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Seanad: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2022: Motion (30 Nov 2022)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I apologise. I would like the Minister to look at amendment No. 6 as a constructive proposal for more community engagement and making this a more meaningful fund in terms of horse racing.

Seanad: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2022: Motion (30 Nov 2022)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 4: To insert the following after "October, 2022": "; - that the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine shall, within 3 months following the passing of this motion, lay a report before both Houses of the Oireachtas outlining the manner in which the obligation for rehoming under section 29 of the Greyhound Racing Act 2019 is being complied with".

Seanad: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2022: Motion (30 Nov 2022)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 5: To insert the following after "October, 2022": "; - that the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine shall, within 3 months following the passing of this motion, lay a report before both Houses of the Oireachtas outlining the potential for future regulations to split the Horse and Greyhound Fund into two separate funds".

Seanad: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2022: Motion (30 Nov 2022)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 6: To insert the following after "October, 2022": "; - that the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine shall, within 6 months following the passing of this motion, lay a report before both Houses of the Oireachtas outlining the manner in which the operation and dispersal of the Horse and Greyhound Fund has reflected the obligations under section 42 of the...

Seanad: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2022: Motion (30 Nov 2022)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 7: To insert the following after "October, 2022": "; - that the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine shall, within 6 months following the passing of this motion, lay a report before both Houses of the Oireachtas outlining the potential for a dedicated portion of the Fund to be allocated towards community projects which involve the care and protection of animals".

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Role of Media and Communications in Actioning Climate Change: Discussion (29 Nov 2022)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I thank our guests for this interesting discussion. I would challenge the point in respect of education a little. Information and education are not the same thing. If we consider learning from information or even previous educational interventions, an example might be that I learned about box files in school but I do not use box files. Nonetheless, some of the ideas and attitudes that may...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Role of Media and Communications in Actioning Climate Change: Discussion (29 Nov 2022)

Alice-Mary Higgins: Am I out of time?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Role of Media and Communications in Actioning Climate Change: Discussion (29 Nov 2022)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I will finish with a very quick point, on greenwashing. I would like to hear a little more about how we can resist that. Do we have regulations in this regard? Is it about regulating the phrases and language being used? I would also like to hear a comment on the disinformation that comes with greenwashing.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Role of Media and Communications in Actioning Climate Change: Discussion (29 Nov 2022)

Alice-Mary Higgins: It is not just about the different communities but also about the different sectors. I gave examples of very large industries. It is telling that when we started talking about businesses, we started talking about incentivising them, whereas businesses need to be told. People need to see them being told. I do not mean small businesses but businesses such as the private-jet rental system,...

Seanad: Ireland's Military Neutrality: Motion [Private Members] (23 Nov 2022)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I welcome the motion. This is an important time to recommit to, and make it clear, how important neutrality is and how well it has served Ireland. I echo the belief that a strong constitutional mandate is already outlined in Article 29, including devotion to the ideal of peace, the recognised principles of international law and the peaceful settlement of international disputes by...

Seanad: Protection of the Native Irish Honey Bee Bill 2021: Committee Stage (8 Nov 2022)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I compliment Senator Martin. I am also very happy to be one of the co-sponsors of the Bill. We have taken our lead in not expanding on the different sections. The key point is that, if this keeps moving through, it is an opportunity to ensure we deliver protection for the native Irish honeybee next year. It is important we complement that with really strong measures in protecting the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Irish Experience of Community-led Climate Action: Public Participation Networks (8 Nov 2022)

Alice-Mary Higgins: It is a very interesting debate. I have about a million questions but I will condense. I will pick up on a couple of the key points mentioned relating to the four areas. I want to focus in particular on the idea of just transition. We have heard of that "just transition". It is probably regrettable that we did not take the opportunity to embed principles of just transition in our...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Irish Experience of Community-led Climate Action: Public Participation Networks (8 Nov 2022)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I will add a question to that. Others will come in on the idea of the pilots and how we make them be not pilots but joined up scale-ups. There is responsibility at local level for the sustainable development goals, SDGs. I am thinking particularly of Sustainable Development Goal 11, on sustainable cities and communities. Would it be exciting and transformative, do the witnesses believe,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Irish Experience of Community-led Climate Action: Public Participation Networks (8 Nov 2022)

Alice-Mary Higgins: It strikes me that if the likes of the SDGs are used, and if they are part of the key performance indicators, it allows a common conversation across local areas not just in Ireland but also internationally, whereby you are able to have a chat about how you are going on a sub-goal of SDG 11 and how that is working out in Bilbao as well as in Galway. It seems that that might be a useful piece....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Irish Experience of Community-led Climate Action: Public Participation Networks (8 Nov 2022)

Alice-Mary Higgins: Apologies, I have to slip out but will follow the rest with interest.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Irish Experience of Community-led Climate Action: Public Participation Networks (8 Nov 2022)

Alice-Mary Higgins: May I come in on because we have had a long back and forth?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Irish Experience of Community-led Climate Action: Public Participation Networks (8 Nov 2022)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I want to come in.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Irish Experience of Community-led Climate Action: Public Participation Networks (8 Nov 2022)

Alice-Mary Higgins: That is rather disingenuous. The suggestion is not that buses would have to stop at every bungalow in rural Ireland. The every village, every hour approach would serve villages. There are small rural villages and towns which can be------

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Irish Experience of Community-led Climate Action: Public Participation Networks (8 Nov 2022)

Alice-Mary Higgins: There is no reason for that to mean stopping at the entrance to every boreen. Active travel linking to a public transport system would mean a commuter might travel 1 km or 2 km by active travel to a town where services would be provided under an every village, every hour model. It happens all over the world. The Chairman said that the cost would be prohibitive. The cost is a different...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Irish Experience of Community-led Climate Action: Public Participation Networks (8 Nov 2022)

Alice-Mary Higgins: -----and redirected it, that would go a distance towards starting to improve our public transport.