Results 1-20 of 70 for going forward speaker:Róisín Garvey

Seanad: Loneliness: Motion (1 May 2024)

Róisín Garvey: ...,300 older people reported feeling lonely in 2023. I was on to ALONE about it and they were very happy about this commission. Actually, many NGOs got on to us, thanking us for bringing this request for a commission forward and asking us to support the motion – some of them did not know we were the ones tabling the motion. It is amazing to get positive emails. We got many...

Seanad: Smartphone and Social Media Use: Motion [Private Members] (24 Apr 2024)

Róisín Garvey: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire go dtí an Teach. I commend her on all the work she has done to date on this. I commend the Fine Gael party on bringing forward this motion. It is a very serious matter of mental health and social health. The phone has taken over many people's lives. Many parents are not even sure how to manoeuvre them and control what appears on the phone, not to...

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

Róisín Garvey: ...between one and ten people. Those are the people who are creating most of the jobs in this country, not the multinationals, despite all we think about how great they are and despite us always going on about the likes of Google. The majority of jobs in this country are a result of hardworking self-employed people who employ other people. I had this out with Sinn Féin previously and,...

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

Róisín Garvey: ...absolutely disgusting. It is hard enough for a woman to make the choice to get an abortion in the first place. Not one single woman thinks, “Great. I am delighted with this.” They all feel bad about going for an abortion. This is last thing they need. It is none of these people’s goddamn business and they should keep their rosaries off our ovaries and leave us...

Seanad: Ban on Dumping New Products Bill 2022: Committee Stage (8 Nov 2023)

Róisín Garvey: ...this Bill. It is like something the Green Party would have written 30 years ago. We are a small party in government. It is great to see other parties, including Sinn Féin, finally bringing forward improved policies, or indeed any policies, on climate or the circular economy. It is also great that this Government, for the first time ever, has a Minister of State with responsibility...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Skills and Supports Required for Businesses to Meet Decarbonisation Targets: Discussion (8 Nov 2023)

Róisín Garvey: I am going to ask a similar question as I did not get a proper answer on it. We have the local enterprise office doing the green for micro programme, which seems very similar to the climate action voucher. One is €2,000 and the other is €2,500 but they do not actually get the money. They just apply for it and it costs €2,500. That is the funding they get from...

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Ms Annita Demetriou, Speaker of the Cypriot House of Representatives (13 Jun 2023)

Róisín Garvey: I welcome Ms Demetriou. It is great to see a woman in her post. I will not go any further on the gender thing, but if you cannot see it, you cannot be it. I am glad, therefore, that the females of Cyprus and beyond can see her, a woman, in this position. It is not only inspiring for women but also for men. This is also important. It is not only women who are inspired. We can inspire...

Seanad: Government Commitments on Offshore Renewable Energy: Motion (31 May 2023)

Róisín Garvey: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. Three years ago, there was nothing happening in this area. With this new coalition Government, we have in the past three years expedited offshore wind to a level that was never even envisioned by any Opposition parties. There were not even policies on it. As soon as we addressed the issue, people immediately asked why we had not done work on it...

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by GAA President, Mr. Larry McCarthy (26 Apr 2023)

Róisín Garvey: ...My father was involved in founding the Michael Cusack Centre, which is thriving. He did not hear a word of English until he was 11 years old, which is phenomenal and shows how much Irish we had i gContae an Chláir fadó, fadó suas go dtí na 1920idí, ceapaim. I welcome the GAA's Green Club programme, which offers a brilliant toolkit. I do not know whether all the...

Seanad: Public Water Connection Charges: Motion (26 Apr 2023)

Róisín Garvey: ...cent of Ireland’s protected marine environments; - plastic bottles are one of the most commonly found items in clean-ups in towns, villages and on beaches; welcomes: - the action already taken by the Government, such as the ban on some common single use plastic items, including cotton bud sticks, cutlery, plates, stirrers and straws; - the Government’s intention to...

Seanad: Report of the Independent Review Group on Dignity and Equality Issues in the Defence Forces: Statements (25 Apr 2023)

Róisín Garvey: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Tánaiste. First of all, I welcome this report. It is very good that we carried it out. It is a starting point but tús maith leath na hoibre. It is important to put on the record of the House some of the findings of the report. I will quote a few of them. The report states that "at best, the Defence Forces barely tolerates women, and, at its worst,...

Seanad: International Women's Day: Statements (8 Mar 2023)

Róisín Garvey: ...mór an trua é sin. It is a huge honour to be a woman in this House. I never in my life realised how weird it feels to be a woman trying to organise anything where the majority in the room are men, until I walked into the Seanad two and a half years ago where almost 40% of those present were women. It was probably 50% women as some of the men were missing. The feeling I got...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (2 Mar 2023)

Róisín Garvey: ...officials and the Minister will have to look at expertise on diversification. When the sectorial ceilings for agriculture were set last summer we all anticipated that the Department would bring forward new supports to help farmers to diversify. The Minister mentioned organic farming. It is Dublin, which is brilliant, but it is 2.9% of the land. Out of 137,500 farmers there are 4,000...

Seanad: Rail Network: Statements (23 Feb 2023)

Róisín Garvey: I thank the Minister for coming in. I thank him also for being the first Minister for Transport to invest in rail transport in about 70 years. It has been going rapidly downhill for a long time. There had been little meaningful difference made, and I can say that as someone who has been using the train for the last 30 years to travel to Dublin, Limerick and Galway from Clare. I have been...

Seanad: Domestic Violence (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (15 Feb 2023)

Róisín Garvey: ...colleague, Senator Vincent P. Martin. We have always remarked that we will not solve the issue around domestic violence and abuse towards women that is rampant in Ireland unless we also work with the good men of Ireland. Together, we can solve these very significant issues we face as women in Ireland. Senator Martin is a perfect example of that, in that he dug deep and found a loophole...

Seanad: Election of Cathaoirleach (16 Dec 2022)

Róisín Garvey: Oireann an Cathaoir duit. The Chair is a good look; it suits the Cathaoirleach. I look forward to working with him. I remember coming in on, I think, my second day in the Seanad. I had no idea what I had let myself in for. I had no clue. Senator Buttimer and I discovered we had a mutual friend in common in Paul Linehan, the lead singer of the Frank and Walters, which was a very good...

Seanad: School Transport: Statements (26 Oct 2022)

Róisín Garvey: ...are not enough smaller buses. That is a waste of fuel. On small country roads, if there are not 56 kids to collect, it is crazy to have a 56-seater bus. I wish the Minister the best and I look forward to working with her on this issue. It is brilliant that school transport is free. If we addressed the distance rule, we could completely remove cars from the road, make our roads safer...

Seanad: Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Second Stage (6 Oct 2022)

Róisín Garvey: ...work to date. There are a few different points I wish to raise around the Bill itself. Section 56 of Part 15 relates to zero emission vehicles Ireland, ZEVI. I looked up the website and it looks good and is impressive, but all the information there is about e-cars. I spent more than 14 years on the modal shift and working with schoolchildren in rural and urban areas throughout Clare,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy in Education: Discussion (Resumed) (4 Oct 2022)

Róisín Garvey: ...Council looking at alternatives? We know that teaching is now more difficult than ever. The number of teachers available is reducing every year as teaching becomes more stressful. As we move forward, it is less likely that teachers will be available in July and August when they need that time off. They usually spend a week or two in July wrapping up after teaching for the school year...