Results 181-200 of 1,190,937 for in 'Dáil debates' OR (speaker:Ciarán Cuffe OR speaker:Michael McNamara OR speaker:David Cullinane OR speaker:Seán Sherlock OR speaker:Éamon Ó Cuív OR speaker:Éamon Ó Cuív57 OR speaker:Cathal Berry OR speaker:Éamon Ó Cuív04 OR speaker:Joe McHugh OR speaker:Denise Mitchell OR speaker:Éamon Ó Cuív42 OR speaker:Aengus Ó Snodaigh OR speaker:Niamh Smyth OR speaker:Jack Chambers OR speaker:Éamon Ó Cuív61 OR speaker:Catherine Connolly OR speaker:Éamon Ó Cuív19 OR speaker:Ossian Smyth OR speaker:Mattie McGrath OR speaker:Aengus Ó Snodaigh22 OR speaker:Micheál Martin OR speaker:Seán Crowe OR speaker:Aengus Ó Snodaigh24 OR speaker:Helen McEntee OR speaker:Noel Grealish OR speaker:Michael Collins OR speaker:Imelda Munster OR speaker:Aengus Ó Snodaigh09 OR speaker:Éamon Ó Cuív14 OR speaker:Brendan Howlin OR speaker:Brendan Griffin OR speaker:Paul Murphy OR speaker:Pa Daly OR speaker:Aengus Ó Snodaigh28 OR speaker:Aengus Ó Snodaigh17 OR speaker:Thomas Pringle OR speaker:Aengus Ó Snodaigh10 OR speaker:Robert Troy OR speaker:Éamon Ó Cuív88 OR speaker:Roderic O'Gorman OR speaker:Aengus Ó Snodaigh03 OR speaker:John Brady OR speaker:Michael Creed OR speaker:Dessie Ellis OR speaker:Neale Richmond OR speaker:Danny Healy-Rae OR speaker:John Lahart OR speaker:Aengus Ó Snodaigh6 OR speaker:Jim O'Callaghan OR speaker:James Lawless OR speaker:Aengus Ó Snodaigh01 OR speaker:Peter Burke OR speaker:Carol Nolan OR speaker:Pat Buckley) in 'Committee meetings'

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Review of Climate Action Plan 2024: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (24 Oct 2024)

Brian Leddin: I thank the Minister. That was very good time - right up to 2.30 p.m.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Review of Climate Action Plan 2024: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (24 Oct 2024)

Peter Burke: Public employment is vast in terms of what area you are looking at. The population of our State is growing rapidly. Looking at how much we have grown over recent years, it is quite significant. The public service will have to grow to match the services that our citizens require.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Review of Climate Action Plan 2024: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (24 Oct 2024)

Peter Burke: Retrofitting is a huge line of work. Many areas where people oppose having various levies to try to fund our carbon changes will be critical. I know from the midlands how much more we need to put into retrofitting. It is a huge challenge for us, at massive scale.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Review of Climate Action Plan 2024: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (24 Oct 2024)

Peter Burke: Local authorities, absolutely, yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Review of Climate Action Plan 2024: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (24 Oct 2024)

Brian Leddin: We are past 2.30 p.m. The Minister needs to go. I thank colleagues for their co-operation. We had limited time but it has been a valuable and positive engagement. The Minister has been very forthcoming with his answers. I thank the Minister for making the time to meet with us this afternoon. As Deputy Bruton alluded to, it has been a difficult few weeks for the Minister, so we very much...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Petitions Received (24 Oct 2024)

Pat Buckley: No.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Petitions Received (24 Oct 2024)

Pat Buckley: Agreed.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Petitions Received (24 Oct 2024)

Pat Buckley: This is going on a long time. It was 1992 or something when this started. I will take up to 2011, I think. The document here has 41 pages. I see the work that has gone into this. The way this family has been treated is diabolical. I will read out some quotes because it is interesting that they are still fighting in 2024. I am reading from p.11: When we met the top two officials from...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Petitions Received (24 Oct 2024)

Pat Buckley: Yes.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Petitions Received (24 Oct 2024)

Pat Buckley: Does that fall within the remit of the committee?

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Petitions Received (24 Oct 2024)

Pat Buckley: I probably have a source as well, but I would prefer not to say-----

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Petitions Received (24 Oct 2024)

Pat Buckley: Yes, I will feed it through the secretariat.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Petitions Received (24 Oct 2024)

Pat Buckley: I agree with that recommendation.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Petitions Received (24 Oct 2024)

Pat Buckley: I agree with the petition. It is heart-wrenching. Let us see what action will come back from it. It is about progressing stuff for people. It is a very sad situation.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Petitions Received (24 Oct 2024)

Pat Buckley: I would love to see the response to that from the HSE, and then we might have a better part for the lady and-----

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Petitions Received (24 Oct 2024)

Pat Buckley: Yes.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Petitions Received (24 Oct 2024)

Pat Buckley: No, Chair, just to agree to that..

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Petitions Received (24 Oct 2024)

Pat Buckley: No.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Supplementary) (24 Oct 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: Apologies have been received from the Cathaoirleach, Deputy Paul Kehoe, and from Deputies Mairéad Farrell and Sorca Clarke. I ask members to turn off their mobile phones. This meeting has been convened to consider the Supplementary Estimate - Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, which was referred to this committee by the Dáil. I welcome the...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Supplementary) (24 Oct 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: I thank the Minister of State. I do not think there will be too many questions. One thing that Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan and I were pleased to see was that €116 million was going to be set for once-off cost-of-living measures for students. We had the Union of Students in Ireland before the committee earlier in the week. Cost-of-living challenges are a big issue for third level...