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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: General Scheme of the Research and Innovation Bill 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2023)

Aisling Dolan: Does anyone else want to reply?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: General Scheme of the Research and Innovation Bill 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2023)

Aisling Dolan: That is okay. Hopefully, there will be an opportunity to summarise at the end if the Senator has any other thoughts to offer.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: General Scheme of the Research and Innovation Bill 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2023)

Aisling Dolan: Professor Kelly-Holmes and the other witnesses have highlighted supports for early-stage researchers, which are crucial, and the need for more funding in the research area. This body is going to be called research and innovation Ireland. The key is supporting early-stage research. Obviously, we have seen the IRC laureates, the Government of Ireland scholarships and other scholarships. We...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: General Scheme of the Research and Innovation Bill 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2023)

Aisling Dolan: Professor Kelly-Holmes mentioned that earlier.

Seanad: Tourism: Statements (18 May 2023)

Aisling Dolan: Fáilte Ireland has done a lot of work on digital supports for business. There was a lot of engagement with Fáilte Ireland earlier this year on the supports it has in place, which are wonderful. I like the bed-nights portal on its website which shows the breakdown of accommodation supports and bed and breakfast nights across our different providers and how hotels provide 60% to 70%...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: The Future of STEM in Irish Education: Discussion (7 Mar 2023)

Aisling Dolan: I thank everyone who has come before the committee this morning and made the trip. It is a lovely sunny morning here. It is great to have their input into why and how we promote STEM subjects. My background is that I worked in Science Foundation Ireland, SFI, for a while so was involved a bit with the discover science programmes. At that time, SFI was doing research into why more girls...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 May 2023)

Aisling Dolan: This weekend in Ballinasloe, we will have a tourism event that has something for everyone. It is about showcasing everything that is on offer. Last week, I was with the Minister, Deputy Catherine Martin, in the Seanad to speak on statements on tourism and in particular, the importance of the tourism activator role in respect of the just transition. A role has been allocated for each county...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Second Stage (23 May 2023)

Aisling Dolan: I welcome the Minister for Justice, Deputy Harris. It is very welcome to see the Bill in the House and the significant changes it is going to make to existing laws. We live in a democracy and we have the freedom to live our lives, but that is sometimes threatened and our freedom to live our lives as we wish is taken away. When people suffer harassment, stalking and abuse, suddenly they are...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó (Atógáil) - Order of Business (Resumed) (24 May 2023)

Aisling Dolan: I thank the Cathaoirleach. I want to highlight the opening of the tennis courts in Ballinasloe. There was very welcome sports capital funding for the Ballinasloe and District Tennis Club. It means three new tennis courts will be available in the town for children and adults. The club is great at bringing along beginners on Saturday mornings. When I was a child, we played on the road when...

Seanad: Academic Precarity: Motion (24 May 2023)

Aisling Dolan: I thank the Senators for tabling this motion. It is a concern that is shared by all groups, particularly in government, including the Minister of State and the Minister, Deputy Harris. What is great about our third level system is the flow of knowledge from our universities into society, industry, hospitals and the public sector. This continuous flow makes our universities a thriving...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (25 May 2023)

Aisling Dolan: I thank the Cathaoirleach. I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Heydon. He is here on behalf of the Minister for Health, Deputy Stephen Donnelly. The Government made a decision in January 2022 to acknowledge the incredible work by healthcare staff during the Covid pandemic and the service given in a crisis to keep people safe. Staff went to work every day with patients sick from...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (25 May 2023)

Aisling Dolan: We asked these workers to step up at the start of the Covid period. We asked them to do their jobs despite the risk of sickness and before they had the necessary personal protective equipment. We asked them to go into work morning after morning, as we all listened every evening to the news of rising case numbers. The people working in hospitals did not ask the Government to wait until we...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 May 2023)

Aisling Dolan: I thank Senator Seery Kearney for introducing the Bill on spiking. It is crucial.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 May 2023)

Aisling Dolan: I formally second it. It is the Non-Fatal Offences against the Person (Amendment) (Spiking) Bill 2023. I thank Senator Seery Kearney for introducing it on behalf of all Fine Gael Senators. I thank Senator Doherty and acknowledge the work we have done with Young Fine Gael. This is a terrible experience to happen to anyone, especially when they are enjoying themselves on a night out. I...

Seanad: Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (25 May 2023)

Aisling Dolan: I thank the Minister for being here to deal with this Bill that concerns certain cohorts of registrants with the Medical Council. As the Minister mentioned earlier, he has tabled amendments associated with the investigation of complaints by the Medical Council and this Bill also concerns the registration of social care workers. I want to raise queries that I have received that concern CORU...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (31 May 2023)

Aisling Dolan: Investment in Portiuncula University Hospital is a major priority for me. I was delighted and honoured to bring the Taoiseach to meet the assistant general manager, Ms Marguerite Dooley, the director of nursing, Ms Mary Mahon, and the senior clinical management team in the hospital when he visited Ballinasloe last February. The Taoiseach had an opportunity to open a new CT scan facility and...

Seanad: Garda Reserve: Statements (31 May 2023)

Aisling Dolan: I very much appreciate the Acting Chairperson, Senator Keogan, allowing me to contribute. I thank the Minister, Deputy Harris, who was here earlier, for his contribution. I welcome the Minister of State. I welcome these statements. As the Minister pointed out, the strategy in this regard is around the key commitments of recruitment, training and development, deployment, governance and...

Seanad: Non-Fatal Offences against the Person (Amendment) (Spiking) Bill 2023: Second Stage (31 May 2023)

Aisling Dolan: I do not mind. I can share in case anyone else wants to come in a second time.

Seanad: Non-Fatal Offences against the Person (Amendment) (Spiking) Bill 2023: Second Stage (31 May 2023)

Aisling Dolan: I thank the Minister very much for coming to the Chamber today. I also thank the members of Young Fine Gael, who are fighting for the cause, for being here. I thank them so much, because campaigning is what it is all about. It is about having fighting to get something changed and doing the hard work behind that. That is what those who are present did, and they brought the idea to the Fine...

Seanad: Capital Investment in the Health Service: Statements (1 Jun 2023)

Aisling Dolan: Gabhaim buíochas leis an gCathaoirleach Gníomhach. I thank the Minister, Deputy Donnelly, for being with us today to debate the HSE capital plan. Is the figure of more than €1 billion for infrastructure across the country incredible? The Minister is looking at it not only in the hospital environment but in the primary care network. I am delighted to see the investment...