Results 1-18 of 18 for speaker:Dee Ryan

Seanad: Mental Health and Suicide Prevention: Statements (15 May 2025)

Dee Ryan: I thank the Minister of State for giving us his time today to discuss this important issue. First, as a Limerick person I acknowledge and thank her for the support she has given the Limerick community access support team. It is a pilot initiative that she and the then Minister of State at the Department of Justice, Deputy Browne, came to Limerick to launch last October. It went live in...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Bus Services (13 May 2025)

Dee Ryan: The Minister of State is very welcome. It is great to have him here again. I am particularly delighted to get the opportunity to address through this Commencement matter an issue I am particularly passionate about. It is a matter I have been working on for a number of years, that is, the broader matter of the improved public transport and active travel facilities for the citizens of...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Bus Services (13 May 2025)

Dee Ryan: The group is very welcome. We have a vibrant Probus group in Limerick. I hope to have them to the Oireachtas at some stage. I thank the Minister of State for his response. I appreciate its thoroughness. As I said, we are very excited in Limerick about the ambition of the overall Limerick Shannon metropolitan area transport strategy, which had great engagement from people right across...

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

Dee Ryan: I rise today for the first time to represent the Fianna Fáil Party as leader on the Order of Business. It is absolutely fitting that I would raise as my first issue the biggest issue for us in the mid-west, as the Leas-Chathaoirleach will be aware, which is the issue of the University Hospital Limerick, UHL, overcrowding at the accident and emergency department, and the consequent...

Seanad: EU Regulations: Motion (8 May 2025)

Dee Ryan: I move: That Seanad Éireann approves the exercise by the State of the option or discretion under Protocol No. 21 on the position of the United Kingdom and Ireland in respect of the area of freedom, security and justice annexed to the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, to take part in the adoption and application of the following...

Seanad: EU Regulations: Motion (8 May 2025)

Dee Ryan: The Minister is very welcome to the Chamber. I thank him for that comprehensive overview of what is proposed. From our internal party discussions and the utterances of the Minister for Justice, the Minister for public expenditure, Deputy Chambers, and indeed the Taoiseach, I note we are very focused in government on improving agility within the business community here and competitiveness in...

Seanad: Higher Education: Motion (7 May 2025)

Dee Ryan: I propose to share time with Senator Curley.

Seanad: Higher Education: Motion (7 May 2025)

Dee Ryan: I welcome the Minister and thank him for joining us in the Chamber and giving us his time to discuss this important topic. I thank our colleagues in Fine Gael for bringing forward this motion and giving us the space to share our concerns, ambitions and desires for this important sector that the Minister has taken charge of. I wish him well with his work. It is important not just to the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Apr 2025)

Dee Ryan: I rise to highlight an event coming up in Limerick next week which is of tremendous community pride, which I believe should be brought to the attention of the relevant Minister, perhaps the Minister for local government, and which could be replicated throughout the country. I refer, of course, to Team Limerick Clean-up. This is a one-day clean-up that is in its tenth year. Last year,...

Seanad: International Trade and International Relations: Statements (Resumed) (3 Apr 2025)

Dee Ryan: I welcome the Minister of State. I would like to reflect comments already made about the reassuring, calm approach that the Tánaiste has taken this morning. That has been echoed in all the Ministers' comments which I have heard on the media this morning and in President Ursula von der Leyen's comments too. The cool heads which are approaching this trade issue and potential trade war...

Seanad: Housing: Statements (2 Apr 2025)

Dee Ryan: The Minister is welcome. I thank him for his time in the Chamber to discuss this critical issue. I also thank him for the time he gave last week in Limerick during his visit with the Taoiseach. The extensive, in-depth and candid interview he gave to our local radio station, Live 95 FM, was excellent and is available as a podcast. I also thank him for the time he spent with local...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Mar 2025)

Dee Ryan: I raise the issue of the recent disruption at Heathrow Airport and the impact it had on air travel in the UK and right across Europe. The prospect of similar disruption at Dublin Airport, and the oversized disruption that would, God forbid, cause in Ireland, should set alarm bells ringing for the Irish aviation authorities. While Heathrow is the busiest airport in the UK, with 79.2 million...

Seanad: Road Safety: Statements (25 Mar 2025)

Dee Ryan: I welcome the Minister of State and thank him for taking the time to discuss road safety in the House. I wish him and his Department officials well in the important work ahead of them in delivering on the ambitious goals in the programme for government. It was an issue of concern at virtually every door I knocked on during the general election campaign. The condition of local roads, the...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Emergency Departments (27 Feb 2025)

Dee Ryan: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. It is great to have him in the Chamber and I thank him for coming to discuss the matter I have raised, which is the chronic shortage of accident and emergency capacity in the mid-west. The situation at University Hospital Limerick is simply unacceptable. The 420,000 people in Limerick, Clare and north Tipperary must rely on one overcrowded and...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Emergency Departments (27 Feb 2025)

Dee Ryan: I thank the Minister of State for the update. I acknowledge the extensive investment the mid-west received in the course of the previous Government. When I heard the Minister of State call it all out for us, it sounded very impressive, but the mid-west was already at a significant disadvantage in terms of hospital care and the efforts made thus far have not yet brought it to a par with the...

Seanad: Public Transport: Motion (26 Feb 2025)

Dee Ryan: I welcome the Minister of State and thank him for joining us today for this important discussion. I appreciate his time. I want to highlight a number of matters critical for us in Limerick. It was music to my ears earlier to hear the Minister, Deputy O'Brien, commit to the next five years being dedicated to delivery.As a Limerick woman, I am pleased to tell Senators we have ambitious and...

Seanad: Community Safety: Statements (25 Feb 2025)

Dee Ryan: The Minister of State is welcome. I thank him for facilitating this important debate on community safety. Throughout the recent general, local and mayoral elections I canvassed in, people voiced their deep concerns about Garda visibility. Whether I was speaking to young families, elderly residents living alone or business owners in city centres, the message was clear: people want more...

Seanad: Community Safety: Statements (25 Feb 2025)

Dee Ryan: At 10.30 a.m. tomorrow.