Results 41-53 of 53 for speaker:Garret Kelleher

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Schools Building Projects (2 Oct 2025)

Garret Kelleher: I thank the Minister of State for his understanding of the issue. His points were spot on - why wait when the demand is already there? I appreciate the Minister of State coming in and that he was given notes by the Department but I dispute that there is adequate accommodation in the school at the moment. We as a school community need to address that to ensure the correct decision is...

Seanad: Global Sumud Flotilla: Statements (2 Oct 2025)

Garret Kelleher: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit as ucht teacht isteach, go háirithe nuair nach raibh sé ag súil leis an díospóireacht thiubh. Chomh maith le mo chomhghleacaithe eile, tá imní orainn faoin méid atá ag tarlúint. Like Senator Kyne, I am deeply concerned about the interception of the flotilla. As my colleagues, Senators Comyn and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: General Scheme of the Criminal Law and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2025: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)

Garret Kelleher: Gabhaim buíochas le gach éinne as ucht na scéalta atá cloiste againn istigh anseo. Like my colleague, Deputy Butterly, I also have concerns about the use of counselling notes. That was excellently articulated by the courageous contribution of Ms Behan, and also by Dr. Leahy. One of the quotations that Ms Behan gave in her evidence about somebody who felt stripped bare...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: General Scheme of the Criminal Law and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2025: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)

Garret Kelleher: That would be great.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: General Scheme of the Criminal Law and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2025: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)

Garret Kelleher: I want to take up some of the answers to the questions that Ms Behan raised rather than her opening statement which I found very stark. I thank her for the contributions she has made throughout the meeting. She spoke about how crucial counselling and therapy was to her survival and that she would not be here today if was not for that. She also said that she would not have gone to therapy...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with Institute of Public Health (30 Sep 2025)

Garret Kelleher: At the outset, I commend the IPH on its great work. It is a fantastic example of cross-Border co-operation and the fact it was established prior to the Good Friday Agreement shows it was done proactively rather than in reaction to the agreement. Its work should be commended. Following on from some earlier questions related to the UK's withdrawal from the European Union, I have two...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with Institute of Public Health (30 Sep 2025)

Garret Kelleher: The health inequalities have not been referenced. Presumably, there have not been any obvious ones that have manifested themselves or been exacerbated since the change due to the UK's withdrawal?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with Institute of Public Health (30 Sep 2025)

Garret Kelleher: I was going to ask a couple of other questions but in the time that I have left, I will say this. A long time ago, I worked in the directorate general for health and consumer protection and on the task force that examined the co-ordination of European Union member state responses to the possibility of chemical, biological and nuclear attacks within the European Union. This is unlikely to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: General Scheme of the Criminal Law and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2025: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)

Garret Kelleher: I thank Ms Behan very much.

Seanad: Housing Finance Agency (Amendment) Bill 2025: Second Stage (21 Oct 2025)

Garret Kelleher: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit, an Teachta O'Sullivan, agus gabhaim buíochas leis as teacht isteach inniu. Tugaim mo tacaíocht don leasú tábhachtach atá os ár gcomhair anocht. As the Minister of State outlined in his opening remarks, what we are doing here is legislating for an increase in the statutory borrowing limit. If we do so, it will be the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Healthcare Provision: Discussion (21 Oct 2025)

Garret Kelleher: I thank Professor Heenan for a very common-sense answer. I appreciate that. On Professor Matthews's comments on midwifery-led care as opposed to what we might be more used to, which is the consultant-led model, I have a few questions specifically on home birth, an area that would be primarily midwifery-led. Does Professor Matthews see scope for co-operation between the two jurisdictions in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Healthcare Provision: Discussion (21 Oct 2025)

Garret Kelleher: I thank Professor Heenan and Professor Matthews. Prior to becoming a Member of the Oireachtas, I worked for a private healthcare company. There was certainly huge co-operation between clinicians in the North and South. The company I worked for was focused primarily on respiratory care. The North-South co-operation between clinicians and east-west co-operation between clinicians on the...