Results 681-700 of 1,301 for speaker:Pauline O'Reilly

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Empowering Local Government and Local Communities to Climate Action: Discussion (24 May 2022)

Pauline O'Reilly: We will keep asking the question every week.

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (31 May 2022)

Pauline O'Reilly: Is the Senator pressing the amendment?

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (31 May 2022)

Pauline O'Reilly: Amendments Nos. 202 and 203 are related and may be discussed together, by agreement. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (31 May 2022)

Pauline O'Reilly: Is Senator Higgins pressing the amendment?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Future Funding of Higher Education: Discussion (Resumed) (24 May 2022)

Pauline O'Reilly: I thank all our guests for coming in. We appreciate it. There is nothing like hearing from people about their experiences to see what changes need to be made. I am quite taken with some of the responses our guests have given there. Ms Leane mentioned how doing home economics in secondary schools led her into something and Mr. Twomey mentioned how working in the area for an employer led...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Future Funding of Higher Education: Discussion (Resumed) (24 May 2022)

Pauline O'Reilly: Unfortunately, the reality is that many young people do not have a mentor. If any of the other witnesses wish to chime in a response then please do. Ms Yeates mentioned women in her response. I am a member of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Gender Equality. At the moment that committee is considering gender equality and gender norms in education. I think that one clear place where...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Future Funding of Higher Education: Discussion (Resumed) (24 May 2022)

Pauline O'Reilly: By the witnesses being here today they are doing some of that work. We appreciate their attendance. These are the things that go into our reports and go on the public record. We encourage people to take up that offer. I wish to say to Mr. English that it is obvious that this initiative has been hugely successful. The young people present are a testament to the fact that these...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Future Funding of Higher Education: Discussion (Resumed) (24 May 2022)

Pauline O'Reilly: I thank our guests.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Future Funding of Higher Education: Discussion (Resumed) (24 May 2022)

Pauline O'Reilly: The Minister is welcome and I thank his officials for joining us. We have heard from many students that the cost-of-living crisis is impacting on them. I agree with the level of funding the Minister is proposing and he has support across Government but there are some areas where we need to accelerate things. For those struggling around SUSI grants, the expansion is welcome. Will the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Future Funding of Higher Education: Discussion (Resumed) (24 May 2022)

Pauline O'Reilly: I thank the Minister.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Future Funding of Higher Education: Discussion (Resumed) (24 May 2022)

Pauline O'Reilly: That is really interesting and perfectly answers my question by giving an example of how the system works. Mr. McSherry had a mentor.

Seanad: Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (14 Jun 2022)

Pauline O'Reilly: The Minister of State is very welcome. It is good to see him here again. What is the number one thing we hear on the door as members of the Green Party? We hear about plastic pollution and about litter in general. Dumping is probably the number one thing anyone hears when going to the doors, particularly in rural areas. Where does that come from? It comes from the fact that we have...

Seanad: Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (14 Jun 2022)

Pauline O'Reilly: Next Tuesday.

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Members of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (14 Jun 2022)

Pauline O'Reilly: I welcome our guests. It is very important that they are here to provide the testimony of their own people on the floor of the Seanad. What better way to show that we are all in this together than to watch parliamentarians from our two nations here on the floor of the Seanad. From the bottom of my heart, I thank all four members of the delegation for putting on the record of this House...

Seanad: Insurance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (21 Jun 2022)

Pauline O'Reilly: When is it proposed to take Report Stage?

Seanad: Insurance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (21 Jun 2022)

Pauline O'Reilly: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Insurance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (21 Jun 2022)

Pauline O'Reilly: When is it proposed to take Final Stage?

Seanad: Insurance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (21 Jun 2022)

Pauline O'Reilly: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Second Stage (21 Jun 2022)

Pauline O'Reilly: I welcome the Minister of State. He is very welcome to the House. This is important legislation. It will help to take anonymous money out of politics, to take online misinformation and bots out of politics and to bring more voters into the system. It will regulate online political advertising, standardise and simplify the electoral register and protect the integrity of our elections....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Revised Criteria for Qualifications of Special Needs Assistants: Discussion (21 Jun 2022)

Pauline O'Reilly: I am sorry but I have to dash off to vote. I thank the witnesses for putting on the record all of the work they do. Most of us here have experience in education. I have been chair of a school board of management myself and we had an SNA on the board. However, it should not be on a school-by-school basis. What can we do to have a more standardised approach? There is a standard approach...