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Seanad: Merchant Shipping (Investigation of Marine Accidents) Bill 2024: Second Stage (4 Mar 2025)

Maria Byrne: As no other Senators are indicating, I call on the Minister of State to respond.

Seanad: International Women's Day - Women's Health: Statements (5 Mar 2025)

Maria Byrne: I welcome the Minister, Deputy Carroll MacNeill. She is very welcome and we look forward to hearing her contribution. She has ten minutes.

Seanad: International Women's Day - Women's Health: Statements (5 Mar 2025)

Maria Byrne: I will share my time with Senators Ní Chuilinn and Bradley.

Seanad: International Women's Day - Women's Health: Statements (5 Mar 2025)

Maria Byrne: I thank the Minister for coming to discuss this all-important issue of women's health to mark International Women's Day. There is nobody more committed than the Minister to resolving so many issues. I would like to raise a few issues with her. She referred to a few of them in her opening remarks. I campaigned on one of them during the previous Dáil and Seanad, which was the free HRT...

Seanad: International Women's Day - Women's Health: Statements (5 Mar 2025)

Maria Byrne: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: International Women's Day - Women's Health: Statements (5 Mar 2025)

Maria Byrne: I understand four Sinn Féin Senators are sharing time, with two-and-a-half minutes each. I call Senator Nicole Ryan.

Seanad: International Women's Day - Women's Health: Statements (5 Mar 2025)

Maria Byrne: We are running short on time, and we still have a lot of speakers. Will people be as brief as they can? We will move to the cross-party group and Senators Harmon, Stephenson, Cosgrove and Noonan. The Senators will have two and a half minutes each. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Care, Supports and Enhanced Provision of Services for Older People: Motion (5 Mar 2025)

Maria Byrne: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Kieran O'Donnell, my colleague from Limerick, to the Chamber. The Minister of State is no stranger to the Chamber. He has been here quite a bit recently and is a former Member of the House.

Seanad: Care, Supports and Enhanced Provision of Services for Older People: Motion (5 Mar 2025)

Maria Byrne: I understand that Senators Kyne and Boyle are sharing time.

Seanad: Care, Supports and Enhanced Provision of Services for Older People: Motion (5 Mar 2025)

Maria Byrne: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Care, Supports and Enhanced Provision of Services for Older People: Motion (5 Mar 2025)

Maria Byrne: Before we move on, I welcome Senator Joe O'Reilly to our Visitors Gallery. He is accompanied by his wife Mary, his sister Caroline and his son Alexis. I hope they will all enjoy their visit to Leinster House and the Seanad. They are very welcome.

Seanad: Care, Supports and Enhanced Provision of Services for Older People: Motion (5 Mar 2025)

Maria Byrne: I welcome Deputy Devlin and his guests to the Gallery. I support the motion and thank Senator Kyne and all who were involved in putting it together. Many positive suggestions have been made, one or two of which I will mention. An issue that needs to be examined is the difference between private and public nursing homes and the fact there is possibly not enough public provision. As the...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Flood Relief Schemes (6 Mar 2025)

Maria Byrne: I welcome the Minister of State to the Chamber this morning.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Mar 2025)

Maria Byrne: I welcome French and Belgian politicians from the Francophone parliamentary assembly to the Visitors Gallery. We have Mrs. Anne Lambelin, a Belgian Senator; Mr. André Reichardt, a French Senator; and Mr. Fatmir Leci, a councillor in the Parliament of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation. They are accompanied by Ms Isabelle Kempeneers. I look forward to meeting them later. They are here...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Mar 2025)

Maria Byrne: I call Senator Joe Conway.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Mar 2025)

Maria Byrne: I apologise. I call Senator Keogan.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Mar 2025)

Maria Byrne: I am sorry, Senator, but you have to be very careful when you are raising people's names here in the Chamber, unless you have their permission.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Mar 2025)

Maria Byrne: Okay.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Mar 2025)

Maria Byrne: I ask Senators to be careful when naming children in the Chamber because they are underage and it will be on the public record. I ask Members to be careful unless they have permission of the family. I call Senator Mark Duffy.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Mar 2025)

Maria Byrne: As no other Senators are indicating, I ask the Leader to respond.