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Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 May 2021)

Aisling Dolan: When is it proposed to take Committee Stage?

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 May 2021)

Aisling Dolan: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Organisation of Working Time (Reproductive Health Related Leave) Bill 2021: Second Stage (24 May 2021)

Aisling Dolan: I wish to share my time equally with Senator Seery Kearney.

Seanad: Organisation of Working Time (Reproductive Health Related Leave) Bill 2021: Second Stage (24 May 2021)

Aisling Dolan: I am sure that the Minister of State, who is in the House, can see how much this issue affects every single person who has made a contribution here today. It affects men, women and their partners. This is an important topic and I am sure that he is taking our contributions to heart. I thank Senator Sherlock for her contribution and openness, which will support so many. She is very brave....

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Committee Stage (28 May 2021)

Aisling Dolan: I welcome the Minister of State. It has been a long day. I support Senator Fitzpatrick's amendment. I come from a project management background. As with anything else, it is all in the scope and the preparation and identifying what is needed in advance to make sure that we reach our targets and that our projects are going to be successful. I welcome the plans we will be developing for...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (31 May 2021)

Aisling Dolan: I wish to speak about job creation in the west. I would like to acknowledge the sterling work of our regional agencies that attract investment. On Thursday, the Tánaiste announced that Ballinasloe had won an investment of €5 million, with the expansion of Chanelle Pharma into our town. That means the creation of 60 jobs for 60 families. Chanelle Pharma is a Galway company...

Seanad: Health (Amendment) Act 2021: Motion (31 May 2021)

Aisling Dolan: I welcome the Minister to the House. Mandatory hotel quarantine was due to lapse very shortly on 7 June and we are here today to extend the relevant legislation until 31 July. We have seen how important the quarantine system has been, with potentially 59 cases identified. The figures do not include asymptomatic cases, which account for between 30% and 40% of all Covid-19 cases. There has...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Bullying and the Impact on Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2021)

Aisling Dolan: I thank all our speakers and contributors for their detailed submissions. I will start with Ms O'Dwyer, who represents the 16 ETBs. My experience of having been a member of the Galway-Roscommon ETB is all that allows me to even begin to understand the breadth of activities undertaken by the ETBs. Their remit extends from primary schools to secondary schools and all the way to higher and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Bullying and the Impact on Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2021)

Aisling Dolan: I thank Mr. Curtis. I understand time may be tight but if it is possible to come in on Deputy Farrell's time or Deputy Kehoe's time I would appreciate it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Bullying and the Impact on Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2021)

Aisling Dolan: I thank the witnesses.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Bullying and the Impact on Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2021)

Aisling Dolan: I thank the witnesses. They mentioned the school inclusion model initiated by the Minister of State, Deputy Madigan, and it has been rolled out in community healthcare organisation, CHO, 7 and they are looking at rolling it out in two other CHOs. The most recent budget had investment in occupational therapists and educational psychologists and it is really impressive to see that coming...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Bullying and the Impact on Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2021)

Aisling Dolan: I thank Ms O'Dwyer. It is crucial that not just the students, but everybody school-wide who students interacts with who should know exactly what their roles are when they see instances like this. Everyone has a role here, including special needs assistants, SNAs, teachers and principals. Would that model include those groups as well?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Bullying and the Impact on Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2021)

Aisling Dolan: This is great to know. That is a great resilience drill and tackling bullying drill.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Bullying and the Impact on Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2021)

Aisling Dolan: I thank Mr. Curtis. I suppose it is about engaging with the victims, the bystanders, the upstanders and the perpetrators. Everybody deals with it as natural because it is happening all the time. It should not be unusual that parents have to engage on this. Could I ask Ms O’Dwyer and Mr. Mulconry to expand on those other two points, if we have time?

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Jun 2021)

Aisling Dolan: There are times when emergency measures are required and when decisive action can be the difference to saving homes, farms and families. Last winter at Lough Funshinagh in County Roscommon we saw on the news a couple in their 80s abandon their home and farms flooded. We saw family homes devastated with water pumps going non-stop. A road was raised 8 ft by the county council to protect...

Seanad: Gender Pay Gap Information Bill 2021: Second Stage (14 Jun 2021)

Aisling Dolan: Well said, Senator Garvey. If the Minister was a woman and woke up tomorrow in Luxembourg, it is a tad smaller than Ireland, with only 630,000 people, but it has the Court of Justice of the European Union, and the Minister was on his way to work, he would be pretty happy getting his croissant and espresso, because there is only a 1% difference in Luxembourg. There is nowhere in the EU where...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Bullying and the Impact on Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Jun 2021)

Aisling Dolan: I have listened to the contributions this afternoon. We talked abut words we like and words we are not such big fans of. For me, the word “bullying” does not really describe the extent of what we face sometimes. It does not seem to capture the seriousness. Two earlier contributions mentioned how bullying leads to suicidal ideation. That is the shocking horror faced by the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Bullying and the Impact on Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Jun 2021)

Aisling Dolan: That is so true. It is a question of engagement across all groups in schools and at home as well.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Bullying and the Impact on Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Jun 2021)

Aisling Dolan: I know Dr. Downes presented to us previously and I thank him for taking the time today. To take away a key point, it would be that early intervention in primary school is crucial. We heard from other schools talking about the roots of empathy programme, which was very impressive. I take it that the focus on primary schools and early intervention is crucial, along with training the teachers...