Government (Houses of the Oireachtas)

Government - Legislation - commencement

Sitting date: 26/10/2017
[Written Answers]...his plans to commence section 10 of the Education for Persons with Special Education Needs Act, 2004. [Q. No(s) 97 to Minister for Education and Skills ]

Government - Legislation - commencement

Sitting date: 26/10/2017
[Written Answers]...his plans to provide special needs education coordinator power to designate a secondary school place for a person with special educational needs. [Q. No(s) 98 to Minister for Education and Skills ]

Government - Legislation - commencement

Sitting date: 26/10/2017
[Written Answers] I propose to take Questions Nos. 97 and 98 together. I wish to advise the Deputy that the issue of the providing power to the National Council for Special Education, as envisaged under Section 10 of the Education for Persons with Special Education Needs Act, to designate a school...

Government - National risk assessment - issues relating to

Sitting date: 25/10/2017
[Questions] I propose to take Questions Nos. 1 and 2 together. The 2017 national risk assessment was published on 29 August. This is the fourth national risk assessment produced by the Government. It aims to provide an overview of strategic risks facing the country. It is focused on the ident...

Government - National risk assessment - issues relating to

Sitting date: 25/10/2017
[Oral Answers]...if he will report on the publication of the final national risk assessment 2017 overview of strategic risks. [Q. No(s) 1 to Taoiseach ]

Government - National risk assessment - issues relating to

Sitting date: 25/10/2017
[Oral Answers]...if he will report on the status of the national risk assessment 2017 overview of strategic risks. [Q. No(s) 2 to Taoiseach ]

Government - National risk assessment - issues relating to

Sitting date: 25/10/2017
[Questions] If one did not want to sleep at night, one should read the national risk assessment report, which outlines everything that could potentially befall us. The issue of Brexit is central to the assessment but changes to our climate have the potential for even greater harm. We have witnesse...

Government - National risk assessment - issues relating to

Sitting date: 25/10/2017
[Questions] I support the call for time to be set aside to discuss climate change and all the consequences it has for people on this island and worldwide. The Government could usefully set aside time to discuss the national risk assessment report. I would like to address one issue, which is Brexit...

Government - National risk assessment - issues relating to

Sitting date: 25/10/2017
[Questions] The work of the emergency services and State agencies during the recent storms was incredibly impressive, as was the work of the National Emergency Co-ordination Centre. Given the Taoiseach has talked about how the structures worked well, I am sure he will agree that we should acknowled...

Government - National risk assessment - issues relating to

Sitting date: 25/10/2017
[Questions] I echo the previous three Deputies who have raised the problem we have in that we are identifying climate as a risk but any assessment of our response to it in either mitigation or adoption is not being taken seriously. I echo the calls for further debate in that regard.[Ryan, Eamon]

Government - National risk assessment - issues relating to

Sitting date: 25/10/2017
[Questions] I want to talk about the risk of fire. After the Grenfell Tower fire, much concern was expressed about the housing stock in this country. Kevin Hollingsworth, a chartered surveyor, stated that up to 40% of the housing stock built during the Celtic Tiger period was non-compliant with fi...

Government - National risk assessment - issues relating to

Sitting date: 25/10/2017
[Questions] On Storm Ophelia, I am advised this morning by ESB Networks that all homes and businesses have now been reconnected to the electricity network. I join with others in acknowledging the phenomenal work of the staff of ESB Networks, the assistance we received ScottishPower and others in Br...

