Results 1-20 of 93 for speaker:Eileen Lynch

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Jul 2025)

PJ Murphy: I wish to draw attention to the condition and structural stability of Ireland's tallest and possibly most iconic monastic round tower, namely, Kilmacduagh in Tierneevin in south County Galway. In documents dating back over 250 years, a slight lean in that round tower was documented. Local archaeologists and local people monitoring the tower have noted a major increase in the lean of the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Jul 2025)

PJ Murphy: I wish to raise a topic that has been mentioned in the national media in recent days, which is the issuing of online sick notes in the State through websites that require no consultation whatsoever with a registered medical practitioner. A number of websites are offering a service where people can go online, submit their personal details, submit the details of their employer, select the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Jul 2025)

Eileen Lynch: I wish to address a matter I have raised before, namely, the need to provide ring-fenced funding for transport for those in receipt of adult disability day services. Currently in my county of Cork, there are 242 users of adult disability day services across 25 providers. The issue is that there is no transport provision or funding for a child using the services. These are provided until a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Dog Control and Sheep-Worrying: Discussion (2 Jul 2025)

Eileen Lynch: I thank all the organisations for their briefings. It has been very informative. I did not realise the number of non-microchipped pet dogs there was in the country. With regard to my background, I keep greyhounds. It is an incredibly regulated sport. We have to microchip our dogs if we want to register them and if we want them to compete. It is incredibly lax that the same does not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Dog Control and Sheep-Worrying: Discussion (2 Jul 2025)

Eileen Lynch: I have one point relating to how dogs are getting on lands. It is not so much the night attacks, but the attacks during the day when people are leaving dogs loose. Dogs should not be on a farmer's land if it is private property. There is a slightly different issue if it is mountain land or commonage in certain places. In 2021, there was a proposal that all rights of way, which were rights...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (2 Jul 2025)

Eileen Lynch: I thank the officials for their attendance and their briefing. Has the 2023 Act been commenced in its entirety?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (2 Jul 2025)

Eileen Lynch: On unfair trading practices, I understand that this is a regulation to enforce the existing directive to allow greater co-operation between enforcement bodies within the various member states. What actual power will the regulator have when it comes to legal cases being taken? I appreciate that co-operation exists and information is shared. Also, if a general unfair trading practice emerges...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (2 Jul 2025)

Eileen Lynch: So the regulation would allow for obligatory enforcement if, say, an Irish buyer takes an action against a French suppler and the decision is made here but the two enforcement authorities work together to enforce that in the second country. On the other COM proposal, I note that the Department's briefing on the implications for Ireland sets out that the Department is concerned about any...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (2 Jul 2025)

Eileen Lynch: Do the officials think that issue will be resolved, as negotiations are ongoing?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Housing Delivery, Service and Supply: Discussion (1 Jul 2025)

PJ Murphy: I will start by addressing the witnesses from the ESB. I am from the southern part of the Galway East constituency. For six years, I represented the Gort–Kinvara local electoral area on Galway County Council. Thankfully, we do not have ESB capacity issues in our area. Connections are generally forthcoming. That is very much appreciated. One issue that we have with the ESB in our...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Housing Delivery, Service and Supply: Discussion (1 Jul 2025)

PJ Murphy: I would very much appreciate that. Perhaps the committee could engage with the generation business because this site has been left in limbo for many years. It is an imposing site overlooking south Galway and the people of south Galway are anxious to know the long-term plans for it. Moving to Uisce Éireann, as I mentioned, I formerly represented the Gort-Kinvara local electoral area...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Housing Delivery, Service and Supply: Discussion (1 Jul 2025)

PJ Murphy: Given that answer and the progress since the establishment of Uisce Éireann or Irish Water, I can only assume that if the unserviced villages I mentioned are to apply through the process suggested and wait to be selected and serviced, the young people waiting on houses will be talking to their grandchildren about the possibility of living in these villages. The housing crisis is now....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Housing Delivery, Service and Supply: Discussion (1 Jul 2025)

PJ Murphy: I will be very quick, as I am being called to a vote in the Seanad. I listened to the answer given to my colleague, Senator Rabbitte, about the technical infrastructure task force. That answers a lot of the questions I had. In terms of the number of unserviced villages in south Galway, the southern half of County Galway is particularly poorly serviced when it comes to wastewater...

Seanad: Dental Services: Motion (25 Jun 2025)

Eileen Lynch: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. Gabhaim buíochas leis as a bheith sa Teach linn inniu. I rise to support this important motion which calls attention to the future of oral healthcare in Ireland and the steps we must take to ensure that access is fair, services are reliable and regulation is fit for purpose. As has already been mentioned by my colleagues, the Government...

Committee on European Union Affairs: Sustainable Development Goals: Discussion (25 Jun 2025)

Eileen Lynch: It did. We won. I thank the witnesses very much for their presentations. We are addressing an incredibly important issue and it is undoubtedly disappointing to see where we are in 2025 with regard to our delivery on the SDGs and how we compare at the European level. There are many areas of concern but what do the organisations see as the biggest area of concern for us, as a nation, in...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Passport Services (24 Jun 2025)

Eileen Lynch: I thank the Minister of State for taking the time to be in the Chamber to take this matter. I acknowledge my colleague, Councillor Rory Cocking, who has been working closely on this issue with me. The issue I raise is particularly important at present as we traditionally see a big increase in the number of passport applications made at this time of year, as people head off on their summer...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Passport Services (24 Jun 2025)

Eileen Lynch: I thank the Minister of State for her reply. As she correctly outlined, it is not the response I hoped to get. I take the point that passport renewal is a fantastic service, and 99% of people are able to avail of it. However, the issues around time generally are not caused by renewals. They are caused by new applications. It is important for that to be mentioned along with the disparity...

Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Bill 2025: Second Stage (19 Jun 2025)

PJ Murphy: The housing crisis is the greatest challenge facing this State. It is an emergency, and emergencies call for immediate action. This Bill, I have no doubt, will help many tenants renting around Ireland. As somebody who lives in and has represented an area within a rent pressure zone for the past six years, I have some concerns about accidental landlords and the fact that inclusion in rent...

Seanad: Food Promotion and New Markets: Statements (18 Jun 2025)

Eileen Lynch: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. Go n-éirí an t-ádh leis sa phost sa Roinn talmhaíochta. Coming from a beef and dairy farm and having been elected to the agricultural panel, I welcome the opportunity to speak today about the importance of food promotion and accessing new markets, an area that speaks directly to our rural, agrarian economy, our farming...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: TB Eradication Programme: Discussion (18 Jun 2025)

Eileen Lynch: That will become effective with these new measures, so almost immediately.