Results 61-80 of 887 for speaker:Erin McGreehan

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Sport and Recreational Development (16 Apr 2024)

Erin McGreehan: I welcome Terry Leyden, a former Senator, to the House. He is in and out in half a minute and is very welcome today.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Disability Services (16 Apr 2024)

Erin McGreehan: No.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Primary Care Centres (16 Apr 2024)

Erin McGreehan: I thank the Minister of State and welcome the Minister, Deputy McConalogue.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Agriculture Industry (16 Apr 2024)

Erin McGreehan: I thank the Minister for his support. We all know he is there.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Office of Public Works (16 Apr 2024)

Erin McGreehan: I welcome the Minister of State.

Seanad: Agriculture: Statements (16 Apr 2024)

Erin McGreehan: I welcome the Minister. It is always important and welcome to have statements on agriculture. We all want to shine a light on those we are meeting day in, day out. We are living it and we are hearing from farming families from throughout our constituencies about how hard it is. We can see it. We are fairly miserable here when the rain is pouring down around us, and we have to be...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Protection of Children in the Use of Artificial Intelligence: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Apr 2024)

Erin McGreehan: Thank you. Our guests are very welcome to today's meeting. Many topics have been thrashed out already today. We would all agree that social media is an absolute cesspit and that X is the worst, to speak plainly. X is the worst, in my experience, but social media generally is not always a nice, comfortable place. While I do not want to be presumptuous about ages, most of us grew up in the...

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

Erin McGreehan: I add my welcome to our newest Member, Senator O'Hara. He is very welcome and I look forward to working with him. It is a great day and I hope he has a nice celebration going into the weekend because it is wonderful to be elected to Seanad Éireann and have one's voice heard here. Congratulations. I ask for a debate on agriculture. We are all down because of the amount of rain we...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities at Local Level: Discussion (10 Apr 2024)

Erin McGreehan: It is important that we get people like the witnesses in front of the committee. I have a few general questions and then some specific ones. We will cut to the chase and get into the general questions. How many people or what percentage of people with disabilities are employed in each of the witnesses' organisations? Is this information known? Are there any specific targets for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities at Local Level: Discussion (10 Apr 2024)

Erin McGreehan: The National Disability Authority told Enterprise Ireland that there was no need for specific positive discrimination towards people with disabilities to get them into self-employment.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities at Local Level: Discussion (10 Apr 2024)

Erin McGreehan: That is shocking to be honest.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities at Local Level: Discussion (10 Apr 2024)

Erin McGreehan: Is that reasonable accommodation pilot scheme for Enterprise Ireland's internal staff?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities at Local Level: Discussion (10 Apr 2024)

Erin McGreehan: To go on a tangent, as reasonable accommodation was mentioned, if someone comes to HR or a line manager, depending on how the organisation filters it up, looking for reasonable accommodation, whether that is assistive technology or something else, in some public organisations there has been a difficulty because it is part of the budget. Private organisations, as we all know, can apply to the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities at Local Level: Discussion (10 Apr 2024)

Erin McGreehan: Okay. What is the aim of the pilot programme as regards supporting people with disabilities into employment?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities at Local Level: Discussion (10 Apr 2024)

Erin McGreehan: Is that the only pilot programme that is taking place in 2024? When Mr. Leahy spoke to Deputy Ellis, I wrote down "pilot programme" when it was mentioned. I was not sure what it was. Reasonable accommodation is the only pilot programme.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities at Local Level: Discussion (10 Apr 2024)

Erin McGreehan: It was a general question. SICAP was mentioned.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities at Local Level: Discussion (10 Apr 2024)

Erin McGreehan: Out of curiosity, does Pobal have data on whether they went to a local enterprise office, LEO?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities at Local Level: Discussion (10 Apr 2024)

Erin McGreehan: Yes, in general.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities at Local Level: Discussion (10 Apr 2024)

Erin McGreehan: I will go back to the LEO. Mr. Swift mentioned the special requirements, that people with disabilities come to the Enterprise Ireland offices and say they need additional help because of having a disability. What has been on offer as a special requirement for someone with a disability?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities at Local Level: Discussion (10 Apr 2024)

Erin McGreehan: Does Enterprise Ireland have a budget for these special requirements?