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Seanad: Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2023)

Pat Casey: Amendments Nos. 22, 23 and 26 are related and will be discussed together.

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2023)

Pat Casey: Amendments Nos. 24, 25, 27, 28, 32 and 34 are related and may be discussed together.

Seanad: Local Government Matters: Statements (28 Jun 2023)

Pat Casey: I welcome the Minister of State. Most of us in this House started our political careers as councillors. We have an understanding of the work they do and the role they play in communities. We must recognise that role. I do not agree with everything Senator Keogan said but I agree there has been a diminishment of the powers of councillors, not just under this Government but under previous...

Seanad: Local Government Matters: Statements (28 Jun 2023)

Pat Casey: When it comes to rural planning, we must remember that we are dealing with people who want to build homes on their own land. That is not the same as development and it should be looked at in a slightly different way.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Jun 2023)

Pat Casey: I welcome the Leader. I wish to raise two issues, one of which relates to some of our larger or medium-sized towns in rural Ireland where there is no internal public transport link. While we have transport to destinations such as Dublin, Cork or Galway, there is no internal bus service within those towns, whether that might be used by children going to school in the morning, by older people...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Jun 2023)

Pat Casey: I welcome the Deputy Leader. I am returning to an issue that I have raised before regarding the national planning framework and how it arrived at its population growth figures, and, more importantly, how those figures were distributed regionally and on a county-wide basis. Something I predicted is now happening live in County Wicklow, as in the first planning application for 98 houses has...

Seanad: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Report Stage (14 Jun 2023)

Pat Casey: That is fine. It is what we are here for.

Seanad: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Report Stage (14 Jun 2023)

Pat Casey: Before I come back in for another round, I will take this opportunity to welcome Councillor Brian Fitzgerald, a former Deputy, with his wife Noeleen. I extend a special welcome to their granddaughter, Andrea. They are here with Senator Keogan. I hope they enjoy their visit.

Seanad: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Report Stage (14 Jun 2023)

Pat Casey: Okay.

Seanad: Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (24 May 2023)

Pat Casey: Does the Minister wish to come back in?

Seanad: Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (24 May 2023)

Pat Casey: I apologise. Senator Fitzpatrick wanted to come in.

Seanad: Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (24 May 2023)

Pat Casey: Amendments Nos. 30 and 36 to 38, inclusive, are related and may be discussed together, by agreement. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (24 May 2023)

Pat Casey: We are also discussing amendments Nos. 36 and 38.

Seanad: Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (24 May 2023)

Pat Casey: Amendments Nos. 34 and 40 may be discussed together.

Seanad: Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (24 May 2023)

Pat Casey: Amendments Nos. 44 and 45 are related and may be discussed together by agreement. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Naming of National Children's Hospital for Dr. Kathleen Lynn: Motion (24 May 2023)

Pat Casey: I welcome the special guests. It is hard to follow Senator Kyne’s contribution. We are all entitled to our own views on this and mine is significantly different from his. That is what politics and debating is about and I respect that. I acknowledge the role my colleagues, Senators Ardagh and Fitzpatrick, had in bringing forward this motion. I want to go back to the role of women...

Seanad: Naming of National Children's Hospital for Dr. Kathleen Lynn: Motion (24 May 2023)

Pat Casey: That is what this is doing. We do not get many opportunities to name significant State investments like the children's hospital after somebody. We have a chance here to recognise the role of women in the modern Irish Republic and should take it fully on board. Senator Fitzpatrick mentioned Dr. Lynn not being a household name. She is right. I did not know Dr. Lynn until this campaign...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 May 2023)

Pat Casey: Last week, there was a significant announcement by EirGrid regarding the successful bidders in the auction for projects under the renewable electricity support scheme, ORESS. There were four successful applicants, with the projects set to generate more than 3 GW of power and feed into nearly 2.5 million homes in Ireland. It was a mixed day for Wicklow. We had a successful bid in respect of...

Seanad: Regulation of Lobbying (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 May 2023)

Pat Casey: Next Tuesday.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (9 May 2023)

Pat Casey: Now.