tony McCormack: I would like to be associated with the Leas-Chathaoirleach's comments. What happened in Carrickmines was an awful tragedy. I am from Offaly and we have a very strong Offaly Travellers group there. I am delighted to see that a lot of work has been done on halting sites, official and unofficial, in order that this type of tragedy does not happen in the future. My thoughts and prayers go to...

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Child Protection and Family Support: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Oct 2025)

Tony McCormack: I thank the team from Tusla for coming in today and for the opening statement. It is disappointing the data we require is not being taken or the witnesses do not have it. Data is power, and when we are dealing with an ethnic minority group like Travellers, the more data we have, the more specific programmes we can put in place because we will know exactly where to target. I hear the...

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Child Protection and Family Support: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Oct 2025)

Tony McCormack: Just to intervene, we had representatives in from the National Traveller Women's Forum organisation last week. They spoke to us about the fact that it was very hard for them to have any trust in some cases, with child protection and what have you. What specific interventions is Tusla making in that regard or what processes or procedures are coming online that will actually make a difference?

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Child Protection and Family Support: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Oct 2025)

Tony McCormack: Does Tusla have any Traveller people working in the organisation?