Results 461-480 of 1,132 for speaker:Garret Ahearn

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Feb 2023)

Garret Ahearn: I want to let the House know there is a protest starting at 12 noon today at the front of Leinster House in Kildare Street. It is a group of hedge growers who are protesting about the amount of hedging that has been cut in recent years with the instruction or acceptance of the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. The group that is here today has written to the Minister for...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Feb 2023)

Garret Ahearn: This is what people ask me all of the time: how can it be that when the wholesale prices go up, the bills go up straight away, but we are told by Electric Ireland that when wholesale prices come down, and they are now lower than they were before the war, it cannot be done for 18 or 24 months? It cannot always be the Government that people fall back on.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Feb 2023)

Garret Ahearn: These companies and these people need to step up at this time of crisis.

Seanad: Domestic Violence (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (15 Feb 2023)

Garret Ahearn: I commend my colleague, Senator Martin, on this amending legislation, which I fully support. I agree with comments made by Senator Chambers. It is hard enough to convince people, particularly women, to report a crime but it is worse if, at the end of the process, they and the public see justice has not prevailed. It is disheartening for the individual, at the very least. It will put...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Medical Cards (16 Feb 2023)

Garret Ahearn: I thank the Minister of State for taking this Commencement matter. The Minister of State is in a neighbouring constituency quite similar to mine. She was with us recently and I thank her for that positive visit to Cashel. I have raised this because of the frustration in my office, and I am sure in hers and others across the country, of people who are not getting medical cards, even though...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Medical Cards (16 Feb 2023)

Garret Ahearn: Out of the many of the responses I have heard in this Chamber, the last minute was one of the most frank and honest responses I have had on a Commencement matter. I thank the Minister of State for that. If we could keep her in the Department of Health for a couple of years she could sort out all of the problems there. On a serious note and as the Minister of State herself said, people in...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Feb 2023)

Garret Ahearn: I ask for a debate with the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, on Irish Water on a couple of fronts. The staffing of Irish Water and the moving of staff to it from local authorities is not going quite well, to say the very least. It could have been predicted a number of years ago that this would not go quite well because of differing terms and...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Feb 2023)

Garret Ahearn: I seek a debate with the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Deputy McConalogue, some time soon. I also thank the Leader for getting the Minister to meet the hedgerows group that was protesting outside Leinster House last week. Those involved were highly appreciative of the fact that the Minister came out to meet them. I want to welcome the announcement of the new targeted...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Feb 2023)

Garret Ahearn: I was listening to some of the earlier contributions. I have been here three years, but it has just dawned on me that if a Member comes into this House with a prepared speech he or she can speak as long as he or she wants, but if not, he or she gets to speak for two minutes. What is most frustrating is that if someone comes in with a prepared speech, he or she surely knows how long one will...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Feb 2023)

Garret Ahearn: I never said anything about the Chair. I just said that if I have a prepared speech, I will get five minutes to speak. Along with others, I mark the one-year anniversary of the war in Ukraine. As others have said, the House has played a key role in condemning it and I thank people for putting their name to today's motion. However, there is a presentation at 11.30 a.m. with the Ukrainian...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: An Garda Síochána (28 Feb 2023)

Garret Ahearn: I thank the Minister for coming to the Chamber and taking this important Commencement matter. When I speak about Clonmel Garda station, I must first recognise that the Minister is responsible for two Departments. Kickham Barracks plays a key role in both Departments. Before I outline my frustration with the Department of Justice and the Government regarding Clonmel Garda station, since I...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: An Garda Síochána (28 Feb 2023)

Garret Ahearn: I appreciate the response and I accept wholeheartedly the Minister's genuine will to get this done. When the new Government was formed in December, the Taoiseach appointed Deputy Donohoe to a new role in public expenditure and delivery on national development plan projects. This is a clear recognition that while we are announcing things and putting money towards things, for some reason some...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Third Level Education (28 Feb 2023)

Garret Ahearn: I concur.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó (Atógáil) - Order of Business (Resumed) (28 Feb 2023)

Garret Ahearn: Today is a very good example of how success has many fathers. I want to echo what was said by Senator Seery Kearney. If we are going to acknowledge the Windsor Framework and the work that has been put into it, we need to acknowledge all the people who have played their part.I acknowledge the Tánaiste's role in it but the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Deputy Coveney,...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó (Atógáil) - Order of Business (Resumed) (28 Feb 2023)

Garret Ahearn: Everyone is great.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Mar 2023)

Garret Ahearn: I welcome the visitors to the Chamber from the UK Embassy. I am sure they were glad to be here for Senator Currie's contribution. I made a wonderful contribution yesterday, for which they were not in attendance. They will be pleased, for obvious reasons, to have been here to listen to Senator Currie's contribution. I ask that the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications,...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Mar 2023)

Garret Ahearn: I also welcome International Women’s Day. I was laughing to myself when I heard Senator Davitt talking about how he is a house of women and is reminded how lucky he was. I was reared in a house of all boys. You only need one woman to remind you how lucky you are. My mother did that for many years. Now I am in a house with my wife and two boys and we are reminded once again how...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Water Quality (9 Mar 2023)

Garret Ahearn: I welcome the Minister of State to the House and thank him for taking this important Commencement matter. It is my first opportunity to congratulate the Minister of State on his new role. We in County Tipperary call him, "the Tipperary Minister", because a region of ours is in his constituency. I know from mutual friends we have in Newport and Birdhill that they are very proud of the...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Water Quality (9 Mar 2023)

Garret Ahearn: I thank the Minister of State and appreciate his update on Poulavanogue. The problem is the quality of water from the Monroe source, which will now be used instead of Poulavanogue for a period. Monroe was established in the 1990s as a temporary measure and now it looks like it will exist for another ten years. The quality of water that comes from Monroe, which is going to service the town...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Mar 2023)

Garret Ahearn: I agree with what Senator Flynn says about someone who agreed to pair with someone who is on maternity leave.