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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Environmental Pillar (12 Sep 2018)

Paul Daly: I thank the witnesses for being here. We are where we are. We all know where we are and why we are where we are. We probably should have had this meeting decades ago. However, we are here now. The committee is seeking guidance on what positive actions can be taken, the starting point being the Citizens' Assembly recommendations which the witnesses have referenced and quoted. This is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Water Quality Monitoring Report: Discussion (19 Jul 2023)

Mr. Tadhg Buckley: It is like the lad in Kerry who was asked for directions and said, "Well, if I was going there, I wouldn't start from here." However, we are where we are, to a large extent. We are in a situation whereby we have signed up to Article 12. When I say "we" have signed up, I mean the country has. We are in a situation now where we have to try to mitigate the worst impacts...

Energy (Windfall Gains in the Energy Sector) (Temporary Solidarity Contribution) Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Jun 2023)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: ...are dealing with the fact that we do not have the powers we would like to have relating to the entire energy sector because of privatisation. It has not worked out very well for people. Unfortunately, we are where we are. I would like to think, with regard to this legislation, that we could have something that was harder biting for the energy companies and which provided that extra...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 32 - Business, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (27 Mar 2018)

John Halligan: I see where you are coming from. The Deputy is correct. The PRTLI programme cycle 5 did include the expression or definition of bricks and mortar. Our critical investment was training people first. That is of critical importance based on where we are, where we are coming from and where we are facing with Brexit. I refer to us having our people ready to make sure we get all the funding we...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Working Conditions and Skills Shortages in Tourism and Hospitality Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Apr 2022)

Mr. Tim Fenn: In 2014, a report was done by the expert group on future skills needs. We understand that kind of work is now being done through SOLAS but we think it is important to do a stocktake of where we are, where we are going and what we will need. That will help Government to channel the funds and have objective research on where the funds should go to make sure there is efficiency...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)

Mr. Tim Gaston: It was worked on with the local authority and we reluctantly came to the conclusion that we could not run the service through it. That is why we are where we are. As for trains, the new timetable came in successfully on Sunday. On having more trains at weekends, we are in discussions with Irish Rail on a number of places where we would like to see increased frequencies at...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aviation Sector: Discussion (14 Oct 2020)

...far higher and fly in and out of Belfast Airport where there is no quarantine requirement. There are anomalies all over the place here. I appreciate that we have never been in this position before but we are where we are. The DAA has suggested it can put testing in place. We are dealing with the single largest indigenous sector of employers in Ireland, namely, tourism, both outbound...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Regulation on Veterinary Medicinal Products: Irish Co-operative Organisation Society (9 Feb 2021)

...my CEO and my chairman, was to maintain the distribution network we have in the co-operative stores, and licensed merchants and pharmacies as being the widest possible distribution base for this. We are where we are, almost where the Oireachtas committee is. We are still no further on with what will happen in little over 12 months time. As I have said in my submission, time is running...

Seanad: Climate Change Response Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Jan 2011)

Paddy Burke: They may well be but, as the Senator said, we are where we are and we know where we are now.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Retrofitting Schemes: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (11 Oct 2022)

Lynn Boylan: I understand we want to get the deep retrofit but we are where we are, to use that awful phrase. People are really struggling to pay their bills. If there is a system that can reduce people's bills by 36% and it costs €300 or €400, and if we want to shift the energy efficiency obligation scheme away from that, are there short-term measures where we can ensure these households...

Seanad: Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Motion for Earlier Signature (27 Mar 2020)

Maire Devine: We have no idea of where we are, where we are going to go or how long it will last. We are waiting for the storm to come. We listen to and are guided by the science. We value what is most important: our people and our public services, especially the health services. This has shown that universal healthcare can be achieved and is the best way to achieve a public health system. It is a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Security and Protocol Issues: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (12 Feb 2014) See 1 other result from this debate

Mr. Simon O'Brien: It is certainly not for me to advise on what a Minister should be doing. We are where we are at this particular point. It is important that we move forward from where we are, while learning from the process upon which we have engaged. Our organisation has certainly learned from it. I was pleased to have a conversation with the Garda Commissioner to let us try to move...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Maternity Strategy: Discussion (19 Jan 2017)

...had argued successfully for a budget that was adequate to run the hospital. Had we had control over that budget - no increases and no particular incentives - we would not be where we are now. We are where we are now with 4,000 plus women on our outpatient waiting list and 2,000 plus women waiting for surgery because pregnant women and women with gynaecological issues are on not trolleys,...

Confidence in Government: Motion (9 Jun 2009) See 3 other results from this debate

Seán Sherlock: It is a case of we are where we are but do not analyse where we are.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (14 Feb 2024)

Paul Daly: ...onto the derogation. I was disappointed because politics were brought into it a little earlier and I want to put on record that we are all on the one side here and we should stay on the one side. We are where we are. We have a lot of regrets that we have got to where we are but if we are to spend the duration of this survey blaming one another for why we got to where we got, we will not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Fish Migration and Barriers to Migration: Discussion (13 Feb 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: I thank the witnesses for their interesting presentations. We are where we are, as they say, but we are where we are for a reason. We have systems designed in certain ways and agencies have remits that pull in different directions, sometimes directly contradictory ones. There has been much discussion of a catchment-based approach, a multi-agency approach and working collaboratively, and...

Local Authority Housing (20 Oct 2011)

Phil Hogan: We are working with the resources available to us but because of the reckless policies pursued previously, we are where we are. We have an over-supply of housing which we are trying to marry with the lists of people who genuinely need social housing and we are doing this proactively with rent support, leasing arrangements and, ultimately, allowing people to purchase their own homes and live...

Seanad: National Minimum Wage (Inclusion of Apprentices) Bill 2023: Second Stage (3 May 2023)

Garret Ahearn: ...important to focus on it. One of the challenges we have had over the past ten years, certainly in terms of construction, is that there were no apprenticeships in the sector between 2010 and 2012. We are where we are now because of this. We need to make sure we increase the numbers. If we are going to talk about what the Government has or has not done, we need to give the full picture....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying in Canada: Discussion (17 Oct 2023)

...Canada to where we are. Second, every national disability rights organisation in Canada begged - and I mean begged - the government to appeal its decision. The government refused. That is why we are where we are. Please Ireland, listen to your disabled people.

Seanad: An Bille Sláinte (Caomhnú agus Cosaint agus Bearta Éigeandála eile ar mhaithe le Leas an Phobail), 2020: Céim an Choiste agus na Céimeanna a bheidh Fágtha - Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (20 Mar 2020)

...being put on the table. There are safeguards in the legislation. I know it is not ideal. As I said earlier, it is not legislation any of us ever thought we would be dealing with in the House, but we are where we are. We are facing very hard times and we must stay together and show unity. That is difficult now, but it is going to be very difficult as we get into the thick of this, the...