Results 1-20 of 244 for long speaker:Alan Farrell

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Closed-Circuit Television Systems (23 Apr 2024)

Alan Farrell: ...authorities regarding the CCTV scheme that was rolled out recently, following the passage of legislation which enabled local authorities to actually get these schemes up and running. They are a long-required benefit to communities up and down the country to make people safer in their own communities.

Recent Arson Attacks: Statements (27 Feb 2024)

Alan Farrell: ...in 2022 to 65 days in 2024. I commend the Minister, her Department and her officials on that. By any measure, it is a very significant change. Applications by people from other countries take longer and the process of verifying details can be more lengthy. The average time for a decision has reduced from 18 months in 2022 to 13 in 2023. Within these figures is a positive news story. ...

Recent Arson Attacks: Statements (27 Feb 2024)

Alan Farrell: ...for their safety or to act in a way that threatens public order. Neither should it ever be accepted that property is somehow fair game for destruction because of a particular ideology or stance against long-standing State policy. Ireland is a diverse and tolerant country and our population is rising at a remarkable rate, as illustrated just this morning on social media by the author...

Healthcare Provision in Rural Communities: Motion [Private Members] (21 Feb 2024)

Alan Farrell: Deputy, you can express your disappointment all you like but you may not do so outside of the orders of the House. You are here long enough to know better.

Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (8 Feb 2024)

Alan Farrell: ...protection. In the years to come this will play an ever more important role in our society. We are seeing a shift in our population demographics, with people having fewer children and living longer, resulting in an aging population. We are also more mobile as a species and this is a good reason to provide more protection for pensioners as they move around and indeed, as financial...

Death of Former Taoiseach: Expressions of Sympathy (7 Feb 2024)

Alan Farrell: ...another member of the class of the Government of 1994 through to 1997 and the deputy leader of Fine Gael at that time, Nora Owen. Most likely it was Nora shared my number with John because, not long after my election and perhaps in early July of 2004, I got a phone call and what followed was a lengthy conversation. I am very pleased to say that, from my own perspective, it was always...

Research and Innovation Bill 2023: Second Stage (31 Jan 2024)

Alan Farrell: ...case in many other constituencies across the country, particularly in the last decade or 15 years. Projects such as these not only benefit people in the locality but have a direct impact on the long-term development of our country, particularly given its proximity to the airport, such a large provider of GDP and employment. By investing in people and their creativity, we are investing...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: System for Assisted Dying and Alternative Policies: Discussion (30 Jan 2024)

Alan Farrell: ...of the ethical or moral position. Having examined this process closely over the past while – the Chair will have to remind me whether it has been seven months, as I cannot recall and it feels much longer – it is similar to treading the needle while blindfolded and riding a horse backwards through a darkened forest. It is almost impossible with the level of evidence that has...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2024
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) (30 Jan 2024)

Alan Farrell: ...on each Vote, if necessary. I remind members that, in accordance with Standing Orders, our discussions should be confined to the items contained within the Revised Estimates. I also remind members of the long-standing parliamentary practice to the effect that they should not comment on, criticise or make charges against a person outside the Houses or an official, either by name or in a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Large Energy Users Rebalancing Subvention: Discussion (23 Jan 2024)

Alan Farrell: ...Regulation of Utilities, Mr. Jim Gannon, Ms Aoife MacEvilly, Dr. Karen Kavanagh and Mr. John Melvin; and from ESB Networks, Mr. Eddie Byrne and Mr. Nicholas Tarrant. I remind witnesses of the long-standing parliamentary practice that witnesses should not criticise or make charges against any person or entity by name or in such a way as to make him, her or it identifiable or otherwise...

Private Business - The Royal Hibernian Academy (Amendment of Charter) Bill 2023: Second Stage (13 Dec 2023)

Alan Farrell: As a relatively long-term Member of the House, this type of Bill is a first for me, as I understand it is a first for the Leas-Cheann Comhairle as well. The next speaker is Deputy Ó Snodaigh.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (7 Dec 2023)

Alan Farrell: 148. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide an update on the long-term carers contribution scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54065/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Management of Passenger Numbers at Dublin Airport: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

Alan Farrell: Mr. Jacobs is most welcome. I appreciate that he has been here for quite some time so I promise I will not keep him for too long. I have been listening for the last 40 minutes or so as my diary allowed it. I am finding it very difficult to square the circle of the commentary, particularly that of my colleague, Senator Doherty, and most especially, Deputy Matthews, who is the Chair of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Management of Passenger Numbers at Dublin Airport: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

Alan Farrell: ...a lot of agencies and bodies to deal with. I am grateful that the Chair specifically has taken the time to call in Mr. Jacobs, because it is important. I appreciate Mr. Jacobs has been here a long time, as I said from the outset. My view is simple. The DAA is a semi-State commercial agency. It is answerable to the Department of Transport. Here is part of my problem in this...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (9 Nov 2023)

Alan Farrell: 162. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government what consideration his Department has given to the role long-term leases, or ‘life-leases’, can play in the Irish rental market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49043/23]

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Oct 2023)

Alan Farrell: ...person carer tax credit, and an increase of €200 to the incapacitated child tax credit, which will rise to €3,500. I also want to highlight and support the decision to increase the research and development tax credit from 25% to 30%. This is something I have long called for. I believe enhanced supports for the research and development sector in Ireland will keep us at the...

School Transport 2023-2024: Statements (3 Oct 2023)

Alan Farrell: ...case with many public services from time to time, when mistakes happen or errors or delays occur, it can be fairly catastrophic for the children in question. The Minister of State knows my constituency, which she visited not too long ago. It is a large geographic community with five major towns and five minor towns. There is quite a distance between some of them while others are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Ethics of End-of-Life Care: Discussion (3 Oct 2023)

Alan Farrell: ...decision with his or her significant other, that he or she is not able to get out of bed and maybe cannot speak. All sorts of different conditions are associated with being in a bed for a long period. I regret to say I have a very personal account of that with a beloved member of my family who is now deceased. I struggle with part of the entire debate we have been having for the past...

Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Jul 2023)

Alan Farrell: ...own bodies and their own healthcare. Five years on, we are still striving to provide an adequate system of healthcare for these services countrywide. This Bill seeks to fulfil and vindicate a long-standing commitment by the Government to provide for safe access zones at healthcare settings carrying out these procedures. No woman seeking advice on a termination of pregnancy does so...

Energy (Windfall Gains in the Energy Sector) (Temporary Solidarity Contribution) Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Jun 2023)

Alan Farrell: ..., we can boost our ability to adapt to changing international outlooks and respond to emerging crises as they occur. Importantly, these efforts will also result in cheaper household energy bills in the long term. Through these measures, we can also change the relationship we, as a State, have with energy use and production, shifting our culture from an import-based model to a more...