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Seanad: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (14 Dec 2021)

Aisling Dolan: I call Senator Cummins from the great coastal town of Waterford.

Seanad: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (14 Dec 2021)

Aisling Dolan: Please could Senator Boyhan keep to amendment No. 12?

Seanad: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (14 Dec 2021)

Aisling Dolan: I thank the Minister of State for his engagement with Oireachtas Members on those points. It is appreciated. I ask Senator Boyhan how stands amendment No. 12?

Seanad: Finance Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Dec 2021)

Aisling Dolan: Following on from the points Senator McDowell made, it is exactly as he said. I lived in an apartment on the North Circular Road. I was one of the people affected when they made changes to that legislation. They said that apartments could no longer have shared bathrooms and shared facilities. That is what that legislation brought in. When we look at what we have faced over the last year...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Dec 2021)

Aisling Dolan: When it comes to support for agriculture and the challenges of just transition and moving to alternative fuels, the just transition is in place and is supported from an EU perspective until at least 2027. It has been acknowledged that certain sectors in our economy need support to be balanced - in other words, that we need to support them over the next number of years. This is what a just...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Dec 2021)

Aisling Dolan: We would welcome alternative fuels for tractors. Everybody would like to see that.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Dec 2021)

Aisling Dolan: I acknowledge Senator Higgins's points. It is a great intention and it is something I will welcome. However, I would ask the Minister for more investment in research and technology so that we get to a space where we are investing in research and development centres that will allow us to have the technology in place to offer alternatives. Currently, in different sectors, in terms of income...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Dec 2021)

Aisling Dolan: As the Minister already pointed out, two banks have exited the Irish economy. We have two banks here. How will it be possible to deliver all our goals and objectives on housing without a functioning banking sector? Some €50 million of the EU recovery fund has been delivered for schools in Ireland. Over €3 million alone in Roscommon and Galway to support DEIS schools that are...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Dec 2021)

Aisling Dolan: Further to Senator Warfield’s contribution, I acknowledge the concerns that have been raised. Our priority is children’s health and well-being and it is about inclusion for all. The Joint Committee on Education, Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science has recently done a report on bullying, including cyberbullying, which affects one in three children....

Seanad: TRIPS Waiver: Motion (15 Dec 2021)

Aisling Dolan: I thank the Minister of State for joining us. I welcome this crucial discussion on the motion tabled by Senators Higgins and Ruane. Senator Higgins and I had an opportunity to discuss the matter previously but not with as much time as was needed to discuss a topic of this importance. I want immediate access for people around the world, particularly in low-income countries, to vaccines. I...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Dec 2021)

Aisling Dolan: I wish everybody here a Happy Christmas and festive season. Like Senator Hoey, I like seeing the sparkles and everything. I joined in with the earrings and I know that many of the guys here are wearing their festive ties. It is a privilege and an honour to be here and to speak with a strong voice on so many topics but particularly on things that are relevant to where I come from, in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: An Ghaeilge agus Oideachas lán-Ghaeilge: Plé (23 Nov 2021)

Aisling Dolan: Gabhaim buíochas leis na cainteoirí ó Chonradh na Gaeilge, Gaeloideachas agus Tuismitheoirí na Gaeltachta. Is teanga álainn í an Ghaeilge. Tá Fraincis agus Spáinnis agam ach níl mé chomh líofa as Gaeilge. Is as Béal Átha na Sluaighe mé agus nuair a bhí mé óg ní raibh a lán roghanna ó thaobh...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: An Ghaeilge agus Oideachas lán-Ghaeilge: Plé (23 Nov 2021)

Aisling Dolan: Gabhaim buíochas le Fíona Uí Uiginn. I would be 100% behind her on the oral exam. It is so crucial to be able to speak fluently but that it is not done by rote or by being learned off. I thought that the subject that I mentioned was of great interest because we learned so much through history and everything else but this would be a subject specifically around the Irish...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Leaving Certificate Reform: Discussion (30 Nov 2021)

Aisling Dolan: I thank the Chair. It is wonderful to be here today and I welcome all our speakers. I know Dr. Smyth from the ESRI, Dr. Freeman from Science Foundation Ireland, Ms Costello from IBEC and Mr. Donohoe from our expert group on future skills needs and Mr. McDonnell from ISME. We are all here to talk about reform of the leaving certificate. It is great to hear that in the submissions, from...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Leaving Certificate Reform: Discussion (30 Nov 2021)

Aisling Dolan: I thank Dr. Freeman. It is true that it is about connecting with students to show that it is a path that is open to them, and it is about accessibility.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Leaving Certificate Reform: Discussion (30 Nov 2021)

Aisling Dolan: I thank Dr. Smyth. As a member of the first ever Oireachtas Sub-Committee on Mental Health, I welcome that. It is crucial that there are safe places for people to talk and that they feel confident about talking about schools or clubs. In sixth class classes in Galway and Roscommon, there is a programme with Galway Sports Partnership, where 11 and 12-year-olds run marathons. They do...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Leaving Certificate Reform: Discussion (30 Nov 2021)

Aisling Dolan: I thank Mr. Donohoe for that response. On apprenticeships, the new technological universities, particularly for Athlone and Limerick, the Technological University of the Shannon, TUS, Midlands Midwest, and the Connacht-Ulster Alliance, which will be kicking off with the Galway Mayo Institute of Technology, GMIT, the Institute of Technology, IT, Sligo and the Institute of Technology, IT,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Leaving Certificate Reform: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2021)

Aisling Dolan: It is great to hear from Ms Tansey and Mr. Tattan about the importance of well-being in the reduction of stress as a major priority when we are examining the potential reform of the leaving certificate and what will come out of the NCCA assessment. It is wonderful that the leaflet has been emailed to all students and parents. I am a member of the Joint Sub-Committee on Mental Health and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Leaving Certificate Reform: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2021)

Aisling Dolan: Very much so. I am sorry, Chairman; do I have another minute?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Leaving Certificate Reform: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2021)

Aisling Dolan: I was going to mention that we have an excellent small school outside Ballinasloe in Clontuskert, which just won the first ever climate action project award. It is also a Microsoft school and a green flag school. I commend the teaching staff and principals that we have in our schools across the country but for a school in a small town in east Galway competing on the world stage to win an...