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Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (25 Sep 2019)

Maria Byrne: The Minister of State's notes are all based on the groupings, that is the only thing. There may be some repetition.

Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (25 Sep 2019)

Maria Byrne: I call on Senator Higgins to move amendment No. 1.

Seanad: Relationships and Sexuality Education: Statements (25 Sep 2019)

Maria Byrne: I welcome the Minister here today. I would like to pay tribute to the education committee and the stakeholders who came before the committee as witnesses and contributed to the report which we presented to the Minister. Quite a lot of work went into it. People were very emotive in what they had to say and spoke very openly about what they would like to see included in the report and there...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Mutual Recognition of Decisions on Supervision Measures) Bill 2019: Second Stage (2 Oct 2019)

Maria Byrne: When is it proposed to take Committee Stage?

Seanad: Education (Student and Parent Charter) Bill 2019: Order for Second Stage (2 Oct 2019)

Maria Byrne: I move: "That Second Stage be taken today."

Seanad: Education (Student and Parent Charter) Bill 2019: Second Stage (2 Oct 2019)

Maria Byrne: The Minister is welcome to the House and I thank him for bringing forward this important legislation. The Joint Committee on Education and Skills considered the general scheme over a period of time and had an input into it. It is important that the same process is in place across all schools and it is most welcome that this is what the Bill proposes. Guidelines are needed because the...

Seanad: Education (Student and Parent Charter) Bill 2019: Second Stage (2 Oct 2019)

Maria Byrne: Next Tuesday.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Meeting on Health Issues: Discussion (2 Oct 2019)

Maria Byrne: The Deputy should use them wisely.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Meeting on Health Issues: Discussion (2 Oct 2019)

Maria Byrne: I welcome the Minister and his officials to the meeting. I, too, want to raise the hospital issues but there are number of points I will make that might support it. On the MRI scanner, I note and welcome that the timeline for provision is pre-Christmas and I take on board that a complementary plan for the better use of associated hospitals in the group will be put in place. There are other...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Meeting on Health Issues: Discussion (2 Oct 2019)

Maria Byrne: My understanding is that the MS post requires sign-off by the national director of recruitment. There is a recommendation for three such posts, but one would be welcome.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Oct 2019)

Maria Byrne: The Order of Business is No. 1, motion re the arrangements for the sitting of the House for Tuesday, 8 October, to be taken on the conclusion of the Order of Business without debate; No. 2, motion re the appointment of members of the Legal Services Regulatory Authority, back from committee, to be taken the conclusion of No. 1 without debate; and No. 3, statements on the beef sector, to be...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Oct 2019)

Maria Byrne: I thank the ten Senators who raised the different issues today. Senator Horkan started off by wishing Ireland all the best. I do not know what the score is but I hope they are in a winning mood today.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Oct 2019)

Maria Byrne: Everybody here in the House is united in wishing Ireland all the best.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Oct 2019)

Maria Byrne: I applaud the supporters, certainly, for the way that they have conducted themselves.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Oct 2019)

Maria Byrne: Ireland certainly is being commended. Even after the match the other day, they stayed and clapped the Japanese. We are renowned for the way that we carry on when we are abroad, certainly, in terms of sport. The budget and Brexit are the other matters Senator Horkan raised, and how the Good Friday Agreement needs to be protected. We are all in support of that and all in agreement. The...

Seanad: Sittings and Business of Seanad: Motion (3 Oct 2019)

Maria Byrne: I move:That, notwithstanding anything in the Standing Orders relative to Public Business, the Seanad shall meet at 3.30 p.m. on Tuesday, 8th October, and Standing Orders 29 and 30 shall stand suspended.

Seanad: Legal Services Regulatory Authority Appointments: Motion (3 Oct 2019)

Maria Byrne: I move:That Seanad Éireann, noting that the Government agreed on 1st October, 2019, to propose, for the approval of Seanad Éireann, the re-appointment of the persons concerned to be members of the Legal Services Regulatory Authority, and pursuant to sections 9 and 10 of the Legal Services Regulation Act 2015, approves the re-appointment, with effect from 1st October, 2019, by the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Insurance Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Oct 2019)

Maria Byrne: I apologise for not being here earlier, but I was in the Seanad. I was at a meeting of a voluntary group last Friday and the cost of insurance for all community and volunteer groups was raised. The group found that when it applied for insurance for a men's shed or whatever it was almost treated as a commercial entity. Are there any plans to treat community and voluntary groups...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Oct 2019)

Maria Byrne: I joined a march in Limerick last Saturday attended by thousands of people protesting the decision of the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, to grant a licence for the burning of rubber tyres and various other forms of rubbish in a cement kiln at the Irish Cement plant on Dock Road. There is grave concern among residents. There are schools and many older people in the affected community...

Seanad: Budget 2020: Statements (8 Oct 2019)

Maria Byrne: In the area of health, I welcome the €50 increase in the medical card threshold for the over-70s. People have been coming to me every week to tell me they have been caught by the threshold. The €150 per couple increase is also most welcome, as is free GP care for the under eights, dental care for the under sixes and a 50 cent reduction in prescription charges, which will help...