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Seanad: Statute Law Revision Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (6 Mar 2025)

Maria Byrne: When is it proposed to take Final Stage.

Seanad: Statute Law Revision Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (6 Mar 2025)

Maria Byrne: Is that agreed? Agreed

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

Maria Byrne: Bogfaidh muid anois go dtí an Seanadóir Boyle.

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

Maria Byrne: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Canney, and his officials. He is no stranger to this House and has been here before.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Grant Payments (4 Mar 2025)

Maria Byrne: I thank the Minister of State. While I understand we are trying to phase out fossil fuels and there are grants for repairs and so on, it is difficult to explain to an older person that he or she has to make changes. In many cases, it is also an extra cost because people have to make adjustments to their existing systems or bring in a new system. For existing householders, including older...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Grant Payments (4 Mar 2025)

Maria Byrne: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy O'Sullivan, for coming to the House to discuss this all-important matter. In recent weeks I have heard from a lot of older people who had heard of others of their own age applying for, and availing of, a boiler grant through the housing adaptation grants for older people and disabled people. Boilers have been removed from these grants and it is causing...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Housing Provision (27 Feb 2025)

Maria Byrne: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Cummins. We will see him again. He is no stranger to this House.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: School Accommodation (27 Feb 2025)

Maria Byrne: It is a great honour to welcome my good friend and colleague, Deputy Buttimer, who is not a stranger to this House. He had a long and distinguished career here. He is very welcome this morning. I thank him for coming.