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Written Answers — Department of Health: International Agreements (7 Dec 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: ...and, by putting the furthest behind first, ensure equitable access to medical and non-medical measures for all. In a pandemic no one is safe until everyone is safe’ and the recognition of this tenet is important as we reflect and learn from the lesson of the Covid pandemic.

Report on Embodied Carbon in the Built Environment: Motion [Private Members] (1 Dec 2022)

Richard Bruton: ...circular economy. I was delighted to see the author William Reville saying in The Irish Timestoday that the circular economy is the key to progress because I absolutely agree with that. The basic tenet of it is to seek to answer the question of how we can enjoy a better quality of life with less of an impact on the world around us. It puts the question in a much more positive way than a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (1 Dec 2022)

Niall Collins: I can assure the Deputy that inclusion has always been a central tenet of the work of Education and Training Boards (ETBs) and Further Education and Training (FET) providers, with an extensive reach into and across local communities. Fostering inclusion is one of the three core pillars of Future FET: Transforming Learningthe national FET Strategy 2020-2024.It identifies addressing the needs...

COP27: Statements (29 Nov 2022)

Duncan Smith: ...where children don’t have to take action because of the incapability of past generations.” In years to come, this Government’s legacy will be judged on its response to the climate emergency. After last year’s COP26 summit, the Taoiseach said “Climate action is a central tenet of the programme for Government”. However, the Government’s...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Supplementary)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Supplementary)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Supplementary)
Vote 24 - Justice (Supplementary) (29 Nov 2022)

Patrick Costello: ...in quasi-judicial bodies could not fall below the level of justice administered in courts. We have seen various changes come to the Workplace Relations Commission to ensure that happens but one of the central tenets of the administration of justice is representation, and having access to a well paid and experienced advocate. The Minister of State, in his statement, alluded to the fact...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Future Business Model Plans and Long-term Vision for the Media Sector: Discussion (24 Nov 2022)

...highlight the kind of thing an organisation like ours, a volunteer internet broadcaster, can offer. I would like to mention some of the ways we try to expand our ideas of diversity because those tenets are central to our organisation. We do it largely through events. Thinking of events held by other broadcasters, I remember Lark in the Park which was hosted by RTÉ. It was before...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Official Apology (23 Nov 2022)

Catherine Martin: ...the respectful, sensitive, measured and authentic ethos that has become the hallmark of the Decade of Centenaries Programme 2012-2023. Historical accuracy, academic integrity and archival discovery are key tenets as the Civil War commemorative programme continues to develop to follow the centenary timeline of the historical events of the period.  It is important that our history...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: European Media Freedom Act: Discussion (9 Nov 2022)

...Journalists, NUJ, perspective far more needs to be done to deal with the scourge of surveillance against journalists while we seek unambiguous guarantees for the protection of sources as a fundamental tenet. My union has a proud track record of defending the right of journalists to protect sources of information and the landmark Goodwin case, which is central to any discussion on this...

Home Care: Motion [Private Members] (8 Nov 2022)

David Cullinane: ...consultants, nurses, healthcare assistants, specialist staff, junior doctors, beds and surgical theatre capacity. Hospitals need all this and more. Equally, though, part of the solution to what is happening in our hospitals is that we have far too many people in hospitals who should be being cared for elsewhere. One of the key tenets of Sláintecare was that we would start to...

Energy Security: Statements (27 Oct 2022)

Ossian Smyth: ...winter periods. Gas storage in Europe is now almost full ahead of schedule and this leaves us in a much better place for the winter that is coming. Reducing our gas demand is an important tenet of our response to the current energy security situation. The EU's gas demand regulation agreed this August asks member states to reduce gas demand voluntarily by 15% during the winter period....

Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Second Stage (27 Oct 2022)

Holly Cairns: ..., the church and pharmaceutical companies. The flawed commission’s findings are used as a rationale. Individuals are being told that the experimentation to which they never gave their consent - one the most basic tenets of medical science - is a matter for them to take up with the pharmaceutical companies, as if the church and State did not facilitate them This group must be...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (25 Oct 2022)

Norma Foley: ...NCCA’s) Advisory Report. The NCCA’s review of senior cycle involved an extensive range of research, consultations and communications with a wide range of stakeholders, including teachers. The three tenets of Senior Cycle reform are to: - Empower students to meet the challenges of the 21st century - Enrich the student experience and build on what’s strong in our...

Central Bank (Individual Accountability Framework) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Oct 2022)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: ...and accountability in the context of the banking sector, so there will be general support for the idea behind the Bill. I do not think any Member will have a major difficulty with the four tenets, whether that is the senior executive accountability regime or new conduct standards for the regulated financial service providers, particularly in the context of management and staff. There is...

Mother and Baby Institutions Redress Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (19 Oct 2022)

Holly Cairns: ...and what the public wants but he clearly seems not to care. His mantra seems to be to do just enough. He will do just enough for a good headline, just enough to look good and just enough to misrepresent the reality. This is just another form of abuse. Survivors are still being refused their rights. The basic tenets of our justice system have not been applied. Suspicious deaths,...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Film Sector Tax Credits: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Oct 2022)

Ms Susan Kirby: I thank the Deputy for the question. It is a key tenet of section 481 but it is a core issue for the industry. If I can, I might reflect back to 2019 when Screen Producers Ireland, the ICTU-affiliated union group and SIPTU requested the Workplace Relations Commission, WRC, to conduct an audit of the sector. I understand it carried out very broad consultation and it came up...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Oct 2022)

Martin Heydon: I thank Deputy Carthy for raising those points. A central tenet that the Deputy leaves out of the points he is putting forward is the change in approach from an EU level to antiparasitics - the up-regulation. In European law, the default position is that veterinary medicinal products, VMPs, for food producing animals require veterinary prescription before they can be supplied. However,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Retrofitting Schemes: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (11 Oct 2022)

...of energy efficient obligation scheme in the first instance. The key part of that is an obligation that is put on energy providers to help their customers to reduce their energy use. The key tenets of the scheme are that they have moved from shallower measures to deeper measures, so they now have to have a minimum of 100 kWh uplift. That is the crux of the issue, that the energy partner...

Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Constitutional Future of the Island of Ireland - Public Policy, Economic Opportunities and Challenges: Discussion (7 Oct 2022)

...myths such as the Children of Lir. These point to how we can rethink our relationship to the land and sea. This enhanced relationship can be achieved as a result of the appreciation of the core tenets of our constitutional future through the rights of nature and a pluriversal republic that fosters the fundamental importance of our Irish language, culture and identity. We have...

Personal Injuries Resolution Board Bill 2022: Second Stage (5 Oct 2022)

Maurice Quinlivan: ...to be an outworking of this Bill. Reducing premiums is one of the key reasons we in Sinn Féin have worked, campaigned and lobbied so hard for insurance reform for years. We welcome the main tenets of the Bill, namely, to increase the number of claims settled through PIAB so as to reduce expense, time and stress in many cases; to introduce the option of mediation in insurance...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Nature Restoration Target: COPA-COGECA (5 Oct 2022)

...war in Ukraine, the risk of food shortages and unaffordable prices for food in numerous countries, the EU should put the objective of food, energy and raw material security at the forefront. The main tenets of the nature restoration law are as follows. The European Union will enact legally binding targets upon member states up until the year 2050. The first target is for the entire EU...