Results 41-57 of 57 for going forward speaker:Erin McGreehan

Seanad: Gender Pay Gap Information Bill 2021: Second Stage (14 Jun 2021)

Erin McGreehan: ...is very welcome and long overdue. I very much agree with the Minister that this legislation should have been here before now. Fianna Fáil, in opposition, supported this Bill and now we are in government we are delighted to work as part of a fair economy and a fairer society. A key part of that will be continuing to eradicate the gender pay gap, to hold companies accountable and to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Accessibility in Planning and Delivery of Transport Projects: Discussion (3 Jun 2021)

Erin McGreehan: ...do not look blind or visually impaired but, anecdotally, I have heard that they are often treated very rudely by people who do not understand the nuances of a certain disability. There must be forward planning with regard to people with disabilities, but we must work on reducing the time taken for that forward planning. That adds in with what others have said about the fluidity of...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Road Projects (24 May 2021)

Erin McGreehan: ..., but with the shared island fund, that aspiration has become a possibility. One might say it is infrastructure with various merits, but it is so much more than infrastructure. It is about moving forward through peace and reconciliation, going back to the time when the Vikings travelled up Carlingford Lough and settled in Newry and Carlingford. There is so much positivity around the...

Seanad: Good Friday Agreement: Motion (10 May 2021)

Erin McGreehan: I am very proud to second the motion, which reconfirms Seanad Éireann's commitment to the Good Friday Agreement and welcomes the shared island unit. As somebody who was not old enough to vote for the agreement, I am particularly delighted to stand up in this House and say that I believe, as my family and I believed 23 years ago, that this is the way to a better Ireland. Growing up in a...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 May 2021)

Erin McGreehan: .... We have tried to deliver some justice for people across this island, particularly in the North. It is a deplorable act to give amnesty to people who have committed murders on any side. I look forward to our debate here on Monday night and hope that we will hear from the Minister on how we are going to talk to the British Government about this matter. Most of our unionist and...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Apr 2021)

Erin McGreehan: ...stools because it is so close to the Border. It has been left behind for so long. I am absolutely delighted for all the community groups and people in Omeath who have worked so hard to keep the town going over the past couple of years. I congratulate the council and thank the Minister for allocating the funding. I also welcome the apprenticeship scheme announced this morning. It is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: General Scheme of a Certain Institutional Burials (Authorised Interventions) Bill: Discussion (14 Apr 2021)

Erin McGreehan: I am very conscious that there are parents and mothers around the country listening to us who are so afraid about the possibility of exhumation being offered as the only way forward in order to meet all our human rights needs. This is very troubling for them. Ms Ansbro referred to "Taking reasonable steps to identify the deceased person and to determine the cause of death ...". That is...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Mar 2021)

Erin McGreehan: ...saw the signing of a memorandum of understanding between the Northern Irish Government, the Irish Government and the US. This consortium is a research organisation which will drive cancer research forward and, it is to be hoped, save many lives in the future. This year marks 20 years since the foot and mouth disease crisis. The Cooley Peninsula, north Louth and south Armagh were...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: The EU and Irish Unity - Planning and Preparing for Constitutional Change: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Mar 2021)

Erin McGreehan: ...of a united Ireland. The elephant in the room is the fact we do not have enough of the divergent voices at this committee meeting. Referring to what Deputy Smith said, have we fulfilled the Good Friday Agreement? Last night, Naomi Long made a very valid comment. To paraphrase her, she said that if there is a divided Northern Ireland, there will not be a united Ireland. Northern...

Seanad: Family Leave Bill 2021: Second Stage (12 Mar 2021)

Erin McGreehan: ...to bolster and support gender equality and are integral to supporting child, maternal and paternal health and welfare, as well as birth rates and female participation in the labour market. The goal of all of us here is, I believe, to create a society where child-rearing is a gender-neutral activity. It is part of increasing women's participation in the labour market and reducing the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes: Engagement with the Minister for Children, Disability, Equality, Integration and Youth (16 Feb 2021)

Erin McGreehan: .... We are all disappointed with the contradictions. The executive summary does not relate to the testimony in a way. It is cold, as the Minister rightly said. This is an independent report, not a Government or Oireachtas report, but the Oireachtas now has responsibility to deal with it. Is there a way that we as a Government and the Department can make an official statement about the...

Seanad: Remote Working Strategy: Motion (15 Feb 2021)

Erin McGreehan: I was not going to speak. Having listened to the contributions and all the advertising about Fine Gael's new telecommunications company laying the pipes and fibre broadband across the country, however, I had to say something. I commend Senator Currie on the motion. Remote working has been the only way my family has been able to operate over the past five or six years, having a business at...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Hospital Waiting Lists (9 Dec 2020)

Erin McGreehan: ...who has received the worst news from one of those scans. It is coming up to the fourth anniversary and there is not a day when I do not think about that little person. It is great that women going through similar experiences, and who will get similar news today and in the future, will not be alone. I submitted this Commencement matter issue mainly from frustration and impatience. From...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: National Disability Inclusion Strategy: Discussion (4 Nov 2020)

Erin McGreehan: ...human rights space. As a society and as a world, we have excluded people with disabilities from taking part in the normal day-to-day things that we all take for granted, such as getting on a bus, going to work, going to a playground or going to school. In all of this, we have created a disability without looking for their abilities. I greatly welcome the commitment on human rights. ...

Seanad: Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2020: Second Stage (23 Sep 2020)

Erin McGreehan: ...tree species are inherently more vulnerable to pests and diseases than indigenous tree species. When is it hoped the backlog will be cleared? How many licences will be granted this year and per annum going forward?

Seanad: Education: Statements (28 Jul 2020)

Erin McGreehan: ...packages we have ever seen in the education sector. As a mother, I am delighted and relieved that this announcement has been made. I can now speak to my children with certainty, outline what is going on, help them to reconcile with the new reality, explain the issues to them, reduce their anxieties and try to help them adapt to new terms such as "bubbles" and "pods" and the rules that...

Seanad: Health (General Practitioner Service and Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) Bill 2020: Second Stage (24 Jul 2020)

Erin McGreehan: ...this Bill to the House. It marks another step in trying to achieve the Sláintecare principle of universal access to care at low cost or no cost. It is a great sign of the way this Government is going when one of its first Bills through the House is to extend access to healthcare. Families all over the country struggle day in and day out. I know that. I was glad on a number of...