Results 161-180 of 920 for long speaker:Seán Ó Fearghaíl

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: National Cultural Institutions (9 Dec 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: ...access to these institutions. The institutions enrich Irish society. It is a great pleasure to stand outside this building and see the throngs of young people who visit these institutions daily. Long may that continue.

Order of Business (9 Dec 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: ...pricing, sports sponsorship and labelling of alcoholic products. We believe substantial work was done when Deputy Róisín Shortall was a Minister of State in the Department of Health. She is now long gone. Could the Taoiseach indicate what is happening to the Bill? No. 101 on the C list is the low wage commission Bill. Much has been made of the low pay commission. Have the...

Banking Inquiry: Motion (25 Nov 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: ...Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Deputy Richard Bruton said, "IFSRA cannot be expected to ride shotgun with every bank. And banks have deep pockets to resource various wheezes. In the long run, only self-assessment will work, not trying to catch people out." That is very much at variance with what is being said today. In terms of the role of the Central Bank, we must...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Job Initiatives (6 Nov 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: ...have been taken by her Department to ensure that the JobBridge scheme is not abused by employers; if her Department has discovered situations in which employers have reduced the working hours of long-term staff and compensated by recruiting JobBridge personnel; if this situation is under constant review; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42528/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Unemployment Levels (4 Nov 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: ...and eliminated, wherever possible. The Tánaiste talks about the inadequacies of the welfare system when we were in government, but she has practically been in government for four years, which is long enough to have rectified the anomalies she may have identified. Will she address the fact that her own policies, in particular, those surrounding PRSI, have disincentivised low earners...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Unemployment Levels (4 Nov 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: This question seeks to explore issues around the plight of the long-term unemployed. Unfortunately, their numbers remain stubbornly high. We share a keen interest with the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection in the activation of those who find themselves in that particular position.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Unemployment Levels (4 Nov 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Notwithstanding what the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection said, the numbers of long-term unemployed, including the 74,000 young people still outside education, training or employment, remain high. The Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection and her Department have been the subject of criticism by the European Commission and the International Monetary Fund, the IMF,...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Unemployment Levels (4 Nov 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 94. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who are long-term unemployed; the actions she has taken to address the challenge of long-term unemployment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41716/14]

Public Health (Standardised Packaging of Tobacco) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (2 Oct 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: ...reservations about this. Many Members have alluded to the major problem in this State with counterfeiting and smuggling. I may be more aware of it than others because I live in a county with two long-established street markets where access to cigarettes and counterfeit products at low cost is readily available. Despite the best efforts of An Garda Síochána and Customs and...

Sixth Report of the Constitutional Convention - Blasphemy: Statements (2 Oct 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: ...been considered in far greater detail than they have been in this House, sadly, which is a cause of some regret. I hope the reason for this is not that there was an arrogant assumption on the part of the Government that the Seanad would no longer exist by the time the reports fell to be discovered. Fianna Fáil took the view that the remit of the Constitutional Convention was too...

Water Services (Exempt Charges) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (17 Sep 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: ...takes any great pride in the fact that, notwithstanding the huge investment over the last decade in public water infrastructure, there is still much more to do. I have been a public representative for long enough to know that for at least 20 years, during which each of our parties has been in government, there have been reports of up to 40% of water being lost. I was listening to that in...

Topical Issue Debate: Defence Forces Fatalities (17 Jul 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: ...the Houses of the Oireachtas are united in support of the campaign. We want to see justice achieved. One is struck by the principle that justice delayed is justice denied. Some 34 years is a long time to wait to see justice take its course and anything the Minister of State and the Government can do will be much appreciated.

Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (19 Jun 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: ...sense that people who can avail of casual vacancies - all other things being equal and given that they may qualify - should be given preference where they can prove their tenancy in a RAS unit or a long-term lease unit. Such people who are in a position to demonstrate they are good tenants, pay their rent, maintain the property to a high standard and are not involved in anti-social...

Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (11 Jun 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: ...of the Environment, Community and Local Government to the effect that, when someone receives a rental accommodation scheme, RAS, payment, enters temporary RAS accommodation or avails of a long-term leasing arrangement through a voluntary housing association, his or her housing need should be deemed to have been met and, consequently, he or she should be removed from its waiting list. The...

Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (11 Jun 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: ...that arrears arise solely because people have not been paying their rent, and that is a real difficulty. For such people there must be urgent early intervention to address that issue because the longer the problem goes on, the more difficult it is for that problem to be solved. People who get into significant arrears in those circumstances are under pressure and they will make...

Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (15 May 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: ...in terms of council stock, my thinking was that rather than giving such casual vacancies to people off the list, they should be given to those who have a proven track record in the RAS or the leased accommodation in order that they could progress from a short-term provision into long-term provision, having proven themselves as tenants. However, this is not the case. Furthermore, a...

Estimates for Public Services 2014 - Vote 2 - Department of the Taoiseach (Supplementary Estimate) (7 May 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: ...His attack on the failure of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission to inform him of bugging concerns is the most significant. However, yesterday we heard that he can break the law with impunity as long as he makes an apology, no matter the level of bad grace involved in that apology. The former Minister for Justice and Equality and his Department failed to act on this issue...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Funding (7 May 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: My question concerns the long-term proposals or vision the Minister has for the necessary continued investment in the Defence Forces training centre at the Curragh Camp, and his vision for the necessary continued investment in Army installations across the country.

Issue of Writ: Dublin West By-election (1 May 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: ...and constructive approach to the debate in the course of the election campaigns. We will come forward with concrete and constructive proposals on what we can do to tackle the big issues facing people in Longford-Westmeath and Dublin West. We are aware that people in constituencies such as these face similar problems. Our candidates - Aengus O'Rourke in Longford-Westmeath and David...

Order of Business (17 Apr 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I will proceed. I am grateful to the Ceann Comhairle for calling me. The Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht has an important three-piece suite of long-promised legislation, those being, the heritage (amendment) Bill, the monuments Bill and the natural cultural institutions Bill. I understand that the Cabinet has agreed the heads of these important Bills, but there is no sign of...