Results 521-540 of 1,032,363 for in 'Dáil debates' OR in 'Committee meetings' (speaker:Damien English OR speaker:Ciarán Cannon OR speaker:Michael McNamara OR speaker:Mark Ward)

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

Ciarán Cannon: The RSA's work in this area has been superb but the most effective way to protect cyclists is to separate them completely from traffic.

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

Ciarán Cannon: The RSA is utterly silent on this. Whenever a debate arises at national level, and everyone in this room knows the debates that have been had in the past 24 months, the RSA has been nowhere to be heard.

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

Ciarán Cannon: You are the Road Safety Authority.

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

Ciarán Cannon: The RSA needs to be that lone, independent, authoritative, unsullied voice for vulnerable road users and it is not. It is that simple.

Committee on Drugs Use: Decriminalisation, Depenalisation, Diversion and Legalisation of Drugs: Discussion (27 Jun 2024)

Michael McNamara: I thank Ms Eastwood for her very interesting presentation. I now invite Ms Lawlor to give her opening statement on behalf of Youth RISE. I thank her for preparing her statement and appearing before the committee at such short notice.

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

Ciarán Cannon: No, you need to be an advocate.

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

Damien English: I have two questions, one related to the frustrations the RSA has with technology. Do stakeholders such as insurance companies engage with the RSA and play their part in trying to introduce positive changes? I am aware they did in the past. Does the relationship still exist? The question of busy spots is a bit like that concerning the sharing of data with local authorities. Frequently,...

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

Damien English: Has the RSA a role in that?

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

Damien English: It was on insurance companies.

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

Ciarán Cannon: I want to go back to Mr. Waide’s most recent comment on analysing the raison d'etre of the RSA and how it is constituted. I thank him for that comment because that is ultimately what I want to raise here today. I wish to point out that the way in which the RSA is established and funded is fundamentally flawed. I am not questioning for a moment the individual commitment of Mr. Waide...

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

Ciarán Cannon: I thank Mr. Waide. I have a final question. There is research beginning to emanate now from a number of different locations here in Europe and indeed in the US. There is some really good research coming from the US. One particular piece looks at death and injury in the state of Illinois over a period of three years, from 2016 to 2019. All concluded that children are eight times more...

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

Damien English: To be clear, as committee members, we are all responsible. We are not saying that someone who should not be driving is asked to drive. They are driving the same bus five minutes later. That is the issue here.

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

Damien English: It does not make any sense. It does not seem to be based on science. If it is, we have to accept it.

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

Damien English: I want to say one thing about the programme of work. Is a new Charities Regulator being appointed? I thought the holder of that office had retired.

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

Damien English: Is a change of personnel taking place?

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

Damien English: I thought there was. I thought there was a new regulator being-----

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

Damien English: I accept that, but I think the person might not have been appointed yet.

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

Damien English: It should be here, without a doubt.

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...