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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: European Year of Skills 2023: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

Aisling Dolan: I hope, that message will go out from this meeting.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Apr 2024)

Aisling Dolan: I raise the issue of Lough Funshinagh. Deputy O'Donnell, in his new role as Minister of State with responsibility for the Office of Public Works, visited County Roscommon and the communities that are heavily impacted. There is utter devastation for the families who have been impacted by the flooding. They are losing homes, land, farms and roads. Around Curraghboy, for example, a road is...

Seanad: Cost of Doing Business: Statements (17 Apr 2024)

Aisling Dolan: I welcome the Minister to his new role. It is great to see that one of the first acts he will oversee next Monday is the provision of the additional €3,000. There will be €8,000 available to hospitality and retail businesses across the country. I know we have been talking about this in Fine Gael in recent months, and I know it was discussed with the former Minister for...

Seanad: Cost of Doing Business: Statements (17 Apr 2024)

Aisling Dolan: Hear, hear.

Seanad: School Enrolments: Motion (17 Apr 2024)

Aisling Dolan: I thank the Minister. I know she is under time pressure this morning but we appreciate her being here today. I acknowledge the work of the former Minister of State, Deputy Madigan who had special responsibility for special education and inclusion. The Minister of State, Deputy Naughton is taking on that role. I very much welcome this Private Members' motion tabled by Fianna Fáil on...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Apr 2024)

Aisling Dolan: I welcome Senator Malachai O'Hara and his family. It is a very special day and I hope they enjoy it. First, I congratulate our new Taoiseach, Deputy Simon Harris. I worked closely with the Taoiseach in his former Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science. He has really shown his commitment to technological universities across the country and actually...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Key Issues for the Department of Education: Minister for Education (10 Apr 2024)

Aisling Dolan: I welcome the Minister. Yesterday was a great day. I congratulate the Minister on again taking up this role and on delivering for so many families and children across Ireland. The Minister of State, Deputy Naughton, will be taking responsibility for special education. I acknowledge the efforts of the outgoing Minister of State in the Department, Deputy Madigan, who had responsibility for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Key Issues for the Department of Education: Minister for Education (10 Apr 2024)

Aisling Dolan: Sorry. I thank the Cathaoirleach and will leave it at that. I know the Minister is very conscious of a lot of these issues that cropped up for us a number of years ago, in particular around school transport.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Key Issues for the Department of Education: Minister for Education (10 Apr 2024)

Aisling Dolan: Okay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Key Issues for the Department of Education: Minister for Education (10 Apr 2024)

Aisling Dolan: It is fantastic to see the review.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Mar 2024)

Aisling Dolan: I will speak on the importance of just transition for the countries in the midlands impacted by the change in employment and industry, particularly that relating to Bord na Móna, which has changed the sector and industry in which it is involved. We have seen this at Shannonbridge and Lanesborough. Shannonbridge is only ten miles from my home town. Today, there is a just transition...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Mar 2024)

Aisling Dolan: There is nothing.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Hospital Facilities (20 Mar 2024)

Aisling Dolan: I thank the Minister of State for attending. I am here to speak about the investment in Portiuncula University Hospital and Roscommon University Hospital, and the reason I am here is that our Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar, nominated me to represent my region, Roscommon-Galway. As somebody who is quite new to public life, I have had the opportunity to fight for our region and make sure it is...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Hospital Facilities (20 Mar 2024)

Aisling Dolan: I thank the Minister of State. That is indeed welcome news. It is fantastic that we will see the 50-bed ward block open by September of this year, I hope. It will be fantastic for the teams, managers, patients and families who rely on that hospital. As the Minister of State mentioned, access to additional space in the ED is particularly crucial.We are seeing the expansion of the ED. This...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Mar 2024)

Aisling Dolan: It is indeed a day of change, shock and surprise to so many of us here in Leinster House. I am a Taoiseach's nominee and a person who is new to public life. I say new but it is now four or five years; I am not so new anymore. The leadership of the Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar, has been something that has been inspirational. At close quarters, working together in a coalition on the programme...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Mar 2024)

Aisling Dolan: -----to make this country a better place.

Seanad: Research and Innovation Bill 2024: Second Stage (20 Mar 2024)

Aisling Dolan: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Niall Collins, today to speak on this. It has been a day of much change, and this is a major change as well. Taighde Éireann is going to be the brand-new funding agency for research and innovation at third level. It brings together funding agencies we already have, such as Science Foundation Ireland and the Irish Research Council, which are...

Seanad: International Women's Day: Statements (6 Mar 2024)

Aisling Dolan: I thank the Minister for attending to celebrate International Women’s Day. We are always delighted to welcome him to the Seanad, 40% of whose Members are women. We need to see the level of representation move upwards in the Dáil. As the Minister mentioned, we are supporting women in participating in public life, but there are many reasons women may not wish to get involved....

Seanad: Private Rental Sector: Motion (6 Mar 2024)

Aisling Dolan: I am renting, and I have had to rent pretty much all my life. I have rented in Dublin and Galway. As a tenant, I have had the challenges, particularly in difficult times, of having to move many times and find accommodation. I am renting in Ballinasloe now. People have a choice. They obviously want to have a home and invest long term and, please God, that will happen for me too....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Allocations of Special Education Teachers: Discussion (5 Mar 2024)

Aisling Dolan: I thank the representatives from AsIam, Down Syndrome Ireland and Inclusion Ireland for being before the committee today. I know there is much frustration with regard to this new model. There has been a big impact in how hours are allocated. I have a few questions. I know my colleagues have gone through a great deal with the witnesses over the past few hours. I thank them for all the...