Results 1-12 of 12 for waste management speaker:Róisín Garvey

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: The Circular Economy: Discussion (4 Oct 2023)

Róisín Garvey: ...be the same for other sports as well. From the Department's research and findings on the circular economy, what is the biggest thing we need to look at? The Minister of State mentioned construction waste. Returning to the subject of local authorities and waste facilities, it sounds like we need to do more, expect more or ask more of the local authorities if we want to be successful...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: The Circular Economy: Discussion (4 Oct 2023)

Róisín Garvey: I purposely did not name the company. I have another idea. I love the waste management sites. I am like a Womble. I have got bikes, food mixers and televisions from them. I have even made a bicycle-powered smoothie maker out of stuff I got from landfill sites. However, there is no setup there to encourage people to come onto site to reuse such things as timber and bicycles. The lads...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Sustainable Development Goals: Discussion (28 Jun 2023)

Róisín Garvey: ...myself this summer. The main thing, for me, is the local authorities. We talk about the islands and ask why there is not community composting, or why there is not community rainwater harvesting. On waste management, some of the ferry companies are not giving a single penny to the islands, and they are making millions out of bringing people to the islands. Should we be looking at a...

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

Róisín Garvey: ...is estimated that over 3 million plastic bottles are purchased in Ireland every day; - Ireland is the highest producer of plastic packaging per capita in the European Union, producing 65kg of plastic waste per person each year, compared to the EU average of 33kg; - microplastics have been documented in over 90 per cent of Ireland’s protected marine environments; - plastic...

Seanad: Carbon Policy: Motion (19 May 2022)

Róisín Garvey: ...used to be before the Sellafield plant was built. She should visit the health board in County Louth and look at its statistics and figures. There are issues along the estuary there because of nuclear waste. I see the Senator is writing but I hope she is listening as well because this is too serious an issue to be messing around with. I do not know if Senator Keogan remembers Carnsore...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Nov 2021)

Róisín Garvey: I will talk about the Coast Guard situation in Clare. It is not just an issue in Clare. The only reason we have a Coast Guard in Ireland is the volunteers. The management would not be able to carry out the Coast Guard functions, of which there are many, by itself. I thank all the volunteers in the Irish Coast Guard for all the work they do, for free, off their own bat. They put...

Seanad: Flood Risk Management: Motion (19 Oct 2021)

Róisín Garvey: ...the frequency and intensity of flooding has greatly changed both now and into the future, as Met Éireann can confirm, because the type and intensity of our rain and our weather has changed and our flood management needs to adapt also; -floods are usually caused by a combination of events including: - heavy rains; - overflowing rivers; - broken dams; - coastal storms and storm...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: National Action Plan on the Development of the Islands: Discussion (6 Oct 2021)

Róisín Garvey: ...to get it. Maybe the islanders have been doing this for years. I was involved in getting the number of boats increased for Clare Island, for example. That lovely man, Mr. Murray, mentioned the costs of materials. Islanders are very resilient. Many things can be done on the islands. I am not sure about rainwater harvesting, for example, or how islanders manage their waste. I am aware...

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Impact of Brexit on Business Sector: Discussion (29 Mar 2021)

Róisín Garvey: I am pleased to have an opportunity to speak with the CEO, the manager for planning and Government relations and the people working on start-ups in Enterprise Ireland. It is great that we get to speak to them. I am grateful to the Chairman, Senator Chambers, for creating these opportunities. As the saying goes, one cannot beat talking. We are not meeting physically so it is important that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Roadmap to Social Inclusion: Discussion (23 Mar 2021)

Róisín Garvey: From my experience of community employment schemes and how they operate in my home constituency, on an annual basis each CE manager decides the programme of work for the CE scheme workers. Can the scheme take into account biodiversity and climate issues? I ask because many of the schemes involve spraying Roundup on weeds, cutting lawns and maintaining green spaces, which is great but I want...

Seanad: Disability Day Services: Statements (11 Nov 2020)

Róisín Garvey: ...the Minister of State. In the case to which I referred, it is difficult to think that 25 years on, every time a new issue arises with her child the mother has to go and fight it. Money is being wasted in court. We must find a better way. From the telephone calls and emails I have received it seems there is a lack of communication and clarity as to what is or is not available. The one...

Seanad: Biodiversity: Motion (5 Nov 2020)

Róisín Garvey: ...reduced the productivity of nearly 23 per cent of the global land surface, while pollinator loss increases the chances of crop failure; - up to 400 million tons of heavy metals, solvents, toxic sludge and other industrial waste enter the world’s rivers and oceans annually, while fertilisers entering coastal ecosystems have created over 400 dead zones covering a combined area of...