Results 401-420 of 1,195 for speaker:Erin McGreehan

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Architects of the Good Friday Agreement: Mr. Tim O'Connor (26 May 2022)

Erin McGreehan: -----and politics worked.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Architects of the Good Friday Agreement: Mr. Tim O'Connor (26 May 2022)

Erin McGreehan: From that day on, I wanted to work in politics.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Architects of the Good Friday Agreement: Mr. Tim O'Connor (26 May 2022)

Erin McGreehan: For me, I sat around the kitchen table talking about this. I did not have a vote on it but my family did. The removal of Articles 2 and 3 was a big issue.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Architects of the Good Friday Agreement: Mr. Tim O'Connor (26 May 2022)

Erin McGreehan: There was anger. There was fury. There was hope. Hope won out then in the end because we had to do this, we could not go on anymore and we had to make that compromise. For us sitting at the kitchen table in the Cooley Mountains, the Good Friday Agreement was a starting point and not the end point. It was the starting point to what we would have in Ireland and a re-unification. It put...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Architects of the Good Friday Agreement: Mr. Tim O'Connor (26 May 2022)

Erin McGreehan: Yes, I will have to leave. I apologise for that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Architects of the Good Friday Agreement: Mr. Tim O'Connor (26 May 2022)

Erin McGreehan: I will listen back.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Architects of the Good Friday Agreement: Mr. Tim O'Connor (26 May 2022)

Erin McGreehan: I would love to. We are clearing out. Deputy Brendan Smith has the floor.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Architects of the Good Friday Agreement: Mr. Tim O'Connor (26 May 2022)

Erin McGreehan: I am an optimist when it comes to the Good Friday Agreement and wanted to see what the possibilities of that brought. I thank Mr. O'Connor for his part in that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on International Surrogacy: Potential Double Standards in Protections for Surrogate Mothers in Domestic Arrangements: Discussion (26 May 2022)

Erin McGreehan: I welcome the witnesses and thank them for their interesting and helpful information. Every week we come in here and want to learn and up our game just a little bit more, so it is very good to have such expertise in front of us. Dr. Tobin and Professor Madden clearly highlighted the double standards we could be enshrining in our law, were we to continue the way we are going at the minute....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on International Surrogacy: Potential Double Standards in Protections for Surrogate Mothers in Domestic Arrangements: Discussion (26 May 2022)

Erin McGreehan: Perfect.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on International Surrogacy: Potential Double Standards in Protections for Surrogate Mothers in Domestic Arrangements: Discussion (26 May 2022)

Erin McGreehan: Yes. My apologies.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on International Surrogacy: Potential Double Standards in Protections for Surrogate Mothers in Domestic Arrangements: Discussion (26 May 2022)

Erin McGreehan: Following on from what Senator Ruane spoke about, I have a very simple question: is uncompensated surrogacy unethical? Every single person in the process is getting paid: the doctors, the solicitors - everyone. I have four children. It is not easy. Is it unethical to expect a woman to do that, to be all virtuous, all grace and all love and to give all that for someone else just out of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on International Surrogacy: The Verona Principles: International Social Service (26 May 2022)

Erin McGreehan: I thank Ms Woellenstein for her important contribution today. We have skirted round her organisation and looked at the Verona principles. It is great to have Ms Woellenstein in front of us today. They are important principles and they have not come by accident. They have come with great research and deliberation. It is important that we take them into serious consideration and work...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Joint Meeting with Joint Committee on Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
Progressing Disability Services: Discussion (2 Jun 2022)

Erin McGreehan: It is really important that we are here together to discuss this really important issue. It is one of the most common issues we come across as public representatives. Exhausted families and children with unmet needs come to us begging for help. This issue is not just about unmet needs or waiting lists. It is actually a human rights, quality of life and opportunities in life issue. It is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Joint Meeting with Joint Committee on Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
Progressing Disability Services: Discussion (2 Jun 2022)

Erin McGreehan: It is really important that we are here together to discuss this really important issue. It is one of the most common issues we come across as public representatives. Exhausted families and children with unmet needs come to us begging for help. This issue is not just about unmet needs or waiting lists. It is actually a human rights, quality of life and opportunities in life issue. It is...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Health Services (22 Jun 2022)

Erin McGreehan: The Minister of State is very welcome. I wish to raise the issue of sickle cell disease and patients with the disease. Last weekend, I attended a fantastic celebration in Malahide to raise awareness of sickle cell disease. I have been to several awareness days in recent years. The organisation in question is an incredibly positive one, even when it comes to dealing with such a serious...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Health Services (22 Jun 2022)

Erin McGreehan: This is a growing medical issue for Irish citizens across this island. We must grow our medical intelligence to assist doctors to get the best research and care to be passed on to these patients. I reiterate the few proposals I would like the Minister of State to bring back to the Department. I would like it to focus on the cohort of people who are genetically predisposed to this disease,...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Health Services (22 Jun 2022)

Erin McGreehan: Go raibh maith agat.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Insurance Coverage (22 Jun 2022)

Erin McGreehan: Unfortunately, the Senator cannot withdraw his Commencement matter as it has already been taken. However, he can submit another Commencement matter directed at the Minister for Justice in the hope that she will come to the House. He can also request a debate on this issue during the Order of Business.