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Citizens' Assembly Report on Biodiversity Loss: Motion (18 Apr 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

Malcolm Noonan: I am very grateful for the opportunity to speak today. I take this opportunity to formally welcome the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Environment and Climate Change report on the examination of the recommendations of the Citizens’ Assembly on Biodiversity Loss. I express my thanks to members of the committee, who worked collaboratively and very diligently to produce the report in a...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Coastal Erosion (18 Apr 2024) See 4 other results from this debate

The works were completed in January 2022. Earlier this month, Wexford County Council made an application to the OPW under the OPW minor flood mitigation works and coastal protection scheme for further funding to progress the Seaview coastal protection scheme. The council proposes to introduce 155 m of rock armour coastal protection fronting several houses at Seaview on the Wexford coast....

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Medical Cards (18 Apr 2024) See 3 other results from this debate

Éamon Ó Cuív: ...issue at the very end. The script did not address the realities of the issue. I was amused that the officials mentioned the fact that social welfare recipients of a certain type receive an islander allowance. I persuaded the Minister for social welfare of the day, when I was Minister of the islands, to introduce that. It was progressive. They recognised, in the social welfare code,...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (18 Apr 2024) See 5 other results from this debate

Malcolm Noonan: Regarding De La Salle College in Dundalk, my understanding is that, last October, five students were accepted into its ASD unit for the semester starting in September 2023. However, on 26 March of this year, the school called to state it could no longer offer a place to any of the students. The reason given to parents was that the Department of Education was not providing the promised...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (18 Apr 2024) See 3 other results from this debate

Thomas Byrne: ...is that people are told to hunt throughout the county, should not be said. Students with additional needs, need to receive an education appropriate to their needs. That is an ongoing priority for the Government and indeed for me and my colleagues, the Ministers, Deputies Norma Foley and Hildegarde Naughton. It is a priority to ensure that all children have an appropriate school...

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters (18 Apr 2024)

Catherine Connolly: I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 37 and the name of the Member in each case: Deputy Jennifer Whitmore: To discuss issues with bus services for north County Wicklow. Deputies Paul Donnelly and Dessie Ellis: To discuss the long-awaited upgrade and essential building works needed at Scoil Chiaráin, Dublin 11....

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (18 Apr 2024) See 33 other results from this debate

Michael McNamara: The concentration of land ownership in many parts of the country is a problem. It is particularly noticeable in south Tipperary and, indeed, the OPW's activities in north Clare are creating their own pressures. Obviously, the Tánaiste will be aware of the Irish Land Commission. It was abolished in the last century but he was a Deputy at the time. Nobody is proposing that it be...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2024) See 34 other results from this debate

Richard Boyd Barrett: All those statistics are cold comfort to Amy and her husband, who were in my office this week. Amy is out of work on illness benefit at the moment and her husband is a bus driver. Their net income after tax is €48,000. They are facing homelessness because of an eviction on grounds of sale. The only accommodation available costs €3,000 in rent per month. Because they are...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Enterprise Support Services (18 Apr 2024) See 8 other results from this debate

Dara Calleary: We see that. The Department commissioned that report so we could get a full understanding of the impact and that is why we are bringing forward a number of measures. The Ministers, Deputies Burke and Humphreys, are finalising an option paper on employer's PRSI. As I said, we are in the process of paying out €250 million of supports to the smallest of businesses. We are looking at a...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Business Supports (18 Apr 2024) See 4 other results from this debate

Robert Troy: 68. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he plans to support those SMEs that are currently struggling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16996/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Export Controls (18 Apr 2024) See 6 other results from this debate

Dara Calleary: Gabhaim buíochas don Teachta as an ceist. Our Department is the national competent authority with responsibility for export controls, including controls on defence-related exports and exports of dual-use goods. Controls on the export of dual-use items are administered by my Department, in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2021/821 of the European Parliament and of the Council, which...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Small and Medium Enterprises (18 Apr 2024) See 8 other results from this debate

Bernard Durkan: I congratulate the new Minister and Minister of State, and the renewed Minister of State as well, and wish them every good fortune and support in their tenure. I wish to ask a simple question. There appears to be strong evidence to the effect that many businesses are affected by a multiplicity of regulations imposed upon them and are having difficulty. Recently, a small business brought...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: EU Directives (18 Apr 2024) See 5 other results from this debate

Gerald Nash: 65. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for an update on his plans to transpose the EU directive on adequate minimum wages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17054/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tourist Accommodation (18 Apr 2024) See 6 other results from this debate

Brendan Griffin: I thank the Minister. I welcome and encourage that engagement with industry and the representative bodies in particular. The Minister is very welcome to come to Kerry at any stage and engage with the operators on the ground. He has been very good in the past in coming to the county and meeting people. They have always been very impressed with him and he has always responded, which is...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Employment Rights (18 Apr 2024) See 10 other results from this debate

Paul Murphy: ...was reported. Now, in the Dáil, the Minister responsible has refused to clarify or give some reassurance to workers on whether the number of sick pay days are going to increase or not. That is scandalous. Workers have a right to know. The Minister cannot just fly a kite in the interests of the employers by telling them not to worry, we are going back to the basics and the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Priorities (18 Apr 2024) See 6 other results from this debate

Dara Calleary: ...forum is that we can engage all those parties around a table to directly reflect on that level of progress. There are many businesses that are utilising the United Nations guiding principles and OECD guidelines on responsible business conduct, particularly for multinational enterprises. There is a much greater engagement in this area. The Department has also established a responsible...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Consultations (18 Apr 2024) See 6 other results from this debate

Louise O'Reilly: ...whom pointed out something that was quite interesting, namely, that at the last election, 13 Deputies were aged 65 or over. During the course of this Dáil, 12 Deputies will attain the age of 65, and fair play to them, but nobody is asking them to retire. Nobody is asking them to retire at 66 years of age either. It is hypocritical that we would pass legislation in here providing...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Living Wage (18 Apr 2024) See 6 other results from this debate

Peter Burke: I thank Deputy Nash for his kind words. As the Deputy will be aware, in 2021 the Low Pay Commission was asked to examine the programme for Government commitment to progress to a living wage and provide recommendations on how best to achieve this commitment. The Low Pay Commission’s recommendations were received and considered and in November 2022, the Government agreed that a...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tourism Policy (18 Apr 2024) See 5 other results from this debate

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Minister for that comprehensive reply. I ask if it might be possible to do an audit of the hotel space available in County Kildare and other midland counties with a view to ensuring the maximum bed space is available to accommodate tourists to encourage them to avail of the opportunity of visiting those constituencies. This is not to suggest that other temporary occupants of...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Industrial Relations (18 Apr 2024) See 6 other results from this debate

Louise O'Reilly: 57. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of times the Labour Employer Economic Forum sub-group on collective bargaining has met in 2024; and if he can provisionally indicate when the action plan on collective bargaining coverage to be presented to the European Commission as part of its transposition of the EU directive on adequate minimum wages will be...

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