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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: UNCRPD and 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: Discussion (11 Oct 2023)

Erin McGreehan: What are the markers for disability inclusion in the mapping?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: UNCRPD and 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: Discussion (11 Oct 2023)

Erin McGreehan: Yes, do. I would be really interested.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: UNCRPD and 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: Discussion (11 Oct 2023)

Erin McGreehan: It should all be disability-proofed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: UNCRPD and 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: Discussion (11 Oct 2023)

Erin McGreehan: Sorry, I must go. There is a vote in the Seanad.

Seanad: Disability Allowance: Motion (11 Oct 2023)

Erin McGreehan: I asked for it be changed-----

Seanad: Disability Allowance: Motion (11 Oct 2023)

Erin McGreehan: -----because a meeting of the Committee on Disability Matters was on at the same time. I apologise. I requested that, if possible, the time be changed because I did not want to miss a meeting of the Committee on Disability Matters.

Seanad: Disability Allowance: Motion (11 Oct 2023)

Erin McGreehan: Senator Clonan is a member of that committee so he is aware of that.

Seanad: Disability Allowance: Motion (11 Oct 2023)

Erin McGreehan: I apologise for interrupting but I wanted to-----

Seanad: Disability Allowance: Motion (11 Oct 2023)

Erin McGreehan: I move amendment No. 1: To delete all words after “That Seanad Éireann:” and substitute the following: “notes that: - the Minister for Social Protection has published a Green Paper on Reform of Disability Income Support payments for public consultation to provide an opportunity for disabled people and disabled people’s representative organisations an...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Implementation of Inclusive Education in Schools: Department of Education (18 Oct 2023)

Erin McGreehan: The witnesses are welcome to the committee. We often speak about education. Education is the great liberator, as we all know. It is a path for people to achieve or do whatever they want to. Going back to our topic, what is the Department's view of what inclusive education is? Different countries have different models. What is the Department of Education's inclusive education model? To...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Implementation of Inclusive Education in Schools: Department of Education (18 Oct 2023)

Erin McGreehan: I appreciate that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Implementation of Inclusive Education in Schools: Department of Education (18 Oct 2023)

Erin McGreehan: On that, I refer to accommodations for Niamh Kilcawley. She gave me permission to use her name today. Why is Niamh finding it so difficult to progress with the leaving certificate? Ten minutes extra are provided across the board. Previously, she was given ten minutes extra per hour. The provisions do not match those she had for the junior certificate. No training was provided for the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Implementation of Inclusive Education in Schools: Department of Education (18 Oct 2023)

Erin McGreehan: I am looking for advice that I can bring to the Kilcawley family.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Nov 2023)

Erin McGreehan: I want to discuss the devastation caused by flooding in north County Louth last week. It has been a tough week for everybody in my home area. I commend those who went days without rest in order to try to save their homes, businesses and farms. Some, unfortunately, did not get to save them. There are buildings and fields that are still flooded. One week on, people are still not able to...

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Voting at 16) Bill 2021: Second Stage (7 Nov 2023)

Erin McGreehan: I move amendment No. 1: To delete all words after “That” and substitute the following: “the Bill be read a second time on 1st July, 2024, to allow for further consideration of the Bill.” I welcome the Minister of State. I congratulate my colleague, Senator Malcolm Byrne, on his work on it. It is important to have a conversation about how we engage our...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Nov 2023)

Erin McGreehan: I want to speak again about the flooding in north Louth. The work continues around the peninsula and the Border to try to get the land and houses back to something resembling normal. There is a sense of fear and anxiety around the place because we are looking at grey clouds and we are afraid more rain is going to come. I spoke to a lady this morning who told me her house had been flooded...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Nov 2023)

Erin McGreehan: I welcome this morning's news that more than 1,300 medical professionals and graduates have applied for 350 GP places. There are now more than 1,000 trainee GPs in the training programme. We absolutely recognise that there are not enough at the moment but this compares with 700 in 2019. It is positive news for a lot of people. Locally, in County Louth, there are not enough GPs. People...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Issues Facing the Early Childhood Sector: Discussion (7 Nov 2023)

Erin McGreehan: The witnesses are very welcome to our committee. It is great to have this topic discussed. It is one we regularly have conversations about, so it is great to have the witnesses before us. I congratulate everybody on the work they do. There have been changes within the sector and we are not where we want to be. It is all down to the advocacy and work of the organisations before us and the...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Issues Facing the Early Childhood Sector: Discussion (7 Nov 2023)

Erin McGreehan: No, as I was-----

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Issues Facing the Early Childhood Sector: Discussion (7 Nov 2023)

Erin McGreehan: What is needed per child? What does the State need to do? I favour a public childcare system and that is what I am pushing for. As Ms Duggan said, staff are educators providing an education rather than childminders. My children were the better of it after they left the ECCE years. I have a question on the better data. What does that look like? On the five-year plan, we have the census...