Results 381-400 of 1,057,456 for in 'Dáil debates' OR in 'Committee meetings' (speaker:Damien English OR speaker:Jim O'Callaghan OR speaker:John McGuinness OR speaker:Mark Ward OR speaker:Jennifer Carroll MacNeill OR speaker:Peadar Tóibín)
- Public Health (Tobacco) (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (4 Jul 2024)
Paul Donnelly: Sinn Féin opposes the Bill, as my colleagues have said. I absolutely despise tobacco and vaping products. I have seen too many people die horrible deaths due to cancer and particularly due to tobacco-related illnesses. I wish we could shut down every one of those tobacco companies. I wish that were something we could do. Just like with illegal drugs it would drive it underground and...
- Public Health (Tobacco) (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (4 Jul 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: That is not in the Bill.
- Public Health (Tobacco) (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (4 Jul 2024)
Paul Donnelly: The Minister spoke about enforcement and these are the penalties. This is with regard to people convicted of selling products to those aged under 18. The Minister has spoken about enforcement and increasing the age to 21. Something on which we should really focus is what we do to those selling the products to children and not to adults. It is merely window dressing and being seen to do...
- Public Health (Tobacco) (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (4 Jul 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: It is being done.
- Public Health (Tobacco) (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (4 Jul 2024)
Paul Donnelly: We have to differentiate between children and adults.
- Public Health (Tobacco) (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (4 Jul 2024)
Cormac Devlin: I welcome the opportunity to examine the Public Health (Tobacco) (Amendment) Bill 2024. I thank and acknowledge the work of the Minister and his officials in preparing and pursuing this important legislation, which will increase the legal age for the sale of tobacco products to 21. As we have heard, the objective of the Bill is to protect young people from becoming addicted to tobacco....
- Public Health (Tobacco) (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (4 Jul 2024)
Thomas Gould: We will not support the Bill because it is not the step forward in tackling smoking the State needs. Under-18s smoke and have access to cigarettes. If we are concerned with enforcement, maybe that is where we should be concentrating instead creating a new law that will not be enforceable and will be flouted. With this Bill, we are creating a situation where 18-year-olds can go into a...
- Public Health (Tobacco) (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (4 Jul 2024)
David Cullinane: I welcome the opportunity to debate this Bill. Its primary purpose is to raise the age of prohibition on the sale of tobacco products to 21 from 1 February 2028. Sections 2, 3 and 7 provide for enforcement measures for the responsible authority, the National Environmental Health Service, to enforce the new age limit. Section 4 amends the placement of the definition of age card. Section 5...
- Teachtaireacht ón Seanad - Message from Seanad (4 Jul 2024)
- Teachtaireacht ón Seanad - Message from Seanad (4 Jul 2024)
Mattie McGrath: Seanad Éireann has passed the Charities (Amendment) Bill 2023 without amendment.
- Public Health (Tobacco) (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (4 Jul 2024)
- Public Health (Tobacco) (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (4 Jul 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time". I am delighted to introduce the Public Health (Tobacco) (Amendment) Bill, or the smoking 21 Bill as it has been referred to. This is a short Bill with a single substantive measure. It will save thousands of lives in the coming years. We have a long and proud tradition, across all parties, of introducing strong tobacco control measures....
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (4 Jul 2024)
Micheál Martin: Some of these issues are when schools are initially started. No school, in my view, should be ten years waiting but it tends to happen if the agreed planning processes are not applied in terms of recognition of a school's identity and so on. We have been through all that. I presume the school has a school building scheme on the way or a design at various stages. I have talked to the...
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (4 Jul 2024)
Johnny Guirke: It has been going on ten years.
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (4 Jul 2024)
Micheál Martin: Where is it now in the pipeline?
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (4 Jul 2024)
Johnny Guirke: We do not know.
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (4 Jul 2024)
Micheál Martin: I will check it out and I will come back to the Deputy.
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (4 Jul 2024)
Johnny Guirke: I thank the Tánaiste.
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (4 Jul 2024)
Louise O'Reilly: In its pre-budget submission, the American Chamber of Commerce Ireland has cited the impact of the lack of affordable housing on its members. The housing crisis, or disaster as the President refers to it, is impacting on the capacity of business to expand or in some cases to even be able to stand still and maintain the worker numbers they have. Dublin Chamber and IBEC have also cited the...
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (4 Jul 2024)
Micheál Martin: We have full employment in the economy and there has been very substantial economic growth under this Government. We cannot be complacent, however, and housing is an issue. There has been significant improvement in housing in the past three years-----