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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Debt Write-down and Debt Resolution Policies: Allied Irish Banks (2 Mar 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

Marie Sherlock: ...applied. I want to understand a little more about the banks' policy on the write-down process, particularly AIB's own write-down process, and then the personal insolvency process. Some people feel they are forced to go down the personal insolvency route and then others are offered a write-down by the bank. We can see the benefits for both the bank and the individual if the bank just...

Seanad: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Report Stage (1 Mar 2023)

Annie Hoey: ...was important for me to speak given that these women took the time to speak to me about the impact of this legislation and how they felt we should pass legislation that is not fit for purpose.They feel that 70% provision, as it currently stands in the Bill, is not fit for purpose. I am jumping between two amendments because ours was ruled out of order. They spoke to me beforehand and I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Impact of Brexit on Ireland: Discussion (1 Mar 2023)

Brendan Howlin: I thank Mr. Drennan and Mr. Nolan, both of whom are true experts in the issues we want to address. I want to touch briefly on three areas. Mr. Nolan may feel free to interject as well as Mr. Drennan. My first question is on Mr. Drennan's comments on the Windsor Framework, which we are all grappling with. I was in Brussels yesterday. Mr. Drennan makes a very relevant point, which is to...

European Union Directive: Motion (28 Feb 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ...the assets of Russian war criminals. That is something the Government should have taken on board much more speedily. It has been on the Order Paper of this House since November 2021 and we feel strongly that the Government should move on it. As was mentioned by other Deputies, the EU has stature and an ethical backbone only when it deals with all international conflicts in a similar...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó (Atógáil) - Order of Business (Resumed) (28 Feb 2023)

Annie Hoey: ...who speaks about the Traveller community. We have seen groups call out racism towards other minority groups in the past while, but I have seen members of the Traveller community say they do not feel that same level of call-out has been happening for them. We know Traveller men are seven times more likely and Traveller women six times more likely to die by suicide than people in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2023)

Mark Wall: ...the specific town mentioned by the association or in the others that are trying to be so at the moment? I am asking about a general State policy on autism-friendly towns and how the association would feel that would work throughout the State. Regarding speech and language therapy, I thank the witnesses for the work done. To take up the point made by Deputy Ó Cathasaigh, how bad is...

Seanad: Citizens Assembly on Drugs Use: Motion (23 Feb 2023)

Annie Hoey: .... Our view and response to substance use disorders and drug use reveal a lot more about our culture to date, which is slightly changing, than it does about people using these substances. I can feel that shift and I hope we see that shift in how we treat people using drugs. That goes from people using drugs recreationally all the way to people in the depths of addiction, possibly the...

Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Feb 2023)

Seán Sherlock: ...who were resident for that period of time, from birth until six months, to be included in the scheme on the basis of fairness, justice and equity so that the scheme can encompass more people who we all feel on the Opposition benches have the right to be included. I will conclude by reiterating my point about the design of the scheme and the role of the chief deciding officer in support,...

Seanad: Welfare and Safety of Workers in the Public Health Service: Motion (22 Feb 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

Annie Hoey: ...thought of as smiling, happy people who were there to help us in our time of need. Now, we associate the public health service, unfortunately, with chronic understaffing, an overworked staff and a feeling, certainly based on what we heard at the health committee, of an unsafe environment for workers. With this shift in perception, there has also been an ongoing increase in assaults, be...

Housing and Evictions: Motion [Private Members] (21 Feb 2023)

Duncan Smith: ...to speak on accommodation for international protection applicants. The Labour Party has strong concerns about the profiteering we are beginning to see, with people who want to profit off the misery of people feeling the impact of war entering this space. They are buying properties, trying to flip them over to the State at a high profit and see this as a cash cow, rather than as a...

Co-ordination of International Protection Services: Statements (16 Feb 2023)

Ivana Bacik: ...to joining with so many others from across the State on Saturday afternoon for the Ireland for All solidarity march, which will show the extraordinary warmth and generosity people across the county feel for those who have come here. However, issues with the accommodation of people arriving here have arisen. As the Taoiseach acknowledged in his opening remarks, some are now being left...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Discussion (16 Feb 2023)

Seán Sherlock: ...in touch with can get on with their work and get the mapping done, get consents and start putting infrastructure on the water in order that we can meet our energy needs as a matter of urgency. I feel frustrated and that is what I am trying to say to the Minister.

Patient Safety (Notifiable Patient Safety Incidents) Bill 2019: Report Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2023)

Alan Kelly: ...life when she was dealing with all of us as friends, and there are some watching down here, including John Wall, that she never left anything unsaid. Everything had to be said and dealt with; your feelings and how you expressed your relationship with her and to her. Her deal with me was that nothing would be left unsaid. My condition and my promise was that nothing would be left undone....

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (15 Feb 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ...of the Minister of State, Deputy Naughton, in bringing forward a memo to Government on the establishment of a citizens' assembly on drugs. Deputies and Senators from different political groups feel strongly about the citizens' assembly being a real force for change. We want the voice of the service user, the drug user, to be central to the deliberations of the citizens' assembly on...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Feb 2023)

Annie Hoey: ...campuses at this time. Last week, we saw what may have been a racially motivated attack at a Luas stop near Technological University, TU, Dublin, which has left a number of students in the area feeling afraid. No student should fear for his or her life in a place of education. It is terrifying that people would target individuals based on the colour of their skin or where they believe...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Third Level Fees (14 Feb 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ...welcome and things are going in the right direction. The Minister is making all of the right noises in terms of reducing third level fees to where they were 25 years ago. Does the Minister not feel that an additional measure or gesture could be made from Government to reduce the fees of a small cohort of students by €1,000, in line with everybody else?

Cost-of-Living Supports: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (14 Feb 2023)

Seán Sherlock: ...supplementary welfare allowance scheme. That scheme is enshrined in legislation for a reason, which is that it would allow for discretion on the part of the local community welfare officer. We feel there is a departmental policy now to try to squeeze that as much as possible. The Minister will say an increase of approximately €17 million has been paid out in additional needs....

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 24 - Justice (Revised)
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (Revised)
Vote 44 - Data Protection Commission (Revised) (14 Feb 2023) See 2 other results from this debate

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ...responses when it came to the southside - Stepaside Garda station comes to mind - where a Minister could jump in and make things happen. The overall point is about morale within the force. There is a feeling that people are leaving the force because of issues such as Deputy Kenny has outlined, but if morale is at such a point, then it affects the security of the State and people's belief...