Results 221-227 of 227 for speaker:Nessa Cosgrove

Seanad: Community Safety: Statements (25 Feb 2025)

Nessa Cosgrove: People have the right to feel safe in their communities but they also have the right to thrive in their communities. I worked as a youth worker for more than 20 years. No young person wakes up in the morning and decides they will commit a crime. No young person decides throughout their life that they will become an addict. Crime cannot be treated in isolation. Years of underinvestment in...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Feb 2025)

Nessa Cosgrove: I want to raise the issue with two different Ministers today. Both are work-related and are about two vulnerable groups of workers. Like Senator Collins, I raise the issue of section 39 workers.These workers are very close to taking industrial action, which they do not want to do. No one wants to go on strike but their hand is being forced. I urge the Minister, Deputy Foley, to intervene....

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Feb 2025)

Nessa Cosgrove: Okay. Go raibh maith agat.

Seanad: Election of Leas-Chathaoirleach (19 Feb 2025)

Nessa Cosgrove: I am absolutely thrilled to second the nomination of Seanadóir Eileen Flynn. I have known Eileen for a number of years through her work in promoting equality. She has always spoken up for the underdog. Eileen has proven herself in fighting against the odds. She has proven herself to be a brave and courageous woman. She has come from a disadvantaged background and has experienced...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Feb 2025)

Nessa Cosgrove: I would like to follow on from all the points that have been raised here around the balance of transport. I would welcome a debate with the Minister for Transport to look at the imbalance there is when we look at the west and north west of Ireland in terms of public transport. I refer to the train line but also the N17, the N54 and the N15. We have been overlooked as a region. I know...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Feb 2025)

Nessa Cosgrove: It was removed during Covid. It has returned on the Dublin-Belfast train and the Cork-Dublin train. I ask the Minister for Transport why it has not come back to the north west. Maybe it is indicative of the emphasis that is placed on transport in our region.

Seanad: Cathaoirleach a Thoghadh - Election of Cathaoirleach (12 Feb 2025)

Nessa Cosgrove: Comhghairdeas leat, a Chathaoirligh. Beir bua agus go n-éirí an t-ádh leat. As someone who grew up in a house filled with politics and history, is mór an onóir dom a bheith anseo inniu. I am the only Seanad representative from Sligo or Leitrim. I congratulate everyone else who ran and everyone who was elected. I thank my Labour Party colleagues for believing in...