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Drugs Policy: Motion [Private Members] (30 Nov 2022) See 1 other result from this debate

Alan Kelly: ...personal drug use is absolute madness. I represent Templemore. If the Minister of State were to talk to any gardaí, they would tell him it is a waste of resources. They do not even want to be doing it. They feel sorry for the people. We really need to change policy. We need a change in policy that shows compassion but also deals with this in a realistic way. This is not about...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Permits Bill 2022: Committee Stage (30 Nov 2022)

Gerald Nash: ...by some to be at arm's length. There are a number of layers to that, adding to the complexity for people who are already in difficult circumstances and working in difficult conditions, and who feel they do not have the agency and may not have the knowledge to vindicate their own rights. They may not understand their rights in this country. Creating this new tier is problematic. I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy: Ryanair (30 Nov 2022) See 1 other result from this debate

Duncan Smith: ...not want to. Is the friction that continues to exist between the DAA and Ryanair resolvable? Surely it is not good for Ireland? It cannot always be just about airport charges all the time. It feels like this is going on for decades, since I was in my teens, with Ryanair versus DAA. These are two good news stories, if you want to look at it in a purely economic perspective, but there...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Mental Health Supports in Schools and Tertiary Education: Discussion (29 Nov 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ...to witness our deliberations because this issue obviously affects them too. We have heard quite a number of presentations from different agencies and actors over the past number of weeks. The feeling is that there is a tsunami of a mental health crisis across our school system and among our young people. I want to touch on a few points. I am taken by the model in Limerick. It sounds...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Recent Trends in the Private Rental Sector: Residential Tenancies Board (29 Nov 2022)

Rebecca Moynihan: ...tenancies legislation mean that if landlords, for example, give a notice for eviction and do not sell within nine months, they have to offer that tenancy back, but I know some tenants who feel they have not been offered the tenancy back or that they have moved on and found somewhere else at that stage. In effect, this change makes no difference for them. What, therefore, is the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Schools Amalgamation (24 Nov 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ...component to it because the Department of Education is involved. The process is being so mishandled that, regardless of one's view on the future of primary schools in Raheny, everybody would feel as if they are not being heard, the independent facilitator is not doing the job properly and there has to be a restart. Anybody who knows anything about my politics will know that I believe in...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021: National Lottery Fund (24 Nov 2022)

Alan Kelly: ...is incremental marketing, and just 2% has been used on the "shall" bit, which is top-up prizes or prizes. Obviously, for anybody watching this debate and for us, that is not acceptable. It may be that Ms Boate feels the licence and the way in which it is worded is the issue. Is there another issue? To any taxpayer watching, however, that is not acceptable. Why is this allowed to...

Transport in Galway and Other Areas: Motion [Private Members] (23 Nov 2022)

Duncan Smith: ...in my constituency, be it a big project such as MetroLink or a small one such as the coastal greenway, which people have been wanting and know have been needed for years but, ultimately, they feel that the projects will not happen because they have been let down so often. However, we cannot allow the city of Galway and, indeed, our western seaboard to continue to be let down. We need...

Seanad: Public Order and Safe Streets: Statements (23 Nov 2022)

Annie Hoey: ...have been left for decades, social unrest will happen and people will blame the wrong people. There are bad actors out there who are more than happy to drive us to blaming one another and making people feel unsafe in their own communities and streets. When we think about safety in our capital and the areas people mention, Members have spoken about O'Connell Street many times in both...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Nov 2022) See 1 other result from this debate

Annie Hoey: ...happened in the East Wall over the past couple of days. My heart is broken thinking about the people who have fled war and sought safety and asylum here in Ireland. I cannot imagine how they are feeling. Let us imagine if any one of us had to leave Ireland to seek a better life and get a start for our families only to be met by what was, quite frankly, a baying mob. The scenes that I...

Seanad: Personal Injuries Resolution Board Bill 2022: Second Stage (22 Nov 2022)

Marie Sherlock: ...on the responsibility of the mediator towards the individual or claimant in particular. Notwithstanding that participation in mediation by the parties is voluntary, I am concerned that individuals would feel in some way implicitly coerced into participating in mediation as opposed to going straight through to the assessment. I would like to see a stronger role for the mediator with...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Refugee Accommodation Crisis: Engagement with Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (22 Nov 2022)

Seán Sherlock: ...of what Europe is and the values that it holds are under threat because of this aggressive act by Russia. We as Irish people have a responsibility to play our part. Notwithstanding all that, I feel we should be allowed to question policies, as we are doing today. When issues arise, we should be allowed to address them freely without any labels being applied. We all encounter specific...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Road Tolls (17 Nov 2022)

Duncan Smith: ...Accounts and the Dáil. We have spokespeople who can be contacted directly. We have plenty of opportunities for TII to come to us and say "we know we are in a cost-of-living crisis but these companies feel they need to raise that" and to let us interrogate that. I do not believe they need to raise tolls. The Tánaiste said today that he is not happy with it, that it caught him...

Dublin City Safety Initiatives and Other Services: Statements (17 Nov 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ...we want Dublin city to look like. When I mention Dublin city, I am talking about the city between the canals. It is about what kind of transport we expect to have and what we want the city to feel like. I think we have to de-car the city; we have to pedestrianise the city radically. I have a four-year-old daughter and, I have to be honest, when I go into Dublin city with my daughter, I...

Energy Regulations: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (16 Nov 2022)

Ivana Bacik: ...a genuine issue across the country. Undoubtedly, the terrible war being waged by Russia against Ukraine has had a significant effect on energy prices across Europe and worldwide. However, it feels as if we are being held to ransom here in Ireland by energy giants and market speculators. While households here are resilient and looking to where they can cut costs, and cut energy...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (15 Nov 2022)

Ivana Bacik: ...grows as more and more people are detained on bogus charges. I met last week with representatives of the Irish-Iranian campaign group Support Equality and Freedom for Iran. They said to me how best they feel Ireland can use its diplomatic power to effect change. I ask that at every opportunity when the Taoiseach engages with other EU leaders, if he might: reinforce calls for new...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Committee Stage (15 Nov 2022) See 2 other results from this debate

Seán Sherlock: ...be extended; (g) whether payment rates under the Scheme should be increased.”. Those are all self-explanatory. I am not sure what the Minister's position is; we will hear from him shortly. We feel certain issues are not contained within the legislative proposal before us. I have been told that the amendment is in order. One of the limited tools we in opposition have is to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Mental Health Supports in Schools and Tertiary Education (15 Nov 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I thank the witnesses for the presentations. I feel, as I am sure my colleagues do, that the presentations have been overwhelming. It feels like we face a tsunami of mental health challenges across the country. The witnesses made strong points about the lack of psychologists, the lack of funding and the issues that young people are having. I will start on a positive note. Last week, I...

Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Second Stage (10 Nov 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ...for good by making them a hate criminal in so much as they are now equated with the individual who did something that was premeditated and organised. We need to reflect on that. That is why we feel so strongly about the amendments we have put down and why we are determined to work with the Minister and to ensure that this Bill, which has long been sought, is successful. Let us learn...