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Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (11 Jun 2025)

Linda Nelson Murray: Yes, of the initial phase.

Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (11 Jun 2025)

Linda Nelson Murray: It is more about informing consumers and ensuring they know. If it starts at the 70 businesses that were mentioned and it gets down to the companies that have 500 employees, how many does it bring in after four years? How many companies will be affected?

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Apprenticeship Programmes (17 Jun 2025)

Linda Nelson Murray: Will I be able to get an answer? I thank the Minister of State for coming in. I wish to raise the issue of apprenticeships in the furniture industry. Some say that the great wind of 1839 was the start of the furniture industry in Navan, County Meath. The big wind occurred on the afternoon of 6 January and swept across Europe, causing major damage and resulting in several hundred deaths....

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Apprenticeship Programmes (17 Jun 2025)

Linda Nelson Murray: I thank the Minister of State.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Jun 2025)

Linda Nelson Murray: I raise the issue of being able to watch our beautiful sport of GAA either on streaming devices or television. At the weekend, we saw a titanic victory for Meath, who became the first team since Tyrone in 2008 to beat Kerry and Dublin in the same All-Ireland Senior Football Championship. It was a fantastic win and great for our county - come on the Royals - but unless you went to Tullamore,...

Seanad: Enterprise Matters and Business Supports for SMEs: Motion (18 Jun 2025)

Linda Nelson Murray: I second the motion.

Seanad: Enterprise Matters and Business Supports for SMEs: Motion (18 Jun 2025)

Linda Nelson Murray: I welcome the Minister of State. I support the motion by my Fianna Fáil colleagues on enterprise today. It is always hard to figure out what part of enterprise one wants to talk about, because there is so much in it. I am very passionate about enterprise. I have always said that behind every small business is a dream. It begins with a dream or vision. A business plan is drafted....

Committee on Education and Youth: Engagement with Minister for Education and Youth (18 Jun 2025)

Linda Nelson Murray: I thank the Minister and the witnesses for coming in today. I spoke to a principal of a primary school in the past few days about the mobile phone ban in schools and protecting our young people. They would have preferred, rather than a board implementing a policy or the school implementing a policy, there was a legislative ban on phones in primary schools. They think it would be more...

Committee on Education and Youth: Engagement with Minister for Education and Youth (18 Jun 2025)

Linda Nelson Murray: The Minister was going to come back in on transport. We just did not have time. I was talking about the precious cargo of kids on buses which are breaking down, how old the buses are, and-----

Committee on Education and Youth: Engagement with Minister for Education and Youth (18 Jun 2025)

Linda Nelson Murray: Yes.

Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (18 Jun 2025)

Linda Nelson Murray: I offer huge apologies. I am running in and out because I am at two committees at the same time. I mentioned something about this issue last week. I am learning a lot about all this, and a lot of businesses and companies want to do the right thing when it comes to human rights but at the same time, as a business owner myself in the SME sector, we really do not need any more stuff on our...

Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (18 Jun 2025)

Linda Nelson Murray: Yes, as part of that mapping and their due diligence. To put it in perspective, representatives of IBEC, when they were here last week, spoke about how this will really impact all types of businesses. I asked how many larger companies it would impact initially. I was told it was approximately 70 but that smaller companies that deal with these larger ones will, in time, have to liaise with...

Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (18 Jun 2025)

Linda Nelson Murray: Sorry, maybe I have misunderstood this. Smaller businesses that are dealing with large businesses that have to do this will not have to supply any information. Reading this, I understood they did under the CSDDD.

Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (18 Jun 2025)

Linda Nelson Murray: There is nothing to worry about at all then.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Jun 2025)

Linda Nelson Murray: I want to speak about the SME test that was introduced by the Government as part of a series of measures in May 2024. This is a no-brainer because it means that any major new measure from the Government will be assessed for its impact on small businesses through an enhanced SME test. In all cases, they must include a completed SME test or provide an explanation as to why it is considered to...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Jun 2025)

Linda Nelson Murray: To any man who assaults a woman: shame on you. To any man who monitors a woman, controls her moves, where she is, what she is doing, her finances: shame on you. To any man who grabs his partner's phone to look at who she is speaking to: shame on you. To any man who makes a woman feel isolated, hopeless, suicidal, with nowhere to turn, then shame on you. To any man who allows his children...

Seanad: Dental Services: Motion (25 Jun 2025)

Linda Nelson Murray: I am delighted to stand and speak on this motion today. I welcome the motion by my colleagues. While I knew there was a huge problem with dentistry in Ireland, I had no clue how severe it was until I began my research. Analysis from the Irish Dental Association shows that we need an extra 500-----

Seanad: Dental Services: Motion (25 Jun 2025)

Linda Nelson Murray: I second the motion. The analysis from the Irish Dental Association shows that we need an extra 500 dentists across the private and public sector immediately. The number of dentists with a dental treatment services scheme, DTSS, contract is down 642 nationally in 12 years. A total of 7,711 children were seen by dentists in the school dental screening service in Meath in quarter 4 of 2017,...

Seanad: Disability (Personalised Budgets) Bill 2024: Second Stage (25 Jun 2025)

Linda Nelson Murray: I am grateful for the opportunity to contribute to this important debate on the personalised budgets Bill on behalf of Senator Nikki Bradley and Fine Gael. I commend those who introduced this Bill. I admire Senator Clonan's passionate advocacy. The idea that people with disabilities should have more control over the supports they receive is not radical; it is common sense and a...