Results 941-960 of 1,037,565 for in 'Dáil debates' OR in 'Committee meetings' (speaker:Hildegarde Naughton OR speaker:Denis Naughten OR speaker:Brendan Griffin)

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Jul 2024)

Simon Harris: I really think this about much more than votes. This is about trying to reform our disability services. The Minister of State, Deputy Rabbitte, and I are working intensively on this matter. We had a meeting on it as recently as last Thursday. Following a Cabinet committee meeting, we allocated significant additional funding of €6.89 million to provide for an assessment of need...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Jul 2024)

Seán Canney: I will raise the issue of succession plans for family businesses. The Finance Act 2023 made changes to capital gains tax for small indigenous businesses with assets valued at more than €10 million. I have been contacted by many businesspeople in my constituency who run generational businesses. If these measures are brought in, businesses will either regress or be sold off to...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Jul 2024)

Simon Harris: I thank Deputy Canney for raising this important matter, which is obviously a cause of concern for small businesses. I will ask the Minister for Finance to take a look at the issue and to revert to the Deputy directly. In the summer economic statement published today, we have indicated that approximately €1.4 billion will be available for new tax measures in the forthcoming budget....

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Jul 2024)

Mattie McGrath: The Taoiseach has met Cara Dermody a number of times. It is very unfair that a child of that age has to come up here each week in all kinds of weather with her father - her mother Noelle is at home looking after her two younger brothers - to look for something that is supposed to be provided under the law. The Disability Act clearly states that children must be assessed within a given...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Jul 2024)

Simon Harris: There is certainly no need for Cara Dermody to wait at the gates of Government Buildings to see me. I have already met her in person and I will meet her again. I want her to be able to enjoy her summer, as I want all children to be able to enjoy the summer. There are very important issues in respect of assessments of need. Cara has already helped to bring about some significant changes...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Jul 2024)

Joan Collins: Last month, we saw the "RTÉ Investigates" programme on the horrific and illegal conditions at the Shannonside Foods Limited abattoir in Straffan, County Kildare. The plant has now shut down, which I welcome. Having looked through the record of the committee on agriculture meeting on the matter, I was left with serious concerns as to how this situation was allowed to arise. These...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Jul 2024)

Catherine Connolly: There is not enough time for all the speakers on my list, but it is the last week of term and I intend to get through them all. I ask for the co-operation of Members.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Jul 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: I met with the new British Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, in Belfast yesterday. It was a very good meeting, and I hope that the return of the party of the Good Friday Agreement to government in London will prove to be a turning point and an opportunity to rebuild relationships. One of the key issues I raised with the Prime Minister was immigration and the clear need for a bilateral...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Jul 2024)

Simon Harris: I thank Deputy McDonald for raising this issue. I was very grateful to have an opportunity to speak to Prime Minister Starmer on his first day in office. I am pleased that he had an opportunity yesterday to visit Northern Ireland and meet with the First Minister, the deputy First Minister and the parties in Northern Ireland, including Deputy McDonald. I look forward to meeting him in...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Jul 2024)

Question put: "That the proposed arrangements for this week's business be agreed to". The Dáil divided: Tá, 72; Níl, 59; Staon, 0. Tellers: Tá, Deputies Hildegarde Naughton and Cormac Devlin; Níl, Deputies Pádraig Mac Lochlainn and Mattie McGrath.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Jul 2024)

Tá Colm Brophy, James Browne, Richard Bruton, Colm Burke, Peter Burke, Mary Butler, Thomas Byrne, Jackie Cahill, Ciarán Cannon, Jennifer Carroll MacNeill, Jack Chambers, Niall Collins, Patrick Costello, Michael Creed, Cathal Crowe, Cormac Devlin, Stephen Donnelly, Paschal Donohoe, Francis Noel Duffy, Bernard Durkan, Damien English, Alan Farrell, Frank Feighan, Joe Flaherty,...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Jul 2024)

Question declared carried.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Jul 2024)

Catherine Connolly: Are the proposed arrangements for the week's business agreed to?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Jul 2024)

Mattie McGrath: Not agreed.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Jul 2024)

Thomas Pringle: I agree with Deputy Murphy's comments on the NAS. It is vital that we debate it. I also want to raise Committee Stage of the Courts, Civil Law, Criminal Law and Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024, which is scheduled for debate tomorrow. A request has been made that additions be made to it so that it encompasses the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act, the International...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Jul 2024)

Mick Barry: I add my voice to the call for a short debate on the situation with the NAS. These workers provide a vital service for people with disabilities. They have not had an increase in their basic rate of pay for more than a decade. They have been forced out on the picket lines because their employers, and standing behind their employers the Department of Social Protection, will not implement a...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Jul 2024)

Mattie McGrath: I am also very concerned on behalf of our group with the amount of legislation being dealt with this week and the amalgamation of three pieces of legislation into one and amendments being subsumed. It is not a way to do business. There is no proper scrutiny of these pieces of legislation. I support the NAS workers whom I met outside the gates earlier. They are out in large numbers on a...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Jul 2024)

Simon Harris: I thank Deputy McDonald for bringing the case of Tori to my attention. I believe her colleague Deputy Kerrane has raised the matter with the Minister for Foreign Affairs. I am not directly apprised of the situation but I am very happy to be directly apprised of it now and to work with Deputy McDonald to intervene and see how we can support an Irish citizen in what sounds to be, from Deputy...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Jul 2024)

Brendan Howlin: There is no gap between Committee Stage and Report Stage.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Jul 2024)

Ivana Bacik: The problem is Committee and Report Stages being taken together.