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Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Defence Forces (23 Apr 2024)

Joe O'Reilly: ...in First Line Reserve, it is clear we need urgent action to bolster our Reserve. One of the biggest barriers to RDF recruitment is the time-consuming and cumbersome process that prospective recruits must go through. Recruits regularly face extensively long waits for medical and security clearances, discouraging many from considering a career in the Reserve or causing them to lose...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Early Childhood Care and Education (23 Apr 2024)

Victor Boyhan: .... It is brilliant. Everyone talks about how positive it is and how it impacts and assists families who wish to see their children being nurtured in the community in which they live. In the long term, I would like to see the further expansion of early childhood care and education because it is the right way to proceed. The Government is to be commended on its work but today I want to...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Medicinal Products (23 Apr 2024)

James Browne: ...to identify measures to maximise the efficient use of the substantial resources within the medicines budget. The task force will identify the structural and operational requirements necessary to enable long-term sustainability of medicines expenditure. The task force will have due regard to the security and sustainability of supply of medicines to the State. It will provide regular...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Rail Network (23 Apr 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

Malcolm Byrne: ...service. I appreciate the Minister of State is taking this on behalf of the Minister for Transport. The Minister of State will know only too well that the Rosslare rail line has suffered from a long period of under investment. The only positive change that has been made was the introduction of a later evening service recently, which does serve Gorey. If I get on the train in Gorey,...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Apr 2024) See 2 other results from this debate

Pippa Hackett: ..., loves nature. While he is officially our unsung hero in Offaly, I am sure he will not mind me saying that there are farmers like him all over the country who are unsung heroes for nature and who long for the return of wildlife to their farms. I thank Tony Bergin for his reflective insight.

Seanad: Research and Innovation Bill 2024: Committee Stage (23 Apr 2024) See 2 other results from this debate

Malcolm Byrne: ...many hours of debate, and given that there was considerable prelegislative scrutiny and engagement, I dispute that the HEA Act was rushed. It certainly was not. I do not want to have to spend as long on this Bill as we did on the HEA Act.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Ireland's Climate Change Assessment Report: Discussion (23 Apr 2024) See 13 other results from this debate

Brian Leddin: ...College Cork; Dr. Clare Noone, Maynooth University; and Dr. Deirdre McClean, Trinity College Dublin. Dr. Danielle Gallagher is also listed and she may join us at some point. I remind witnesses of the long-standing parliamentary practice that they should not criticise or make charges against any person or entity by name or in such a way as to make him or her or it identifiable, or...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Ireland's International Obligations under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

Mary Seery Kearney: I was curious about how the panel was made up and how long it was serving. I am glad to know this is something that is working. Again, we should probably have an advisory panel as a committee as well, and why not? It seems bizarre we would speak about children and young people and not actually hear from them. I am a little bit ashamed that we are four years in, and although this is not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (23 Apr 2024)

Paul Kehoe: ...member will have a two-minute slot to ask questions and for the witnesses to respond. The committee will publish the opening statement on its website after the meeting. I 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 such a way as...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: European Year of Skills 2023: Discussion (23 Apr 2024) See 4 other results from this debate

Paul Kehoe: ...from the witnesses. As the witnesses are probably aware, the committee will publish the opening statements on its website following today's meeting. Before we begin, I remind witnesses of the long-standing parliamentary practice that they 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 engage...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Irish Emergency Alliance: Discussion (23 Apr 2024) See 4 other results from this debate

Charles Flanagan: ...and-answer session with members of the committee. I ask members to be concise in their questions to allow all members the opportunity to participate. I remind both witnesses and members of the long-standing parliamentary practice that we should not criticise or make charges against any person or entity by name or in such a way as to make them identifiable or otherwise engage in speech...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Discussion (23 Apr 2024) See 29 other results from this debate

Steven Matthews: ...of an identifiable person or entity, they will be directed to discontinue their remarks and it is imperative they comply with any such direction. Members and witnesses are reminded of the long-standing parliamentary practice to the effect that they should not comment on, criticise or make charges against either a person or entity outside the Houses or an official either by name or in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulations and Directive on International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Discussion (23 Apr 2024) See 4 other results from this debate

James Lawless: ...I get on to the main business of the meeting, I advise of the following matters relating to parliamentary privilege and practice: witnesses and those partaking in the meeting are reminded of the long-standing parliamentary practice that they 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 to otherwise...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Cross-Border Co-operation (23 Apr 2024)

Helen McEntee: ...Garda Síochána and the Police Service of Northern Ireland and other agencies with their counterparts. I have had extensive and positive contact with my colleague, Minister for Justice Naomi Long since the Executive was re-established. Minister Long and I share many areas of mutual interest and cooperation and I spoke with her soon after her re-appointment in February....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Prevention (23 Apr 2024)

Helen McEntee: ...there can be a temptation to carry knives. Incidents involving knives can tend to increase this trend and there are certainly no quick-fix solutions to tackling this type of behaviour which is long-standing over many generations. Long term, evidence-based strategies and local interventions by trusted youth workers are most effective as part of a wider strategic response to the types...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (23 Apr 2024)

Helen McEntee: ...for non-EEA family members are set out in this document: www.irishimmigration.ie/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Policy-do cument-on-Non-EEA-family-reunification.pdf These arrangements reflect the long standing requirement that work permit holders seeking to be joined by their families should be in secure and sustained employment and in a position to support their family members without...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Properties (23 Apr 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: Unit 153 Shannon Business Park was acquired by the Office of Public Works as a solution to meet the long-term requirements of the Department of Transport and a range of other State bodies in the area. The Department of Transport which operates the Vehicle Registration Unit (VRU) from a State-owned building in Shannon town centre, was earmarked as a key priority client to go into this newly...