Government - National risk assessment - issues relating to

Sitting date: 25/10/2017
[Questions] To hell with fire safety, it would appear. I asked about fire safety.[Barrett, Richard Boyd]

Government - National risk assessment - issues relating to

Sitting date: 25/10/2017
[Questions] I am out of time.[Taoiseach, The]

Government - National risk assessment - issues relating to

Sitting date: 25/10/2017
[Questions] If the Taoiseach wants to-----[An Ceann Comhairle]

Government - National risk assessment - issues relating to

Sitting date: 25/10/2017
[Questions] I think there was a request for a meeting.[Taoiseach, The]

Government - National risk assessment - issues relating to

Sitting date: 25/10/2017
[Questions] I have been asking for two weeks.[Barrett, Richard Boyd]

Government - National risk assessment - issues relating to

Sitting date: 25/10/2017
[Questions] I suggest that the relevant people's offices speak to each other and try to organise it.[Taoiseach, The]

Government - National risk assessment - issues relating to

Sitting date: 25/10/2017
[Questions] We have been trying that.[Barrett, Richard Boyd]

Government - Legislation - commencement

Sitting date: 24/10/2017
[Written Answers]...when the Adoption (Amendment) Act 2017 will be commenced; when the section that provides for the adoption of a child by their step parent without the requirement for the child's other parent to adopt their own child will be commenced; and if she will make a statement on the matte...

Government - Legislation - commencement

Sitting date: 24/10/2017
[Written Answers]...the status of the commencement of all sections of the Adoption (Amendment) Act 2017, in particular the adoption of a child by their step parent without the requirement for the child’s other parent to adopt his or her own child; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [Q. ...

Government - Legislation - commencement

Sitting date: 24/10/2017
[Written Answers] I propose to take Questions Nos. 353 and 363 together. I have signed the Commencement Order to give effect to the provisions in the Adoption (Amendment) Act 2017. All the provisions of the Act other than Section 24(1)(a) were commenced on the 19th of October 2017. Section 24(1...

Government - Ministers - meetings

Sitting date: 24/10/2017
[Written Answers]...if he will report on his meeting with the Chancellor Philip Hammond on 31 August 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [Q. No(s) 79 to Minister for Finance ]

Government - Ministers - meetings

Sitting date: 24/10/2017
[Written Answers] I met with Chancellor Philip Hammond during his recent visit to Dublin on 31 August 2017. I was glad to have the opportunity to continue our bilateral discussions, following on from my meeting with him on 14 July in London. This is, of course, in addition to our regular contacts ...

Government - Ministers - meetings

Sitting date: 24/10/2017
[Written Answers]...further to parliamentary question number 530 of 10 October 2017, if the formal request was to meet officials or him; if it was made before the appointment to the board of the SEAI; and if the request was in his capacity as a member of the SEAI or in another capacity. [Q. No(s) 30...

Government - Ministers - meetings

Sitting date: 24/10/2017
[Written Answers] The request for a meeting was made to meet my officials in September 2017. The appointment to the board of the SEAI took place on 14 July 2017 for a period of 5 years. The subsequent meeting request was not in the capacity as a member of the SEAI but in the context of on-going en...

Government - Legislative programme - issues relating to

Sitting date: 19/10/2017
[Written Answers]...if he has engaged with the Department of Justice and Equality on introducing legislation to provide safeguarding officers with access to private settings in view of the reported levels of abuse of vulnerable adults; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [Q. No(s) 141 to ...

Government - Legislative programme - issues relating to

Sitting date: 19/10/2017
[Written Answers] The safety and protection of vulnerable people in the care of the State is paramount. As the Deputy will be aware, a number of important steps have been taken in recent years to strengthen the protection afforded to vulnerable and adults in the States’s day care and residential car...

Government - Legislative programme - issues relating to

Sitting date: 19/10/2017
[Written Answers]...when he expects the Assisted Human Reproduction Bill to be published and brought before either House of the Oireachtas for a second stage debate [Q. No(s) 154 to Minister for Health ]

Government - Legislative programme - issues relating to

Sitting date: 19/10/2017
[Written Answers] On Tuesday 3 October 2017 the Government approved the drafting of a Bill on assisted human reproduction (AHR) and associated areas of research. Officials in my Department are engaging with the Office of the Attorney General in relation to the process of drafting this Bill. In add...