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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: WTO Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights and Covid-19 Vaccines: Discussion (11 May 2022)

Róisín Garvey: I probably have to stop talking now, because my time is up. I understand that big pharma makes a lot of money on many things. Vaccines are not their big win. I do not know if it is fair to say that these will become generic products and the IP will be sorted out. We all know that big pharma makes money from many different drugs. It does not rely on vaccines to make profits. Am I correct...

Seanad: Regulation of Display of Electoral and Polling Posters and Other Advertisements Bill 2022: Second Stage (17 May 2022)

Róisín Garvey: It is interesting to listen to the debate today. It reminds me of the Bob Dylan song - Senators and congressmen, the times are changing. I know that we have all put up posters. We can say that it is all part of politics until the cows come home. However, things have to change. There are so many reasons this is a most important debate. This Bill should be supported by the House. First,...

Seanad: Regulation of Display of Electoral and Polling Posters and Other Advertisements Bill 2022: Second Stage (17 May 2022)

Róisín Garvey: That did not represent what was actually happening. I wish to make a few points. Senator Ward stated that posters do not get people elected. If they do not, then nobody here should have a problem with us restricting them. The second point is that we are not seeking to ban posters. We are seeking to limit the use of posters to designated areas, which we have seen working all over Europe....

Seanad: Regulation of Display of Electoral and Polling Posters and Other Advertisements Bill 2022: Second Stage (17 May 2022)

Róisín Garvey: No.

Seanad: Regulation of Display of Electoral and Polling Posters and Other Advertisements Bill 2022: Second Stage (17 May 2022)

Róisín Garvey: Since I have become a Member of the Seanad, I have realised, like others, that the media and social media dictate what message we get out there. We all know that. A Senator could say ten brilliant things and the media will twist one point, making it seem like the Senator said something he or she did not say at all. It does not make a difference if the Senator explains, because if you...

Seanad: Childcare Provision: Statements (17 May 2022)

Róisín Garvey: I thank the Minister for his work to date. This is a tricky sector. I have started a preschool, a school, after-school programmes and parent and toddler groups so I have experience of the challenges, costs and difficulties that parents face. The Minister has probably been the most successful to date in grasping the nettle and addressing the situation. It has been very difficult with the...

Seanad: Carbon Policy: Motion (19 May 2022)

Róisín Garvey: There is such a cocktail of things here it is hard to know which to choose. It is as though somebody had a lot of random thoughts about all things energy in Ireland and threw them down in a motion. I will go through a few of them. The motion states that to meet our demands for energy and the targets set out in the carbon budgets, Ireland needs to generate more electricity while also...

Seanad: Carbon Policy: Motion (19 May 2022)

Róisín Garvey: Most houses have immersions since the 1970s or 1980s so it paints a funny picture of midlands residents sitting around with turf as the only way of heating their homes. I do not believe it is 20% and, if it is, we need to find solutions because, unfortunately, we cannot continue burning turf forever. Those plants were closed down not by the Government but by Bord na Móna. It chose to...

Seanad: Carbon Policy: Motion (19 May 2022)

Róisín Garvey: Based on EU planning laws, it chose to shut them down. If we are to have a debate on energy, climate and fuels, which are important, let us look at solutions. We need to move away from burning turf in the long term. We are not against people cutting turf. I will be cutting turf this summer and next summer because I know the Green Party never said one could not do so. Let us talk truth...

Seanad: Carbon Policy: Motion (19 May 2022)

Róisín Garvey: There are no more contributions. Sorry, Senator Mullen.

Seanad: Carbon Policy: Motion (19 May 2022)

Róisín Garvey: The Senator can sit down. Suigh síos, maith an fear.

Seanad: Carbon Policy: Motion (19 May 2022)

Róisín Garvey: You do not have speaking time.

Seanad: Carbon Policy: Motion (19 May 2022)

Róisín Garvey: Chill out there and have a bit of respect for the Cathaoirleach, go raibh maith agat. I am sorry, Minister of State, for that rude-----

Seanad: Carbon Policy: Motion (19 May 2022)

Róisín Garvey: His name is not on the list.

Seanad: Carbon Policy: Motion (19 May 2022)

Róisín Garvey: I am about to put the question to the House and I should not be interrupted by Senator Mullen.

Seanad: Carbon Policy: Motion (19 May 2022)

Róisín Garvey: I am not being rude. I am doing my job as Acting Chair of the House. Senator Mullen knows damn well how this Chair works and has no right to speak out of turn. We have a speakers' list.

Seanad: Carbon Policy: Motion (19 May 2022)

Róisín Garvey: We have a speakers' list. He understands how the system works.

Seanad: Carbon Policy: Motion (19 May 2022)

Róisín Garvey: I will reprimand him if he speaks out of turn, as is my job as Acting Chair of the Seanad.

Seanad: Carbon Policy: Motion (19 May 2022)

Róisín Garvey: Ba cheart don Seanadóir suí síos, a scíth a ligean agus é a thógáil go bog.

Seanad: Carbon Policy: Motion (19 May 2022)

Róisín Garvey: Níl cead aige a bheith ag labhairt anois. Níl sé ar an liosta. B’fhéidir go dtuigfeadh sé i nGaeilge. If he does not understand it in English, I will try it in another language.