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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Aligning Education with the UNCRPD (Resumed): Discussion (17 Feb 2022)

...inclusion. This includes the NCSE’s role in supporting and advising on the provision for learning for students with disabilities, using various forms of communication, including ISL, and embedding the tenets of a universal design for learning approach. The NCSE is supporting developments of an inclusive educational system in a number of ways. In September 2019, the school...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (Revised)
Vote 2 - Taoiseach (Revised)
Vote 3 - Attorney General (Revised)
Vote 5 - Director of Public Prosecutions (Revised)
Vote 6 - Chief State Solicitor's Office (Revised) (9 Feb 2022)

Bernard Durkan: ...is about substance. Therefore, whatever we do, we need to ensure that we assume people have a right to their good name and to be regarded as innocent until proven guilty. That is one of the basic tenets of our system. However, maybe there are some lessons to be learned from these matters. Would it not be a good idea to learn them?

Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (2 Feb 2022)

Niall Collins: ...to students, stakeholders and the public. It is important to note that the legislation will not impinge on the academic freedom of higher education institutions or their staff. This is a core tenet which will continue to be enshrined in legislation. Institutions will continue to be supported to do what they do best, which is to deliver excellence in education and research and provide...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services
Vote 11 - Public Expenditure and Reform (Revised)
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Revised)
Vote 14 - State Laboratory (Revised)
Vote 15 - Secret Service (Revised)
Vote 17 - Public Appointments Service (Revised)
Vote 18 - National Shared Services Office (Revised)
Vote 19 - Office of the Ombudsman (Revised)
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (Revised)
Vote 43 - Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (Revised) (2 Feb 2022)

Michael McGrath: ...point was that the mechanism for waiving the money, or actually gifting it back to the Exchequer, is through the Taxes Consolidation Act; it is anchored in taxation legislation. It is a fundamental tenet of our tax system that people do have a right to privacy, so I do not have a right to know how much an individual is gifting back every year. People can make a voluntary declaration if...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Feb 2022)

Micheál Martin: ...of women who raise issues and who are then not considered for promotional opportunities and so on. Essentially, because they raise issues, they effectively get punished. That was the basic tenet of the presentation. The review currently being decided on by Government is independent with a judge independent of the political system.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2020: Discussion (1 Feb 2022)

Ms Eileen O'Rourke: I agree with several of the points made so far concerning equality of access and opportunity. We feel that must be a central tenet of all aspects of what we do in schools. I echo a point made earlier about the length of the enrolment process for students with additional and special needs. Currently, the cut-off date has been moved forward for the application for extra...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency: Chairman Designate (20 Jan 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: One of the fundamental tenets of a cost-rental system is that the original costs of constructing the units over the lifetime of the project are used to calculate the rent, including maintenance, sinking fund for repairs and so on. I do not agree with this idea of identifying the rent in advance of the LDA knowing the cost of constructing it. Deputy Boyd Barrett is not actually making the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Drugs Strategy: Minister of State at the Department of Health (19 Jan 2022)

Róisín Shortall: ...interesting point. It is a lot more than that. It is a central point in respect of providing the kind of supports that help people look forward and aspire to recovery. Why is that not a central tenet of the approach to drug treatment?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Carbon Budgets: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Jan 2022)

...towards 1.5°C but also 2°C at face value. My analysis is based on the science and the numbers. I eschew political sensibilities and legal niceties and I am not constrained by some ephemeral tenets of the current economic status quo. All of that gets parked and I do the analysis based on the commitments, the numbers and the science. I focus here on energy use and supply, which...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: An Garda Síochána (15 Dec 2021)

Ossian Smyth: ..., the visibility of policing in our communities makes each of us feel safer on a daily basis. However, in parallel, this Government continues to prioritise supporting community engagement and services. These are central tenets of the community safety policy being developed by the Department of Justice. The recent budget 2022 allocation of €2 million to the community safety...

Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (7 Dec 2021)

Róisín Shortall: ...insurance is damning of the State and successive Governments. Ireland, alone in the European context, has utterly failed to introduce a modern, universal public healthcare system. It is an absolute tenet of any modern democracy that there is a properly functioning public health service. We have utterly failed to provide that since the State was founded. We are told that this...

Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (1 Dec 2021)

Steven Matthews: ...that is outside that marine protected area. One applies a precautionary principle where such designations are not done. We know this, we heard this yesterday and it makes sense. One of the tenets of environmental protection across European directives is that one applies the precautionary principle. Any planning application out there at the moment will have gone through a lot of hoops...

Seanad: Human Rights in China: Motion (1 Dec 2021)

Jerry Buttimer: ...the world, in this case with China and Taiwan. There needs to be a real debate about this with regard to upholding freedoms and human rights. All of us in the House predominantly agree with the tenet of what we are trying to achieve with regard to engagement and diplomatic relations. The motion includes calling for the Taipei office being reopened. Senator Mullen is right. Our issue...

Planning and Development (Amendment) (Large-scale Residential Development) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (25 Nov 2021)

Francis Noel Duffy: ...his briefing on the Bill, which was considered and constructive. I truly welcome the abolition of the strategic housing development scheme, which was a programme for Government commitment. A core tenet of our democracy is a robust, transparent and democratic planning system that allows for genuine public participation to bring about good planning solutions in a timely prescribed manner....

Climate Action Plan 2021: Statements (23 Nov 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: ...that average hides a postcode lottery when it comes to getting these grants. In my home county of Wicklow, there is a two-and-a-half-year wait for a surveyor. Electric vehicles are, again, another key tenet of the climate action plan. In August 2019, the Minister announced the roll-out of 1,000 public charging points. Since that time, only two councils have implemented that measure and...

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by An Taoiseach (18 Nov 2021) See 1 other result from this debate

Micheál Martin: .... Climate change is a threat to all of us and our way of life. Having recently attended COP26 in Glasgow, it is clear to me that the need to urgently take action is recognised around the world. Climate change requires a fundamental examination of how we live and work to reverse the environmental damage that has been done, restore biodiversity and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Climate...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: European Union (18 Nov 2021)

Simon Coveney: ...system. We have consistently underlined the importance of upholding core EU values including the rule of law. An independent judiciary that can exercise its function without interference is a core tenet of the rule of law. Ireland has expressed this position through active participation in the Article 7 hearings at the General Affairs Council regarding developments of concern in...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (16 Nov 2021)

Heather Humphreys: .... The 2011 Inter-Departmental Mortgage Arrears Working Group Report, known as the Keane Report, identified mortgage interest supplement as an inappropriate long-term support. The central tenet of the report’s findings was that mortgage interest supplement did little to assist families in improving the long-term difficulty in addressing their mortgage difficulties The scheme...