Results 281-300 of 1,132 for speaker:Garret Ahearn

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Feb 2022)

Garret Ahearn: Hyperemesis gravidarum is a condition that around 10% of women suffer from during pregnancy. Most people who have never been through it call it morning sickness. It is nothing like morning sickness. It is a severe illness that women have for nine months of their pregnancy. It probably became well known because Kate Middleton had it the first time she had a child. Currently, there are...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Feb 2022)

Garret Ahearn: I welcome two announcements over the past 24 hours. Yesterday, Cahir, County Tipperary, was announced as being the best location in Europe in which to film. It won the European Film Commissions Network's best filming location award. It is significant for Cahir and especially for Cahir Castle. Films have been produced at the beautiful setting for years, which will only increase over the...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Work Permits (17 Feb 2022)

Garret Ahearn: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Naughton, and thank her for taking this Commencement matter. I understand that the Tánaiste is abroad. I thank him, his staff and the Minister of State, Deputy English. While I wish to discuss the frustration among employers and people who are coming to the country with the work permit system, it is first important to acknowledge that the...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Work Permits (17 Feb 2022)

Garret Ahearn: I thank the Minister of State. Her final comments are significant. A tripling of the staff numbers will obviously have an impact. It will make a big difference in March. That is to be welcomed. One of the frustrations very often expressed to us by employers is the reason they are refused. For example, in one case the owner of a steel company in Tipperary put forward three candidates for...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Feb 2022)

Garret Ahearn: I support Senator Gavan's comments on University Hospital Limerick. I have no reason to disbelieve the comments he made. From all the reports I have ever heard from management in that hospital, it is believable that this happened. In fairness to the Minister for Health, the Senator would not have found out that information-----

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Feb 2022)

Garret Ahearn: -----if he had not come down himself without telling them. We had a meeting with him yesterday in which he said he was arriving this morning to meet them so he obviously kept what he was doing quiet and that has triggered them trying to hide patients, which is an utter disgrace. I want to ask the Acting Leader two questions. It was reported last night by Daniel McConnell that at the Fianna...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Development of Indigenous Irish Enterprise: Discussion (16 Feb 2022)

Garret Ahearn: I thank Mr. Clancy and Mr. McElwee for their opening contributions and wish Mr. Clancy well in his new role. I know it is seven or eight months now but in Tipperary we are always impressed and delighted when one of our own gets to such a good and significant role. It is not that Mr. Clancy will have any bias towards his home county but he was talking about regional and rural development and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Development of Indigenous Irish Enterprise: Discussion (16 Feb 2022)

Garret Ahearn: Thanks very much.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Feb 2022)

Garret Ahearn: I welcome the three young McGreehans to Seanad Éireann today. They should be very proud of their mother. From looking at them and how well behaved they are, I think Fianna Fáil will be well represented in Louth for the years to come. The town and village renewal scheme is an important scheme for towns and villages in my county of Tipperary. It is part of a number of schemes in...

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Members of the European Parliament (23 Feb 2022)

Garret Ahearn: I thank all the MEPs for their contributions. It has been a very worthwhile discussion. To follow on from what Senator Malcolm Byrne said, I ask that they call out some of their colleagues, who went a different route in terms of supporting Russia and others. I was at the launch of a regional enterprise plan last Friday for the mid-west region of Tipperary, Clare and Limerick. The region...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Shared Services (24 Feb 2022)

Garret Ahearn: I welcome the Minister of State to the Chamber and thank him for taking this Commencement matter. It is appreciated. Many good people work in local authorities. They are very proud to work in them and they give great service to the State. When negative comments are made, either in these Houses or elsewhere, about local authorities and public servants and what they do, it tarnishes all...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Shared Services (24 Feb 2022)

Garret Ahearn: I thank the Minister of State for his response. He is correct that the work of the staff of Tipperary County Council during the pandemic has been phenomenal. They are very much to be credited for that. The Minister of State made the good point that local authorities already have shared services. My argument is that what I propose should be part of these. If you ask chief executives...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Feb 2022)

Garret Ahearn: I follow on from the comments of Senators regarding the shocking news of what is happening in Ukraine. I express my solidarity to the people of Ukraine on what they are going through. It has been a difficult number of weeks but today is different from the events of recent weeks because it is actually happening. People's lives have been drastically changed in the past 24 hours. I have...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Feb 2022)

Garret Ahearn: This was committed to in the national development plan last October. One cannot just change one's mind overnight but tell no one about it, with Oireachtas Members finding out about it in an email a week before Christmas. That is not the way government performs and it is not the way the Green Party should be treating us in government. This is a really significant investment in the area and...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Mar 2022)

Garret Ahearn: I normally ask for a Minister to do something, but I will be different this time. I want to thank a couple of Ministers. Yesterday there was an announcement in County Tipperary of the go-ahead for Fethard primary care centre. Members will be aware I have brought this up a number of times in the Seanad and I tabled this as a Commencement matter. It is a very important primary care centre...

Seanad: Situation in Ukraine: Statements (1 Mar 2022)

Garret Ahearn: I welcome the Minister to the Chamber. I have been listening to debates in this Chamber for over a year and a half and I have heard some strange comments in that time but I struggle to think of a more daft comment than what I have heard from one Senator tonight. I do not know if the Minister was here when it was said. The question was put as to whether Ireland is on Russia's side. These...

Seanad: Situation in Ukraine: Statements (1 Mar 2022)

Garret Ahearn: Yes. If Ukrainian citizens who are also Irish citizens want to leave Ukraine but are male and aged between 18 and 60, how does the Irish State deal with that? I listened today to Ms Adi Roche, who is from Clonmel and an expert in matters relating to Chernobyl in Ukraine. She said Ireland will never leave people behind when it comes to humanity and protecting people. I commend the Minister...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Mar 2022)

Garret Ahearn: I have just come from a committee. I am getting a number of calls from sports clubs in Tipperary eagerly awaiting confirmation of the funding announced by the Minister of State, Deputy Jack Chambers, two weeks ago. We rang clubs to let them know the good news that Tipperary got €7 million in funding, an incredible increase from the previous figure of €1.5 million. The sports...

Seanad: Housing Policy: Motion (2 Mar 2022)

Garret Ahearn: Tomorrow at 10.30 a.m.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Right to Request Remote Work Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Mar 2022)

Garret Ahearn: I thank Ms King and Ms McElwee for their contributions. They are miles apart in their views; nonetheless I thank them for coming before us. Ms McElwee spoke about how employers are not yet fully aware of the opportunities of remote working. What, if anything, is IBEC doing to inform employers of the positive opportunities available to them? Is it engaging with companies that have been...