Results 21-40 of 44 for speaker:Linda Nelson Murray

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Apr 2025)

Linda Nelson Murray: I raise an issue that affects many people, which is newspaper articles on inquests and the sheer stress and heartache this causes many families. When I speak, I like to use real-life examples. I will talk about a woman I know who lost her father on 5 October 2022. This man was also known as Daddy Cool because he was loved by his daughter and granddaughter so much that, in their eyes, he...

Seanad: Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman (Amendment) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (1 Apr 2025)

Linda Nelson Murray: I wish to raise a point I raised last week. I hope I am saying this right. Section 2(1)(a)(ii) of the principal Act refers to "a sole trader, partnership, trust club or charity ... with an annual turnover in its previous financial year ... of €3 million or less". I ask that the amount would be raised to €5 million.

Seanad: Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman (Amendment) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (1 Apr 2025)

Linda Nelson Murray: Next Tuesday.

Seanad: Childcare: Statements (2 Apr 2025)

Linda Nelson Murray: Yes. I will take six minutes and Senator Ní Chuilinn will take four minutes.

Seanad: Childcare: Statements (2 Apr 2025)

Linda Nelson Murray: It is fantastic to be splitting my time with Senator Ní Chuilinn. I also have a contribution from Senator Lynch, who cannot be here today. The definition of "childcare" is the care of children, especially by a crèche, nursery, or childminder, while parents are working. I found a lovely quote which says that children are not a distraction from important work; they are the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Apr 2025)

Linda Nelson Murray: I want to speak about the safe routes to school programme. I find myself speaking about road safety quite a lot in the Chamber. I am sorry if I am driving colleagues mad, but it is very important to me and to many people in County Meath. A fantastic road safety opportunity is provided through the safe routes to school programme. In fact, it is a no-brainer. My colleague Senator Rabbitte...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Apr 2025)

Linda Nelson Murray: Yes.

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

Linda Nelson Murray: I wish to raise the issue of apprenticeships in the furniture industry. Some say that the great wind of 1839 was the start of the furniture industry in Navan, County Meath. The big wind occurred on the afternoon of 6 January and swept across Europe causing major damage and resulting in several hundred deaths. We had a plentiful supply of trees, the tools were there on the ground and we...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Apr 2025)

Linda Nelson Murray: In one of my first speeches in the Seanad, I spoke about community safety. I spoke about the fear people have walking the streets at night time and, in fact, in day time. I spoke of attacks in our local towns and how people constantly live in fear. I used the example of a store owner going to the bank at 3 p.m. who was jumped upon. Community safety was one of the biggest issues I faced on...

Seanad: Protection of Retail Workers Bill 2025: Second Stage (30 Apr 2025)

Linda Nelson Murray: I thank the Minister for being here. I echo my colleague that the Minister has got off to a fantastic start and we are delighted to have him here in the Chamber. I represent Meath West where there are a huge number of businesses across many of our towns, such as Trim, Navan, Oldcastle, and many of our villages. I am also a business owner in Navan. I am in the leisure hospitality sector,...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 May 2025)

Linda Nelson Murray: Today's Central Bank report shows that motor insurance premiums increased by 9% in the first half of last year. In fact, since 2022, premiums have risen by approximately €70. That is without the recommendation from the Judicial Council to increase awards by 17%. I will explain to those who might not understand what this is. In Ireland, we have a set of personal injury guidelines...

Seanad: Higher Education: Motion (7 May 2025)

Linda Nelson Murray: The Minister, Deputy Lawless is very welcome.

Seanad: Higher Education: Motion (7 May 2025)

Linda Nelson Murray: I am.

Seanad: Higher Education: Motion (7 May 2025)

Linda Nelson Murray: I very much welcome this motion. Coming from a really hard-working family, there was no way I was going to get away with not getting out to work early, combined, of course, with my studies. I worked all through secondary school, taking a break in my leaving cert year, and I then went back out again throughout college. It was not a huge amount of work but it was one or two days,...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Insurance Industry (8 May 2025)

Linda Nelson Murray: I thank the Minister of State for coming to the House. I hope that he and the Minister, Jim O'Callaghan, hear what I have to say. Yesterday, the Central Bank showed that motor insurance premiums increased by 9% in the first half of last year. No doubt in the next six months we will learn they have risen again. In December 2024, the Personal Injuries Guidelines Committee recommended that...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Insurance Industry (8 May 2025)

Linda Nelson Murray: I thank the Minister of State. Some 96% of cases do not even get to court, so we are talking about 4% of all cases. It has been suggested in some quarters that the 2019 legislation provided for the Judicial Council to review the guidelines, that it has now done this and we must accept its recommendation. Why? As the Minister of State mentioned, the Supreme Court made clear in the Delaney...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 May 2025)

Linda Nelson Murray: On behalf of my Fine Gael colleagues in the Seanad, I congratulate Pope Leo XIV. This has been a significant moment. We send him our heartfelt congratulations and we wish him well in his role. We hope he uses his voice for peace in an uncertain world. I am sure the Pope will do a lot of good for humanity and kindness. I would like to speak about volunteers who do this every day. Over...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 May 2025)

Linda Nelson Murray: The Department of Finance is inviting people to submit their views on the development of a new action plan for insurance reform. In case people do not know, this is very important. This consultation aims to give and gathers feedback from stakeholders to shape the next phase of insurance reform.The Action Plan for Insurance Reform 2020 delivered good progress in stabilising the insurance...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 May 2025)

Linda Nelson Murray: There are eight now.

Seanad: National Biodiversity Week: Statements (14 May 2025)

Linda Nelson Murray: Biodiversity is one of the most important and vital issues that we as a global community can tackle to improve our planet for future generations. From the breakdown of our waste to the pollination of the most delicate flower to the production of all our food sources, our biosystem has the final say on the direction our planet will take. Clever design and thought-out plans around our towns...