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Seanad: Death of Shane O'Farrell: Motion (13 Feb 2019)

Robbie Gallagher: I welcome the Minister to the Chamber and acknowledge his taking time out at short notice to be here. I acknowledge Lucia O'Farrell and her daughter who are here today to discuss this important matter. For any mother to lose her son is unnatural and against the grain of life but I can only imagine the heartbreak that goes with losing a son under such circumstances, and that applies to all...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Heritage Sites (19 Feb 2019)

Robbie Gallagher: I welcome the Minister of State to the House and thank him for taking time to be here. On behalf of the people of Castleblayney, I seek the Minister of State's help and assistance in addressing the dreadful and dangerous state of the Market House building in the centre of Castleblayney town. The Market House, which is a protected structure, dates back to 1801. Until the 1990s, the building...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Heritage Sites (19 Feb 2019)

Robbie Gallagher: I thank the Minister of State for his comprehensive reply. Unfortunately, I take no solace from its contents. To put this in context, the Minister of State mentioned a national figure of €4.3 million for protected structures. At present, figures are circulating that restoring the Market House to its former glory would cost more than €6 million. If the building were to be...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Feb 2019)

Robbie Gallagher: That is Independents for us.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Feb 2019)

Robbie Gallagher: There are just about 37 days left until Brexit and the uncertainty intensifies by the day. The everyday impacts of a hard Brexit are becoming clear to the public. Last Monday, the Minister for Rural and Community Development, Deputy Ring, outlined potential knock-on effects for the alarm system currently allowing elderly people to stay in their homes. The seniors alert scheme provides...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Feb 2019)

Robbie Gallagher: I did not.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Feb 2019)

Robbie Gallagher: On a point of information, perhaps the Leader might refer those comments to the Minister in question, not to me.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Feb 2019)

Robbie Gallagher: I am not sensitive.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Feb 2019)

Robbie Gallagher: I heard him the first time. That is why I made the comment.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Feb 2019)

Robbie Gallagher: What the Leader said was that people should not be scaremongering. I said that the Leader should perhaps refer that comment to the Minister, Deputy Ring.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Feb 2019)

Robbie Gallagher: Perhaps the Leader should refer to the Minister in question and name him.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: General Practitioner Services Provision (26 Feb 2019)

Robbie Gallagher: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit go dtí an Teach. I thank the Minister of State for taking time from his busy schedule to attend this debate. I wish to discuss the current crisis in general practitioner, GP, care throughout the country and particularly in rural counties such as Monaghan and Cavan. In County Monaghan I spoke to a young couple recently who have just returned...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: General Practitioner Services Provision (26 Feb 2019)

Robbie Gallagher: I thank the Minister of State for his comprehensive response to my query. I met a farmer recently who was discussing the lack of GPs and where the country was going. He said it was terrible to think that nowadays if he had a sick animal in one of the cattle sheds in the morning or one which got sick in the middle of the night he could ring a vet and one would be out within a couple of hours...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Feb 2019)

Robbie Gallagher: I propose an amendment to the Order of Business, that No. 15, the Criminal Justice (Public Order) (Amendment) Bill 2019 be taken before No. 1.

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Public Order) (Amendment) Bill 2019: First Stage (27 Feb 2019)

Robbie Gallagher: I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to provide for a mandatory prison sentence in respect of an assault on a member of the emergency services; to provide for the introduction of an offence of ramming an emergency services vehicle and to provide for a mandatory prison sentence in respect of such an offence, and for that purpose to amend the Criminal Justice (Public...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Public Order) (Amendment) Bill 2019: First Stage (27 Feb 2019)

Robbie Gallagher: Next Tuesday, 5 March.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Feb 2019)

Robbie Gallagher: Last night, I had the pleasure of attending an event organised by the Irish Cancer Society in Monaghan town. It related to regional awareness of the disease itself but was mainly based around national daffodil day, which is on 22 March. I found it very informative, interesting and, in many ways, harrowing. It was very well attended by many volunteers from counties Monaghan and Cavan. Some...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Mar 2019)

Robbie Gallagher: I am raising the issue of rural broadband. The Government’s national broadband plan was announced in 2012. We are still waiting seven years later. The delay and uncertainty continues, unfortunately. That uncertainty has been added to in recent days by comments made by the Taoiseach. He seemed to indicate that a hard Brexit, and a resultant bailout for farmers, could affect the...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Ambulance Service Provision (6 Mar 2019)

Robbie Gallagher: I welcome the Minister of State and thank him for taking time out of his busy schedule to be here. We all know and appreciate the great work the ambulance service does on behalf of all of us, sometimes in very trying and difficult circumstances. It is disappointing that 500 ambulance service personnel who belong to the National Ambulance Service Representative Association, NASRA, branch of...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Ambulance Service Provision (6 Mar 2019)

Robbie Gallagher: I thank the Minister of State for his reply. I note the comment to the effect that "The Minister stated in the Dáil on 13 February that he would ask his officials to engage." I understand that this has not happened yet. Perhaps the Minister of State might chase that up for me today in order to ensure that it does happen. The other issue is ambulance cover in the north east generally...