Results 1-20 of 122 for long speaker:Ossian Smyth

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Implementation of the EU Digital Covid Certificate: Minister of State at the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (14 Jul 2021)

Ossian Smyth: ...programme. From the middle of this week onwards, we will be collecting the new people who have been vaccinated from the day before and we will be sending that out as a daily job. In terms of how long it is going to take, I will double-check with Mr. Lowry, the chief information officer. We have two processes. Under one process we take a huge section of all the people who have ever been...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Energy Policy (18 May 2021)

Ossian Smyth: ...between the different parties that have signed up and have different ambitions from us. The treaty was formed at the end of the Cold War in a completely different world where the ambitions and long-term strategies of different countries were all about energy security and being in a chaotic world where things were at risk, and the idea of the goals were stability and energy security. Now,...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Energy Infrastructure (7 Dec 2021)

Ossian Smyth: ...Charter Treaty, it depends on which countries win the contracts to build them. Those contracts have not been agreed or specified, so the terms are not known. I take the Senator's point on how long it is going to last. We need 2 GW of power by 2030, but they are long-lasting pieces of infrastructure. Of course, as the Senator will understand, they are not designed to run all of the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Energy Production (28 Sep 2023)

Ossian Smyth: ...Ryan, is not here because he is representing Ireland in Paris by chairing a meeting of the international energy agency on critical raw materials. This is a complex piece of work. It is a long-term strategy on how to protect Ireland's security of supply, not just of gas but also of electricity and oil. Therefore, a lot of work is required to get it right. The Minister, Deputy Ryan,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Energy Policy (14 Dec 2021)

Ossian Smyth: ...gas a lot of methane escapes into the atmosphere. This has a strongly detrimental effect which is so bad that using fracked gas turned out to be as bad as burning coal. I understand that for a long time in north Kerry there was a promise that this much-needed infrastructural investment and jobs were coming to the area. It is very difficult to have this taken away or ended. I understand...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Energy Prices (14 Dec 2021)

Ossian Smyth: ...to get it done in the first quarter. Of course, there are two parts to this. There is what happens in the short term during this winter and how we avoid this type of situation occurring in the long term. That is what the toolbox discusses. The toolbox asks us to target people in energy poverty. It asks us to make sure we are broadly helping those who need it most and also finding...

Seanad: Development (Emergency Electricity Generation) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (27 Oct 2022)

Ossian Smyth: We have not determined how long it will last.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: National Cultural Institutions (14 Dec 2023)

Ossian Smyth: ...are accessible. There are competing requirements there. It is a difficult thing to achieve but they are making progress. The Senator made a very good point about digital archives. We know how long a sheet of paper or a piece of papyrus will last and we know that we can keep those things but how long will digitised formats last? He also made the point that as a copyright library, it is...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (25 Nov 2021)

Ossian Smyth: ... the Department has received one enquiry from a member of the public and two enquiries from members of this House in the last 3 months requesting an update on measures to support persons with long-term incontinence with respect to the disposal of medical incontinence wear; the matter has also been the subject of five Parliamentary Questions in this period.

Seanad: Electricity Costs (Domestic Electricity Accounts) Emergency Measures and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Second Stage (13 Oct 2022)

Ossian Smyth: ...with children; a €500 cost-of-living payment for people receiving carers support grant, which will be paid in November; a €500 lump sum cost-of-living disability support grant, which will be paid to all those receiving a long-term disability grant; a double welfare payment for those on long-term payments at Christmas; and a double payment in the autumn before that. Those are...

Seanad: Public Service Pay Bill 2020: Second Stage (14 Jun 2021)

Ossian Smyth: Thank you very much. I am not a person for speaking a long time. Many of the Senators' contributions were surprising and insightful. I definitely took something from them. I could not have predicted what they were going to say. I do not know if that is a failing on my part. It is great to see Senators Horkan and Ward again, who are former colleagues from Dún Laoghaire county council.

Energy (Windfall Gains in the Energy Sector) (Cap on Market Revenues) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (18 Oct 2023)

Ossian Smyth: ...different? Amendment No. 2, which I believe we are on, in my book does not refer to hedging. For absolute clarity, would Deputy Whitmore mind reading out the amendment? I do not think it is very long.

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Supplementary) (16 Nov 2023)

Ossian Smyth: It has been designed as residential funding. It took a long period of negotiation with the European Investment Bank to make the scheme. I do not expect the scheme will extend to the non-domestic sector. The Department of Rural and Community Development has a scheme for community centres, however, and the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has a solar scheme for farmers as part...

Gas (Amendment) Bill 2023: From the Seanad (24 Apr 2024)

Ossian Smyth: Amendments Nos. 1 to 9 are technical amendments that relate to the Title and citation. The Long Title is changed to reflect the inclusion of the transfer of maritime area planning functions from the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, certain arrangements relating to the making of the marine planning policy...

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Revised) (21 Feb 2023)

Ossian Smyth: ...from the EPA as to how large our emissions were. The figures tend to be published certainly more than a year after the emissions have happened. Is the Deputy's general question why it takes so long to-----

Seanad: Gas (Amendment) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (17 Apr 2024)

Ossian Smyth: These are minor amendments. The Long Title has changed to reflect the inclusion of the transfer of maritime area planning functions from the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications and certain arrangements relating to the making of the marine planning policy statement on designated maritime area plans, DMAPs, under...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Cyber Security Centre Review: Discussion (22 Sep 2021)

Ossian Smyth: We regularly meet with the tech giants. I had a meeting with Apple, which is based in the Deputy's constituency, not that long ago. Cybersecurity is discussed, but, in addition to that, we received support from third-party international cybersecurity consultants who provide us with a subscription service. We do not just rely on our own staff in Ireland. We also use third-party companies...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 11 - Public Expenditure and Reform (Revised)
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Revised)
Vote 14 - State Laboratory (Revised)
Vote 15 - Secret Service (Revised)
Vote 17 - Public Appointments Service (Revised)
Vote 18 - National Shared Services Office (Revised)
Vote 19 - Office of the Ombudsman (Revised)
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (Revised)
Vote 43 - Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (Revised) (8 Feb 2023)

Ossian Smyth: ...was the party at fault. A contract might stop because it had been really poorly specified by the buyer. One might have ordered something that was impossible to deliver or that would take too long or that did not actually solve the problem. If the contract stops at some point, to prove, to determine or to have evidence that the supplier was at fault, a court judgment, for example, is the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Implementation of the EU Digital Covid Certificate: Minister of State at the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (14 Jul 2021)

Ossian Smyth: ...under seven years of age do not need to be vaccinated or tested to come in but that people above that age have to quarantine for a period of time after coming in from the UK. This period is so long that it makes matters difficult for those making short journeys. There is a big change coming with regard to travel between Great Britain and Ireland on Monday. Vaccinated people and those...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Tax Code (5 Jul 2022)

Ossian Smyth: ...on vacancy with a view to introducing a vacant property tax. In considering the case for such a tax, it is important to have a sound understanding of the quantity, locations and characteristics of long-term vacant properties. It is also essential to identify the reasons for vacancy, and whether these are long or short-term in nature. There may be genuine and acceptable reasons for...