Results 141-160 of 227 for speaker:Nessa Cosgrove
- Seanad: Pension Auto-Enrolment: Statements (30 Sep 2025)
Nessa Cosgrove: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire. I welcome the opportunity to contribute on the discussion on auto-enrolment. As we all know, the best time to start a pension is as early in one's career as possible. However, the reality for too many people, particularly low-paid workers and those at the beginning of their working lives, is that there is no spare capacity in the weekly or monthly budget...
- Seanad: Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Oct 2025)
Nessa Cosgrove: I move amendment No. 2: In page 6, lines 27 and 28, to delete all words from and including “or” where it firstly occurs in line 27 down to and including line 28 and substitute the following: “or any question of fact or any issue arising in such action shall not be tried with a jury unless otherwise ordered. A court may order for trial with a jury where, having regard...
- Seanad: Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Oct 2025)
Nessa Cosgrove: No.
- Seanad: National Social Enterprise Policy: Statements (1 Oct 2025)
Nessa Cosgrove: Tá fáilte romhat, a Aire Stáit. I, too, welcome the policy. Social enterprises have been called the quiet revolutionaries of our communities. We seem them right across the country - community cafés that support people with disabilities or mental health difficulties, recycling hubs, and enterprises supporting growers. Social enterprises want to provide solutions based...
- Seanad: National Social Enterprise Policy: Statements (1 Oct 2025)
Nessa Cosgrove: The Sligo Women in Business Network, SWIBN.
- Seanad: National Social Enterprise Policy: Statements (1 Oct 2025)
Nessa Cosgrove: Brilliant.
- Seanad: National Social Enterprise Policy: Statements (1 Oct 2025)
Nessa Cosgrove: I would be delighted to.
- Seanad: Agricultural Sector: Motion (1 Oct 2025)
Nessa Cosgrove: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. I thank the Fine Gael Senators for tabling this motion. It is a wide-ranging motion and I do not intend to speak on every aspect of it. I will address the issues around the areas of natural constraint payments, animal welfare and the Mercosur deal. Last week, I met representatives of the IFA, who stressed the importance to farmers in...
- Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Child Poverty (2 Oct 2025)
Nessa Cosgrove: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire. I thank the Minister for coming in. The Taoiseach has been quoted as saying child poverty will be prioritised in the forthcoming budget. This is so welcome. We are all looking forward to hearing the budget. It has been widely reported that the latest ESRI report said that in 2025 Irish children are suffering the highest income poverty rates of all age...
- Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Child Poverty (2 Oct 2025)
Nessa Cosgrove: It is welcome to hear there will be targeted measures. It is unfortunate there will not be a second tier of child benefit in this budget. It comes back to the real issue about homelessness. We know it from all around the country.A ban on evicting could be introduced quickly and easily which would stop the eviction of a family who has received a notice to quit until social housing is built....
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Urban Public and Sustainable Transport: Discussion (1 Oct 2025)
Nessa Cosgrove: I am going to ask three questions. I live in Sligo and it is very disappointing to see that there is no project listed for the north west in the briefing documents. While I thank the witnesses for providing the documents, if you cut across from Galway to Dublin there is nothing listed. The principle behind the NTA is "avoid-shift-improve" but it is very difficult for us in the north west...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Urban Public and Sustainable Transport: Discussion (1 Oct 2025)
Nessa Cosgrove: Will that be a pilot, if it comes into the 2026 service? When Mr. Ryan said it is going to be-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Urban Public and Sustainable Transport: Discussion (1 Oct 2025)
Nessa Cosgrove: When will the review happen?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Urban Public and Sustainable Transport: Discussion (1 Oct 2025)
Nessa Cosgrove: There is another full year to wait before there is even a review done.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Urban Public and Sustainable Transport: Discussion (1 Oct 2025)
Nessa Cosgrove: A full study was done and it showed that it could work and that the trains and drivers are there. The information we took from our meeting with Irish Rail was that the cost of a service is not enormous. Sligo is bursting at the seams, like every place, and needs housing. We have the successful ATU, which is building all the time, and student accommodation is an enormous issue. Petitions...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Urban Public and Sustainable Transport: Discussion (1 Oct 2025)
Nessa Cosgrove: That is going to be a new service. Does that come under timetable change?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Urban Public and Sustainable Transport: Discussion (1 Oct 2025)
Nessa Cosgrove: The following question is for the representatives of Bus Éireann. Are there plans to link with Local Link services to include them as part of school transport? Most public representatives from rural Ireland know the success of Local Link. We are often asked when there will be new services or routes, or about the joining of routes. Are there plans to link Bus Éireann school buses...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Urban Public and Sustainable Transport: Discussion (1 Oct 2025)
Nessa Cosgrove: When will the pilots be completed?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Urban Public and Sustainable Transport: Discussion (1 Oct 2025)
Nessa Cosgrove: That is great.