Results 181-200 of 382 for long speaker:Seán Kyne

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Údarás na Gaeltachta (3 Jun 2020)

Seán Kyne: ... for the disposal of property and lands in its ownership. The sale of this disused building was approved by the board of Údarás na Gaeltachta in September 2019 as part of a job creation package approved for a long-standing locally owned and managed company. This development is integral to the future growth of the company in question which employs a significant number of...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Údarás na Gaeltachta (20 May 2020)

Seán Kyne: Údarás na Gaeltachta has confirmed that the sale of a 12,000 square metre factory, vacant since 2004, to a long-standing locally owned and managed company, is currently being processed as part of a job creation package that was approved by the board of Údarás na Gaeltachta in September 2019. As a result of the expansion of this company, An tÚdarás approved...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (20 May 2020)

Seán Kyne: Údarás na Gaeltachta is engaging directly with its client companies to support them and their staff through these challenging times and is working alongside Government, State Agencies and the Gaeltacht community on a cohesive approach to the COVID-19 crisis. An tÚdarás continues to advise client companies on contingency planning – financial planning, liquidity...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Employment Data (17 Dec 2019)

Seán Kyne: .... The primary classification used for the LFS results is the ILO (International Labour Organisation) labour force classification. Respondents to the LFS are asked whether they have at least one long-lasting condition or difficulty and the most recent figures available are for Q2 2019. The employment rate for any category of persons is calculated as the number of employed persons aged 15-64...

Provision of Accommodation and Ancillary Services to Applicants for International Protection: Statements (13 Nov 2019)

Seán Kyne: ...from that centre are out working in various areas in the community. We heard that the people who were against the centre when it was first being talked about are now employers of residents. People wait too long in direct provision in certain circumstances. I acknowledge that the system has been refined and is leading to faster decisions. There are also people in direct provision...

Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (6 Nov 2019)

Seán Kyne: ...and work with landowners and turf cutters. Bearing this balance in mind, there may be grounds for amending the boundaries of a natural heritage area to include appropriate recreational or sports facilities so long as areas of active bog habitat within a site can be maintained and areas of degraded bog habitat can be restored. There may also be opportunities to develop recreational...

Report of the Committee on Procedure on Dáil Divisions: Statements (24 Oct 2019)

Seán Kyne: ...make a mistake. A Deputy can sit in the wrong seat, even though the voting panels are numbered. A Deputy can press the wrong button and vote in an unintended way. Mistakes like these can be rectified easily as long as they are reported immediately and before the result is read into the Official Report, and they often are. The Deputies concerned have done a great disservice to their...

Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Oct 2019)

Seán Kyne: This Bill has had a long gestation and we are in the process of selecting the most suitable bog habitats to be designated, or to cease to be designated, as NHAs. The Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht is bound to have regard to any strategic environmental assessment or any other environmental assessment that is undertaken, as well as to observations or submissions received...

Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) (15 Oct 2019)

Seán Kyne: ...work with landowners and turf cutters. Bearing this in mind, there may be grounds for amending the boundary of a natural heritage area site to exclude appropriate recreational or sporting facilities, so long as areas of active bog habitat within a site can be maintained and areas of degraded bog habitat can be restored. There may also be opportunities to develop recreational facilities,...

Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (25 Sep 2019)

Seán Kyne: ..., it has not been done in isolation from blanket bogs. I have been at plenty of meetings in the heart of Connemara, which has a predominance of blanket bogland. This has been in the public consciousness as long as issues concerning raised bogs. It has been the feature of a number of meetings, consultation and engagement between Department officials and turf cutters in those areas. The...

Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (25 Sep 2019)

Seán Kyne: The proposed amendment amends the Long Title the Bill so it would read: "An Act to provide for review of bog habitats; to further provide for making, amendment and revocation of natural heritage area orders; to provide for arrangements concerning biodiversity for those purposes to amend the Wildlife (Amendment) Act 2000; and to provide for related matters." On amendment No. 40, on Committee...

Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (25 Sep 2019)

Seán Kyne: ...the interest in schools and other places, it is a shame that this loss of habitat happened. Grants used to be given to drain wetlands under agriculture development programmes but those days are long gone. The biodiversity strategy in this plan is to be welcomed in terms of protecting such areas. Areas designated as national heritage areas, NHAs, or special areas of conservation, SACs,...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Central Statistics Office Data (2 Jul 2019)

Seán Kyne: ...Wellbeing of the Nation 2017 Domain Indicators Economy Average debt per household Modified Gross National Income (GNI*) Average total annual earnings Consumer price index Work Unemployment rate Long-term unemployment rate Employment rate of those with a disability Percentage working greater than 48 hours per week Enforced job instability Discrimination in the workplace...

Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 May 2019)

Seán Kyne: ...we are enacting is to continue the process of engagement with the stakeholders to address the needs of turf cutters through the various processes such as relocation, de-designation and through the long-term payments that have been made for a long period. That is how we are accommodating and preserving the bogs that we intend to preserve and allowing for the de-designation of those that...

Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Act 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Apr 2019)

Seán Kyne: ...by Senators and the comments made by Senators Burke, Ó Céidigh, Daly and Hopkins on road projects. The N59 and the R336 have been debated in my county of Galway by the local authority for a long period of time. The community value that has been discussed is something I absolutely understand and it is fair to say there is need for a balance to be struck. I very much understand...

Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (2 Apr 2019)

Seán Kyne: ...been 12 years. The consultation process followed the 2014 national heritage area review. The Senator is right in the sense that there has been engagement or that discussion has been ongoing for a long period. It was rather problematic and difficult and caused much public concern. There was engagement with officials in the National Parks and Wildlife Service, while there were some...

Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Mar 2019)

Seán Kyne: ...Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Mr. Jimmy Deenihan, as has been mentioned, and some of the good points made on fuel poverty and rural incomes. Many people in these Houses and beyond have a long association with turf cutting. The cessation of turf cutting scheme was established in 2011 for active turf cutters. That arose from the cessation of turf cutting on raised bog...

Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Mar 2019)

Seán Kyne: No, but the matter was discussed on Committee Stage. It was flagged as a possibility. Senator Ó Céidigh referred to the long and proud tradition in many rural areas where, to be blunt about it, turf and fishing in the sea were all that people had. It was a way of life and it sustained many families. I accept the point made by the Senator - Senator Higgins mentioned this too -...

Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2019: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Feb 2019)

Seán Kyne: ...and the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel and the drafters who worked late nights and weekends over a period, that produced this Brexit omnibus Bill is to be commended. It must be difficult to prepare legislation that one hopes will not be enacted but we are here to do that in order to ensure that we are ready for the unthinkable. I acknowledge the Brexit team within the Government,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: General Scheme of the Miscellaneous Provisions (Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union on 29 March 2019) Bill 2019: Minister of State at the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (20 Feb 2019)

Seán Kyne: ...the Brexit omnibus Bill, although that is not to in any way lessen the importance of the matters and the fact that there has been preparation and work done within the Department and agencies over a long period.