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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sectoral Employment Order (Construction Sector) 2023: Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (26 Apr 2023)

Garret Ahearn: One of the challenges we have is that we are the lowest in Europe in terms of creating employment for people with disabilities. The construction sector could play a role in providing employment in this area to try to get us to the European average. What does the Minister of State think we could do in this regard? He can come back to this after answering someone else's questions if needs be.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 May 2023)

Garret Ahearn: I also wish to congratulate the Leader on her wedding. I congratulate Jarlath and Louis as well and both families. I compliment Senator Keogan on hosting an event in the audiovisual room today with a young girl who is from my parish, Cara Darmody. She is fighting for services for her two younger brothers, Neil and John, who both have severe autism. They are calling for three things in...

Seanad: National Minimum Wage (Inclusion of Apprentices) Bill 2023: Second Stage (3 May 2023)

Garret Ahearn: I second the Government amendment. I thank the Labour Party for tabling the Private Members' Bill. In particular I acknowledge the work done by Senator Sherlock in this area. I know from being on the committee with her that she has a real passion for this issue and has put an awful lot of work into it. She spoke about it yesterday at the committee. It is important to discuss fair pay for...

Seanad: National Minimum Wage (Inclusion of Apprentices) Bill 2023: Second Stage (3 May 2023)

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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IBEC and Science Foundation Ireland: Discussion (3 May 2023)

Garret Ahearn: I have a range of questions so I might come in twice. Professor Nolan mentioned removing barriers to participation by always considering the needs of the population at large during his contribution. Gender is a very important part of that. Dr. Freeman spoke about disabilities and trying to get more people with disabilities to play a role. Ireland has one of the lowest rates of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IBEC and Science Foundation Ireland: Discussion (3 May 2023)

Garret Ahearn: I thank the guests. I might come in again in the next round.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IBEC and Science Foundation Ireland: Discussion (3 May 2023)

Garret Ahearn: I refer to the contribution Ms McGee made at the start of the meeting. She made a number of good points that she thought we should focus on and the second one was in support of the dual investment in technology and talent and to introduce more sustainable business practices in areas such as energy efficiency. If I go back to Tipperary and say that we should focus on that, the first thing...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IBEC and Science Foundation Ireland: Discussion (3 May 2023)

Garret Ahearn: I can see most of the things Ms McGee has talked about today. My home town is Clonmel. I can see it being hugely beneficial to our town. We now have a university in the town. We are building a university on the Kickham Barracks site in conjunction with Tipperary Education and Training Board, ETB. It will be a dual campus for further and higher education together. We have many...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IBEC and Science Foundation Ireland: Discussion (3 May 2023)

Garret Ahearn: The last thing Ms McGee said was "a destination for talent". I also see that in Clonmel. People do not come only because they are given an offer or a wage. They look for quality of life. The Covid-19 pandemic played a key part in that. They look at the quality of life their family might have as regards education, health and recreation almost more than anything at the moment. One of the...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Business Supports (4 May 2023)

Garret Ahearn: I thank the Minister of State for being here. The reason I tabled this Commencement matter is that there are an awful lot of businesses in County Tipperary that, over the past year, have tried to look at ways to change their business expenditure and reduce costs. Obviously energy costs have been a significant challenge for businesses over the past year. It is worth noting, and I know the...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Business Supports (4 May 2023)

Garret Ahearn: I thank the Minister of State and the Department for the response. I welcome the fact that the Department is developing a small-scale generation scheme for generators above 50 kW to support the deployment of rooftop and ground-mounted solar PV. That is really significant. The Minister of State indicated that the scheme is expected to be launched this year. I hope that will be done as...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 May 2023)

Garret Ahearn: I ask that we have a debate with the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Deputy Coveney, on businesses that are still trading with Russia. We had news last week that Pernod Ricard restarted selling Jameson whiskey in Russia since last September. Sean Pollock from the Sunday Independent had a very revealing story. Since September, Jameson has sold almost €16 million of...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 May 2023)

Garret Ahearn: I agree with many of the comments Senator Dooley made. The Cathaoirleach will agree with me in wishing more people had seen the game, as they would have seen that Tipperary should have won it and not thrown it away in the last five minutes. I ask for a debate with the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs on companies selling into Russia, particularly Jameson's owner, Pernod...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Covid-19 Pandemic (11 May 2023)

Garret Ahearn: I thank the Minister of State for being here to take this important Commencement matter. As a father of young kids, he will understand the concerns I have for young parents and mothers going through maternity services. Most of my contribution is about maternity services throughout the country but, in particular, in Tipperary University Hospital, Clonmel. The first thing to acknowledge is...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Covid-19 Pandemic (11 May 2023)

Garret Ahearn: I recognise that, and Wexford General Hospital is a good example of a hospital where measures had to be brought in because of circumstances that arose. That is not the point I am making, however. The HSE states that restrictions have no longer applied since Covid but that is not the case in some hospitals. They have not gone back to pre-Covid visiting measures. There is a feeling among...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 May 2023)

Garret Ahearn: I request that we have a meeting with the Minister of State, Deputy Richmond, on food prices. I welcome the forum that he held with the retail sector yesterday, but now we need action.There is an opportunity for the Minister to come to the House to outline the type of action we need to see over the next number of weeks and months. Everyone is seeing an increase in their weekly spending....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (10 May 2023)

Garret Ahearn: It is difficult to have the Minister before the committee to address the first quarterly figures without acknowledging the success in terms of the employment and unemployment figures. The figure was almost 2.6 million in 2011. As I said when the Minister of State, Deputy Richmond, was before the committee a number of weeks ago, I remember during the election in 2011 - Senator Lombard will...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (10 May 2023)

Garret Ahearn: Supporting those companies will not deter the companies that have not changed already from changing.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: An Garda Síochána (16 May 2023)

Garret Ahearn: I have lost count of how many times I have raised this subject in this House, at home and in local media. It relates to Clonmel Garda station. I look forward to the Minister's response. We are finally at a point where we have a solution and this project can progress. I have raised it so often because of the number of delays to the Garda station project and, most important, to support the...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: An Garda Síochána (16 May 2023)

Garret Ahearn: I thank the Minister for that confirmation. The Minister said he hopes this is good news for the Garda in Clonmel and I can tell him straight that it is hugely good news. I was speaking to the superintendent there and he has confirmed his team in Clonmel of this and they are overwhelmed and thrilled that this is happening. It has been a long time coming but we have got there in the end....