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Seanad: Family Courts Bill 2022: Committee Stage (2 Oct 2024)

Maria Byrne: How stands the amendment Senator Ward?

Seanad: Family Courts Bill 2022: Committee Stage (2 Oct 2024)

Maria Byrne: Amendments No. 9, 38 and 53 are related and may be discussed together by agreement.

Seanad: Family Courts Bill 2022: Committee Stage (2 Oct 2024)

Maria Byrne: Amendments Nos. 11 to 14 inclusive, 27 to 32, inclusive, 34 to 37, inclusive, 40, 41, 57, 58 and 60 to 63, inclusive, are related and may be discussed together by agreement.

Seanad: Family Courts Bill 2022: Committee Stage (2 Oct 2024)

Maria Byrne: Amendments Nos. 15, 23, 42, 50, 69 and 77 are related and may be discussed together. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Family Courts Bill 2022: Committee Stage (2 Oct 2024)

Maria Byrne: Amendments Nos. 16 to 22, inclusive, 24, 25, 43 to 49, inclusive, 51, 52, 70 to 76, inclusive, 78 and 83 are related and may be discussed together by agreement. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Family Courts Bill 2022: Committee Stage (2 Oct 2024)

Maria Byrne: Before I go on to the next section, I welcome Deputy Coveney and his guests to the Gallery. I hope they enjoy their visit today.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Oct 2024)

Maria Byrne: I welcome the news that Limerick Civic Trust has been announced as Limerick person of the month of October. It is a competition which acknowledges people who carry out good deeds and works within the community. Limerick Civic Trust was founded by the late Denis Leonard. It has been instrumental in transforming Georgian buildings and other historic buildings. At present, it is working in...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Oct 2024)

Maria Byrne: I declare that I am not one either.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Oct 2024)

Maria Byrne: I wish to highlight an issue that has been raised to me by small retailers, particularly small shop owners, garage owners and petrol station owners, to do with the sale of illegal cigarettes. More than one third of cigarettes that are sold here either have no duty paid on them or they are counterfeit. Those figures have been issued by the Revenue Commissioners in terms of cigarettes that...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Oct 2024)

Maria Byrne: Today is World Mental Health Day, the theme of which is wellness in the workplace. I pay tribute to the Limerick Mental Health Association, which is running Limerick Mental Health Week with the theme of community connection and compassion. Over 54 projects are being run throughout the week, including community-based projects, concerts and sit-and-chat cafés. Many events are being...

Seanad: Seanad Electoral (University Members) (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (10 Oct 2024)

Maria Byrne: It is good to include third level institutes and graduates. I welcome the fact that NUI will become the overarching body and will register everybody. I agree with Senator Mullen that the people who are already on the register should be transferred over but a publicity campaign is necessary to let people know because many people have gone through the system, graduated and may not be aware...

Seanad: Seanad Electoral (University Members) (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (10 Oct 2024)

Maria Byrne: I thank the Minister for coming here to discuss this all important Bill. I welcome Tomás Heneghan and congratulate him on his action in the Supreme Court last year. I say that because for many years I have felt that the university panel should have been expanded to other third level institutes. I must declare that I have a vote from NUI. When I graduated after gaining a master's...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Issues relating to University Hospital Limerick: Discussion (10 Oct 2024)

Maria Byrne: I welcome the Minister and the witnesses. Returning to the HIQA report, when is that report due? I believe that a city centre or other central location where nurses' stations can see the patients from where they are situated might be worth looking at that. That is my first question. With regard to consultant contracts, I understand some consultants work on a part-time basis because they...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Issues relating to University Hospital Limerick: Discussion (10 Oct 2024)

Maria Byrne: In Limerick, there is going to be a new surgical hub and the site has been identified, as the Minister rightly said. I know an elective hospital was ruled out. I firmly believe Barrington's hospital is going to be vacated at the end of the year. Should we look at that as a temporary stop-gap? The building for the surgical hub has to be knocked down, rebuilt and the whole lot. That is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Issues relating to University Hospital Limerick: Discussion (10 Oct 2024)

Maria Byrne: Following up on Deputy Cathal Crowe's question on an inquiry, the Minister said he is going to meet the family of Aoife Johnston. Does the Minister think there will be another inquiry in terms of an independent report? Much like Deputy Crowe, the line in Mr. Justice Clarke's report that frightened me was that there seemed to be nobody in charge. That really was the line that frightened me....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Issues relating to University Hospital Limerick: Discussion (10 Oct 2024)

Maria Byrne: There are many units that operate at 100% in UHL and I want to pay tribute to the staff in every department, be the emergency department, oncology, the heart unit or the stroke unit. It is a pity that Limerick is always in the news for it accident and emergency unit, the bad news story that comes out of that and that people are sometimes frightened to go there. People want to have a safe...