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Seanad: Appropriation Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (18 Dec 2020)

Seán Kyne: I thank the Minister of State for his generous offer to discuss the issues relating to Galway, which I will certainly take him up on. I also concur with Senator Casey's point that many people think councillors have already received pay increases because they have been announced a number of times. A number of councillors have told me that people have said to them that councillors have...

Seanad: Appropriation Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (18 Dec 2020)

Seán Kyne: Has the Senator tabled an amendment to that effect?

Seanad: Appropriation Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (18 Dec 2020)

Seán Kyne: Has the Senator tabled an amendment?

Seanad: Appropriation Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (18 Dec 2020)

Seán Kyne: Does the Senator have an amendment tabled?

Seanad: Appropriation Bill 2020: Motion for Earlier Signature (18 Dec 2020)

Seán Kyne: I move: "That, pursuant to subsection 2° of section 2 of Article 25 of the Constitution, Seanad Éireann concurs with the Government in a request to the President to sign the Appropriation Bill 2020 on a date which is earlier than the fifth day after the date on which the Bill shall have been presented to him.”

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Dec 2020)

Seán Kyne: I had the privilege to serve in the Department of Rural and Community Development with the then Minister, Michael Ring, when the rural regeneration and development fund was put in place. At the same time, the then Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government, Deputy Eoghan Murphy, put in place the urban regeneration and development fund to fund strategic projects. I am sure we all...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Dec 2020)

Seán Kyne: The temporary wage subsidy scheme, TWSS, was introduced by the previous Government as a badly-needed and welcome measure to support businesses and workers during the pandemic. It proved to be a lifeline for many businesses across the country and kept workforces together in order to be prepared to ramp up work and production once the crisis passed. Many businesses adapted their work...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Roll-out of Covid-19 Vaccination: Discussion (16 Dec 2020)

Seán Kyne: I concur with the Chair's comments and thank Professor MacCraith, the task force, Professor Butler, and the team at the national immunisation advisory committee at the HSE and the Department of Health for their work to date in developing the strategy and implementation plan. From reading the strategy and the plan, it is clear the guidance and advice received from the European Commission in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Roll-out of Covid-19 Vaccination: Discussion (16 Dec 2020)

Seán Kyne: I know Dr. Henry mentioned GPs. He did not reference pharmacists unless I missed it. I agree that there be a communications strategy but I ask that the witnesses look at and engage with Twitter and Facebook in terms of the possibility of misleading information because these things can grow rapidly and go viral very quickly if they are not challenged and corrected.

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2020: Second Stage (14 Dec 2020)

Seán Kyne: I welcome the Minister to the House. I welcome the total budget of some €25.1 billion for social protection for the year ahead, which in itself is an increase of some €4 billion compared with what was announced on budget day. This increase is mainly for the pandemic unemployment payment and jobseeker's supports. This is a clear example of the Government reacting to changing...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2020: Committee Stage (11 Dec 2020)

Seán Kyne: Senator Chambers has covered many of the points I wanted to mention. My party has supported increases in carbon tax since the previous Government and increasing it was in our manifesto, as it was for most parties in this Chamber. As Senator Chambers pointed out, carbon tax is not about collecting money for the purpose of penalising anybody. It is about changing attitudes. Any money...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2020: Committee Stage (11 Dec 2020)

Seán Kyne: Next Wednesday.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: School Accommodation (9 Dec 2020)

Seán Kyne: I welcome the Minister and thank her for attending in person. It is very important that senior Ministers attend debates here in the Seanad. It is also important for my constituents. On 7 October 2015, a delegation from Scoil Mhuire, Maigh Cuilinn, travelled to Leinster House to meet the then Minister for Education and Skills, Jan O'Sullivan, to deliver a petition. The former Deputy, Derek...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: School Accommodation (9 Dec 2020)

Seán Kyne: I thank the Minister for the update. I acknowledge the work of her Department's officials and the board of management over many years. As I said, there is frustration in the community regarding the pace of this project. I acknowledge the funding that was allocated to the design team in May of this year, the new temporary structures provided in September and the further progress that has...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Dec 2020)

Seán Kyne: The Judicial Council Act 2019 allowed for the nomination of a date for the establishment of the personal injuries guidelines committee which would then prepare guidelines on the level of damages awarded for claims within the State and, for comparative reasons, outside of the State to allow for the promotion of consistency in awards and in terms of the principles for the assessment of awards...

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Gnó an Chomhchoiste (9 Dec 2020)

Seán Kyne: Aontaím gur cheart scríobh chuig an gCeann Comhairle faoin ábhar seo, faoin easpa acmhainní atá ann agus faoin moill atá curtha ar phlé an choiste maidir leis an mBille. Tá súil agam go mbeidh níos mó ama ann sa bhliain nua chun an Bille a chríochnú agus go mbeidh deireadh leis an scéal tábhachtach seo. Tá a...

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Bille na dTeangacha Oifigiúla (Leasú), 2019: Plé (9 Dec 2020)

Seán Kyne: Cuirim fáilte roimh an méid atá ráite ag na finnéithe. Bhí sé an-suimiúil agus tá a lán le léamh agam sna ráitis atá tugtha acu. Tá a lán ciall iontu. Tá clár ar an teilifís faoi láthair, léite ag Liam Neeson, faoin Ghorta Mhór agus an méid a tharla ó thaobh an daonra agus an...

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Bille na dTeangacha Oifigiúla (Leasú), 2019: Plé (9 Dec 2020)

Seán Kyne: Gabh mo leithscéal, tá vóta sa Seanad so caithfidh mé imeacht. Beidh mé in ann an freagra a léamh sa taifead.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Dec 2020)

Seán Kyne: I second the amendment to the Order of Business moved by the Leader of the House. It is a momentous week and a momentous number of hours as we set the clock for the final countdown to Brexit. It has been an arduous process for all involved. I would like to acknowledge the work of Michel Barnier, the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Deputy Coveney, and those who have been involved in the...

Seanad: Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2020: Report and Final Stages (8 Dec 2020)

Seán Kyne: I second the amendment.