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Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Special Educational Needs (11 Jun 2024)

Erin McGreehan: Following on from Senator Clonan, my Commencement matter deals with a similar theme, namely the inaccessibility of education for people who are visually impaired. I am really glad of the opportunity to highlight issues relating to the rights of people with disabilities, particularly their right to live life on their own terms. I want to extend a really warm welcome to Ms Niamh Kilcawley and...

Seanad: Control of Dogs (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Second Stage (11 Jun 2024)

Erin McGreehan: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time". The Minister is very welcome to the House. I am very grateful that the line Minister in charge of this Bill is here. Often, we do not have a Cabinet Minister before us. I thank the Minister and the Cabinet for not opposing the Bill. In recent days, weeks and months, dog control and welfare has been at the forefront of her Department. ...

Seanad: Future Ireland Fund and Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund Bill 2024: Committee Stage (29 May 2024)

Erin McGreehan: Amendments Nos. 24 to 27, inclusive, are related and may be discussed together by agreement. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Future Ireland Fund and Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund Bill 2024: Committee Stage (29 May 2024)

Erin McGreehan: Amendments Nos. 29 to 31, inclusive, are related and may be discussed together by agreement. Is that agreed? Agreed. Amendment No. 31 is a physical alternative to amendment No. 30.

Seanad: Future Ireland Fund and Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund Bill 2024: Committee Stage (29 May 2024)

Erin McGreehan: We are on amendments Nos. 29 to 31, inclusive.

Seanad: Future Ireland Fund and Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund Bill 2024: Committee Stage (29 May 2024)

Erin McGreehan: There are only three minutes left in this debate and we will then have to adjourn.

Seanad: Future Ireland Fund and Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund Bill 2024: Committee Stage (29 May 2024)

Erin McGreehan: When is it proposed to take Report Stage?

Seanad: Future Ireland Fund and Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund Bill 2024: Committee Stage (29 May 2024)

Erin McGreehan: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Rights-Based Approach to Day Services: Discussion (29 May 2024)

Erin McGreehan: The witnesses are all very welcome to the committee this evening. We have covered a lot of the challenges with regard to the absolute necessity that we have equalisation in pay, multiannual funding and proper capital investment in physical infrastructure and transport. Huge extra costs that have been put on to organisations and services like those represented by the witnesses with respect...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Rights-Based Approach to Day Services: Discussion (29 May 2024)

Erin McGreehan: I will follow up on all of that. We need sustainable funding but how does the move towards personalised budgets work for the service model? How does that interact with the potential for sustainable funding?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Impact of Means Testing on Carer’s Allowance and Other Social Welfare Schemes: Discussion (29 May 2024)

Erin McGreehan: I welcome the witnesses and I thank the Cathaoirleach for allowing me this space as I am not a member of this committee. I am on the Joint Committee on Disability Matters and we hear about disability, carer's allowance and how it is designed and as was articulated, quite often it is seen as a punishment and penalty on many families and that the practicality of caring is ignored or not looked...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Impact of Means Testing on Carer’s Allowance and Other Social Welfare Schemes: Discussion (29 May 2024)

Erin McGreehan: To follow up on that needs test idea, we have a Green Paper on Disability Reform. That is the exact reason the Green Paper was scrapped to ensure a medical assessment of the person as opposed to something else. The best practice that Ms Cox mentioned, such as tiered payments based on medical need, is something that we no longer have, thankfully, as it was a win for disability groups to get...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Impact of Means Testing on Carer’s Allowance and Other Social Welfare Schemes: Discussion (29 May 2024)

Erin McGreehan: I welcome the witnesses. Following on from our last session, we see the harshness that means testing delivers for many families. As I said, it does not take into account the cost of a mortgage, the extra cost of heating a home or the extra cost of having a disability and having to care. It seems that, quite often, the Department of Social Protection appears to have no sense of how it keeps...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 May 2024)

Erin McGreehan: I raise the plight of thalidomide victims again in this House. I ask that An Taoiseach prioritises the talks with the Irish Thalidomide Association and that there is a conclusion to the saga and hell that thalidomide victims have had to go through for more than 60 years. They absolutely deserve a State apology, the acknowledgement of victims who are not as yet acknowledged, adequate...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Health Services (23 May 2024)

Erin McGreehan: I welcome the Minister of State. I want to ask the Department of Health to ensure accessibility to healthcare for all patients accessing and engaging with healthcare providers. I ask that all patients are corresponded and communicated with in as accessible a manner as is technologically and physically possible, taking into account the various disabilities within our population. I want to...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Health Services (23 May 2024)

Erin McGreehan: Go raibh maith agat. I appreciate this is a general response with regard to accessibility. Absolutely, there has been an awful lot of positive work done with regard to the EU web accessibility directive and we are working through that as a State. Healthcare providers have responsibilities under the existing legislation, which goes back to 2014. People have the right to access healthcare....

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Health Services (23 May 2024)

Erin McGreehan: It is amazing what they can do.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Health Services (23 May 2024)

Erin McGreehan: I thank the Minister of State.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 May 2024)

Erin McGreehan: I welcome the fact we will hopefully see the framework for the life carbon farming project. That framework will help farmers, foresters and other landowners take climate actions, reduce greenhouse gases and enhance carbon capture. We need EU-wide co-ordinated monitoring of ratification and reporting methods. I ask for a debate in the House on how the Minister is working with his EU...