Results 41-60 of 98 for going forward speaker:Aisling Dolan

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 May 2022)

Aisling Dolan: ...school colleges in County Roscommon. Lastly, consultation on the Carrick-on-Shannon to Dromod bypass will open this evening. It is very important that we see infrastructural projects moving forward. The project is very important, will bring crucial investment to the west and will create a new crossing on the River Shannon. It will be crucial in bringing investment into our area. We...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 May 2022)

Aisling Dolan: ...Mary Brosnan, the director of midwifery, the senior clinical team, and other Members of the Oireachtas. The hospital building dates from the 1930s. There are two wards, one with 15 rooms. Women going into labour are separated by a curtain and there is one toilet. We walked around the hospital and noted that the corridors are too narrow to take beds. Beds cannot be fitted into the...

Seanad: Northern Ireland: Motion (11 May 2022)

Aisling Dolan: ...pressure over the past number of years to manage the Brexit process and put measures in place to protect the people in Northern Ireland and in the Republic of Ireland. We need to figure out how we are going to manage and work well with our neighbours in the future with a plan and process in place. I lived in Northern Ireland prior to the Good Friday Agreement. I know the power of that...

Seanad: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Second Stage (10 May 2022)

Aisling Dolan: ...The Minister has visited the mother and baby home in Tuam. He has given time to people. It has been an extremely harrowing process for the people and families involved. So many people have come forward and engaged with the process, but my thoughts are with people who have not yet spoken - older men and women that have never spoken about this. I am very conscious that anyone who is...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (27 Apr 2022)

Aisling Dolan: ...their legislative experience and their background in legal expertise. I thank Senator Hoey for her honest account and for telling us her experience. Her story will support and encourage others to come forward. I represent a rural area. Again, with the Minister for Justice, Deputy McEntee, and all of the work they she had tried to do, we need supports in rural areas such as extended...

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

Aisling Dolan: ...for Hope equine centre, which is the first of its kind in Europe and has been opened at Castlerea Prison. It offers people the opportunity to work with animals. We saw many of the prisoners there go on a course over a number of months and they come out with qualifications and have the opportunity to work in these roles once they leave Castlerea. It is wonderful and it has been well...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Schools Building Projects (29 Mar 2022)

Aisling Dolan: .... There were challenges related to access roads for the new school building and Galway County Council was to engage with the Department of Education to reach an agreement on how this would be managed going forward. The design team also had to add three additional classrooms to the plans, which have now gone back to the Department for review. We need to move this on. I want to see this...

Seanad: Impact on Farming Sector Arising from the Situation in Ukraine: Statements (29 Mar 2022)

Aisling Dolan: ...farmers. We are all broadly from the same part of the world, but how many limestone areas are there in the west?It is said that small parts of farms can be dedicated to this but how much fertiliser is going to be needed in some of those areas to be able to bring tillage on? These are some of my main concerns. I appreciate there is a rapid response unit within the Department and the...

Seanad: Animal Health and Welfare and Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Report Stage (29 Mar 2022)

Aisling Dolan: Please, Senator. Going forward, does any other Senator wish to speak to the amendment that has been tabled by Senator Higgins? As no other Senators have indicated, I will ask the Minister to respond.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Future Funding of Higher Education: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Mar 2022)

Aisling Dolan: I welcome all of our guests. We had fine presentations this morning. I thank them for their time. I might just direct a few questions as I go. We have eight minutes. If there is time at the end, anyone can join in. I thank Dr. Seoighe. I would have a great knowledge of SFI and a great understanding and appreciation of what it is seeking to be delivered. The same is true of the IRC...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Mar 2022)

Aisling Dolan: ...investment is coming to Ballinasloe, Mullingar and Nenagh. The construction of a five-screen cinema starts today in Ballinasloe. This is causing such excitement in our area and has been very much looked forward to.It is testament to the fact there is a demand and a need for that type of investment in our regional towns. I appreciate that people and companies are looking at how they can...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Foreign Policy (23 Feb 2022)

Aisling Dolan: ...that the sanctions have to be effective. They have to change the course of action. As the Minister said, it is about ensuring that we have peace in Ukraine and that we are all working towards that goal. However, in the face of this outright aggression, we have to ensure those sanctions have an immediate impact on the Russian economy and trade. This, along with the EU targeting of banks...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Feb 2022)

Aisling Dolan: ...in and start up their business in a place with a lot of support. I also want to thank the Castlerea enterprise team. They have an enterprise centre that is open from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m., where one can go in and hot-desk. We also have the Enterprise Kiltullagh centre, which is another fantastic high-speed broadband enterprise centre in Ballinlough, County Roscommon. As with the Castlerea...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Feb 2022)

Aisling Dolan: I welcome the home energy scheme that is being rolled out.There is going to be 100% support for people in need. That is all across the country. We saw that there were supports being put in place, in particular for just transition areas that were especially vulnerable and affected, maybe, by changes in traditional industries. Now we are going to be seeing this home energy upgrade scheme to...

Joint Committee On Health: General Scheme of the Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Feb 2022)

Aisling Dolan: ...provided feedback on areas outside of the legislation as well. As I mentioned earlier, the area of recruitment is of interest to me. Salaries are one thing. A very good article in The Journalwas forwarded to me by someone in healthcare. It was about the increase in the number of young doctors going to Australia. Mention was made of the GP experience in Australia and the fact that there...

Joint Committee On Health: General Scheme of the Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Feb 2022)

Aisling Dolan: ...out that it will remove the right of family members to apply to have a relative admitted. Our guests indicated there is a lack of authorised personnel to allow families to bring their loved ones forward when they are going through an acute episode. I understand very much the significant recruitment processes within the HSE. I worked previously in health innovation within National...

Seanad: Violence Against Women: Statements (27 Jan 2022)

Aisling Dolan: I welcome the Minister’s appearance before the House. We are speaking on such a difficult topic. She is here to say what the Government is going to do to combat domestic and gender-based violence against both women and men. She is getting to hear the voices of both men and women in the Seanad as we express our feelings on the subject. We know about the shocking loss of Ashling...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: State Examinations (25 Jan 2022)

Aisling Dolan: ...any State exams. Students and parent advisory groups have reached out regarding this stress and anxiety. The Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science has brought forward changes to the CAO form, which now includes both further and higher education options and apprenticeship places, increasing young people’s options to reach their career of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Leaving Certificate Reform: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jan 2022)

Aisling Dolan: ...the assessment load throughout the year or over two years. I would be interested in continuous assessment and, from a teaching point of view, how teaching staff are involved in that assessment going forward. It is important teachers have the skills to be able to take on that work. We heard from previous contributors to the committee about surveys undertaken in respect of which there...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Dec 2021)

Aisling Dolan: ...Roscommon. Also I thank Ms Deirdre Chambers who works in our Whip’s office here, who our Acting Leader would know very well and Caroline Lynch in my own team, who are absolute treasures. I look forward to 2022 being a better year. I thank everyone in our towns and villages and each person in every type of job who have done so much to help the country through this crisis. I am...