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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Challenges Facing Businesses in Relation to Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility: Discussion (20 Mar 2024)

Róisín Garvey: Do the witnesses work with the LEOs? They are embedded into local authorities.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Challenges Facing Businesses in Relation to Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility: Discussion (20 Mar 2024)

Róisín Garvey: What advice would they give Government about getting this right?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Challenges Facing Businesses in Relation to Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility: Discussion (20 Mar 2024)

Róisín Garvey: I thank the witnesses for coming here today. I apologise for my tardiness. I had other things happening but I am here now. It is great to have the witnesses here today. This is one of the things I am very passionate about. I am the Green Party spokesperson for enterprise, trade and employment and for rural development. I have worked with many small companies and social entrepreneurs...

Seanad: Seachtain na Gaeilge: Ráitis (6 Mar 2024)

Róisín Garvey: Tá an Ghaeilge fós ag méadú i gContae an Chláir, buíochas le Dia. Ar an chéad dul síos, fáiltím roimh an Aire, an Teachta Martin. Caithfidh mé comhghairdeas a ghabháil léi as an tacaíocht ar fad a thug sí ó thaobh "Cúla4" de. Is stáisiún teilifíse nua é atá go hiomlán as...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Regeneration Projects (5 Mar 2024)

Róisín Garvey: It would have been great to have the Minister for housing in, but I am sure he is very busy. This relates to upstairs living. I ask the Minister what has been done to achieve the programme for Government commitment to ensure underused building stock in small and large urban centres is brought into use. Specifically, what progress has been made under the Town Centre First policy commitments...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Regeneration Projects (5 Mar 2024)

Róisín Garvey: While it is not the fault of the Minister of State, the lines from the Department do not answer the question. They are telling me things I already know. It is an insult to somebody who is passionate about this and fought for it in the programme for Government to have a civil servant tell me stuff I already know. I know about the Croí Cónaithe scheme and the CPO grant, which...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Mar 2024)

Róisín Garvey: Today, yet again I raise the issue of trolley numbers in UHL. It is not the first time for me, Senator Dooley and many other colleagues to raise this issue. I do not know if it is because we are so far from Dublin or what is going on, but we have the worst trolley numbers in the country by far. It is an old news story yet it is making the news again today. The hospital can take no more...

Seanad: Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (27 Feb 2024)

Róisín Garvey: I will keep it short. In May 2018, the Irish people voted by 66.4% to remove the eighth amendment, choosing to replace it with the following text as part of the 36th amendment, “Provision may be made by law for the regulation of termination of pregnancy.” It does not state this should include harassment, shouting and insults as one accesses this free legal service. We are...

Seanad: Situation in Palestine: Motion (21 Feb 2024)

Róisín Garvey: I thank, in particular, Senator Black because I suppose the first time I heard about Palestine was approximately 20 years ago thanks to her work. Most people know the Senator for her songs but I knew her for her work on Palestine. I got involved in a Palestinian support group to fundraise many years ago, thanks to the Senator. This did not start on 7 October. Far from it, it has been...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Energy Poverty: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Feb 2024)

Róisín Garvey: I am going to focus on talking to Mr. Boland and Irish Rural Link. I think Senator Wall has spoken enough to EnergyCloud Ireland. They are two good organisations. It is great to have them at the committee. I was wondering about a couple of things. In Clare, we seem to have many community workshops happening to inform the public. Active age groups and many individuals in rural areas have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Energy Poverty: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Feb 2024)

Róisín Garvey: I will cut off Mr. Boland. We have often had workshops by the SEAI, but they seem to be very aloof and talking about a whole community thing. They are not going into the practicalities. I have found it more useful to bring in tradesmen, solar panel fitters and people who have practical skills on the ground, who are able to tell people exactly what is involved and happening, if they want to...

Seanad: Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Róisín Garvey: I thank the Minister of State for attending. We spoke about this amendment previously and he has done a great deal of work on the matter, for which I thank him. Our amendment is an important one, but I will not need to press it if we can get clarity on Report Stage.This is very serious. It is very important. I have seen who will be on the board and they are all very good people but one...

Seanad: Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Róisín Garvey: I will not press the amendment. I will not move it.

Seanad: Domestic Violence (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (14 Feb 2024)

Róisín Garvey: I thank the Minister for her time. It is good to see her in the House. I thank her for all the work she has done already on domestic violence and other issues through her portfolio. I will keep this contribution short. Under the convention, protection for victims-----

Seanad: Domestic Violence (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (14 Feb 2024)

Róisín Garvey: I second the motion. I will keep this very simple. There were 54,000 call-outs to Garda stations last year for domestic violence. There were 10,000 barring orders, restricting movement, obtained in domestic violence cases, 5,000 of which were breached, and only 500 convictions were secured. We have a huge issue. The Minister is probably well aware of this, so I will not preach to the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Energy Poverty: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Róisín Garvey: I thank the witnesses for coming in. Well done to them because until two or three years ago there was no proper retrofit plan in place. As has been said, it was hit and miss. It is very easy now to ask why it is not perfect or why it was not all done yesterday. Considering the plan has only been properly funded for the past two and a half years, it is amazing what has been achieved and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Energy Poverty: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Róisín Garvey: I am interested in the target per local authority. The national targets do not affect local authorities.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Energy Poverty: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Róisín Garvey: We have a climate action plan. If that is an issue for the Department of housing, then it might be no harm to set targets at local authority level as well.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Energy Poverty: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Róisín Garvey: That was the Minister of State, Deputy Noonan.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Energy Poverty: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Róisín Garvey: If people know about them.