Results 701-720 of 1,195 for speaker:Erin McGreehan

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

Erin McGreehan: It was on the €17 payment. Is that per day?

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

Erin McGreehan: Is that with the core funding?

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

Erin McGreehan: What about the fees on top of that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Increased Employment Participation, Self-employment and Entrepreneurship for People with Disabilities: Discussion (13 Jul 2023)

Erin McGreehan: I welcome Mr. Hennessy this morning. It is nice to see him in person and, after the email correspondence, to put a face to the emails. I thank him for his contribution. First, I want to say I am sorry that Mr. Hennessy had to close his business due to the State having a lack of ambition for its citizens and being unable to support Mr. Hennessy with his talent and the situation he is in....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Increased Employment Participation, Self-employment and Entrepreneurship for People with Disabilities: Discussion (13 Jul 2023)

Erin McGreehan: No, but it is one place. It is one course. Departments and Enterprise Ireland all spoke about Professor Cooney's course. When we are pushing for budgetary changes for budget 2024, what are the asks? Is it a change in that partial capacity payment? Is it a movement from social welfare, away from that medical model or benefit model, towards an employment support scheme in the Department...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Increased Employment Participation, Self-employment and Entrepreneurship for People with Disabilities: Discussion (13 Jul 2023)

Erin McGreehan: Yes, apologies.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Issues Facing the Early Childhood Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Nov 2023)

Erin McGreehan: I welcome the witnesses. Childcare is something that we all take very seriously across the parties and across the Houses. It is at the forefront of the thoughts of many of us here, including myself as a mammy of four boys. Childcare is very relevant. First, I congratulate the Department on its work because there have been massive changes in childcare provision over the past couple of...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Teacher Training (15 Nov 2023)

Erin McGreehan: The Minister of State is very welcome to the House. I am seeking departmental support on this issue of recognition and acknowledgement for teachers who graduated prior to 1974, most of whom have now retired. These individuals played an invaluable role in shaping the minds of countless students and dedicated their lives to imparting knowledge and wisdom. I was recently approached by a...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Teacher Training (15 Nov 2023)

Erin McGreehan: I accept the institutions are autonomous bodies and the universities are autonomous in the awarding of honorary degrees. However, what I am asking the Minister of State to bring back to the Minister, Deputy Foley, and I, too, will bring back to her, is that this is not a normal situation. As a teacher, the Minister, Deputy Foley, knows teachers who trained prior to 1974. It is within her...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Legislative Process (15 Nov 2023)

Erin McGreehan: We all hope it will happen in a couple of weeks. I thank the Minister of State.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Legislative Process (15 Nov 2023)

Erin McGreehan: Before I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Malcolm Noonan, to the House, I welcome a young lady, Áine O'Reilly, who is in the Visitors' Gallery. She is in Leinster House this week on work experience and is very welcome.

Seanad: Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Agency Bill 2023: Second Stage (15 Nov 2023)

Erin McGreehan: I welcome the Minister to the House. I am glad to be here on the day this Bill has been brought to Seanad Éireann. This is a really important Bill. Many people have been calling for an agency like this for a long time. I am very familiar with Safe Ireland as a member of Women's Aid Dundalk, which is affiliated under Safe Ireland. The policy direction, advice and support we get from...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Rights-Based Care for People with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Nov 2023)

Erin McGreehan: Our guests are all very welcome to our meeting. I look at our eight guests and think they have an enormous responsibility in respect of thousands of children and their futures. The success or otherwise of their jobs depends on them. They are in an incredible position. Many people are falling between stools. As Senator O'Loughlin said, we only ever hear of the bad and hard stories. Many...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Rights-Based Care for People with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Nov 2023)

Erin McGreehan: I was talking about either situation or both situations.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Mental Health Services (21 Nov 2023)

Erin McGreehan: The Minister of State is very welcome. I am very glad the Minister of State responsible for this area is here. It is crucial that we address head-on the issue that no one should feel helpless and alone in circumstances where they have a mental health crisis. I ask the Minister of State to outline the supports available to an individual going through the trauma and also to family members...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Mental Health Services (21 Nov 2023)

Erin McGreehan: I thank the Minister of State for her genuine and thoughtful answer. Our basic requirement for patients when they have these crisis moments is to trust the system and to feel safe. That is a step to recovery and to being able to trust that system. A key point, particularly when the Minister of State's Department is doing so much in the area, is that it needs to filter down to the accident...

Seanad: Sports Funding: Statements (21 Nov 2023)

Erin McGreehan: The Minister of State is very welcome to the Seanad this evening. I thank him for coming to County Louth a few weeks ago when he met with more than 90 award recipients on the first annual Louth local sports partnership volunteer awards. To me, that is why we are all here and why this whole debate is so important. It is about the volunteers and the people. Approximately 90 people were...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Nov 2023)

Erin McGreehan: I raise the issue of regional roads and their ability to safely deal with the volume of traffic travelling on them. Specifically, I highlight the route along R173, the R175 and onto the R176 and right on to the Border in north County Louth. This road is the main access road to the Cooley Peninsula. There are several primary schools located on it, and one secondary school. It is a regional...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Wastewater Treatment (28 Nov 2023)

Erin McGreehan: I welcome the Minister of State. I am sure he will read a statement from the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage and highlight the fact that the Department has recently changed the grants for septic tanks. This changes, which are very welcome, include increasing the maximum grant from €5,000 to €12,000 and removing the requirement to have previously registered...