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Seanad: Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill 2024: Second Stage (28 May 2024)

Maria Byrne: I welcome the Minister and thank her for coming to the House take this important debate.

Seanad: Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill 2024: Second Stage (28 May 2024)

Maria Byrne: I thank the Minister.

Seanad: Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill 2024: Second Stage (28 May 2024)

Maria Byrne: When it is proposed to take Committee Stage?

Seanad: Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill 2024: Second Stage (28 May 2024)

Maria Byrne: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill 2024: Second Stage (28 May 2024)

Maria Byrne: When is it proposed to sit again?

Seanad: Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill 2024: Second Stage (28 May 2024)

Maria Byrne: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Rail Network (23 May 2024)

Maria Byrne: I thank the Minister of State for coming to discuss this issue. It is not her direct area of responsibility but I appreciate her addressing it. The Limerick to Foynes railway line is a 42 km stretch that was opened in 1858 and closed in 2001. Now it is being reopened, which is leading to the expansion and development of the port and which is welcome. I call for extra funding for...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Rail Network (23 May 2024)

Maria Byrne: I thank the Minister of State for setting that out very clearly. There was considerable confusion and passing from Billy to Jack going on between the three organisations. This written answer clearly lays out the criteria involved. While I understand that TII has said it helped with the noise barriers, Iarnród Éireann then came along and removed those noise barriers. There is no...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 May 2024)

Maria Byrne: I welcome the €6.8 million announced by the Government to tackle assessment of need places. I know from dealing with families in Limerick that the number of people on the waiting list locally and nationally is very large. The €6.8 million is due to cover 2,500 children nationally and it is most welcome that private assessments will be paid for by the State. I understand...

Seanad: Waste Management: Statements (22 May 2024)

Maria Byrne: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Ossian Smyth, for engaging with this all-important motion. I thank my colleagues in the Labour Party for bringing it forward. Illegal dumping is something we all face, in both urban and rural areas. It is not confined to either but occurs in both. Living in a city centre, I see a large number of public dustbins being used for domestic refuse. I have...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 May 2024)

Maria Byrne: I welcome the announcement by the Land Development Agency and Limerick City and County Council earlier this week regarding the 183 affordable homes that will be provided in Mungret College. They have gone out to tender and the process is starting. They expect to be on site before the end of the year. This is certainly a good news story for the area of Mungret, which is expanding quickly....

Seanad: Future Ireland Fund and Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund Bill 2024: Second Stage (21 May 2024)

Maria Byrne: I welcome the Minister here today to discuss this all-important Bill. It is very important because it is about future-proofing. It is not just for us, it is for our children and our children's children. It is looking to the future. The fact is that while finances are good we are looking at putting away money so that in the future if any recessions or other events occur there will be no...

Seanad: Future Ireland Fund and Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund Bill 2024: Second Stage (21 May 2024)

Maria Byrne: Next Tuesday.

Seanad: Research and Innovation Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (21 May 2024)

Maria Byrne: Does the Minister of State wish to respond?

Seanad: Research and Innovation Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (21 May 2024)

Maria Byrne: Amendments Nos. 7 to 9, inclusive, are related and may be discussed together by agreement. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Research and Innovation Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (21 May 2024)

Maria Byrne: Would the Minister of State like to respond?

Seanad: Research and Innovation Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (21 May 2024)

Maria Byrne: Amendments Nos. 18, 21 and 22 are related and may be discussed together, by agreement. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Research and Innovation Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (21 May 2024)

Maria Byrne: Is the Senator pressing the amendment?

Seanad: Research and Innovation Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (21 May 2024)

Maria Byrne: I apologise but the time permitted for this debate having expired, I am required to put the following question in accordance with the order of the Seanad of this day: "That amendment No. 19 is hereby negatived, that Fourth Stage is hereby completed, that the Bill is hereby received for final consideration and that the Bill is hereby passed."

Seanad: Research and Innovation Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (21 May 2024)

Maria Byrne: When is it proposed to sit again?