Results 101-120 of 1,023,205 for in 'Dáil debates' OR in 'Committee meetings' (speaker:Tom Kitt OR speaker:Michael McGrath)

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Apr 2024)

Cathal Berry: I thank the Minister for the response. I agree that postponing the audits and inspections, even just for a few weeks, takes a lot of pressure off a lot of farmers. Something which has been mentioned to me and Deputy Canney and, I am sure, the Minister is the burden of administration on farmers. Professional farmers are doing what they love and we want them out in the fields doing what they...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: We have responded to reflect the challenges the inclement weather is creating across various schemes to provide flexibility over the course of the year in terms of dates and returns. In respect of the ACRES scheme, for example, we have delayed some actions until the end of the year to provide space for farmers to be able to manage that. We have provided more flexibility in respect of some...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 Apr 2024)

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 Apr 2024)

Pearse Doherty: The Government is pushing forward with Fianna Fáil's Bill that will cost local sporting clubs, charities and community organisations thousands of euro in vital fundraising. It is doing this because it is conflating fundraising with gambling across the board. We support the regulation of gambling. A quick search shows that Tus GAA Club, a playgroup, Club Limerick GAA, Tang GAA Club,...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: As the Deputy knows, the gambling Bill is important legislation which the Government has been committed to bringing forward to address the many challenges we have with gambling in society. Obviously, the Government is working to make sure it is proportionate in how it is applied. It is being considered on the floor of the Dáil as it makes its way through the Houses. On the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Apr 2024)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: We will resume Leaders' Questions. Will the Minister reply to the Deputy? The same protocols and procedures apply to him as to Deputy Barry.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Apr 2024)

Mick Barry: Can I have a minute of my time back-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Apr 2024)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: No, you cannot.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Apr 2024)

Mick Barry: -----if I steer clear from any comment on the DPP?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Apr 2024)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Yes, if you do that, I will concede that.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Apr 2024)

Mick Barry: After rowing with the Ceann Comhairle, I want to agree with him that George Nkencho should not have been killed. I repeat, he was shot five times, twice in the back. His grieving family deserve answers on how their son was killed. Will the Minister agree the GSOC report is a matter of great public importance about how Garda killings are investigated, about how people can get answers on...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: I reiterate my deepest sympathies to the Nkencho family and to all those impacted by this tragic death. Any fatal shooting is distressing and traumatic for those who witness it and for those who grieve the loss of the person who died so suddenly. I know the community has experienced a trauma, and the family very much so, as a result of these events. I know for many people this development...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Apr 2024)

Mick Barry: I repeat my question to the Minister. There was a GSOC investigation. The investigation went on for two and a half years. There were hundreds of witness statements. There was video evidence. There is a lot of stuff in that report. Today, that report is not available to the family. It is not available to George's grieving mother, brothers and sisters. I believe that report should be...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Apr 2024)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Do not go down that road please.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Apr 2024)

Mick Barry: That is something that must be debated and must be discussed.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: I believe GSOC has notified the Nkencho family of their entitlement under the Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Act 2017 to a summary of reasons from the DPP for her decision not to prosecute as well as their statutory entitlement to request a review of the decision. I understand GSOC will continue to engage with the Nkencho family in the context of coronial proceedings and any other...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Apr 2024)

Cathal Berry: I raise the issue of supports for the farming community. As we know, we have had a pretty brutal winter and there has been almost incessant rain for the past six to seven months. A lot of supports are required to help our farming community through this difficult patch because it has really disrupted the normal farm routine. For instance, we still have animals in sheds and slatted units...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Apr 2024)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Time is up

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: We put that-in place to create a new source of supply. It applies to homes have been out of circulation for the past few years.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Apr 2024)

Mick Barry: George Nkencho was shot dead by an armed garda in his family's front garden on 30 December 2020. He was shot five times - twice in the back. Yesterday, we learnt that the garda who shot him will not stand trial. George's grieving mother, his sisters and brothers, a working class migrant family, will now have to fight a long and hard battle for justice - even for basic information - as many...