Results 1-20 of 206 for going forward speaker:Regina Doherty

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Nov 2023)

Regina Doherty: ...probably are anomalies in the vacant property refurbishment grant. If what the Senator says is true, that nobody in Galway has applied for it, then there certainly is an issue. It is a really good grant that has very good outcomes in terms of what we want to achieve, which is to increase the housing stock. I will happily write a letter from the Leader's office today. Senator McDowell...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Oct 2023)

Regina Doherty: It is true of everybody. It is actually quite worrying to hear the Dublin Airport Authority, DAA, talking about managing the cap in the middle of October as if we are going to somehow ration travel in the next eight or ten weeks before Christmas. That debate certainly will be welcome and I will request it as quickly as I can. Senator McGahon raised the very important work that Outcomers...

Seanad: Non-Fatal Offences against the Person (Amendment) (Spiking) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (25 Oct 2023)

Regina Doherty: ...is firmly in their corner. They should take a bow and I thank them. The experiences the Minister has just described were never as evident as they were during the summer. When we first brought this Bill forward, the State's response was that we did not need separate stand-alone legislation and that there was not as serious a number of crimes as we were indicating. That has come full...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Oct 2023)

Regina Doherty: As I do not have a speaking slot on the budget later, I will comment on it briefly. I commend our negotiating team. It looks like a thoughtful budget. We have all known about the cost-of-living crisis for the past 18 months. The budget continues to support people exactly where it needs to, not only through increases in weekly payments to people who have no other income, but also through...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Jul 2023)

Regina Doherty: ...-allocation, as the case may be, of funding for our roads. We had representatives of the National Transport Authority in front of the Joint Committee on Transport and Communications a number of weeks ago. I was astounded when they told me the NTA's remit, other than building and maintaining roads, was to reduce the number of cars on the road. How do you reduce the number of cars on the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Jun 2023)

Regina Doherty: ...within a town and Senator Kyne made a very logical suggestion that we should have more spaces and places where people can actually stop to pick up the service instead of having to get into a car to go to a bus stop, which makes no sense whatsoever. We will ask that that debate combines both of those requests.I say to Senators O'Sullivan, Byrne and Craughwell, while not commenting on any...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Apr 2023)

Regina Doherty: ...somebody as far removed as me could attempt to make the issue as urgent for others as it is for his family.You get the standard answers that everything that can be done is being done. The Senator got exactly the same answer from the current Minister for Foreign Affairs as I got from the previous Minister, who held that portfolio over the previous three years. Senator Murphy is correct...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Mar 2023)

Regina Doherty: ...Joe McHugh. I was at the Cabinet table when he did it and I cannot express the resistance there was to this initiative. It is really no mean feat, therefore, that the Minister, Deputy Foley, has got it over the line now in such magnitude this year. I have no doubt, however, that the cost-of-living crisis helped us along the way. It is very welcome and I think it is long overdue....

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Feb 2023)

Regina Doherty: ...response measures taken, particularly with regard to Ennis, which are having knock-on effects for the delivery of healthcare services for that local community. There is certainly a need for an ongoing debate and a response to the situation in UHL, particularly regarding their trolley numbers. The figure of 111 people are on trolleys today is the highest it has ever been. As we have been...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Feb 2023)

Regina Doherty: ...people who met with Dr. Geoffrey Shannon in the past year to 18 months. I do not believe that they are unaware of the impact they are having. I am left to think that there must be something else going on with the report that maybe reflects on the actions of St. John Ambulance today as opposed to its historical actions. Either way, we have a group of men who have been sexually abused at...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Dec 2022)

Regina Doherty: ...and from work, from where we live into town, which is a decent journey.He has a camera on both the front and back of his bike simply because it is not safe and he needs the evidence to be able to go to the gardaí should something actually happen to him. It happens at least once per month. The problem is that the gardaí are very helpful insofar as that they will take the case,...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Dec 2022)

Regina Doherty: I look forward to when it is absolutely ratified because the more screening we do, the better, not just with BreastCheck but for any conditions for females and males. People should be brought in as quickly and early as they possibly can so that we can improve their outcomes. Senator Dolan also raised the supports for regional radio stations this morning, which is very welcome. Senator...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Peat Shortages on the Horticulture Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Nov 2022)

Regina Doherty: I thank the witness for the body work he has done. He did not have to do it and I know that he genuinely cares about this issue and our rural future. In a way I feel like I am going to shoot the messenger so I ask that the witness not take this personally. We received the report a number of weeks ago. Unfortunately, on that day, the Minister relied very heavily on the questionnaire that...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Nov 2022)

Regina Doherty: ...with Senator Dolan. It is not just post Covid; we have always been known for being very giving as a nation. Through the years, there have been plenty of stories, similar to hers of that community going to Ethiopia, of Irish people going to build schools for the blind across most of Africa or south-east Asia. Long may it last. I thank her for raising that. Senator Maria Byrne raised...

Seanad: Review of Allegations of Sexual Abuse at St. John Ambulance: Motion (17 Nov 2022)

Regina Doherty: ...abuse at St John Ambulance Ireland. I thank all of the Senators who put their names to this motion. I thank the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Deputy Roderic O'Gorman, for coming because he was instrumental to the report we are speaking about. This is a very simple call or it should be a very simple call.I want St. John's Ambulance to publish the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Nov 2022)

Regina Doherty: ...rest of the women of this country has been something to behold. Through her tireless efforts she has ensured that the women of Ireland who were involved in the 221 scandal but indeed every woman going forward will be protected. I wish to extend our deepest sympathies to her husband, her children and her family. The Order of Business is Nos. 1, 2 and 3 on the Order Paper. No. 1, motion...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Nov 2022)

Regina Doherty: ...have a practical debate on measures that we all know could advance our reducing emissions. The Taoiseach’s speech at COP27 this week was poignant. We are all aware that our emissions are still going up, not down. They are not going in the right direction. Sometimes I think we need to get out of our own way and do the things we know would make a difference. Senator McGreehan...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Peat Shortages on the Horticulture Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Nov 2022)

Regina Doherty: ...an obligation to the Minister of State who covers horticulture and is the champion of this industry, to provide a solution. What we are witnessing is a master class in procrastination. We are going around in circles for the past number of years and we have absolutely no productive solutions to filling - what the Minister of State has just called - the interim period before we get beyond...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Oct 2022)

Regina Doherty: I apologise. In the programme for Government, we established that we were going to bring forward an incapacitated parents' pension payment for all those parents who, at a very early stage in their working lives, might give birth to a baby who would need lifelong caring. Therefore, their capacity to even reach the ten-year threshold was never going to be met. It is now being assigned as...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Oct 2022)

Regina Doherty: ...of the journeys some of our children have to make in the morning just to attend a special school in the absence of having one in their own locality. There was a mooted debate a number of years ago in the Department of Education to make a decision to co-locate a special school on the same grounds as every new school that was being built. I am not sure if that has gone awry but I will...