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Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (11 Jul 2022)

Micheál Carrigy: As I said, everyone had an opportunity. It is very important legislation. I also thank Deputy Niamh Smyth, chairperson of the committee. I forget the number of organisations we met within the course of pre-legislative scrutiny. The committee, with the full support of Deputy Niamh Smyth, felt that every organisation that wanted to meet with it should have the opportunity to do so. That...

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (11 Jul 2022)

Micheál Carrigy: The Acting Chairperson is rushing me off.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Educational Disadvantage (12 Jul 2022)

Micheál Carrigy: I thank the Cathaoirleach. The Minister of State, Deputy English, is very welcome. I wish to raise today the issue of the lack of home school community liaison co-ordinators in County Longford, and in particular, in the various towns in that county. The scheme was set up to improve the educational outcomes of children through supporting both their parents and their guardians. I will give...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Educational Disadvantage (12 Jul 2022)

Micheál Carrigy: I thank the Minister of State for his remarks at the end. I do not think it can be a case of reconfiguring the existing cohort of staff that we have. The reality of that would mean a reduction in the staff or the number of hours for a particular school. Those schools were allocated those positions for a reason, which is the high absenteeism rate. I ask the Minister of State to bring back...

Seanad: National Lottery (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Jul 2022)

Micheál Carrigy: I want to speak, but if you want the Minister of State speak first-----

Seanad: National Lottery (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Jul 2022)

Micheál Carrigy: I will let the Minister of State speak on it.

Seanad: National Lottery (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Jul 2022)

Micheál Carrigy: I want to support the Bill. I am one of the 5,000 agents in the country who has been losing money for the last 20-odd years. In my case it is in the last 15 years as an agent of the national lottery because we do not earn any income from the sales and because the sales are being made in the bookies. The media has highlighted the significant amount - the €60 million-plus - that is...

Seanad: National Lottery (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Jul 2022)

Micheál Carrigy: It is loss of income.

Seanad: National Lottery (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Jul 2022)

Micheál Carrigy: In response to Senator Crowe, it is important to mention that the private operator purchased the licence for €400 million-----

Seanad: National Lottery (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Jul 2022)

Micheál Carrigy: It is gone into the Exchequer for the building of the national children's hospital. That is important to note and gets lost in the discussion

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Jul 2022)

Micheál Carrigy: Hear, hear.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Jul 2022)

Micheál Carrigy: Like Senator Ahearn, I will never apologise for representing where I am from which is Longford. I also want to raise the whole issue of the CLÁR funding scheme which is very beneficial to community groups in my home county. I am aware that 15 applications have been submitted by Longford County Council to the Department and these schemes will be looked at over the summer months. I hope...

Seanad: Education (Provision in Respect of Children with Special Educational Needs) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (13 Jul 2022)

Micheál Carrigy: I apologise for being late to the debate. As Chair of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Autism, and as a parent, I hope that we never have to invoke section 37A. We should not have to. This country should have an inclusive educational system and we should not need to introduce legislation to ensure that a child is educated in his or her local community with his or her siblings....

Seanad: Education (Provision in Respect of Children with Special Educational Needs) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (13 Jul 2022)

Micheál Carrigy: It is a fact that the last two times that section 37A was invoked it took, respectively, four months and up to 18 months of discussions. We have children who need a school in September so discussions cannot take up to 18 months to decide whether we have schools places for 100 children and their families. That is why the process is being streamlined back to eight weeks to prevent a situation...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (12 Jul 2022)

Micheál Carrigy: I welcome everyone to the third public meeting of the Joint Committee on Autism. We have received apologies from Senator Flynn. Before we start business today, I would like to read some formal notices and the Covid-19 code of conduct. The Ceann Comhairle of the Dáil, Deputy Ó Fearghaíl, and the Cathaoirleach of the Seanad, Senator Mark Daly, published a Covid-19 code of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (12 Jul 2022)

Micheál Carrigy: I thank the Minister of State. We have circulated speaking slots for today to members. The first speaker is Deputy Tully, who has four minutes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (12 Jul 2022)

Micheál Carrigy: Deputy McHugh is next.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (12 Jul 2022)

Micheál Carrigy: Senator Ardagh is having technical difficulties with the call. Senator Garvey is next on the list, but unfortunately I am bound by the statement I made at the beginning with regard to privilege, that every member needs to be on the grounds of Leinster House. We have time before I speak again if other members want to come back in.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (12 Jul 2022)

Micheál Carrigy: While we have had some technical difficulties, Deputies Joan Collins and Carroll MacNeill have overcome their issues.