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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Vision for the Future of Irish Farming: Macra na Feirme (26 Oct 2022)

Mr. John Keane: We are where we are, and the regulation and requirements on farms now are probably a little bit ahead of where they were, so the required investment is a good bit higher. Some farms, when farmers take them over, may not be meeting the compliance standard for some storage and so forth. Obviously, if you are to receive grants you have to bring them up to be compliant, and...

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (3 Jun 2021)

Eamon Ryan: ...clarity. I do not see our emissions reductions coming from accounting or storage systems. We are going to have to stop the use of all fossil fuels in the State, in line with the Paris Agreement. We are where we are in using or storing them in the way we have just discussed. Changing the definition would risk uncertainty as to what we are doing. I do not see it as giving any more clarity.

Children (Amendment) Bill 2020 [Seanad]: Second Stage (11 Mar 2021)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: ...a case where we are taking away a sense of ownership and identity from a family and a victim and heaping on extra pain and we must remove that. While we wish everything could happen more quickly, we are where we are, and we must ensure we get the legislation passed and that we at least relieve the extra pain we are putting on people. Given the situation I spoke about earlier, like Deputy...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Impact of Brexit on Haulage, Freight, the Ports and Ferry Companies: Discussion (16 Dec 2020)

Timmy Dooley: We are where we are with companies that are getting their product away without this service. Mr. O'Callaghan is offering the idea of a service to resolve some of the potential complications from Brexit. What additional potential investment might we be able to get from other companies? What other sectors would it open it up to if we had that kind of link?

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Integration and Refugee Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2023)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: ...want to work together in order to ensure that we look after everyone. It is crucial that the message goes out that Ireland is a very good place. While we never thought this situation would arise, we are where we are and we must ensure we work together so everyone is looked after.

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Mar 2011)

Paul Coghlan: ...Senator O'Toole should be borne in mind and I have no doubt that they will be. The Government is facing great difficulties which we have inherited. We will not get involved in any arguments, but we are where we are. I have no doubt that everything will be tackled fairly, honestly and openly. Please God, there will be a lot more transparency. We must communicate with the people on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Wards of Court: Discussion (11 Oct 2017)

...of the High Court felt that overall funds would benefit from the expertise, not least because the sum of the money involved means that we can negotiate a very good price on the fees payable. We are where we are when it comes to current legislation - the new legislation will change things dramatically - but as things stand, the legal responsibility for the investment rests with the...

Irish-US Relations. (11 Feb 2009)

Brian Cowen: That is why the Deputy is where he is and we are where we are.

Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2014 and 2015 (13 Apr 2017) See 2 other results from this debate

David Cullinane: I do not doubt that is Ms Higgins's intention but the phrase "we are where we are" refers to a situation where the overall cost here is €1.5 billion of the overall cost of dealing with abuse.

Public Accounts Committee: Matters related to Medical Negligence, Open Disclosure, Cervical Cancer and Thalidomide Litigation (8 Nov 2018)

Catherine Connolly: I understand that. However, it was one of the biggest scandals. Had we learned from it, perhaps others might not have happened, but we are where we are. What I am trying to establish is the number of people who have outstanding cases and are receiving nothing from the State. Are there a number who are receiving no payments from the State who have suffered from thalidomide?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Prisoners' Rights: Discussion with Northern Ireland Prisoner Ombudsman (31 Jan 2013)

...case I misled the Mr. Doherty in any way because he made that comment. It is in the integrated population that prisoners are sharing. On the issue of overcrowding, which sits with the issue of why we are where we are with prisoner reform, some of it comes back to the level of political priority that it is given. We recognise that, being brutal, the public in Northern Ireland at the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Insurance Industry (16 Dec 2021)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: ...of work has been done. Some in the industry and some who have been lobbying for a long time would have stated that we should have made some of these moves previously but, as the old saying goes, we are where we are. I would separate out public liability insurance. That is a specific piece of work that needs to be done. It is absolutely necessary we follow through as quickly as possible...

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Jul 2018)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: We are where we are. We support the premise of the Bill. I will not be opposing every Labour amendment. There are several Labour amendments which I will be supporting, which I am sure Senator Bacik will be delighted to hear.

Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Jul 2022)

Gerard Craughwell: We are where we are a year later, and we are getting nowhere.

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (25 Oct 2022)

Imelda Munster: My point is that has not been very effective and hence, we are where we are now. If we are going with the same media codes, "undue offence" is very broad and open to interpretation by literally anybody.

Seanad: Sick Leave Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (5 Jul 2022)

Gerry Horkan: I appreciate that we are where we are with the Bill and if I was sitting where the Senator is sitting, I would probably be echoing the same points. However, from the Chair, I have to be neutral and I must point out that, at this stage, where the Bill has been received for final consideration, only very brief comments can be made. I invite Senators Ahearn and Casey to make brief points.

Report of the Expert Group on the Judgment in the A, B and C v. Ireland Case: Statements (Resumed) (7 Dec 2012)

David Stanton: We have reached a certain position after many years and we are where we are right now. I have met people and we have all been lobbied strongly on this issue. I have met people from the Pro-Life Campaign. One of its documents states:The most important option not contained in the report is to reverse the Supreme Court decision of 1992, which would allow for abortion up to birth [according to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Fruit and Vegetable Industry: Discussion (11 Oct 2023)

...a comparative advantage in growing grass. We do it very well. We have the lowest cost of production for dairy products in Europe and one of the lowest in the world. I suppose that explains why we are where we are. It is cheaper to import fruit and vegetables and produce dairy products here. It comes back to the Senator's point that subsidies are what are required. I agree with him...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: SME Energy and Carbon Demands, Green Initiatives and Technology: Discussion (27 Sep 2023)

Róisín Garvey: ..., we will see small businesses that are not climate resilient closing down. That is the most important thing. It needs to be clarified that it is not about economics and being market driven. We are where we are.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 26 - Education (Supplementary) (29 Nov 2023)

Norma Foley: ...to the schools. We have begun the process. There will be opportunities down the line to do things differently in terms of digital devices and all of that but we had to start where we could start. We are where we are but that is not to say that going forward things will be different.