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Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Citizens' Assembly (14 Dec 2023)

Pauline O'Reilly: The Minister of State is very welcome. I am raising the issue of the citizens' assembly on education this morning. I am failing in my efforts to find a date for this citizens' assembly.That is why I, unfortunately, have had to call the Minister of State to the Seanad. Under this Government, a number of successful citizens’ assemblies have been held. I am passionate about the...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Citizens' Assembly (14 Dec 2023)

Pauline O'Reilly: With due respect to the Minister of State, when I last raised a Commencement matter, it related to his Department, yet it was the Minister of State, Deputy Madigan, who took it. Today, I am raising an education matter and the Minister of State, Deputy Ossian Smyth, is taking it. Neither situation is desirable. It sounds like the Minister of State’s response was written by...

Seanad: Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Second Stage (14 Dec 2023)

Pauline O'Reilly: I thank the Minister. I am delighted to see this day. I have to comment on the complete hypocrisy on display from Senators Keogan and Mullen, who have now left the Chamber.

Seanad: Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Second Stage (14 Dec 2023)

Pauline O'Reilly: Things go both ways here.

Seanad: Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Second Stage (14 Dec 2023)

Pauline O'Reilly: That is fine.

Seanad: Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Second Stage (14 Dec 2023)

Pauline O'Reilly: That is fine. I was not commenting on why they have left.

Seanad: Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Second Stage (14 Dec 2023)

Pauline O'Reilly: I am going to speak to what has just been spoken about.

Seanad: Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Second Stage (14 Dec 2023)

Pauline O'Reilly: Senator Keogan mentioned that people will no longer be allowed to stand silently. Senator Mullen said there is no issue and nothing is happening in Cork. I have in my hand a tweet from Senator Mullen that reads, "I encourage people in Ballinasloe and the surrounding area ... to engage with medical and other staff ... to discourage the practice of abortion and to never let up". That is a...

Seanad: Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Second Stage (14 Dec 2023)

Pauline O'Reilly: -----and disgrace that any politician would do that to staff who are going about their business. We had a referendum and not everybody voted in favour, but this is the way laws work. We vote, and take it on the chin if we do not get what we want and the laws are passed. I am encouraged by this legislation. Unfortunately, only one in ten GP practices engage in allowing women to have...

Seanad: Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Second Stage (14 Dec 2023)

Pauline O'Reilly: This legislation is an important part of the work that is going on. I again thank the Minister. I am delighted to be here on this significant and important day.

Seanad: Hypothermia Scalp Cooling Therapy: Motion [Private Members] (13 Dec 2023)

Pauline O'Reilly: I move: “That Seanad Éireann: recognises that: - hair loss during cancer treatment or chemotherapy-induced alopecia is one of the most common side effects of cancer therapy; it can have a profoundly negative impact on cancer patients, often compounding the worry and trauma they are experiencing dealing with the cancer itself; further recognises that: - there is a...

Seanad: Hypothermia Scalp Cooling Therapy: Motion [Private Members] (13 Dec 2023)

Pauline O'Reilly: I thank the Minister for being here today. I also thank Bríd McGrath who is in the Public Gallery. She raised this issue with me and since then we have been working together on it. We have discovered that a large number of people in Ireland have benefited from cold cap treatment in hospitals. In some ways it is quite straightforward. Much research have been done and in over 50% of...

Seanad: Hypothermia Scalp Cooling Therapy: Motion [Private Members] (13 Dec 2023)

Pauline O'Reilly: I will first address the cost. The HSE wrote directly to Deputy Leddin, whom I asked to raise a parliamentary question about the costing, and told him that purchasing it would cost between €20,000 and €230,000, including VAT. What price a woman’s health? It is such a small amount of money. We know that women have lost faith in the health service, particularly cancer...

Seanad: Hypothermia Scalp Cooling Therapy: Motion [Private Members] (13 Dec 2023)

Pauline O'Reilly: I feel strongly that we should use this time with the Minister to try to get over the line something that has been raised with me by numerous women as impacting their daily lives, so I was disappointed by Senator Warfield’s intervention. We all speak about the difficulties in the healthcare system. I did so on radio last night. I would love to see a new cancer building in University...

Seanad: Hypothermia Scalp Cooling Therapy: Motion [Private Members] (13 Dec 2023)

Pauline O'Reilly: Tomorrow at 9.30 a.m.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Review of the Climate Action Plan 2023: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (7 Dec 2023)

Pauline O'Reilly: I welcome and thank the Minister. I thank his officials as well for coming along today. I wish to get back to the overall purpose of the Department being here, which is around our obligations and role with regard to the climate Act. Looking at the climate action plan for 2023, and the annex of actions in that regard, the Minister's Department is the lead one in ten of those and is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Review of the Climate Action Plan 2023: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (7 Dec 2023)

Pauline O'Reilly: I have, but these are on a very small scale I suppose and people-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Review of the Climate Action Plan 2023: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (7 Dec 2023)

Pauline O'Reilly: -----do not seem to be applying for these projects. It is more on the more innovative level.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Review of the Climate Action Plan 2023: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (7 Dec 2023)

Pauline O'Reilly: It is.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: School Transport (6 Dec 2023)

Pauline O'Reilly: I am delighted to have the Minister of State in the Seanad. I am fed up, as no doubt every other politician is, with the state of school transport in this country. It is an absolute outrage, to be honest, that the Department of Education has been sitting on a report on school transport since 2021. I rise today specifically to deal with one issue in Galway around the Educate Together...