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Seanad: Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (30 Jun 2022)

Pauline O'Reilly: I am going to put the question shortly. I will give the Senator another few seconds.

Seanad: Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (30 Jun 2022)

Pauline O'Reilly: As it is now 11.30 a.m., I am required to put the following question in accordance with the order of the Seanad of Thursday, 23 June 2022: "That amendment No. 54 is hereby negatived in committee; the Government amendments undisposed of are hereby made to the Bill; in respect of each of the sections undisposed of, the section or, as appropriate, the section as amended, is hereby agreed to in...

Seanad: Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (30 Jun 2022)

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

Seanad: Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (30 Jun 2022)

Pauline O'Reilly: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Committee Stage (30 Jun 2022)

Pauline O'Reilly: I am an advocate for having the vote at 16. I am on the record as saying that. The Minister of State is on the record as having said that. Having the vote at 16 years old has been a long-term Green Party policy. We have probably been on the record for a couple of decades in relation to this issue. We have members who are 16. They write policies for us, yet they cannot even get to vote...

Seanad: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Committee Stage (30 Jun 2022)

Pauline O'Reilly: It is a coalition.

Seanad: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Committee Stage (30 Jun 2022)

Pauline O'Reilly: We are crazy.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Sectoral Emissions Ceilings: Discussion (28 Jun 2022)

Pauline O'Reilly: I am conscious that we do not have officials from the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage but, notwithstanding that, it is important to raise the issue of local authorities again. I know from some of the previous contributions that some councils are performing better than others when it comes to active transport and public transport. I have a lot of sympathy for those who...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Sectoral Emissions Ceilings: Discussion (28 Jun 2022)

Pauline O'Reilly: Just to be clear, I am not suggesting everybody should have access to a car. What we want to see happen is that people in areas, for example, in some parts of Dublin where 80% of people might not own a car, would rightly have access to public transport and active transport and that it would be ensured that their taxes were used predominantly for that. That is my main point, not that we...

Seanad: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Jul 2022)

Pauline O'Reilly: I thank the Leas-Chathaoirleach for his kind words and for the------

Seanad: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Jul 2022)

Pauline O'Reilly: I may not be that brief.

Seanad: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Jul 2022)

Pauline O'Reilly: I just wished to come in on the point Senator Mullen raised because it is recognised as a valid point. Section 61(4)(d) reads "students or the students’ unions of the institution". My reading of this is that it means students of the institution. It cannot just be random students but must be the students of the institution as a whole. It would be worth checking that out because it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Jun 2022)

Pauline O'Reilly: I thank all the delegates for attending. This is a topic I feel very passionate about. I spoke at the same joint committee as Mr. Dunne on the very issue of the constitutional amendment. It is no exaggeration to say every political party bar our own has been seeking to delete the part of the Constitution in question. Sometimes it feels like you are shouting against a stream when it comes...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Jun 2022)

Pauline O'Reilly: We will move to first names.

Seanad: Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (7 Jul 2022)

Pauline O'Reilly: On a point of order, is amendment No. 33 included in that group?

Seanad: Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (7 Jul 2022)

Pauline O'Reilly: It is just that it is not on my list.

Seanad: Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (7 Jul 2022)

Pauline O'Reilly: I thank the staff because there are a number of amendments replacing the one amendment I had in respect of this matter on Committee Stage. The matter was raised by some paper cup manufacturers, but we all saw it as a committee. All of us present attend the climate action committee and we know people can be encouraged to use cheap plastic alternatives that are effectively single-use items,...

Seanad: Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (7 Jul 2022)

Pauline O'Reilly: As Senator Boylan has said, in the committee we discussed obsolescence and other issues around large items, electronic devices and white goods. The recommendation was for the Minister of State and the Department to investigate the matter. I will be keen to hear what investigation was done in that regard. I remember looking around IKEA, a large store, several years ago and there were...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Young Social Innovators: Discussion (28 Jun 2022)

Pauline O'Reilly: I was due to be in the Committee on Environment and Climate Action at 11 a.m. and I sent an email at the time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Young Social Innovators: Discussion (28 Jun 2022)

Pauline O'Reilly: Maybe we could both ask our questions.