Results 961-980 of 1,082,505 for in 'Dáil debates' OR in 'Committee meetings' (speaker:Eamon Scanlon OR speaker:Joan Burton OR speaker:Marc Ó Cathasaigh OR speaker:Imelda Munster OR speaker:Joan Burton0 OR speaker:Patrick O'Donovan OR speaker:Cathal Crowe OR speaker:James Browne OR speaker:Pat Buckley OR speaker:Michael McGrath OR speaker:Denis Naughten OR speaker:Gerald Nash OR speaker:Seán Haughey OR speaker:Damien English OR speaker:Charlie McConalogue OR speaker:Paul McAuliffe OR speaker:Éamon Ó Cuív OR speaker:Éamon Ó Cuív19)

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Timetables: Iarnród Éireann (9 Oct 2024)

Cathal Crowe: As the fleet modernises, I am very cognisant of the fabulous work the Railway Preservation Society of Ireland is doing. I went out to Connolly Station recently to visit the locomotive shed. I met Peter Rigney and some of his colleagues. They do fabulous work. I was expecting them to say they had a long list of things they wanted Irish Rail to do, but it was quite the opposite; they said...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Timetables: Iarnród Éireann (9 Oct 2024)

Cathal Crowe: I wrote recently to the committee Chairman and the clerk about this. We want to see the new facilities at Heuston, but it would be nice to marry the two on the day and see how the preservation is going. I think a lot of members would have a personal interest in seeing the two so I hope it can happen. If the Chairman will forgive me, I would like to use my last few minutes to talk about...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Timetables: Iarnród Éireann (9 Oct 2024)

Cathal Crowe: I thank Mr. Meade. If the Chairman will allow me a final question, I want to bring up car parking. Even at a low level and before we use a sledgehammer to crack a nut it would be really worthwhile if Irish Rail could have someone with a clipboard at the car parks for a few days to do a little survey on where people are coming and going from. The railway car parks across the country have a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Timetables: Iarnród Éireann (9 Oct 2024)

Cathal Crowe: I suggest to Mr. Meade that the airports seem to have found a sweet spot on this. When your flight is booked you can book your parking in advance, and as you approach the barrier system it detects your registration, and you drive in. You have bought your ticket and your parking - in you go and out you go. Something like number plate recognition may work so on the app or website you buy...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Timetables: Iarnród Éireann (9 Oct 2024)

Cathal Crowe: We may not be here in November.

Electricity Costs (Emergency Measures) Domestic Accounts Bill 2024: Second Stage (9 Oct 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: I am sharing time with Deputy Gould. I thank the Minister of State for his statement. We have been over this ground a number of times in discussing similar legislation. I broadly welcome this initiative as we go into the winter. I do not agree, however, with a number of provisions in the legislation. The assistance given should have gone further this winter. We will deal with that...

Electricity Costs (Emergency Measures) Domestic Accounts Bill 2024: Second Stage (9 Oct 2024)

Electricity Costs (Emergency Measures) Domestic Accounts Bill 2024: Second Stage (9 Oct 2024)

Ossian Smyth: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." The impact of the sharp rise in energy costs experienced in 2022 is still being felt. Households are paying on average 59% more for their electricity, and 90% more for their gas, than they were pre-crisis. This is despite the multiple rounds of price reductions announced by suppliers since 2023. Households are still in need of support...

Sale of Nitrous Oxide and Related Products Bill 2024: First Stage (9 Oct 2024)

Seán Crowe: Even though nitrous oxide ranks among the top three drugs used by young people, it garners very little attention by the media or policy-makers. We have all seen with our own eyes the evidence of its growing use. I gave the canisters the name "silver bullets" because children are playing Russian roulette with this gas. The use of the gas has led to death and serious long-term harm to people...

Sale of Nitrous Oxide and Related Products Bill 2024: First Stage (9 Oct 2024)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Is the Bill opposed?

Sale of Nitrous Oxide and Related Products Bill 2024: First Stage (9 Oct 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: No.

Sale of Nitrous Oxide and Related Products Bill 2024: First Stage (9 Oct 2024)

Question put and agreed to.

Sale of Nitrous Oxide and Related Products Bill 2024: First Stage (9 Oct 2024)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Since this is a Private Members' Bill, Second Stage must, under Standing Orders, be taken in Private Members' time.

Sale of Nitrous Oxide and Related Products Bill 2024: First Stage (9 Oct 2024)

Mark Ward: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Sale of Nitrous Oxide and Related Products Bill 2024: First Stage (9 Oct 2024)

Question put and agreed to.

Sale of Nitrous Oxide and Related Products Bill 2024: First Stage (9 Oct 2024)

Cuireadh an Dáil ar fionraí ar 1.23 p.m. agus cuireadh tús leis arís ar 2.23 p.m. Sitting suspended at 1.23 p.m. and resumed at 2.23 p.m.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (9 Oct 2024)

Heather Humphreys: I am well aware of classes D and C. Those were the rules in place. It was set out very clearly at the time and people were probably aware of that. I give the Deputy a commitment that I will look at it again.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (9 Oct 2024)

Bernard Durkan: I welcome the announcement by the Minister for Justice on the setting up of a pilot scheme to monitor and protect the rights of the child in family law situations. I urge that the relevant legislation, which is already before the Houses of the Oireachtas, will be expeditiously brought through the Houses. I point to the scandal of the abuse of children and mothers, who in some cases are...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (9 Oct 2024)

Helen McEntee: This is an area Deputy Durkan is passionate about. I can confirm that the Family Courts Bill is going through the Seanad at the moment. I hope to have it in the Dáil in the coming weeks and enacted very soon to make sure we have specific family courts. Separate to that, the €3 million in the budget will be vital to make sure, first, that we have advocates for children in our...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (9 Oct 2024)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Minister.