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Committee on Children and Equality: General Scheme of the Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jul 2025)

Nessa Cosgrove: I thank Mr. Holohan. Ireland has the largest disability employment gap. How is that determined? How do we compare with other countries? Does it take in access to work and does it include transport and housing? How is the gap measured? I ask Dr. Begley or Dr. Raley to answer.

Committee on Children and Equality: General Scheme of the Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jul 2025)

Nessa Cosgrove: That is great. I thank Dr. Raley.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Irish Aviation Authority: Engagement (16 Jul 2025)

Nessa Cosgrove: I thank the witnesses for coming in. I will ask about the IAA strategy and effective regulation. If regulation is not effective, it is not really regulation at all. The stands out for me. This is about the transportation of weapons of war. I know from replies to questions submitted to the Minister for Transport that between October 2023 and June 2025 no exemptions were requested or...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Irish Aviation Authority: Engagement (16 Jul 2025)

Nessa Cosgrove: The inspecting of airlines.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Irish Aviation Authority: Engagement (16 Jul 2025)

Nessa Cosgrove: That is what I would have imagined. Effective regulation would include the right to inspect.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Irish Aviation Authority: Engagement (16 Jul 2025)

Nessa Cosgrove: I want to ask about environmental impacts. I see reference to sustainable aviation fuel. I know very little about that. What is it made of? Is grain used to make such fuel and, if so, will that affect food production? I do not know what sustainable fuel is and maybe the officials can give me a bit more information about that. Will it have an impact on food production?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Irish Aviation Authority: Engagement (16 Jul 2025)

Nessa Cosgrove: That is the regulation part and it has commenced.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Irish Aviation Authority: Engagement (16 Jul 2025)

Nessa Cosgrove: I thank the officials.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Irish Aviation Authority: Engagement (16 Jul 2025)

Nessa Cosgrove: I have listed loads, so I do not want to be repeating questions. I will only ask if IAA has any role in connectivity when people get off the aeroplane. Ireland West Airport Knock is in my area and I know there is a huge push to improve the rail services along the western rail corridor. Part of it would have to do with the growth of Knock and that it would be serviced. I do not know if...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Irish Aviation Authority: Engagement (16 Jul 2025)

Nessa Cosgrove: Externally.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Irish Aviation Authority: Engagement (16 Jul 2025)

Nessa Cosgrove: That is an issue. It is the same with metro north. That would be transforming. Knock airport is a wonderful airport and it serves many counties, but connectivity is an issue. There are not even regular buses to and from Knock airport but there should be. It is not the witnesses' remit. I thank them.

Committee on Children and Equality: General Scheme of the Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jul 2025)

Nessa Cosgrove: I commend Mr. Holohan. It is not easy coming to a committee, so well done. I worked in the area of child protection within social work and it was a Tusla-funded organisation. Any new parent should be getting support, be it from a public health nurse or any support he or she needs. How does Mr. Holohan think we could change that? Mr. Holohan felt discriminated against and no doubt he was....

Seanad: Migration: Statements (23 Sep 2025)

Nessa Cosgrove: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit agus déanaim comhghairdeas leis as ucht a post nua. Although migration has increased in recent years, it has always existed. The likelihood is that the level of people on the move in future will only grow, as has been mentioned, due to war and climate chaos. People move for a variety of reasons, including to escape war, conflict,...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Health Services (24 Sep 2025)

Nessa Cosgrove: I raise the ongoing issue of the absence of a community worker for MS services in counties Sligo and Leitrim. The north west has the highest instance of MS in the country, but alarmingly there is no dedicated MS community worker in Sligo or Leitrim. They are the only counties that do not have a dedicated community worker. MS Ireland put together a business proposal and submitted it to the...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Health Services (24 Sep 2025)

Nessa Cosgrove: There was no indication there that there is going to be any commitment to delivering MS services in the north west. I thank the Minister of State for outlining the amazing work MS Ireland and section 39 workers provide and I know that. Could the Minister of State bring it back to the Minister, and it would be really appreciated by the people in the north west, that this has been going on...

Seanad: Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation: Statements (24 Sep 2025)

Nessa Cosgrove: Earlier this month, the Northern and Western Regional Assembly released a report on the status of priority infrastructure projects. The Northern and Western Regional Assembly does amazing work in identifying not only the needs and gaps in provision but also the possibilities that could be implemented. There are a number of absolutely crucial transport infrastructure projects which have been...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Sep 2025)

Nessa Cosgrove: A motion moved yesterday in the Dáil by the Labour Party called on the Government to take immediate action to address child poverty and child homelessness. The latest ESRI report states child poverty has reached unthinkable levels in Ireland. One in five children is living below the poverty line, and this is when housing costs are factored in. These children are not statistics. We...

Seanad: Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza: Motion (25 Sep 2025)

Nessa Cosgrove: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza: Motion (25 Sep 2025)

Nessa Cosgrove: I, too, welcome the Fianna Fáil motion, and I also welcome the fact that the Government is supporting it. I will speak about the motion but also the amendments. The UN independent commission report states Israel has shown clear intent to establish permanent control over Gaza while ensuring a Jewish majority in the West Bank. I, too, was in the West Bank, 20 years ago, and at that...

Seanad: School Transport: Statements (30 Sep 2025)

Nessa Cosgrove: Fáiltím roimh an Aire Stáit. I will continue on from what other Senators have said. During the summer, we all got phone calls about the lack of school transport. One girl I want to mention who lives in Sligo has been taking the school bus every day since she started in junior infants. This August, her school bus application was refused because of the lack of available...