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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy in Education: Discussion (Resumed) (4 Oct 2022)

Róisín Garvey: However, the Teaching Council is struggling to provide the teachers. The Teaching Council is trying to support the teachers. I know teachers pay well to be a member of the Teaching Council. It is blatant to everybody on the committee that there is a major issue with providing teachers for July provision. Is anybody in the Teaching Council looking at alternatives? We know that teaching is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy in Education: Discussion (Resumed) (4 Oct 2022)

Róisín Garvey: I appreciate the remit of the Teaching Council. I want to ask one question again that was half-answered. If we are trying to increase the number of teachers registering for the July provision, would it not make sense for the Teaching Council to look to the Department of Education to run specific continuing professional development, CPD, training, or to do such training itself, to support...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy in Education: Discussion (Resumed) (4 Oct 2022)

Róisín Garvey: I am not referring to teachers who are already in a special education setting. I am speaking about those teachers who are not because it might not occur to them that they could also provide the July provision. Does Ms Fox know what I mean?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy in Education: Discussion (Resumed) (4 Oct 2022)

Róisín Garvey: Will the Teaching Council advertise the training programmes to its database of teachers? It might help to increase the numbers on the list of people willing to do the July provision if it could give them the information. The Teaching Council is the only body with the database of teachers, because everybody has to register with it, and it could let them know about these training courses.

Seanad: Water Environment (Abstractions and Associated Impoundments) Bill 2022: Second Stage (5 Oct 2022)

Róisín Garvey: It is good that we are progressing this Bill. As the Minister of State said, it is something we have been required to do by the EU. We could have Seanad Chamber debates all day, every day on the water situation in this country, which we all know is pretty dire on so many levels. I will stick to a couple of points. In the programme for Government, we said we would fully consider the review...

Seanad: Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Second Stage (6 Oct 2022)

Róisín Garvey: This is a great day for road traffic in Ireland. This is badly needed legislation, especially given the increased use of e-scooters, e-bikes, etc. I congratulate the Minister and his team on the work to date. There are a few different points I wish to raise around the Bill itself. Section 56 of Part 15 relates to zero emission vehicles Ireland, ZEVI. I looked up the website and it looks...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Update on Quarters 1 and 2: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)

Róisín Garvey: I thank the Minister for coming before the committee. It is impressive that we have such a low unemployment rate, which has happened on his watch, despite the pandemic and all the other things that have been happening. We must acknowledge that. It is super that we can say we have such a low unemployment rate. There are many jobs out there. We must acknowledge that and give some gratitude...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Update on Quarters 1 and 2: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)

Róisín Garvey: If putting up solar panels, you should check first you have done all you can to reduce electricity demands. Reduction is the key and provision of electricity is the second one. We need better trained people in the LEOs and Enterprise Ireland to give advice to businesses, come in, do an energy audit and cut down on electricity. It have done this. It makes a huge difference. Then you go...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: School Transport (20 Oct 2022)

Róisín Garvey: The Minister of State has been landed with duties which are not the responsibility of his Department. The Ministers are busy people. Can the Minister of State please explain to me, in light of the huge uptake of free transport, which is a great thing in theory, what the Department of Education is doing about school transport in order to increase the number of available bus drivers? My...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: School Transport (20 Oct 2022)

Róisín Garvey: I appreciate that response from the Minister of State but there is nothing in it that I did not know already. I have been working on school transport with kids through Green-Schools and modal shift for about 14 years. I have all the figures and I know the rules about 3.2 km and 4.8 km. To be honest, the reply does not deal with the issue at all. I asked a specific question, namely, has...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Oct 2022)

Róisín Garvey: This is a very serious matter because since I have become a Senator, we have had a great opportunity with a thing we called Commencement matters, but the way that Commencement matters went this morning, I wonder if there is any point in them. I asked a very clear question of the Minister for Education around school transport and to ask what will the school transport section of the Department...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Oct 2022)

Róisín Garvey: Can the Cathaoirleach do so as Cathaoirleach or do I have to do that?

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Oct 2022)

Róisín Garvey: Okay, the Leader will do it.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Oct 2022)

Róisín Garvey: Okay.

Seanad: School Transport: Statements (26 Oct 2022)

Róisín Garvey: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire as teacht isteach ar 6 p.m. leath slí tríd an tseachtain. Tá a fhios agam go bhfuil sí an-ghnóthach so tá meas mór agam uirthi as teacht isteach. We have had school transport issues for years and since long before the Minister, Deputy Foley, was ever appointed. We cannot put all of the blame on her, especially when her...

Seanad: School Transport: Statements (26 Oct 2022)

Róisín Garvey: The special needs issue is a whole other can of worms. We could have another one-hour session on it. I have parents crying down the phone to me. Then, because of something I did, I may get them a transport service but I do not want to be the one who has to do that. I want the system to work for everybody equally, not only for those who get on to politicians who know the best way to get...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Nov 2022)

Róisín Garvey: Ar an chéad dul síos, tá mé ag iarraidh a bheith dóchasach. On a positive note, I will speak briefly about rural public transport. Statistics show that private car owners in rural Ireland have a significant part to play in carbon reduction. We are facing an existential crisis. If we think the 25% emissions reduction target for agriculture is a challenge, transport...

Seanad: National Tourism Development Authority (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Dec 2022)

Róisín Garvey: I welcome and thank the Minister. She has done stellar work since assuming her role. I am from north Clare, which is heavily reliant on tourism, and were it not for the work the Minister has done with regard to finances, many tourism businesses there would have closed. I wanted to acknowledge that. I am happy to support the Bill but wish to make a couple of points. The Minister is...

Seanad: Local Government (Maternity Protection and Other Measures for Members of Local Authorities) Bill 2022: Second and Subsequent Stages (15 Dec 2022)

Róisín Garvey: I will try to speak to the issue at hand and not to every single issue under the sun relating to women. This will probably be one of the best pieces of legislation ever passed. It will go down in history. I thank the Minister of State on behalf of all women in Ireland. Becoming a councillor is often the first step to getting everywhere else, namely, to the Seanad or the Dáil. This...

Seanad: Election of Cathaoirleach (16 Dec 2022)

Róisín Garvey: We all have opinions on lots of different things but we do not have to be ignorant.