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Seanad: Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (30 Jun 2022)

Pauline O'Reilly: ...that my amendment was ruled out of order. I know we are not dealing with that section now, but Senator Dooley's comments make my contribution relevant at this point. In the hierarchy of waste management, recycling and composting are down the list. We must get things out of our system and we do not need to be creating more waste while saying some of it is better than others....

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Feb 2022)

Pauline O'Reilly: I thank the Senators for their welcoming remarks. I do not know how the Leader manages to respond to everyone but I will give it a go. I begin by responding to Senator Hoey, given it is important when someone raises the death of someone who did so much for society and human rights that we acknowledge that at the outset. I extend my condolences to the family of Eoin Collins, who did so much...

Seanad: Local Government (Surveillance Powers in Relation to Certain Offences) Bill 2022: Second Stage (26 Jan 2022)

Pauline O'Reilly: ...comes up and really does tie the hands of the council. I believe it is also used as a bit of an excuse in some respects to ignore the issue, the effect being a desire to wait until we have legislation or have managed to get around the GDPR issues. In another area of Knocknacarra, I was doing another litter pick. I went up to the top of a little grass verge and noted that the entire...

Seanad: Local Government (Use of CCTV in Prosecution of Offences) Bill 2021: Second Stage (5 Mar 2021)

Pauline O'Reilly: ...and it was pretty much the number one issue for us when we were on local authorities. When I was a councillor on Galway City Council, I was doing a litter pick in Knocknacarra and we found a river of waste in the middle of a developed area beside two schools. We were there with children, we walked up to the top of a verge, looked over and there was a field covered in waste. There was no...

Seanad: Biodiversity: Motion (5 Nov 2020)

Pauline O'Reilly: ...unfolding of nature around me. On my street, mowing has stopped and I see wild flowers surging, children out playing and experiencing nature and older neighbours hand-picking weeds. My campaign manager, Claire Hillery, started a campaign in Galway called "Say No to the Mow". People became aware of all the colours they could see because of the surge in the number of wild flowers. When...