Results 881-900 of 1,003 for speaker:Róisín Garvey
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Impact of Means Testing on Farm Assist and Other Social Welfare Schemes: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)
Róisín Garvey: I am sorry; I have questions.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Impact of Means Testing on Farm Assist and Other Social Welfare Schemes: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)
Róisín Garvey: Yes, it is.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Impact of Means Testing on Farm Assist and Other Social Welfare Schemes: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)
Róisín Garvey: Means testing is very important.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Impact of Means Testing on Farm Assist and Other Social Welfare Schemes: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)
Róisín Garvey: Farmers are losing land to flooding because of soil deposition in rivers as well. This is all linked in. Means testing is very important.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Impact of Means Testing on Farm Assist and Other Social Welfare Schemes: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)
Róisín Garvey: I thank the Cathaoirleach for bringing me back because I am very passionate about this subject.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Impact of Means Testing on Farm Assist and Other Social Welfare Schemes: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)
Róisín Garvey: Yes. We have got to get this right to keep rural Ireland alive. There will be nobody left in my community if the farmers and their wives, husbands and children leave. On the means tests, we have capped direct payments, agri-climate rural environment scheme, ACRES, payments, areas of natural constraints payments of €250 million this year alone. We have the National Parks and...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Impact of Means Testing on Farm Assist and Other Social Welfare Schemes: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)
Róisín Garvey: That it is being done in other sectors as well.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Impact of Means Testing on Farm Assist and Other Social Welfare Schemes: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)
Róisín Garvey: Is there a precedent?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Impact of Means Testing on Farm Assist and Other Social Welfare Schemes: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)
Róisín Garvey: Is there a precedent for means testing on net income in other sectors in Ireland? I asked that in my original speech. Do witnesses need help to promote farm assist? Do they need help with the bureaucracy of it? What are the witnesses' asks? Should we ask for more Teagasc staff to help people? I know bureaucracy is ruining everything in every sector. I know that farmers traditionally...
- Seanad: Employment (Collective Redundancies and Miscellaneous Provisions) and Companies (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (24 Apr 2024)
Róisín Garvey: Comhghairdeas leis an Aire Stáit in her new role. I am delighted to have her in the House as a Minister of State. It is a big honour. I am glad to be able to speak to her for the first time in her new role. I welcome the Bill. It is great. It was a long time coming. Some of it is to rectify Acts that date back to 1977. We are all overly familiar with the sad cases of the Clerys...
- Seanad: Smartphone and Social Media Use: Motion [Private Members] (24 Apr 2024)
Róisín Garvey: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire go dtí an Teach. I commend her on all the work she has done to date on this. I commend the Fine Gael party on bringing forward this motion. It is a very serious matter of mental health and social health. The phone has taken over many people's lives. Many parents are not even sure how to manoeuvre them and control what appears on the phone, not to...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Impact of Means Testing on Farm Assist and Other Social Welfare Schemes: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)
Róisín Garvey: It is very interesting to listen to all the witnesses individually. I welcome their input. I live on a farm and all my neighbours are farmers. I am deeply concerned about farming in Ireland, especially for small farmers. My neighbours are worried about it. It is not as though it was going great guns anyway and now we have the whole mess-up with climate change and the ridiculously...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Relating to Road Safety: Road Safety Authority (24 Apr 2024)
Róisín Garvey: I thank the witnesses for coming in today. It is great to have them here and to have an opportunity to speak. There have been reports in recent months about the level of road traffic injuries being underestimated, given that analysis was being done on Garda records of collisions only. There have been recent reports that the RSA has completed research from both Garda and hospital records...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Relating to Road Safety: Road Safety Authority (24 Apr 2024)
Róisín Garvey: Yes, I am sorry. The RSA gets funding from the NCT and driving licences. I wonder is that swaying its priorities? It does seem that it is all about driving, and not just about other modes of transport.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Relating to Road Safety: Road Safety Authority (24 Apr 2024)
Róisín Garvey: I know that, yes. It is not in every school in the way the driver theory test is.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Relating to Road Safety: Road Safety Authority (24 Apr 2024)
Róisín Garvey: That is my point.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Relating to Road Safety: Road Safety Authority (24 Apr 2024)
Róisín Garvey: It is not just about them cycling. If you drive a car, you are not aware of what it is like to be a cyclist-----