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Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Road Projects (14 Feb 2024)

Garret Ahearn: The Minister of State is very welcome to the Chamber. I thank him for taking this Commencement matter. It is an important one for me. It concerns the N24, which runs from Limerick to Waterford and is a key, strategic route. Work has been done on a future upgrade of the road. The work entails two sections, the first from Limerick Junction to Cahir and the second from Cahir to Waterford....

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Road Projects (14 Feb 2024)

Garret Ahearn: I thank the Minister of State. I would appreciate it if he could take what I am about to say back to the Minister. The Department says the link roads cannot be viewed in isolation, but the Minister is doing that in the context of Tipperary town. On part of the road that is being constructed, the Minister has said that Tipperary town will be looked at in isolation in the context of a bypass...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Feb 2024)

Garret Ahearn: I thank the Cathaoirleach but correct him on his pronunciation of "Duhill". I welcome all my fellow Tipperary people. I am the only Tipperary person in the Seanad and we cannot have enough Tipperary people in here. I welcome them today. I know they are in good hands with Councillor Máirín McGrath and I hope they enjoy their visit. I am about to bring up a topic in which they...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Feb 2024)

Garret Ahearn: About two or three months ago, Transport for Ireland, TFI, introduced three Local Link bus routes in Clonmel, and this has been a huge success. Thousands of people in Clonmel have been using them, particularly over the Christmas period. The bus has got the nickname of the cruise as it brings people around from pubs to restaurants. It has been a real success in giving people options to come...

Seanad: Digital Services Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Feb 2024)

Garret Ahearn: Does Senator Higgins want a copy of the amendments?

Seanad: Digital Services Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Feb 2024)

Garret Ahearn: Now.

Seanad: Digital Services Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Feb 2024)

Garret Ahearn: Now.

Seanad: Digital Services Bill 2023: Motion for Earlier Signature (8 Feb 2024)

Garret Ahearn: I move: That, pursuant to subsection 2° of section 2 of Article 25 of the Constitution, Seanad Éireann concurs with the Government in a request to the President to sign the Digital Services Bill 2023 on a date which is earlier than the fifth day after the date on which the Bill shall have been presented to him.

Seanad: Digital Services Bill 2023: Motion for Earlier Signature (8 Feb 2024)

Garret Ahearn: Next Tuesday at 1 p.m.

Seanad: Death of Former Taoiseach: Expressions of Sympathy (7 Feb 2024)

Garret Ahearn: Most people are speaking, certainly on the Fine Gael benches, about their abiding memory of the former Taoiseach, John Bruton. My abiding memory is him speaking and giving an oration on 20 September 2000 at my mother's funeral. As the Deputy Leader remembers recently, and John would have remembered recently as well, at a funeral of a loved one you do not remember everything. He spoke...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: School Accommodation (7 Feb 2024)

Garret Ahearn: The Minister of State is welcome to the Chamber. I thank her for taking this Commencement matter. She will appreciate that it is quite a local issue, but one very close to her in Clonmel. The CBS High School in Clonmel is a wonderful school that provides education to secondary school boys in Clonmel. There are more than 700 students in the school, which is led by the principal, Karen...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: School Accommodation (7 Feb 2024)

Garret Ahearn: I thank the Minister of State. She took my line exactly. It is always good to have a connection to a school and her son taught there. The principal is from Ferrybank in Waterford so there is another connection that way. I will say, and the Minister touched on this herself, from the point the approval was made in February 2020 to the point when construction happens, we will have students...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (31 Jan 2024)

Garret Ahearn: I was not here yesterday and did not get the opportunity to express my condolences on the death of former Senator and TD, John Connor, and I want to do that. He was elected to the Dáil on the same day as my mother and they were great friends over the years. He fluctuated between the Dáil and the Seanad, which is a real sign of someone who is well liked outside of these walls but...

Seanad: Digital Services Bill 2023: Second Stage (31 Jan 2024)

Garret Ahearn: I welcome the Bill and thank the Minister of State and his officials for being here.It is technical legislation but important nonetheless. It is important it is done by 17 February to make sure we are in line with our colleagues in the European Union to be able to fight against some of the challenges in the digital world. As Senators Crowe and Byrne mentioned, it is now clear that some of...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Jan 2024)

Garret Ahearn: The N24 road is the link road between Waterford city and Limerick.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Jan 2024)

Garret Ahearn: I am raising it again because it is at a very key point in the process. The route was chosen a number of days ago. That has meant that the buffer zone that will happen with the planning of the new road has been reduced significantly to 300 m. That has been presented to the public and, obviously, there is concern with where the new road is going and whose land it is going through and things...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Jan 2024)

Garret Ahearn: We have succeeded. It has taken a long fight but I will now start another fight. It has not got funding to continue to design stage yet. That needs approval by the Minister for Transport. It needs to be prioritised as quickly as possible. As the Leader knows, that route is divided into two sections, one of which is from Limerick Junction to Cahir. That is in design stage at the moment...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Jan 2024)

Garret Ahearn: It is good to see such a factual contribution. When we talk about having contributions on other things, it just shows that when the facts are there, we can actually have a reasonable debate. I ask that we have a debate with the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Deputy Simon Coveney, regarding business closures in the hospitality sector. Two restaurants in Tipperary town have...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Dec 2023)

Garret Ahearn: I join in everyone else in wishing all the staff here, including Martin, Bridget, a very happy Christmas. I also wish the Cathaoirleach a happy Christmas. It is almost a year since he started his role. I thank him for his courtesy and the way he treats us here. I am laughing after yesterday's intervention, but on reflection, I think he managed it very well. I also wish Tom Hickey well in...