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Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Health Services Provision (7 Nov 2023)

Mary Fitzpatrick: I thank the Minister of State for coming to the Seanad today. Earlier this year, this House passed a motion calling on the Government to provide free hormonal replacement therapy for women. My Commencement matter asks the Minister for Health to make a statement on the process that will be required to extend the free female contraception scheme to include hormone replacement therapy, HRT....

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Health Services Provision (7 Nov 2023)

Mary Fitzpatrick: I thank the Minister of State for the reply from the Government and the Minister for Health. It is welcome and at least outlines what the clear path would be, and the requirement for primary legislation. We will pursue this with the Minister. It is important to note - and I had noted - that HRT is freely available on the medical card, and this is welcome. However, not every woman has a...

Seanad: Housing For All: Statements (7 Nov 2023)

Mary Fitzpatrick: I thank the Minister for coming to the House today. I commend him, the Government and everybody who is involved in delivering Housing for All and making it a reality. It is great to see the Minister come here today and report real progress in every element of housing. When the Government was formed and the housing challenge was to be addressed, the Minister stood up and took on the job....

Seanad: Housing For All: Statements (7 Nov 2023)

Mary Fitzpatrick: Talking. The proposed projects include those at Dorset Street, Dominick Street, Constitution Hill and Matt Talbot Court - the list goes on. These are prime sites in one of Europe's greatest capital cities. Dublin City Council is moving at a glacial pace. It is unacceptable. It is a complete dereliction of duty. Will the Minister use his offices to engage with Dublin City Council? I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Defective Block Scheme Regulations and Review of IS 465: Discussion (13 Jul 2023)

Mary Fitzpatrick: I am in Leinster House. Unfortunately, though, I cannot be in the committee room. I thank the witnesses, especially the homeowners, for giving of their time today to share with us their experience and for the work they are doing every other day as well. Their testimonies were passionate and compelling. Buying your first home is exciting, but it is also arguably the most stressful thing...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Defective Block Scheme Regulations and Review of IS 465: Discussion (13 Jul 2023)

Mary Fitzpatrick: Even after amendments, should the scheme be scrapped and should we return to the start?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Defective Block Scheme Regulations and Review of IS 465: Discussion (13 Jul 2023)

Mary Fitzpatrick: I thank the officials for attending this morning. I do not know if they had the benefit of hearing the earlier part of our session. There were very strong and compelling testimonies from homeowners in Mayo, Donegal and Clare. While they appreciated the extensive work that has gone on now for many years from each of the organisations and Departments, which is all very welcome, there was a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Proposed Changes to River Shannon, Grand and Royal Canals and River Barrow Navigation By-laws: Discussion (21 Sep 2023)

Mary Fitzpatrick: Can we get two minutes each?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Proposed Changes to River Shannon, Grand and Royal Canals and River Barrow Navigation By-laws: Discussion (21 Sep 2023)

Mary Fitzpatrick: Deputy Gould is a gentleman. Go raibh maith agat. I thank the witnesses for attending today, not only Waterways Ireland but all those who live on our waterways. They are incredibly valuable resources to us. The Royal Canal is in my neck of the woods at the city end, from Spencer Dock out. The work going on there is commendable. We always knew it was a great resource, not only as a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Cost Rental Tenant In Situ Scheme: Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage (21 Sep 2023)

Mary Fitzpatrick: I thank the Aire and the Department for the opening statement. The tenant in situscheme has worked spectacularly well for anyone who has been able to avail of it. I want to commend Dublin City Council on having piloted it a number of years ago. I welcome the fact that it has been put on a permanent footing with the Department. The numbers refer to the numbers of houses but do not reflect...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Nov 2023)

Mary Fitzpatrick: I cautiously welcome the news that some Irish citizens are to be released from Gaza. I wish the leader of Fianna Fáil, the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs, well and offer him the support of this House and the Irish nation in the work he is doing to try to secure the release of Irish citizens, a ceasefire and a pathway to re-establishing some level of humanity for the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Nov 2023)

Mary Fitzpatrick: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Vacant and Derelict Buildings: Motion [Private Members] (15 Nov 2023)

Mary Fitzpatrick: I commend Senator Moynihan and her colleagues on tabling the motion. I have said many times, and I will say it again, that the fastest and most sustainable way to increase our housing supply is to reuse the built properties that are already connected to the water and electricity, and are in our communities beside shops, schools, churches and every other meeting place that communities need....

Seanad: Vacant and Derelict Buildings: Motion [Private Members] (15 Nov 2023)

Mary Fitzpatrick: Exactly, it is waiting for the fire. It is not funny; it is scandalous and completely unacceptable. In this context I supportthe motion. Where I take more hope is what we have witnessed in the past 12 months. I argued very hard in my party for the Croí Cónaithe grants to be available for derelict properties. They have been a spectacular success. More than 5,000 applications...

Seanad: Vacant and Derelict Buildings: Motion [Private Members] (15 Nov 2023)

Mary Fitzpatrick: Seriously, Senator Warfield, come on.

Seanad: Energy (Windfall Gains in the Energy Sector) (Cap on Market Revenues) Bill 2023: Motion for Earlier Signature (15 Nov 2023)

Mary Fitzpatrick: I move: That pursuant to subsection 2° of section 2 of Article 25 of the Constitution, Seanad Éireann concurs with the Government in a request to the President to sign the Windfall Gains in the Energy Sector) (Cap on Market Revenues) Bill 2023 on a date which is earlier than the fifth day after the date on which the Bill shall have been presented to him.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Consideration of the Citizens' Assembly Report on a Directly Elected Mayor of Dublin: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Nov 2023)

Mary Fitzpatrick: I thank the witnesses not just for coming here today, but for all of the work they have done on the citizens' assembly. I am a big fan of the idea of a directly-elected mayor and strong local government. Our local government is far too weak and we need to strengthen it. I was not at all surprised to see that as part of its recommendations the citizens' assembly did not deal solely with the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Nov 2023)

Mary Fitzpatrick: Like others, I want to express my sympathies and condolences to the family of Tras Honan. May she rest in peace. Today I want to speak to the appalling events that took place in my constituency and my community last Thursday. I want to start by talking and thinking about the children, their families and their carers and everybody at Gaelscoil Choláiste Mhuire on Parnell Square. It...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Nov 2023)

Mary Fitzpatrick: All of our energies should be going on addressing what caused it and ensuring it never happens again. We need to have an uncompromising response to crime and antisocial behaviour in our communities. It was my community last week but it will be other Senators' communities another day. Unless, as a society, we have an uncompromising response to crime and antisocial behaviour, it will...

Seanad: Recent Violence in Dublin City Centre: Motion (29 Nov 2023)

Mary Fitzpatrick: I second the motion.