Results 141-160 of 392 for cork speaker:James O'Connor

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy (Resumed): Regional Airports (15 Feb 2023)

James O'Connor: Excellent. What does that mean for the average person going through the airport and the experience they have coming through Cork Airport from a security point of view?

Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2023: Second Stage (14 Feb 2023)

James O'Connor: ...the Department's speed of implementation. I come from a dairy farming background. We milk a sizeable herd at home. As Deputy Sherlock, who has been here longer than I have, would tell the House, Cork East is a constituency steeped in agriculture, particularly dairy farming. Notwithstanding the waffle about farming we listened to for the past ten minutes, when talking to progressive...

Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2023: Second Stage (14 Feb 2023)

James O'Connor: ..., ICMSA, and the IFA. I know it has been in talks with those organisations but I ask that it step up that engagement and convey that message. I often recognise that agriculture in our constituencies, Donegal and Cork East, is like chalk and cheese. The Minister has come down to us on several occasions but that is a message that needs to be communicated for the right reasons. It may not...

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Chapter 12 - Financial Impact of Cyber Security Attack (9 Feb 2023)

James O'Connor: The retention of graduates is a bigger problem. It is not necessarily just about the output capacity of medical schools in Ireland. There is one in University College Cork, the University of Limerick, National University of Ireland Galway, the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Trinity College Dublin and University College Dublin. There are enough medical schools in Ireland to fulfil...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (9 Feb 2023)

James O'Connor: 74. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will consider allocating additional resources in Cork; if he will address a growing shortfall of childcare facilities in areas experiencing substantial housing and population growth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4453/23]

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (Resumed) (2 Feb 2023)

James O'Connor: ..., there must be a level of acceptance that we are losing too many of the graduates who are coming out of our medical schools in the University of Galway, the University of Limerick, University College Cork and the colleges in Dublin. Unfortunately, if you speak to them, they will tell you straight up that from a wages and conditions perspective, they cannot handle it if they are being...

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (31 Jan 2023)

James O'Connor: ...from my home parish where I am well acquainted with the family. It is good to see that he is making a recovery. Our thoughts are with them and the Kearney family, their relations and friends in east Cork, Killeagh in particular, and also Trooper Kearney's comrades in the Defence Forces. What happened came as a huge shock to us. If there is anything positive, it is that he is in good...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (31 Jan 2023)

James O'Connor: 107. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of passport applications from County Cork that are currently outstanding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4392/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Briefing on Current and Future Plans for the School Building Unit: Department of Education (31 Jan 2023)

James O'Connor: I thank the Chairman for allowing me to speak today and I thank Deputy O'Sullivan for informing me. On the east Cork area, I represent the area and I know that the officials are familiar with the growing amount of housing that is going up in the region. At today's meeting there has been reference, through questions asked by Deputy O'Sullivan, on the potential medium-term decline in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Briefing on Current and Future Plans for the School Building Unit: Department of Education (31 Jan 2023)

James O'Connor: ...I have limited time. Ms Cusack painted an excellent picture there. I have to agree with her in respect of forward planning. She referred to rail. A sum of €1.4 billion will be spent in east Cork and north Cork on tripling the rail capacity. As regards roads infrastructure, there is just shy of €1 billion in projects that are planned or under way in the east Cork area...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Business Supports (24 Jan 2023)

James O'Connor: 143. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of Cork businesses that have applied for assistance under the temporary business energy support scheme to date; the number of Kerry businesses that have applied; the number of Cork applications that have been successful; the number of Kerry applications that have been successful; the estimated value or worth of the support to date for each...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Policy (19 Jan 2023)

James O'Connor: 80. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the ongoing progress of the Cork metropolitan area transport strategy in the areas of road and rail infrastructure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2273/23]

Climate Action Plan 2023: Statements (18 Jan 2023)

James O'Connor: ...2018 emissions for future development of infrastructure, there were very few major infrastructure projects under way. We are talking about several projects listed within the NDP, whether it is the Cork metropolitan area transport strategy, CMATS, around public transport infrastructure in Cork, the Cork-Limerick motorway or a number of important key rail and road developments including the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy: Dublin Airport Authority (18 Jan 2023)

James O'Connor: ...with a few positives, it is great to see the new runway in Dublin Airport operating. It will have a significant impact and it is a positive development. We are very happy with the new runway in Cork Airport as well. I know that Niall McCarthy and the gang there have been doing a superb job. They have been excellent. The service provided at the airport has also been very good. It is...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Dec 2022)

James O'Connor: ...that are facing publicans in this country around the value of their licences. I am hearing repeatedly from publicans in my own area, particularly those I met recently in Mitchelstown in north Cork, about the huge concerns within the Vintners Federation of Ireland and within this trade about the future value of their licences. Unfortunately, the proposed changes will have huge impacts on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy: Ryanair (30 Nov 2022)

James O'Connor: It is good to hear that Ryanair is in negotiations with Cork Airport. As a fellow Corkonian, I am delighted that the company is recovering. There is exceptional leadership at the airport from Neil McCarthy and his colleagues. I am on the record of this committee as having a serious issue with the DAA over its handling of what has happened in terminal 1 and the capacity constraints there....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy: Ryanair (30 Nov 2022)

James O'Connor: An interesting point of conversation concerns the moving of those hangars. In terms of who has them, what could happen with them? Could they go to Shannon or Cork airports? Is the State in a position-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy: Ryanair (30 Nov 2022)

James O'Connor: ..., it cannot get State money directly under EU rules because the airport has over 3 million passengers. My understanding is that the DAA cannot receive direct infrastructure grants in the same way as Shannon and Cork have benefited greatly from. What is Mr. O’Leary’s perspective on the statutory remit of the organisation when it comes to getting the infrastructure that we...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy: Ryanair (30 Nov 2022)

James O'Connor: That is very interesting. In conclusion, it is great to have Mr. O’Leary here. From the point of view of Cork, it is great to see that he is looking at the potential for an additional base to be given for his aircraft. We wish him continued success and I thank him.

Forestry: Statements (24 Nov 2022)

James O'Connor: I am here today to represent the constituency of Cork East, which I share with Deputy Sherlock. What is quite interesting about our constituency is that we are very fortunate to have a large number of commercial forestry operators in the region. They provide very valuable employment to communities, in particular in areas like Fermoy and rural hinterlands surrounding some of the mountainous...