Results 81-93 of 93 for speaker:Eileen Lynch

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Jul 2025)

PJ Murphy: I wish to raise a topic that has been mentioned in the national media in recent days, which is the issuing of online sick notes in the State through websites that require no consultation whatsoever with a registered medical practitioner. A number of websites are offering a service where people can go online, submit their personal details, submit the details of their employer, select the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Jul 2025)

Eileen Lynch: I wish to address a matter I have raised before, namely, the need to provide ring-fenced funding for transport for those in receipt of adult disability day services. Currently in my county of Cork, there are 242 users of adult disability day services across 25 providers. The issue is that there is no transport provision or funding for a child using the services. These are provided until a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Housing Delivery, Service and Supply: Discussion (1 Jul 2025)

PJ Murphy: I will start by addressing the witnesses from the ESB. I am from the southern part of the Galway East constituency. For six years, I represented the Gort–Kinvara local electoral area on Galway County Council. Thankfully, we do not have ESB capacity issues in our area. Connections are generally forthcoming. That is very much appreciated. One issue that we have with the ESB in our...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Housing Delivery, Service and Supply: Discussion (1 Jul 2025)

PJ Murphy: I would very much appreciate that. Perhaps the committee could engage with the generation business because this site has been left in limbo for many years. It is an imposing site overlooking south Galway and the people of south Galway are anxious to know the long-term plans for it. Moving to Uisce Éireann, as I mentioned, I formerly represented the Gort-Kinvara local electoral area...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Housing Delivery, Service and Supply: Discussion (1 Jul 2025)

PJ Murphy: Given that answer and the progress since the establishment of Uisce Éireann or Irish Water, I can only assume that if the unserviced villages I mentioned are to apply through the process suggested and wait to be selected and serviced, the young people waiting on houses will be talking to their grandchildren about the possibility of living in these villages. The housing crisis is now....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Housing Delivery, Service and Supply: Discussion (1 Jul 2025)

PJ Murphy: I will be very quick, as I am being called to a vote in the Seanad. I listened to the answer given to my colleague, Senator Rabbitte, about the technical infrastructure task force. That answers a lot of the questions I had. In terms of the number of unserviced villages in south Galway, the southern half of County Galway is particularly poorly serviced when it comes to wastewater...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Dog Control and Sheep-Worrying: Discussion (2 Jul 2025)

Eileen Lynch: I thank all the organisations for their briefings. It has been very informative. I did not realise the number of non-microchipped pet dogs there was in the country. With regard to my background, I keep greyhounds. It is an incredibly regulated sport. We have to microchip our dogs if we want to register them and if we want them to compete. It is incredibly lax that the same does not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Dog Control and Sheep-Worrying: Discussion (2 Jul 2025)

Eileen Lynch: I have one point relating to how dogs are getting on lands. It is not so much the night attacks, but the attacks during the day when people are leaving dogs loose. Dogs should not be on a farmer's land if it is private property. There is a slightly different issue if it is mountain land or commonage in certain places. In 2021, there was a proposal that all rights of way, which were rights...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (2 Jul 2025)

Eileen Lynch: I thank the officials for their attendance and their briefing. Has the 2023 Act been commenced in its entirety?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (2 Jul 2025)

Eileen Lynch: On unfair trading practices, I understand that this is a regulation to enforce the existing directive to allow greater co-operation between enforcement bodies within the various member states. What actual power will the regulator have when it comes to legal cases being taken? I appreciate that co-operation exists and information is shared. Also, if a general unfair trading practice emerges...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (2 Jul 2025)

Eileen Lynch: So the regulation would allow for obligatory enforcement if, say, an Irish buyer takes an action against a French suppler and the decision is made here but the two enforcement authorities work together to enforce that in the second country. On the other COM proposal, I note that the Department's briefing on the implications for Ireland sets out that the Department is concerned about any...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (2 Jul 2025)

Eileen Lynch: Do the officials think that issue will be resolved, as negotiations are ongoing?

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Jul 2025)

PJ Murphy: I wish to draw attention to the condition and structural stability of Ireland's tallest and possibly most iconic monastic round tower, namely, Kilmacduagh in Tierneevin in south County Galway. In documents dating back over 250 years, a slight lean in that round tower was documented. Local archaeologists and local people monitoring the tower have noted a major increase in the lean of the...