Results 141-160 of 1,219,782 for in 'Dáil debates' OR (speaker:Tom Kitt OR speaker:Peadar Tóibín OR speaker:Jennifer Whitmore OR speaker:John Brady OR speaker:Simon Coveney OR speaker:Brian Stanley OR speaker:Catherine Murphy OR speaker:Norma Foley OR speaker:Ossian Smyth OR speaker:Imelda Munster OR speaker:Michael Ring OR speaker:James O'Connor OR speaker:David Stanton OR speaker:Réada Cronin OR speaker:Mary Lou McDonald OR speaker:Matt Carthy OR speaker:Ivana Bacik OR speaker:Aindrias Moynihan OR speaker:Seán Ó Fearghaíl OR speaker:Neale Richmond OR speaker:Seán Ó Fearghaíl9 OR speaker:Seán Canney OR speaker:Eamon Ryan OR speaker:Pa Daly OR speaker:Michael McGrath OR speaker:Holly Cairns OR speaker:Colm Burke OR speaker:Alan Dillon OR speaker:Michael Collins OR speaker:Johnny Mythen OR speaker:Roderic O'Gorman OR speaker:Carol Nolan OR speaker:Michael Lowry OR speaker:Alan Kelly OR speaker:Claire Kerrane OR speaker:Patricia Ryan OR speaker:Róisín Shortall OR speaker:Richard O'Donoghue OR speaker:Paschal Donohoe OR speaker:Seán Ó Fearghaíl4 OR speaker:Aengus Ó Snodaigh OR speaker:Bernard Durkan OR speaker:Pat Buckley OR speaker:Charlie McConalogue OR speaker:Gino Kenny OR speaker:Michael Healy-Rae OR speaker:Richard Bruton OR speaker:Gerald Nash OR speaker:Joan Collins OR speaker:Rose Conway-Walsh OR speaker:Michael Fitzmaurice OR speaker:Seán Ó Fearghaíl5 OR speaker:Aengus Ó Snodaigh26 OR speaker:Pádraig Mac Lochlainn OR speaker:Cormac Devlin OR speaker:Aengus Ó Snodaigh14 OR speaker:Pádraig O'Sullivan OR speaker:Jim O'Callaghan OR speaker:Aengus Ó Snodaigh02 OR speaker:Micheál Martin OR speaker:Aengus Ó Snodaigh8 OR speaker:Aengus Ó Snodaigh17 OR speaker:Frank Feighan) in 'Committee meetings'

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Petitions Received (24 Oct 2024)

Pat Buckley: Yes.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Petitions Received (24 Oct 2024)

Martin Browne: It is harrowing that the weight and those six days, as the petitioner says, seem to have been contributing factors. Is it agreed to do as proposed? Agreed. P00058/24, entitled Flawed Legislation relating to Pensions and Social Security, from Mr. Frank Moran, is to ensure the entitlement of the same-sex couples to benefit from an occupational pension scheme. Changes were made to Part VIIA...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Petitions Received (24 Oct 2024)

Martin Browne: We await a response from the Department. The petitioner appeared before the committee on 3 October. From speaking to him at the meeting, it was clear that there is a gap in respect of equal access to entitlement. This matter should be investigated and investigated as quickly as possible. We did say to the petitioner that we would do all we can. It was also suggested contact be also made...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Petitions Received (24 Oct 2024)

Pat Buckley: No, Chair, just to agree to that..

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Petitions Received (24 Oct 2024)

Martin Browne: We await a response from the Department. We will have a better idea then ourselves of what that is. That concludes our consideration of public petitions this afternoon. I invite members of the public to submit petitions via our online portal, which is available at petitions.oireachtas.ie. A petition may be addressed to the Houses of the Oireachtas on a matter of general public concern or...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Petitions Received (24 Oct 2024)

Pat Buckley: No.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Petitions Received (24 Oct 2024)

Martin Browne: I would like to thank the clerk to the committee and the secretariat for all the work they do on our behalf. Their work is a massive help to us and to petitioners. We wish everyone the best.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Supplementary) (24 Oct 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I nominate Deputy Jim O'Callaghan.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Supplementary) (24 Oct 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: Apologies have been received from the Cathaoirleach, Deputy Paul Kehoe, and from Deputies Mairéad Farrell and Sorca Clarke. I ask members to turn off their mobile phones. This meeting has been convened to consider the Supplementary Estimate - Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, which was referred to this committee by the Dáil. I welcome the...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Supplementary) (24 Oct 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: I thank the Minister of State. I do not think there will be too many questions. One thing that Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan and I were pleased to see was that €116 million was going to be set for once-off cost-of-living measures for students. We had the Union of Students in Ireland before the committee earlier in the week. Cost-of-living challenges are a big issue for third level...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Supplementary) (24 Oct 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: The increased stipend for PhD students that was announced in the budget is not covered in the Supplementary Estimate; it does not need to be. Does the Minister of State think it will facilitate postgraduate students in terms of their further studies?

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Supplementary) (24 Oct 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: I thank the Minister of State and his officials for their engagement at this meeting and at all previous meetings of this Dáil, which is coming near an end. That concludes our consideration of the Supplementary Estimate for Vote 45.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Message to Dáil (24 Oct 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: In accordance with Standing Order 101, the following message will be sent to the Clerk of the Dáil: The Select Committee on Education, Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science has completed its consideration of the following Supplementary Estimates for public services for the year ending 31 December 2024: Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research,...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Petitions Received (24 Oct 2024)

Martin Browne: Can the Deputy feed that through the secretariat or-----

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Petitions Received (24 Oct 2024)

Pat Buckley: No, Chair. We need to get a response back from the Department.

Family Courts Bill 2022 [Seanad]: Second Stage (24 Oct 2024)

Family Courts Bill 2022 [Seanad]: Second Stage (24 Oct 2024)

Helen McEntee: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I am delighted to introduce the Family Courts Bill in this House today. Bringing this Bill before Dáil Éireann represents a major milestone on the path to achieving the commitment in the programme for Government to enact a Family Courts Bill to create a new dedicated family court within the existing court structure and provide...

Meastacháin i gcomhair Seirbhísí Poiblí 2024: Teachtaireacht ó Roghchoiste (24 Oct 2024)

Meastacháin i gcomhair Seirbhísí Poiblí 2024: Teachtaireacht ó Roghchoiste (24 Oct 2024)

Catherine Connolly: Tá Roghchoiste na Gaeilge, na Gaeltachta agus Phobal Labhartha na Gaeilge tar éis a bhreithniú a chríochnú ar na Meastacháin Fhorlíontacha i gcomhair seirbhísí poiblí ar chlár C, Gaeltacht, de Vóta 33 - Turasóireacht, Cultúr, Ealaíon, Gaeltacht, Spórt agus Meán le haghaidh sheirbhís na bliana dar...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht – Questions on Policy or Legislation (24 Oct 2024)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I thank the Minister.