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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef and Livestock Sector: Discussion (25 Mar 2014)

Pat Deering: ...issue. Where can we go from here? We can talk about important facts and figures, but we have to address the issue that is there at the moment. I know it is not the fault of the witnesses that we are where we are at the moment. These are the facts and figures. The fact is that farmers on the ground are in serious trouble and are looking for a help-out.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: European Works Councils and Related Irish Legislation: Discussion (22 Jun 2022)

...within a framework of proper rules. They will not leave and I would certainly not advise them to leave. With a little bit of goodwill, I am not interested in blaming anyone for why we are here. We are where we are. I want to see it fixed and I want a solution going forward.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate (8 Feb 2024)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: ...Alice Kearney, who had the ability to foresee the future. She always ensured that Ministers and other participants were in the Chamber when the time for the Topical Issue Debate arrived. However, we are where we are. I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Fleming, to deal with the first important matter I have selected, which is from Deputy Mairéad Farrell.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with Road Safety Authority (12 Oct 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: It is great Mr. Waide and Mr. Walsh came in. We are here today because the public has been on to us about the delays. It should have been foreseen but we are where we are. I want us to get to a point of having an action plan to reduce waiting times. I will take the issues in order. Mr. Walsh mentioned there are 552 testers working in NCT testing centres. How many were there this time...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jul 2017)

Aidan Davitt: ...if we are to address the housing crisis. The former Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government, Deputy Coveney, had a very long-term plan and he put considerable work into it. We are where we are in the context of housing. We cannot say that the previous Minister did not try, but it is simply not working. We have to start at the base. The councils have the land....

Seanad: Supplementary Budget Statement 2009: Statements (9 Apr 2009) See 1 other result from this debate

Geraldine Feeney: ...he stated it he must have done so in some shape or form. The Government and every citizen realised that whether we call it a mini-budget, a crisis budget or an emergency budget, it had to happen. We are where we are. There is a real lesson in what Mr. Sutherland had to say this morning particularly for Members of the Opposition and for his own party, Fine Gael. He stated he was saddened...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Provision (26 Jan 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: It would have been expected that we would have received the report for 2021 in 2022. That has not happened. We are where we are. I will follow up with the task force on the matter of the report being with us. We are now in the first month of 2023. The report will be received by me by the first quarter but I will certainly follow up to make certain it is expedited. We are looking to...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Special Protection Areas Designation (30 Apr 2015)

Heather Humphreys: These are EU directives and we have gone through this before. We are where we are and we must deal with it. My Department is working with the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine and it is clear that these farmers will get priority under the GLAS scheme. There was a scheme in my Department but, under the GLAS scheme, many more farmers with lands designated will be able to avail...

Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (1 Dec 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: ...and so on. If it will be some years before we designate the marine protected areas, how do we know that these should not be marine protected areas? Yet we may issue consents for development. We are where we are, to use that horrible phrase, but can interim measures be taken to ensure these should be marine protected areas in advance of the wider requirement to do so, which we understand...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Challenges Facing Travel Agents and the Aviation Sector: Discussion (5 May 2021)

...statutory instruments have been enacted this year alone and, as we all know, they do not require a vote. If anything, it is evidence as to how controlled and limited international travel is now. We are where we are and we must move on. What we need is a plan to have these unwound. We need a date on which it will no longer be illegal to travel to an airport or port and no longer subject...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Oct 2008)

Terry Leyden: Apart from that, we are where we are and during a debate we can discuss and expound on the concept. No Fine Gael led Government ever introduced universality for anything. Yesterday, I was embarrassed to see the leader of the Fine Gael Party stand on a platform and expound this issue. It is our policy.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges for the Forestry Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Nov 2020)

Michael Healy-Rae: ...are officials in her Department who are extremely happy because they have driven us to where we are today. They put us here through gobbledegook and nonsense. Mr. Hayes said, "We hold our hands up" and "We are where we are." They would want to be holding their hands and their legs up. Many people would want to hang their heads in shame as a result of what they have done. There are...

Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Joint Sub-Committee on Fisheries: Aquaculture and Tourism: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Apr 2013)

...involved in it along with our colleagues in the other agencies and therefore we have had to develop a deep knowledge of the topic. Leaving the history aside and using the horrible catch phrase "We are where we are", which nobody likes to use, the problem is that the State has had a judgment made against it in the European Court of Justice. We narrowly avoided having daily fines imposed...

Public Accounts Committee: HEA Financial Statements 2017 (18 Oct 2018)

Dr. Graham Love: Our third level system had done a fantastic job. In addition to our tax, talent is one of the reasons we are where we are and it is really important that we treasure this. It is also a reason to get the governance right but I do not want that message being lost in here. There are 250,000 students and nearly 20,000 staff across 24 institutions. In terms of the level of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Irish Water and Commission for Energy Regulation (12 Jan 2017)

David Cullinane: I should have taken the five minutes earlier and come in a second time, but we are where we are. My first question is to Ms Rooney. She talked about revenue and cost controls, both operational and capital. Are domestic water meters operational or capital costs?

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Apr 2019)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: They are not listening to the ordinary people. That is why we are where we are.

Irish Water: Statements (27 Apr 2016)

Jim Daly: ...to or we do not. Is that what we are going to do now with those who will not pay their TV licences? Is the solution to give everybody else back their money? It is a nonsense beyond all levels imaginable. We are where we are. We have to negotiate with the Fianna Fáil Party and I respect that. We do not have the mandate that we had previously. I also respect that. We have to...

EirGrid, Electricity and Turf (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Jun 2022)

Darren O'Rourke: ...of the issue is complete spin and nonsense. It is disingenuous for anyone to make that statement. In fairness to the Minister of State who was here last night, he pointed to three main reasons we are where we are. One was the non-delivery of previously contracted capacity. We have heard from CRU. CRU had lessons to learn. There should be some investigation into CRU and how it has...

Accommodation for International Protection Applicants: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: ...an important job to do. We are doing it today by raising this matter in the Dáil. It is really challenging and difficult. I imagine that some days the Minister wonders why he is doing it and why we are where we are. We all have a role to play. Our role is saying that the Government needs to put a stop to this kind of treatment. That can be done directly by the Minister through...

Leaders' Questions (14 Dec 2016)

Micheál Martin: ...it very late in terms of the consultation and the publication of the amendments. They have to be in by 1 p.m. today. It is important to have engagement and consultation. It is incredible that we are where we are, in terms of proposals of this gravity and importance, in the last Dáil sitting week of the year. We are here and we do not want to render tenants more vulnerable now that...