Results 441-460 of 1,194,300 for in 'Dáil debates' OR (speaker:John Dolan OR speaker:Denis Naughten OR speaker:Barry Cowen OR speaker:Malcolm Noonan OR speaker:Paul McAuliffe OR speaker:Richard Bruton OR speaker:Darragh O'Brien OR speaker:Martin Browne OR speaker:Claire Kerrane OR speaker:Peadar Tóibín OR speaker:Colm Burke OR speaker:Francis Noel Duffy OR speaker:Pat Buckley OR speaker:Marian Harkin OR speaker:Catherine Murphy OR speaker:Patrick O'Donovan OR speaker:Fergus O'Dowd OR speaker:Paul Murphy OR speaker:Robert Troy OR speaker:Niall Collins OR speaker:Simon Harris OR speaker:Sorca Clarke OR speaker:Mary Lou McDonald OR speaker:Paschal Donohoe OR speaker:Frank Feighan OR speaker:Mick Barry OR speaker:Heather Humphreys OR speaker:Seán Crowe OR speaker:Rose Conway-Walsh OR speaker:David Cullinane OR speaker:Cormac Devlin OR speaker:Steven Matthews OR speaker:Denise Mitchell OR speaker:Bernard Durkan OR speaker:Christopher O'Sullivan OR speaker:Eoin Ó Broin OR speaker:Hildegarde Naughton OR speaker:Richard Bruton6 OR speaker:Maurice Quinlivan OR speaker:Micheál Martin OR speaker:Anne Rabbitte OR speaker:Éamon Ó Cuív OR speaker:Danny Healy-Rae OR speaker:Éamon Ó Cuív5 OR speaker:Éamon Ó Cuív61 OR speaker:Michael Healy-Rae OR speaker:Pearse Doherty) in 'Committee meetings'

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (23 Oct 2024)

Paul Murphy: I want to raise a particular case which illustrates the horrendous situation facing parents looking for childcare in this country and how unstable and insecure it can be. More than 130 families lost their crèche places last Friday. It is an incredible situation where a particular crèche, Krafty Kids, was evicted from St. Mary's GAA club in Saggart. On 6 October one of the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Climate Action Plan (23 Oct 2024)

Paul Murphy: The Climate Change Advisory Council says we face €8 billion in fines for missing our emissions reductions targets. The Taoiseach's predecessor, Leo Varadkar, told the Business Post at the weekend the targets will not be met. About 10% of emissions are from heating and using electricity in residential homes. Housing for All commits to bringing in minimum BER standards for the private...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Climate Action Plan (23 Oct 2024)

Mick Barry: What is the balance sheet of the Government, which includes the Green Party, on environmental issues? The Taoiseach will, no doubt, tell me greenhouse gas emissions fell in most sectors last year, but the Climate Change Advisory Council says the fall is not nearly big enough to meet our modest climate obligations. The target for reduced emissions for 2030 is 51%. What is the Government...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Climate Action Plan (23 Oct 2024)

Simon Harris: I thank colleagues. To Deputy Ó Murchú, I will seek an update on our ongoing engagement on the case of Private Seán Rooney. It is a case we take an active interest in and on which we continue to keep in close contact with the UN and the Lebanese Government. I also take the Deputy's point, which he has made before in the House, on the need for support schemes for renewable...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Climate Action Plan (23 Oct 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: You can answer that as well if you want.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Climate Action Plan (23 Oct 2024)

Simon Harris: I will answer that as well because the Deputy gave me a petition on it from many of our constituents, and it is an important issue. I acknowledge the Deputy's good work on it and the meeting we had with the Delgany community council. I will work with the Deputy and the National Parks and Wildlife Service to see if we can make progress on that issue. While it is a local Wicklow issue, it is...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Climate Action Plan (23 Oct 2024)

Mick Barry: What about the balance sheet?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Climate Action Plan (23 Oct 2024)

Simon Harris: Our report card, was it?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Climate Action Plan (23 Oct 2024)

Mick Barry: Yes.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Climate Action Plan (23 Oct 2024)

Simon Harris: I have outlined the progress we have made on climate change, accepting there is a lot more we need to do in the time ahead.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (23 Oct 2024)

Cabinet Committees

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (23 Oct 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 7. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on children and education and disability will next meet [37628/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (23 Oct 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: 8. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on children and education and disability will meet next. [37662/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (23 Oct 2024)

Mick Barry: 9. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on children and education and disability will meet next. [38046/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (23 Oct 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 10. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on children and education and disability will meet next. [39168/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (23 Oct 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: 11. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on children and education and disability will meet next. [41193/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (23 Oct 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 12. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on children and education and disability will meet next. [43248/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (23 Oct 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: 13. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on children and education and disability will meet next. [43254/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (23 Oct 2024)

Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 7 to 13, inclusive, together. The Cabinet committee on children and education and disability oversees programme for Government commitments relating to children, education and disability and receives detailed reports on identified policy areas such as child poverty and well-being, education and the reform of disability services. Disability services are a...

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Merchant Shipping (Investigation of Marine Accidents) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (23 Oct 2024)

Frank Feighan: I thank the Chair and the Minister of State and his officials for facilitating this meeting. I offer special praise to the public servants. They do a great job and they help our work during what is a very difficult time. It is good that we are establishing a marine accident investigation unit in the Department of Transport. One amendment brought forward with which I agree relates to the...