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Seanad: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Jul 2024)

Róisín Garvey: I would like to put on the record of the House something I have seen on social media. The heads of this Bill came out two and a half years ago, perhaps, and I am sick and tired of people talking about this legislation being rushed through with no time for amendments. Members of the joint Oireachtas committee on housing spent many hours and weeks on it. I am looking at Senator Boyhan and...

Seanad: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Jul 2024)

Róisín Garvey: The Senator looks at me all the time so I can look at him. Take it easy.

Seanad: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Jul 2024)

Róisín Garvey: Do not interrupt.

Seanad: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Jul 2024)

Róisín Garvey: May I finish my sentence, please?

Seanad: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Jul 2024)

Róisín Garvey: Was the Senator there for pre-legislative scrutiny?

Seanad: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Jul 2024)

Róisín Garvey: On pre-legislative scrutiny, the Senator considered the legislation quite well in terms of amendments. I am saying that for the record-----

Seanad: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Jul 2024)

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Seanad: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Jul 2024)

Róisín Garvey: If the Senator thinks the only chance Senators have had to speak about this Bill was in the past three days, he should note that is not true.

Seanad: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Jul 2024)

Róisín Garvey: I am just clarifying that it is open to any Senator to attend meetings of the Oireachtas joint committee on housing, not just Senators like Senator Boyhan, who did work hard on this planning Bill and contributed to amendments thereto long before the beginning of this week. I want to refer to section 51 and, in particular, amendments Nos. 186 and 187. The matter I wish to raise has been...

Seanad: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Jul 2024)

Róisín Garvey: I have told people that the home loan offered by councils under the home loan scheme is cheaper than a mortgage. If the banks people's mortgage application, they can get a loan through the home loan scheme. Many of my friends have accessed it. From 22 July, people will be able to access funding to buy derelict and empty houses. That is a game-changer for those who have a vision or dream...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Health Services (26 Sep 2024)

Róisín Garvey: I welcome the Minister of State.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Health Services (26 Sep 2024)

Róisín Garvey: We all know how bad the situation is in University Hospital Limerick, UHL, which has become infamous, being possibly the worst hospital when it comes to trolley numbers, accident and emergency services, and chaos. I want to ask if the Minister for Health will make a statement on the extension of opening hours of the injury clinic in Ennis Hospital to help reduce pressure on the emergency...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Health Services (26 Sep 2024)

Róisín Garvey: I thank the Minister of State. I take it from her answer that the opening hours will not be extended past 8 p.m. I reject the findings of the HSE working group. To say all injury clinics should be treated the same and all should open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. is not good enough for us in County Clare. We are the only region in Ireland that does not have model 3 hospital. There should be a...

Seanad: Budget 2025 (Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform): Statements (1 Oct 2024)

Róisín Garvey: Tá sé an-suimiúil nach raibh a dhóthain ama ag an Aire Stáit dul tríd gach rud. Tá an buiséad chomh maith sin. This is such a big and long budget, and so much money is being given out for many things, that the Minister of State ran out of time. You never get everything you want but that is the way it is in life in general. It is a part of being in...

Seanad: Offshore Renewable Energy: Motion (9 Oct 2024)

Róisín Garvey: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stait go dtí an Teach. I welcome the motion. It is great to see progress finally being made. What is envisaged should probably have happened about 20 years ago. The Minister, Deputy Eamon Ryan, has been pushing for this for a long time. What is envisaged will hopefully lead to our becoming energy independent and self-sufficient country. Not only...

Seanad: Maternity Protection Bill 2024: Second Stage (9 Oct 2024)

Róisín Garvey: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Leas-Chathaoirleach agus fáilte isteach roimh an Aire. I am very pleased to be speaking about this important Bill in the Seanad. I thank my party colleague, the Minister, Deputy O'Gorman, for bringing forward this important legislation, which will allow for mothers who have had a difficult diagnosis of a serious illness to pause their maternity leave and...

Seanad: Protection of the Native Irish Honey Bee Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (16 Oct 2024)

Róisín Garvey: I thank the Minister of State for coming in. I also thank my colleague, Senator Vincent Martin, for his work on this Bill. In fact, he has brought in more Bills to the House in the lifetime of this Government than any other Senator. I believe the number is in double figures in four short years, and that must be commended. It is good to use the House. We are legislators so we can bring in...