Results 441-460 of 1,048,473 for in 'Dáil debates' OR in 'Committee meetings' (speaker:Tom Kitt OR speaker:David Stanton OR speaker:Catherine Murphy OR speaker:Mary Butler OR speaker:Matt Carthy)

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)

Catherine Murphy: I do know a little bit about this. I know about road design, the speed for each road and all the rest of it, and I know we have a lot of very old, small rural roads. I would ask the Road Safety Authority to add something on the speed limits. A few years ago, the national lower speed limit was set at 80 km/h to achieve consistency and the local authorities rushed out and bought a load of 80...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)

Catherine Murphy: A national speed limit was set and local authorities were supposed to comply with parameters and different types of roads. The speed limit of 80 km/h was routinely used. For example, where locations had a lower speed limit, that was to be increased to 80 km/h. I am not sure that it is-----

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)

Catherine Murphy: I understand that; I am talking about the legislation that is required.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)

Catherine Murphy: Dr. Walsh is only getting to the answer to the question I am asking.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)

Catherine Murphy: How come the former Minister of State, Deputy Chambers, could go on RTÉ and say it will be in place by the end of the year, and how come Dr. Walsh cannot tell me that?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)

Catherine Murphy: Considering the amount of money, the carnage and the increases in road fatalities and accidents, a reduction would seem like a national priority.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)

Catherine Murphy: The sharing of data is incredibly important in dealing with that. I would have thought that this was an absolute priority.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)

Catherine Murphy: We got a statement overnight on the sharing of data, which states it will be done by the end of the year. However, today we have been told it will be done in due course. When I asked Dr. Walsh, I got an inconclusive answer. There was a changeover yesterday, as we know, and the Minister of State became the Minister for Finance. Could we get something more conclusive on this? The phrase "in...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (27 Jun 2024)

Catherine Murphy: We will probably revisit things like the issue of passports because other issues have emerged since HRI was in last week.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (27 Jun 2024)

Catherine Murphy: Perhaps we could also flag with HRI the issue of the kinds of systems that are in place to make sure that racing animals do not end up in the food chain.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (27 Jun 2024)

Catherine Murphy: Yes. I want to come back in on the issue around the children's museum. I know we have asked those involved to come back with certain information. I think we got the runaround a bit on some issues. There was an agreement for a lease produced early on. That was in 2003. We know there has almost been a kind of mission creep on this. It started out reasonably small. I think it would be...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (27 Jun 2024)

Catherine Murphy: That is right.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (27 Jun 2024)

Catherine Murphy: There most certainly are. Perhaps we could see the terms of reference and the other documentation. I was nearly afraid I was not asking for the right things because this did not start out and finish up being the same thing. It was in different locations, and I think we have to see the documentation by location. The CHQ building was looked at at one point. Was the scale of it the same at...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (27 Jun 2024)

Catherine Murphy: It started off with one scale and one location. Then it moved to a different location. Then there is an arbitration. I would like to know who signed off on that and what the document they signed off on is, not what the terms of reference were. Then it moved on to another location. Then there is another arbitration. The terms of reference for that are presumably different from the...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (27 Jun 2024)

Catherine Murphy: It was continuously becoming larger and not what was originally intended. I would like to see those documents. I still cannot get my head around the idea that a charity can hold the OPW to the point where they go into arbitration. It just still-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (27 Jun 2024)

Catherine Murphy: I have been on the PAC a few years now. I do not think I have ever seen anything quite like this.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Foreign Conflicts (27 Jun 2024)

Gino Kenny: I want to see all hostages released. We all want to see peace and a settlement in the Middle East. The Minister may not agree with this, but those resisting Israeli occupation in Gaza and the West Bank have a right to engage with the Israeli Defense Forces. They have a right because they are being occupied, murdered and slaughtered. It is an incredible statistic, but since 7 October $23...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Foreign Conflicts (27 Jun 2024)

Micheál Martin: I have repeatedly condemned the bombardment of Gaza. We in Ireland have taken a number of steps to move towards a political pathway and a ceasefire. We have worked with the Arab partners like Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the Palestinian Authority, Jordan, Qatar and others to try to develop a peace process and a proper peace initiative. They have published that. We have engaged with them and also...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Foreign Conflicts (27 Jun 2024)

Catherine Connolly: We are way over time.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Foreign Conflicts (27 Jun 2024)

Micheál Martin: Ireland has been steadfast in supporting the courts and upholding their jurisdiction.