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Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Recycling Policy (22 Mar 2022)

Erin McGreehan: I welcome the Minister of State. I am very glad to get an opportunity to speak about this topic of the deposit return scheme. It is a concept that has potential to enable an entirely new way that people look at packaging and create new, positive habits for our country. It is a gateway to an entirely new way of consuming goods and re-imagining the concept of packaging.I am sure that some of...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Recycling Policy (22 Mar 2022)

Erin McGreehan: The poor frogs.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Recycling Policy (22 Mar 2022)

Erin McGreehan: As the saying goes, I have a dream. I have a dream that our waste and packaging will not be perceived as waste, rather as a valuable part of our economy for which there is always a use. We spend substantial amounts on picking up waste. Councils' resources are stretched by picking up rubbish. It is not rubbish, however, but a valuable product that we should always utilise. The Minister of...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Hospital Overcrowding (22 Mar 2022)

Erin McGreehan: Before we move on to the next Commencement matter, I warmly welcome two Galwegians in the Visitors Gallery, Councillor Alan Cheevers and his good friend Frank Owusu, who is a community activist. They are very welcome to Seanad Éireann.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Local Authorities (22 Mar 2022)

Erin McGreehan: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Noonan.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Diplomatic Representation (22 Mar 2022)

Erin McGreehan: Senator Malcolm Byrne also has my support on the matter.

Seanad: Humanitarian Support for Ukrainian Refugees: Statements (23 Mar 2022)

Erin McGreehan: It is so important that we are discussing this issue today. It is really hard to believe that our Ukrainian friends are facing such atrocities and horrors and are the victims of Putin's Hitler-style murder and destruction. I congratulate the Minister and the Minister of State, Deputy Rabbitte, on the work they and the Department are doing in respect of our response and thank him for the...

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

Erin McGreehan: I, too, send my deepest condolences to the Fitzpatrick family and our colleague, Mary, on the death of our former colleague, Dr. Dermot Fitzpatrick. It is a very difficult time for all of them. I stand today to call for a debate on energy security and the cost of energy. I would like the Minister, Deputy Eamon Ryan, to come to the Chamber to talk about what the Government is doing and can...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Children's Unmet Needs: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2022)

Erin McGreehan: I was in the Seanad earlier so my apologies for missing some of the contributions. I will look back at the answers. My issues are very similar to those discussed by other members in the area of recruitment. Senator Seery Kearney and I had a great meeting last week with a team in Dublin for the PDS and children's disability network teams, CDNTs. What it is doing is fantastic, but it is...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Children's Unmet Needs: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2022)

Erin McGreehan: I have a number of specific questions. First off, I wish to put forward a proposal. As a Senator and parent, if I were to bring my child to a service, there should be full transparency in what I could expect, such as what I could do and what the best avenues for me to advocate for my child would be. In the area where I live, CHO 8, if my son needs X, I should be told that there are X...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Standard of Living and Social Protection: Minister for Social Protection (24 Mar 2022)

Erin McGreehan: I welcome the Minister, who has highlighted well the efficiencies and positive work she and her Department officials are doing. They are clearly well up on the schemes. The Minister and her officials are very much on top of all these figures. A great deal of positive work is being done by the Department. From my perspective and that of this committee, we are aware of the positive changes...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Apr 2022)

Erin McGreehan: I also congratulate our new Senator, Tom Clonan. I look forward to working with him in the coming years. I welcome the Government's announcement of a basic level of income for artists but I want to link that to what was in the news today with regard to our carers and how they deserve a basic level of income. No carer should be at risk of poverty because he or she is a carer. Everyone...

Seanad: Defence (Restriction on Use of Certain Titles) Bill 2021: Second Stage (6 Apr 2022)

Erin McGreehan: I welcome the Minister to the House. I congratulate my colleague, Senator Malcolm Byrne, on bringing forward this Bill. It is long overdue. When one considers the history of this country and the men and women who wore this uniform, it is a Bill of respect. It is about standing up for democracy, being proud of our soldiers and institutions and standing tall alongside our Army and...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Apr 2022)

Erin McGreehan: This morning, the Minister for Rural and Community Development launched the 2022 Tidy Towns competition and I wish all the Tidy Towns committees the very best of luck. I congratulate them on all their tireless work every week to make our towns and villages and byroads and high roads aesthetically better. They foster such community spirit and greatly improve our communities. Nevertheless, I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Independent and Adequate Standard of Living and Social Protection - Safeguarding: Discussion (31 Mar 2022)

Erin McGreehan: I welcome our guests and thank them for their contributions. This issue is so important. It is clear we need to raise awareness and let people know what safeguarding is. We also need to ensure people will know that everyone has the right to their own advocacy. This shows the importance of the Assisted Decision Making (Capacity) Act 2015 and the need to change the paternalistic culture...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (7 Apr 2022)

Erin McGreehan: I welcome our guests. It is lovely to see them all in attendance. I was taken aback by what Mr. Sinnott quoted a departmental official as saying about us having to live in the real world. That official, I am afraid, is not living in the real world and needs to read up on his brief, whoever he was. It is disappointing to hear of that attitude among departmental officials. I was...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (7 Apr 2022)

Erin McGreehan: Given out guests' expertise, I was asking whether there is a problem in regard to that grey area. I do not have a problem but I was wondering whether there is a general one.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (7 Apr 2022)

Erin McGreehan: Media reports have suggested there was confusion whereby personal assistants have not been allowed to attend political meetings, following an incident a couple of years ago. I am asking for Ms Browne's expert opinion. Given PA service has not been legislated for, I considered it a grey area.