Results 901-920 of 1,133,025 for in 'Dáil debates' OR in 'Committee meetings' (speaker:Tom Kitt OR speaker:Denis Naughten OR speaker:Jack Chambers OR speaker:Paul Murphy OR speaker:Mary Butler OR speaker:Bernard Durkan OR speaker:Heather Humphreys OR speaker:Duncan Smith OR speaker:Robert Troy OR speaker:Mick Barry OR speaker:Ivana Bacik OR speaker:Joan Collins OR speaker:Pearse Doherty OR speaker:Micheál Martin OR speaker:Colm Brophy OR speaker:Jennifer Whitmore OR speaker:Darragh O'Brien OR speaker:Joe McHugh OR speaker:Noel Grealish OR speaker:Cathal Crowe OR speaker:Michael Collins OR speaker:Seán Sherlock OR speaker:Brian Stanley OR speaker:Michael Fitzmaurice OR speaker:Gary Gannon OR speaker:Seán Canney OR speaker:Cormac Devlin OR speaker:James O'Connor OR speaker:Niamh Smyth OR speaker:Sorca Clarke OR speaker:Jennifer Murnane O'Connor OR speaker:Bernard Durkan9 OR speaker:Pat Buckley OR speaker:Danny Healy-Rae OR speaker:Martin Browne OR speaker:Michael Ring OR speaker:Steven Matthews OR speaker:Gino Kenny)

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (22 Oct 2024)

James O'Connor: Was the letter issued to the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission, the OPW directly, or was it referred onto them by An Ceann Comhairle?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (22 Oct 2024)

James O'Connor: Right. Does Ms Collier have a copy of that correspondence?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (22 Oct 2024)

James O'Connor: Can she provide that letter to me?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (22 Oct 2024)

James O'Connor: Can Ms Collier provide the names of the Members on that list?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (22 Oct 2024)

James O'Connor: Can Ms Collier find that information for me now?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (22 Oct 2024)

James O'Connor: We need that information before the end of the meeting.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (22 Oct 2024)

James O'Connor: There needs to be accountability on this. It is hard to know where to start. For an agency in charge of 2,500 properties across the State, there is an unmerciful amount of, what we call, blindfolded trust on the OPW's side of the table. This has done inordinate damage to the reputation of our national Parliament and to the public's perception of what the State is spending hard-earned...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Engagement with Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications on COP29 (22 Oct 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: I thank the Minister. I acknowledge his position in the COP and commend him on it. It is a really important platform and it is great to see Ireland represented so well on that international stage. When we talk about the COP, human rights issues relating to the host country often come up. This year, Azerbaijan is the host. Last year, it was the UAE. Today, I will raise human rights...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Engagement with Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications on COP29 (22 Oct 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: I think it represents 6% of all emissions. It is larger than aviation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Engagement with Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications on COP29 (22 Oct 2024)

Jennifer Whitmore: I am glad to hear that the Minister will be raising it and trying to push it through with the European element of it. Was it a gap in the Paris Agreement that military emissions were not accounted for, considering the huge amount of emissions derived from military activities and in particular from countries such as the US and Israel?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Business of Joint Committee (22 Oct 2024)

Sorca Clarke: I nominate Deputy Marc Ó Cathasaigh.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Financial Supports for Tertiary Level Students: Discussion (22 Oct 2024)

Sorca Clarke: I thank the witnesses for coming and apologise for the delay, which was entirely on the committee's side and not theirs. I want USI's opinion on the assessment of income of parents of a learner. There was a very unusual circumstance that first brought this to my attention a number of years ago and it involved twins who were learners heading off to college. They had not lived with their...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Financial Supports for Tertiary Level Students: Discussion (22 Oct 2024)

Sorca Clarke: I wish to ask a subsequent question. A considerable number of years ago, another circumstance presented to me, where the step-parent income was not taken into account. Is that still the case and how common is it? If that is the case, then it is not being assessed on household income. The income of the mother of the child was taken into the account but the mother’s husband’s...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 26 - Education (Supplementary) (22 Oct 2024)

Sorca Clarke: I thank the Minister and I welcome her and her officials. My questions cover a number of different areas, so I do not know if she wants to take them as a block or one by one. Will the Minister outline to the committee what impact, if any, the Supplementary Estimate will have on the pay and conditions of school secretaries and caretakers? Will she also outline what, if any, impact the...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 26 - Education (Supplementary) (22 Oct 2024)

Sorca Clarke: The school transport funding costs and subhead A15.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 26 - Education (Supplementary) (22 Oct 2024)

Sorca Clarke: On subhead A15, infrastructure.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 26 - Education (Supplementary) (22 Oct 2024)

Sorca Clarke: I am conscious-----

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 26 - Education (Supplementary) (22 Oct 2024)

Sorca Clarke: It is just that it seems such a broad heading. I ask, through the Chair, that the Department come back with a greater breakdown of what it is. "Infrastructure" is a very general term.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 26 - Education (Supplementary) (22 Oct 2024)

Sorca Clarke: Yes, but the Minister also said "remediation works". Equipment and furniture are mentioned here.

Report of the Joint Committee on Assisted Dying: Motion (Resumed) (17 Oct 2024)

John Lahart: For the public who may be watching, this debate was scheduled for later in the evening but, obviously, business moved much more quickly, and it is concluding now. I am very grateful for the opportunity to speak on it. I will not be supporting any motions on this next week. While I understand why Deputy Kenny is doing that and bringing it forward, because he has very much championed the...