Results 601-620 of 1,195 for speaker:Erin McGreehan

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Rights-Based Approach and Disability Legislation: Discussion (27 Apr 2023)

Erin McGreehan: The witnesses are all very welcome. I apologise I was not here for the beginning of their contributions. I was in the Seanad Chamber. My first questions are for the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth. We are here to speak about rights-based legislation. We all need to take that approach. What are the changes, now that the Department has been restructured...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Rights-Based Approach and Disability Legislation: Discussion (27 Apr 2023)

Erin McGreehan: When will this programme start? Will it be in this school calendar year?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Rights-Based Approach and Disability Legislation: Discussion (27 Apr 2023)

Erin McGreehan: That is great. It is also great to keep the committee aware of this great work.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Shared Island Unit: Engagement with Department of the Taoiseach (27 Apr 2023)

Erin McGreehan: At the start of the shared island unit, I had a Commencement matter, because I am very interested in this area, on having a BT young scientist-style project for the shared island unit where children from all over the island would think about the future, about Ireland and about how we would navigate into their adulthood. We all know they are not shackled by budgetary concerns and all of those...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Shared Island Unit: Engagement with Department of the Taoiseach (27 Apr 2023)

Erin McGreehan: Not you. You know what I mean.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Shared Island Unit: Engagement with Department of the Taoiseach (27 Apr 2023)

Erin McGreehan: That is the whole idea of it. It is their shared island and they are creating it.

Seanad: Report of the Independent Review Group on Dignity and Equality Issues in the Defence Forces: Statements (25 Apr 2023)

Erin McGreehan: I welcome the Tánaiste to the House. It is with great humility and sadness that I stand before him today to address the subject of the extreme and vile sexual violence in the Irish Defence Forces. As a nation, we have always prided ourselves on the honour and valour exhibited by our military personnel. We have a very proud legacy but, sadly, like many organisations, it has a desperate...

Seanad: Regulation of Lobbying (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (20 Apr 2023)

Erin McGreehan: The Minister of State is very welcome to the House. I am speaking on behalf of my colleague, Senator Aidan Davitt, who is unable to attend due to a personal issue. It is my pleasure to speak today and to welcome the Second Stage debate of the Regulation of Lobbying (Amendment) Bill 2022 in Seanad Éireann. Fianna Fáil very much welcomes and supports this Bill which will pave the...

Seanad: Regulation of Lobbying (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (20 Apr 2023)

Erin McGreehan: The Senator is naming an awful lot of people who are not present in the House and are not able to defend themselves. He has continually used the names of people who are not here.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: A Rights-Based Approach and Disability Legislation: National Disability Authority (20 Apr 2023)

Erin McGreehan: I welcome the witnesses. I want to start by thanking them for the work they do for disability rights. I will start without preamble as we are all on the same page. I want to get my head around the monitoring role the NDA has, and then move on to how we can impact on the rights-based model we want. Dr. Hartney mentioned public bodies and toolkits. Is there a flow of interaction or is the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: A Rights-Based Approach and Disability Legislation: National Disability Authority (20 Apr 2023)

Erin McGreehan: Reference was made to the interaction between local authorities and Departments. Is there proactive interaction between local authorities and other public bodies or do local authorities have to come to the NDA? Do they come to it? Is the engagement proactive? Is it about someone in a local authority who is very much conscious of positive change going to the NDA for assistance? Does the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: A Rights-Based Approach and Disability Legislation: National Disability Authority (20 Apr 2023)

Erin McGreehan: That is what we want.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: A Rights-Based Approach and Disability Legislation: National Disability Authority (20 Apr 2023)

Erin McGreehan: Is such an awareness programme within the NDA's remit?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: A Rights-Based Approach and Disability Legislation: National Disability Authority (20 Apr 2023)

Erin McGreehan: It has done so much work in the area. I thank the witnesses.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: A Rights-Based Approach and Disability Legislation: National Disability Authority (20 Apr 2023)

Erin McGreehan: I wish to return to the issue of accountability in the context of the public sector and the various bodies that are in place. The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission, IHREC, has a role in this area. It has a public sector duty under section 42 of the Act. Disability is a significant area in that regard. Does the NDA have a role in supporting IHREC in the context of showing the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Pensions and Social Security: Discussion (20 Apr 2023)

Erin McGreehan: I thank the witnesses for their work and for their interest in this area. I am somewhat of an economist myself; my background is in economy. I am always trying to understand areas where convergence would work, as well as where we could work towards that convergence in order to make the reunification as structurally easy as possible. The witnesses have made it very clear in their...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Pensions and Social Security: Discussion (20 Apr 2023)

Erin McGreehan: I might not have articulated this properly. I was speaking more about hiring those lower-wage workers and giving them better employment conditions. It is the whole part of it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Pensions and Social Security: Discussion (20 Apr 2023)

Erin McGreehan: That is very interesting.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Pensions and Social Security: Discussion (20 Apr 2023)

Erin McGreehan: That is a matter of very simple and plain policy.