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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Progressing Disability Services: Discussion (Resumed) (22 May 2024)

Erin McGreehan: It is very hard.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Progressing Disability Services: Discussion (Resumed) (22 May 2024)

Erin McGreehan: I thank Dr. O'Leary very much.

Seanad: Disability (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (8 May 2024)

Erin McGreehan: I welcome the Minister of the State to the House. I very much welcome the opportunity to contribute. I wish I had the opportunity to sign to Senator Clonan's Bill but I was not asked to sign it. Members were reading out the list of colleagues who are signatories to this Bill, but I was not asked to sign it. I absolutely would have signed it and when it came in on Second Stage, we...

Seanad: Disability (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (8 May 2024)

Erin McGreehan: Sorry, that is not right.

Seanad: Disability (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (8 May 2024)

Erin McGreehan: I will come in briefly. I absolutely agree with what Senator Keogan has said. We went against the Cabinet on the day in question and it was a victory for disability rights.

Seanad: Disability (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (8 May 2024)

Erin McGreehan: All of us on this side of the House risked our necks a little because we are in this together.

Seanad: Disability (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (8 May 2024)

Erin McGreehan: That was what I wanted to say. We did not put forward tellers on that occasion and were delighted to have that loophole and not to get a slapping.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Challenges Facing the Bus and Coach Industry: Discussion (8 May 2024)

Erin McGreehan: I welcome our guests. I was glad to finally hear disability and accessibility mentioned during the meeting, nearly two hours in. That is very positive. I will focus on those two issues. They were not mentioned in the opening statements. Climate change and sustainability were, but disability and access for people with disabilities were not. I would like our guests' organisations to make...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Challenges Facing the Bus and Coach Industry: Discussion (8 May 2024)

Erin McGreehan: I think accessibility is something this committee should look at because people with disabilities need public transport more than anyone else.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Challenges Facing the Bus and Coach Industry: Discussion (8 May 2024)

Erin McGreehan: Yes, apologies.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Challenges Facing the Bus and Coach Industry: Discussion (8 May 2024)

Erin McGreehan: Bus Éireann first.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Challenges Facing the Bus and Coach Industry: Discussion (8 May 2024)

Erin McGreehan: Has the NTA asked for costings?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Challenges Facing the Bus and Coach Industry: Discussion (8 May 2024)

Erin McGreehan: Yes, there will be. I can go through it then.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 May 2024)

Erin McGreehan: The Order of Business today is No. 1, Employment (Collective Redundancies and Miscellaneous Provisions) and Companies (Amendment) Bill 2023 - Committee and Remaining Stages, to be taken at 11.45 a.m.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities at Local Level: Discussion (Resumed) (1 May 2024)

Erin McGreehan: There has been one Member.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities at Local Level: Discussion (Resumed) (1 May 2024)

Erin McGreehan: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities at Local Level: Discussion (Resumed) (1 May 2024)

Erin McGreehan: It was former Deputy Seán Connick from Wexford, who was also a Minister of State. He was a Member of the Lower House.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities at Local Level: Discussion (Resumed) (1 May 2024)

Erin McGreehan: He was elected in 2007, I believe. I was working here at the time. Was he a Member of this House or did he go straight to being an MEP? I think he was definitely a Member of the Houses of the Oireachtas.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities at Local Level: Discussion (Resumed) (1 May 2024)

Erin McGreehan: That is great to hear.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities at Local Level: Discussion (Resumed) (1 May 2024)

Erin McGreehan: Well done.