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Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Consumer Prices (24 Jan 2024)

Rebecca Moynihan: I thank the Minister of State. I appreciate him outlining it from a consumer protection point of view. I saw a reply from his colleague, the Minister of State, Deputy Naughton, when Deputy O'Reilly asked this question last May because it has been an existing issue. She essentially received an outline on the promotion of breastfeeding, which read to me as saying the Government was not going...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Consumer Prices (24 Jan 2024)

Rebecca Moynihan: I would kill him too.

Seanad: Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2023: Second Stage (24 Jan 2024)

Rebecca Moynihan: I will not speak for long on Second Stage. I will indicate some of the issues that we may raise on Committee and Report Stages. First, concerns have been raised about the date of the election, which is happening at the same time as the local and European elections. That might mean that the Limerick mayor debate is not given the necessary attention that it should get. One consideration...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Affordable Homes, Public Lands, Strategic Planning and Projects: Land Development Agency (23 Jan 2024)

Rebecca Moynihan: I thank Mr. Coleman for coming in today. I want to return to the theme of what cost rental is, and the costs that are associated with it. In the presentation, Mr. Coleman stated that the SCSI figures are broadly what the LDA is encountering, except when land and other costs are stripped out. Does that mean that what the LDA is delivering under Project Tosaigh costs approximately...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Affordable Homes, Public Lands, Strategic Planning and Projects: Land Development Agency (23 Jan 2024)

Rebecca Moynihan: So they build in a margin to protect against that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Affordable Homes, Public Lands, Strategic Planning and Projects: Land Development Agency (23 Jan 2024)

Rebecca Moynihan: Specifically the pitch in St. Teresa's Gardens.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Affordable Homes, Public Lands, Strategic Planning and Projects: Land Development Agency (23 Jan 2024)

Rebecca Moynihan: It sounds like 2025.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Affordable Homes, Public Lands, Strategic Planning and Projects: Land Development Agency (23 Jan 2024)

Rebecca Moynihan: What of the Conyngham Road depot and, specifically, the site on the corner opposite the Ashling Hotel? Has there been any movement on the Heuston master plan? I have not seen any movement on it since the initial-----

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Feb 2024)

Rebecca Moynihan: Yesterday, there was a presentation in Leinster House by Sporting Liberties on the issue of sports infrastructure in the south-west inner city. There is not a single playing pitch for the more than 8,000 children in the area. Back in 2014, I started a campaign with Sporting Liberties to rezone land and deliver pitches on the former Boys' Brigade pitches in St. Teresa's Gardens. That...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Proposed Changes to River Shannon, Grand and Royal Canals and River Barrow Navigation By-laws: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Jan 2024)

Rebecca Moynihan: I thank the witnesses for the presentations and welcome the members of the houseboat community who are in the Public Gallery. I welcome the fact that the issue of Grand Canal Dock is open for discussion again. The residents provided a comprehensive document on a fee structure, something along the lines of an owner-management company. I am glad Waterways Ireland is open to looking at...

Seanad: Death of Former Taoiseach: Expressions of Sympathy (7 Feb 2024)

Rebecca Moynihan: I want to pass on the deepest sympathies of the Labour Party to our Fine Gael colleagues, John's wife Finola, his sons, his daughter, his grandchildren and his brother, Richard, and his sister, Mary. It is difficult to speak about a man I did not know but knew of because he dominated my early political life, especially following the very personal perspectives of Senators Doherty, O'Reilly...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Feb 2024)

Rebecca Moynihan: Throughout 1995, thousands of Bosnian Muslims came from all over Bosnia to a small town called Srebrenica, where they were told they would be safe in a UN enclave in a war zone. In July 1995 the Serbian army overcame both the UN troops and the town and massacred 8,000 men. Despite increasing pressure on Israel from the international community to stop the ethnic cleansing in occupied...

Seanad: Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Rebecca Moynihan: I move amendment No. 40: In page 24, line 21, to delete “consideration” and substitute “approval”. I will discuss the amendments together, if that is okay, and I will move Senator Higgins’s amendments. Amendment No. 40 is very simple. It gives more powers back to councillors rather than the issue of consideration. Councillors would have to approve a...

Seanad: Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Rebecca Moynihan: I move amendment No. 41: In page 24, line 24, to delete “7 days” and substitute “14 days”.

Seanad: Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Rebecca Moynihan: I move amendment No. 44: In page 24, between lines 29 and 30, to insert the following: “(6) Members of the elected council may move amendments to the Mayoral programme at meetings referred to in subsection (3) and the Mayor shall either: (a) accept such amendments; or (b) reject such amendments and provide a rationale for such rejection in writing to the elected council.”.

Seanad: Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Rebecca Moynihan: I move amendment No. 45: In page 24, between lines 34 and 35, to insert the following: “(c) made available for consultation and borrowing at libraries within the administrative area of Limerick City and County Council,”.

Seanad: Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Rebecca Moynihan: I move amendment No. 46: In page 24, after line 39, to insert the following: “(7) A version of the Mayoral programme shall be produced and made available in plain English.”.

Seanad: Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Rebecca Moynihan: I move amendment No. 47: In page 25, to delete lines 9 and 10 and substitute the following: “(b) such number of members of Limerick City and County Council appointed by the Mayor as the Mayor considers appropriate, who shall be nominated for appointment in accordance with paragraph 18 of Schedule 2 to the Local Government Act 2001, and".

Seanad: Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Rebecca Moynihan: It is pretty self-explanatory. Each of the amendments in this grouping relates to the mayoral advisory council. It proposes that the mayor be able to appoint the number of people he, she or they considers appropriate.