Results 281-300 of 1,019,203 for in 'Dáil debates' OR in 'Committee meetings' (speaker:Máiría Cahill OR speaker:Charlie McConalogue)
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Apr 2024)
Simon Harris: I thank Deputy Lowry for raising this important issue. Let us begin on a point of absolute agreement. The Government does not wish in any way to see any rural area, or indeed any area of Ireland, least of all in County Tipperary, lose connectivity. That is the exact opposite of what we have been working to achieve and making good progress on over recent years with the national broadband...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Apr 2024)
Michael Lowry: I welcome that the Taoiseach acknowledges that we cannot have disruption and that it should be avoided. A myriad of issues threaten people if Imagine and the other broadband suppliers decide to leave the market in advance of the arrival of the national broadband roll-out. We must do everything possible to avoid that scenario but at the moment, we are drifting towards it. I will be here...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Apr 2024)
Simon Harris: I thank Deputy Lowry again for raising this issue. The Minister of State, Deputy Smyth, has been here to hear his comments directly, and he and the Minister, Deputy Ryan, will continue to keep Deputy Lowry updated on this. As I said, I cannot comment on an individual company, for obvious reasons. There is a regulatory process and engagement with the Department and ComReg. As Taoiseach,...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Apr 2024)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Thank you Deputy.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Apr 2024)
Ivana Bacik: We need clarity of the issue of accommodation provision, on data and on how he is going to deal with the impact of the Rwanda Bill.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Apr 2024)
Simon Harris: I do not think it is objectively fair to say the Government has failed on accommodation. I do not think there is a community across Ireland who believes that. If you look at the scale of challenge this country has faced and the amount we have done as a people to provide accommodation in very difficult circumstances, that needs to be acknowledged. There are no easy solutions when it comes...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Apr 2024)
Brendan Howlin: It depends who is in charge.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Apr 2024)
Simon Harris: -----but they also want to know that there is a functioning rules-based system as there is and on which the Minister, Deputy McEntee, has taken a number of measures to make more effective. Regarding the data issue, I am very confident that the information that has been provided to the Government on processing times is exactly what people are seeing in the International Protection Office....
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Apr 2024)
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Has he tried asking the Tánaiste?
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Apr 2024)
Simon Harris: -----entered over-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Apr 2024)
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: The Tánaiste does not agree with the Taoiseach.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Apr 2024)
Simon Harris: Pardon me?
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Apr 2024)
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: The Tánaiste does not agree with you.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Apr 2024)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Sorry now, let us not have a conversation.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Apr 2024)
Simon Harris: I speak for the Government of which the Tánaiste is a part and I am very confident in saying that the Tánaiste, I as Taoiseach and all members and parties of the Government are very clear on this. The Tánaiste made a valid point yesterday that does not contradict the Minister, Deputy McEntee's point at all.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Apr 2024)
Martin Kenny: It literally does.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Apr 2024)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I thank the Taoiseach.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Apr 2024)
Michael Lowry: The subsidised provision of fibre broadband across all regions of the country is critical to Ireland's economic and social progress. Despite being plagued by delays, National Broadband Ireland has stated it is confident that all 227 deployment areas will be completed by early 2028. While the broadband project may be almost four years away from its projected completion, existing commercial...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Apr 2024)
Simon Harris: I thank the Deputy for the question. First, we have data and we gather data relating to the International Protection Office. While I am not suggesting the Deputy is, we cannot ignore the reality of the island that we live on and the peace settlement that we have on this island. So, we do not count the number of people who come over the Border by nationality or anything else; we know that.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Apr 2024)
Brendan Howlin: Even though the people-----