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Seanad: Final Report of the Joint Committee on Autism: Motion [Private Members] (9 Oct 2024)

Micheál Carrigy: The Minister of State is very welcome. I am grateful for this opportunity to speak on this debate and before I start, I thank my colleagues in Fine Gael for putting forward the report as Private Members' business but I want to also thank the fellow members of the Joint Committee on Autism who worked so diligently on that report over a 15 month period. I believe that the collaborative and...

Seanad: Final Report of the Joint Committee on Autism: Motion [Private Members] (9 Oct 2024)

Micheál Carrigy: I thank the Acting Chairperson for his kind words. Ultimately, this report is about giving every child the same chance in life and the opportunity to achieve their potential, whatever that may be. I have the report with me and one of the reasons I put the words of Fiacre Ryan in the foreword, which Senator McGreehan mentioned, is the quote sums up a lot: It only seems appropriate to give...

Seanad: Final Report of the Joint Committee on Autism: Motion [Private Members] (9 Oct 2024)

Micheál Carrigy: At 9.30 a.m. tomorrow.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Housing Schemes (16 Oct 2024)

Micheál Carrigy: I thank the Minister of State for taking my Commencement matter, which relates to funding for Longford County Council under the Housing for All voids programme, which has been ongoing for a number of years. I was at a meeting of the housing committee last January at which executive members from Longford County Council were in attendance. The council was challenged to decrease the number of...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Housing Schemes (16 Oct 2024)

Micheál Carrigy: I welcome all the students and I hope they enjoy their day in Leinster House. I acknowledge that Longford County Council was allocated funding of nearly €1.5 million in 2023. However, I want to highlight that in 2023 we upped the number of houses that we retrofitted to 79. The Department mentioned in its statement that this work was done to a reletting standard. Should houses not...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Oct 2024)

Micheál Carrigy: I, too, wish to be associated with expressions of sympathy to the Naughten family on the death of Councillor John Naughten. He was someone I knew for between 15 and 20 years. He was an absolute gentleman. He is a massive loss to Fine Gael but an even bigger loss to his family. We extend our deepest sympathies to his wife Breda, his children, his mother, and his extended family and...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: State Response to Online Disinformation and Media and Digital Literacy: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Oct 2024)

Micheál Carrigy: I apologise for coming in late on the meeting. I have a few questions. We did a lot of work on the Future of Media Commission report that came out a couple of years ago. If I am correct, the figures demonstrated over 70% trust in mainstream media and less than 30% in online media. That was because there is a significant amount of disinformation across online media. It is important...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: State Response to Online Disinformation and Media and Digital Literacy: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Oct 2024)

Micheál Carrigy: The committee did a lot of work on the Online Safety and Media Regulation Act 2022. Are there enough protections in that Bill? Do we need to strengthen it? Can Coimisiún na Meán enforce it or could and should it do more in this area?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: State Response to Online Disinformation and Media and Digital Literacy: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Oct 2024)

Micheál Carrigy: Yes.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Oct 2024)

Micheál Carrigy: I wish to raise a nationwide issue regarding special school places with the Leader. We have a situation in Longford where there are families of young children looking for places in a special school. Unfortunately at this current time, that availability is not there. I call on the NCSE to put in place any measures needed to make sure that we increase the capacity within the special school...

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2024: Second Stage (22 Oct 2024)

Micheál Carrigy: The Minister is very welcome. I concur with Senator Wall’s comments about her staff in the Department of Social Protection. I have always found them to be extremely courteous on any issue or query we may have had and in her own office, Pauric and everyone have always been extremely courteous. I also wish to compliment the Minister on an excellent Social Welfare Bill. I know how...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Oct 2024)

Micheál Carrigy: I propose an amendment to the Order of Business that No. 12 be taken before No. 1. I also wish to speak on a number of issues. This morning on my way here, I spoke to a young man, James Cawley, who has worked in the disability sector for a long number of years. He is very well known to all of us in my area who are activists and fighting for supports. There is no full-time occupational...

Seanad: Autism Action and Oversight Bill 2024: First Stage (23 Oct 2024)

Micheál Carrigy: I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to provide for the establishment of a body, to be known as the Gasra um Plean Gníomhaíochta i leith an Uathachais agus um Chomhairle, to monitor and advise on the implementation of the Autism Innovation Strategy and any autism action plan published under this Act; and to provide for related matters.

Seanad: Autism Action and Oversight Bill 2024: First Stage (23 Oct 2024)

Micheál Carrigy: Next Tuesday.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Nov 2024)

Micheál Carrigy: I wish to raise a couple of issues. Representatives from the ICSA and IFA are outside the gates with their presidents Seán McNamara and Francie Gorman to highlight the potential knock-on effects of the Mercosur deal which may be finalised later this month. The viability of the beef sector in Ireland will be greatly effected by the deal. The agricultural sector and farmers in this...

Seanad: Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad (7 Nov 2024)

Micheál Carrigy: I second the proposal.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Special Educational Needs (7 Nov 2024)

Micheál Carrigy: I welcome the Minister of State and thank him for taking my Commencement matter. I stand here today talking about a matter that touches the heart of every family and community. It is an area I have worked on over my four and a half years in this House. I am talking about ensuring that we give every child the opportunity to maximise their potential in life. The Government has been...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Special Educational Needs (7 Nov 2024)

Micheál Carrigy: I thank the Minister of State for the response. It is important to acknowledge there has been significant investment by the Government in additional school places. The Minister of State, Deputy Naughton, has been extremely proactive in the role. I acknowledge the opening of classes in the county and that a new SENO has been put in place. Today is 7 November and the application process for...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Nov 2024)

Micheál Carrigy: I thank Mr. Martin Groves, Clerk of the Seanad, and congratulate the Chair on his elevation. I echo the comments made. I thank Mr. Groves, Ms Doody and all the staff, including the ushers, throughout Leinster House, whose courtesy over the past four years has made it an honour to be a Member of the Oireachtas. We now go to the doorsteps seeking to keep our roles. My aim is to be a...

Seanad: Public Health (Tobacco) (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (7 Nov 2024)

Micheál Carrigy: The Minister is very welcome. I speak on this Bill as an ex-smoker. Thanks be to God it has been 22 years since I quit them. It was 31 July 2002. I can still remember the date. I intend to continue that way and I sincerely hope my three sons never start. I wholeheartedly support increasing the age to 21 years. I have seen the damage this does to families. I have seen the cost it puts...