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Seanad: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: Statements (1 Feb 2023)

Aisling Dolan: The Minister of State is very welcome. Along with Senator Black, I am on the sub-committee on mental health. It is important to be really clear about what CAMHS does. It was outlined in the report that the services provide assessments and treatment for young people up to 18 years of age. The report goes through the various conditions treated. Included are depression, problems with food...

Seanad: UL Hospitals Group: Motion (1 Feb 2023)

Aisling Dolan: I welcome the Minister to the House to speak about the issue of emergency departments, which is crucial across many areas. I thank Senators Conway and Maria Byrne for bringing forward the motion. There is pressure on emergency departments. Senators have raised issues, particularly in respect of University Hospital Limerick. I want to speak specifically about the Saolta University Health...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Feb 2023)

Aisling Dolan: I welcome the Heritage Council funding for biodiversity officers for a number of local authorities that was announced this morning. We still need to see more local authorities come on board. Funding has been announced for Galway County Council and it is at an advanced stage of getting that person on board, but we also need to see it for Roscommon. Biodiversity is important. We see it...

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

Aisling Dolan: Apologies. Some issues may come up again at a later stage.

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

Aisling Dolan: I am conscious of time. Mr. Dolan might get an opportunity to come in later, but I wish to focus on project management supports for urgent projects.

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

Aisling Dolan: I apologise for interrupting but I challenge Mr. Loftus that normally the school and principal have had to take the lead with the design teams. I appreciate that sometimes design teams can be managing multiple projects, but when does the Department of Education ask the design teams for an update? Does it ask after five, ten or 15 years? Does the Department say the project is at stage 1 or...

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

Aisling Dolan: In this case, the design team has been very proactive in the past while. It is great to see, but in general, there is a gap in this area and I would love to see solutions being driven by the Department in how to resolve those issues.

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

Aisling Dolan: Well done.

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

Aisling Dolan: I thank the Chair.

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

Aisling Dolan: I welcome Mr. Loftus and the team from the planning and building unit in the Department of Education. It is great to have them here. The figures are phenomenal. The opening statement points out that we have 4,000 schools and nearly 1 million children. The unit delivers accommodation, buildings and schools for children when they move from primary to post-primary schools. The unit bases a...

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

Aisling Dolan: That has not impacted on any deliverables for additional accommodation.

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

Aisling Dolan: I thank Mr. Loftus.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Feb 2023)

Aisling Dolan: I acknowledge the devastation in Türkiye and Syria. Our thoughts, and particularly the thoughts of many families all where I come from who have said it to me and Members, are with the people there. We will be there to support in the time ahead when they are going to need so much help. Ireland through the Department of Foreign Affairs and Irish Aid will do so much around this as well....

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

Aisling Dolan: I welcome the Minister, Deputy Harris, to the House in his new role as Minister for Justice. He is here to speak to us about a serious topic. It is about zero tolerance of any type of abuse of women. It is incredible to think that we need to have a strategy to say this. It should be crazy to think that we need such a strategy. It should be automatically within us that there is never...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Feb 2023)

Aisling Dolan: I wish to discuss the IFA sheep protest that was organised in Roscommon yesterday. IFA branches from across the country gathered in Roscommon to highlight challenges for farming families. The price of sheep would normally see a natural bump as we enter this season. Unfortunately, that is not happening. There are also reports that there was an increase of nearly one third in farming input...

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

Aisling Dolan: It is a real day of honour for me because Scoil an Chroí Naofa is my national school, and these guys are the first student council from Scoil an Chroí Naofa. They are doing an absolutely amazing job.

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

Aisling Dolan: These children, from fourth, fifth and sixth classes represent their classes. I ask the children from fourth, fifth and sixth classes to put their hands up. Well done. I am so proud of each and every one of them. I thank the teachers, Edel Moriarty and Declan Rynne, who brought the students to Leinster House today. This is my first school tour group and it comes from my primary school....

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

Aisling Dolan: Scoil an Chroí Naofa.

Seanad: Domestic Violence (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (15 Feb 2023)

Aisling Dolan: I support the Domestic Violence (Amendment) Bill. I thank Senator Martin for introducing it under Private Member's business. It is shocking, in all societies, that we are seeing this abuse and attacks against women, but I wish to speak to how we engage, at very early stages, to support women in coming forward about a domestic situation. There are always indications and symptoms and, yet,...