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Screening of Third Country Transactions Bill 2022: Second Stage (21 Sep 2022)

Dara Calleary: I thank the Deputies for their good wishes and I look forward to working with those involved in this sector. I am conscious of the old saying that there is very little difference between a pat on the back and a kick somewhere else but I nevertheless welcome colleagues' good wishes. A lot of broader, enterprise-related issues were raised, to which we will come back. Some very interesting...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Engagement with Representatives of the European Committee of the Regions (15 Jun 2022)

Dara Calleary: .... As a committee we must take the challenge. I was particularly struck by the warnings in Mr. Tzitzikostas' final remarks. As we get into our 50th year let it not be a year of ribbon-cutting and patting ourselves on the back. Let us actually leave something behind. Moving forward with the EU officers might be some way to do that. Mr. Tzitzikostas used the phrase "anonymous European...

Rural and Community Development: Statements (18 Nov 2020)

Dara Calleary: ..., as well as the Minister of State, Deputy Joe O'Brien, have done since they took over. I also acknowledge the work of her predecessors, my constituency colleague, Deputy Ring, Deputy Ó Cuív and Pat Carey who served in Departments which laid the foundation for much of the work the Minister is now doing. I acknowledge the work of her civil servants, predominantly based in...

Vote 33 - Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (Revised) (9 Jul 2020)

Dara Calleary: ...againn chun aon rud a dhéanamh taobh istigh. Tá airgead ann agus beidh seans ann. Sin an scéal agus an chomhairle a fuair muid ó Mhuintearas - go reachtáilfear rudaí taobh amuigh an samhradh seo. Tiocfaidh mé ar ais ag an Teachta maidir le cúrsaí uisce ar Inis Oírr agus maidir leis an scéim um thrádáil ar líne....

Bille na dTeangacha Oifigiúla (Leasú), 2019: An Dara Céim - Official Languages (Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage (18 Dec 2019)

Dara Calleary: ...;ir don Bhille a bheith achtaithe roimh aon toghchán. Níl am againn. Tá gach lá tábhachtach don Ghaeilge agus do na Gaeltachtaí ag an nóiméad seo. Caithfimid úsáid a bhaint as na laethanta sin chun an Ghaeilge, deiseanna na Gaeilge agus deiseanna na Gaeltachtaí a shábháil agus a fheabhsú. Mar a dúirt mé an...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Nov 2019)

Dara Calleary: ...embraced for three years that reduces pressure on GPs and emergency departments. They have done this at a very basic cost that will be reduced even further. We had fine words from the Minister. He keeps patting community pharmacists on the head and telling them they are doing a great job. He spoke about going to a higher terrain in his usual language but the reality is that if...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 May 2019)

Dara Calleary: ...of increasing insurance premiums, all aligned with a complete lack of action from Government in terms of address of the issue. What we get from Government in regard to insurance premiums is nice words, pats on the back, group hugs and promises, but no action. There is zero action. Meanwhile, businesses are closing, services are being reduced and premiums are increasing. One example of...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Mar 2019)

Dara Calleary: ...been clear with the British Government. I accept that he has been, but it has ignored the will of this House in relation to the Dublin and Monaghan bombings. It has ignored the issues surounding the Pat Finucane and Ballymurphy cases. It seems that there is a mindset to ignore these things in the hope they will go away, but they cannot. This House owes it to the families to defend...

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

Dara Calleary: ..., not only in the context of Brexit but also of these changes. The Government must decide whether it wants these sectors, and if so, it must support them rather than offering them nice words and pats on the head. A proper programme to maintain a suckler sector is essential. It is part of rural regeneration and sustaining rural communities. Similarly in tourism, to which Deputy...

Independent Radio Stations: Motion [Private Members] (28 Feb 2019)

Dara Calleary: ...other countries around the world. We can stand up for that diversity. We can protect it by putting cash on the table from resources that are already there, or we can give it false promises and a pat on the back and see it disappear. I call on the Minister not to let it disappear on his watch.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Oct 2018)

Dara Calleary: ...would be delivered in the system in 2018. Many hospitals cannot see these extra beds. For example, in Letterkenny a 19-bed unit remains closed, as my colleagues, Deputy McConalogue and Deputy Pat The Cope Gallagher, have pointed out on many occasions. The unit is closed, yet the hospital is overcrowded. What commitments can the Tánaiste give today that 10,000 people over the...

Leaders' Questions (12 Jul 2018)

Dara Calleary: .... The Minister of State at the Department of Education and Skills, Deputy Mary Mitchell O'Connor, described that as a healthy pipeline of student projects. Once again, the Government is patting itself on the back while wilfully ignorant of the reality on the ground. Much of this accommodation is being built privately and rented out at exorbitant rates. Many people are having to...

Topical Issue Debate: Disability Support Services Provision (9 May 2018)

Dara Calleary: That is an incredibly cold response on the part of the HSE. I know it is not the Minister of State's response or his feeling on the matter. One cannot just dispatch people from a five-day service to a three-day service. One cannot speak about a national dementia strategy and people in communities and then cut their service in this manner, give them a pat on the head and hope they will not...

Tributes on Retirement of Member of Staff (26 Apr 2018)

Dara Calleary: I am thrilled to join the tributes. I am very sad to see Marie leaving us. For those who are curious, nuts' corner is now the Labour Party table. I see former Senator Pat Magnier, who had a residency at that corner, in the Gallery.

Community Employment Pension Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (24 Apr 2018)

Dara Calleary: He accepted the first four points of our motion but that is just a pat on the back and the Minister of State knows that a pat on the back does not put butter on the spuds for pensioners, and there is no pension in what the Government is accepting. The Minister of State speaks of employers being able to opt out of future pension reforms, but on this occasion the Government has opted out. It...

Supporting the Suckling Sector: Motion [Private Members] (21 Feb 2018)

Dara Calleary: ...s proposal this evening relates to stopping the export of four-legged animals from the west, which is full of substance and should be listened to and not dismissed in the manner that I heard Deputy Pat Deering do earlier in a broadcast this evening, forgetting his role as Chairman of the agriculture committee.

Financial Resolutions 2018 - Budget Statement 2018 (10 Oct 2017)

Dara Calleary: ...ensure houses are built and people secure homes. The plans must focus on allowing local authorities to once again get back into the business of building homes and release funding for an affordable housing programme. Success will not be counted on the Government's balance sheet or in pats on the back from the OECD or IMF. Success will be bricks and mortar on the ground and homes and roofs...

Summer Economic Statement 2017: Statements (13 Jul 2017)

Dara Calleary: ...direction. I do not get a sense that the Government is urgently pursuing or articulating that argument in the corridors in Brussels. When Mr. Barnier was here some weeks ago, he stood in the Chamber and patted us on the back. He told us we were great boys and girls and that it would be all right on the right, but it will not be all right. People are in business trying to make plans....

Electoral (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (6 Dec 2016)

Dara Calleary: I wish to share time with Deputy Pat The Cope Gallagher.

Social Welfare Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Nov 2016)

Dara Calleary: ...have given time to raise their families or have taken time out to care, should be penalised for doing so. It is not a way to encourage people to come home to care or to come home to a family situation. Now that paternity leave has been introduced, which we welcome, the impact of that change will broaden. As Deputy O'Keeffe has said, there have been some limited changes this year for...