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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: The Role of the Media and Communications in Actioning Climate Change: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)

Pauline O'Reilly: I am not sure there is any point in coming back in, other than to say I am not talking about the climate programmes. I am talking about political programming. The latter is what more people listen to. Programmes are still giving equal weight to things that do not carry equal weight in terms of the science.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: The Role of the Media and Communications in Actioning Climate Change: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)

Pauline O'Reilly: I thank the representatives for their presentations. Deeming something as wrong or incorrect is the crux of the matter. When we look through many of the decisions, it seems they are concerned with where a false claim has been made as opposed to what I consider greenwashing, which is to undermine climate action in the consciousness of the public. That is the dangerous part of this...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: The Role of the Media and Communications in Actioning Climate Change: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)

Pauline O'Reilly: I am looking at ads and just saying that they were not deemed greenwashing.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Jan 2023)

Pauline O'Reilly: The Cathaoirleach is very welcome to the Chair. It is lovely to see him sitting there. I congratulate Senator Chambers who I am sure will do a fantastic job as she did as Deputy Leader. I very much enjoyed working with her and I know that I will continue to work well with her. I also wanted to welcome BQMS O'Brien and Ms Kettle. I thank them for coming in. It is very important that we...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Medicinal Products (2 Feb 2023)

Pauline O'Reilly: I thank the Cathaoirleach. I thank the Minister of State for coming to the Chamber today. As the Cathaoirleach has said, a number of Members have raised this issue, and Senator Buttimer has indeed been at the forefront on the issues around cystic fibrosis. I am here for an update from the Minister of State. He will be aware that Cystic Fibrosis Ireland had called for a health technology...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Medicinal Products (2 Feb 2023)

Pauline O'Reilly: I will not get into a long discussion on the stranglehold that pharma companies have when it comes to providing treatment. As the Minister of State indicated, a huge amount of money was given to Vertex. I am disappointed that we have no update on the HTA. I ask the Minister of State to go back to the Minister and ask him to, as soon as possible, give me a date by which he thinks it will be...

Seanad: Family Courts Bill 2023: Second Stage (2 Feb 2023)

Pauline O'Reilly: The Minister is very welcome and I am delighted to be here today as someone who has worked as a family law solicitor myself. I feel very passionately about this piece of legislation and, indeed, I had the very great honour of being in the negotiations, along with the Minister, Deputy O’Gorman, for the Green Party, with Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael. It was a priority for us to put...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Briefing on Current and Future Plans for the School Building Unit: Department of Education (31 Jan 2023)

Pauline O'Reilly: I thank our guests for attending. They talked about projections. In the past, the data on projections for areas were quite old. How up to date are they for demographic shift in an area? Obviously, we are inclined to talk about areas we know. In some parts of Galway, such as the suburbs around the west, no new schools have been planned for some time. In their response, our guests might...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Briefing on Current and Future Plans for the School Building Unit: Department of Education (31 Jan 2023)

Pauline O'Reilly: Are we now using those new census data or are we still using the older census data?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Briefing on Current and Future Plans for the School Building Unit: Department of Education (31 Jan 2023)

Pauline O'Reilly: On the question of patronage, the witnesses will know that there is a target but it is hard to see how that target can be met through shifting schools that are already in the system. We are therefore pretty much reliant on new schools to develop diverse patronage. To what extent is that taken into account? Is it considered whether there is a lack of diversity of patronage among schools in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Briefing on Current and Future Plans for the School Building Unit: Department of Education (31 Jan 2023)

Pauline O'Reilly: I do not want to interrupt but I am really conscious of my time. What are the projections in respect of these kinds of projects? Problems with making these projects happen have been identified that have regard to funding or the Catholic Church. What are the projections, taking into consideration new schools and some of these pilot projects? Is the Department hitting its targets when both...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Briefing on Current and Future Plans for the School Building Unit: Department of Education (31 Jan 2023)

Pauline O'Reilly: I do not want to interrupt. I am not saying there is not work done. I am talking about whether we are hitting the targets. Somebody has to buy into these projects. The Catholic Church has to agree to it. The Catholic Church has to be paid. Another question is whether we have the data. One of the issues is that schools of a particular patronage are not asking parents who send children...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Briefing on Current and Future Plans for the School Building Unit: Department of Education (31 Jan 2023)

Pauline O'Reilly: I am not suggesting anyone is being sent to a school he or she does not want to be sent to. I am saying the data is simply not there. I am asking how that can be changed so the data is received. I do not think we can keep going back and saying we just have a general feeling or we know how people feel on the ground. We really do not. We do not have the data. It is on the work plan to...

Seanad: Moving Towards Zero Tolerance of Violence against Women: Statements (9 Feb 2023)

Pauline O'Reilly: I welcome the Minister. I came back from Brussels this morning. I was there yesterday to help launch an atlas on contraception for Europe. Ireland has jumped significantly, by 15%, to make it into the top four. This has happened quickly because of small measures but, in some ways, it has taken quite a while to get here because the likes of the Irish Family Planning Association has been...

Seanad: Oil Emergency Contingency and Transfer of Renewable Transport Fuels Functions Bill 2023: Second Stage (9 Feb 2023)

Pauline O'Reilly: The Minister of State is very welcome to the Chamber. This is a very technical Bill. All of us listening to the Minister of State's very detailed speech would be forgiven for not fully getting to grips with the details of it. I appreciate that he is coming back with an amendment on Committee Stage. All of this is underpinned by the fact that over the past two years the price of...

Seanad: Oil Emergency Contingency and Transfer of Renewable Transport Fuels Functions Bill 2023: Second Stage (9 Feb 2023)

Pauline O'Reilly: At 2.30 p.m. next Tuesday.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Building Reform Regulations: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (14 Feb 2023)

Pauline O'Reilly: I thank the witnesses for attending. I appreciate it. This is an important topic. I have questions on planning, and we might have an opportunity to deal with them at a future point. What has been achieved in new builds emphasises the importance of compulsory action. Guidance is all well and good, but when we get down to it, people choose things that are familiar or feel like the best...