Results 161-180 of 1,035,285 for in 'Dáil debates' OR in 'Committee meetings' (speaker:Tom Kitt OR speaker:Peadar Tóibín OR speaker:Seán Canney OR speaker:Réada Cronin OR speaker:Paul Donnelly OR speaker:Joan Collins OR speaker:Bríd Smith)

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

Simon Harris: I have looked into the issue because the service does excellent work and we all want to see this resolved. It is my understanding that, following consultation with the Department of Social Protection, the board of the NAS and the Citizens Information Board, CIB, have agreed to implement the Labour Court recommendation in order to address pay divergence and to ensure that staff in the NAS are...

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

Holly Cairns: The conviction of taxi driver Raymond Shorten for the rape of two young women and one young child is shocking. This serial predator faces sentencing later this month, which is a matter for the courts. The case has caused significant public revulsion and alarm. Women get taxis at night not just to get home, but to get home safely without having to worry about being attacked. The notion...

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

Simon Harris: It means we genuinely want to engage with the Deputy on this issue. Her party has put down a motion in good faith on a really important issue. I was reading through it earlier and know that it touches on a range of very important issues in this space. I accept that the motion was put down in good faith and that the Deputy is not asking me to comment on the specifics of a case that is...

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

Mick Barry: For autistic kids, early intervention is key. That is what all the experts say. The Disability Act places a legal obligation upon the State to determine within three months whether assessment is appropriate and then to assess within a further three months. I have here a letter sent last week by the HSE to the parents of a child living in Cork city who is just under two years of age. The...

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...