Results 321-340 of 1,003 for speaker:Róisín Garvey

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Energy Poverty: Society of Saint Vincent de Paul (3 May 2023)

Róisín Garvey: I welcome our guests. Clare County Council, for one, had access to funding to retrofit the social housing stock, so I am not sure if I agree with the point about needing to give money to local authorities. It is a question of getting the local authorities to spend the money and do the work. In Clare, we set up a community energy agency, or social enterprise, that gives free workshops...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Energy Poverty: Society of Saint Vincent de Paul (3 May 2023)

Róisín Garvey: One thing the Society of St. Vincent de Paul could do is call on local authorities to access the money that is there to retrofit the housing stock separately from the retrofit programme of the SEAI. Deputy Joan Collins mentioned local authorities, but the issue is not that the money is not there. It is that the local authorities are not making it happen quickly enough. It is different from...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Energy Poverty: Society of Saint Vincent de Paul (3 May 2023)

Róisín Garvey: Okay. I wonder whether the council has requested more money. It is not the issue in Clare, although I suppose every county is different.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Wastewater Treatment (26 Apr 2023)

Róisín Garvey: I am here today to discuss a Commencement matter I raised three years ago. Here we are again. I will keep bringing it up. It concerns raw sewage going into our waterways and seas all over Ireland. I know we cannot fix anything overnight but I will keep asking about this. At least four places in Clare are affected. I do not want to name them because that would be bad publicity for these...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Wastewater Treatment (26 Apr 2023)

Róisín Garvey: That is very positive. That is a big jump from 2029 to 2025. I cannot wait to tell the people of north Clare who have been volunteering to try to clean the beaches and do the water testing, some of whom have gotten sick themselves, including my friend's child who got kidney failure and nearly died. That is, therefore, really positive. Uisce Éireann has to up its game when it comes to...

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by GAA President, Mr. Larry McCarthy (26 Apr 2023)

Róisín Garvey: Dia is Muire don uachtarán agus fearaim céad míle fáilte roimhe agus dá chlann ar an lá stairiúil, bródúil seo. Comhghairdeas leis. It is great to have a big GAA family in the Chamber. The visitors in the Gallery nearly have a team among themselves. I grew up playing camogie and I am a better and happier person as a result. It toughens you up....

Seanad: Public Water Connection Charges: Motion (26 Apr 2023)

Róisín Garvey: Yes, I wish to share my time. I propose to speak for eight minutes and Senators Vincent Martin and Pauline O'Reilly will speak for four minutes each, if that is acceptable.

Seanad: Public Water Connection Charges: Motion (26 Apr 2023)

Róisín Garvey: I move: "That Seanad Éireann: notes that: - the current charge for the installation of a Non Domestic Small 1 connection (necessary for public water bottle refill stations) is €2,272; - connection charges represent a significant impediment to the installation of public water bottle refill stations by local authorities and community groups; further notes that: - it is...

Seanad: Public Water Connection Charges: Motion (26 Apr 2023)

Róisín Garvey: It is great to be able to acknowledge for the record that every single party in the House and those not in parties have all supported the motion. It is great the Government is not opposing the motion. It would be insane for it to oppose it. I am not happy enough with the answer, specifically the timeline for the abolition of the charge. There is none. It is up to the CRU, I believe. How...

Seanad: Public Water Connection Charges: Motion (26 Apr 2023)

Róisín Garvey: Tomorrow, Thursday, at 9.30 a.m.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2023: Second Stage (25 Apr 2023)

Róisín Garvey: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. Is deas í a fheiceáil anseo. This Bill is positive. Anytime we put money into people's pockets and reduce costs, it is always welcome. My colleague, Senator Casey, has mentioned LPG and that issue is relevant to me as well. People who live in rural areas do not tap into using natural gas. I did not even know that one could get...

Seanad: Report of the Independent Review Group on Dignity and Equality Issues in the Defence Forces: Statements (25 Apr 2023)

Róisín Garvey: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Tánaiste. First of all, I welcome this report. It is very good that we carried it out. It is a starting point but tús maith leath na hoibre. It is important to put on the record of the House some of the findings of the report. I will quote a few of them. The report states that "at best, the Defence Forces barely tolerates women, and, at its worst,...

Seanad: International Women's Day: Statements (8 Mar 2023)

Róisín Garvey: Tá an-áthas orm a bheith anseo ar Lá Idirnáisiúnta na mBan. Is mór an onóir dom a bheith mar bhean sa Seomra seo. Tá níos mó ban ag teastáil. Mar a dúirt an tAire, níl ach 23% sa Dáil agus 39% sa Seanad. Is mór an trua é sin. It is a huge honour to be a woman in this House. I never in my life realised how...

Seanad: International Women's Day: Statements (8 Mar 2023)

Róisín Garvey: Since women come from a patriarchy, we may sometimes undervalue women ourselves, because that is part of our societal expectation. One might presume that the doctor is a man and the nurse is a woman, and so on. People catch themselves on over the years once they become more aware of how embedded the patriarchy and inequality are in society. We are all sexist. I am not just blaming men for...

Seanad: Seachtain na Gaeilge: Ráitis (8 Mar 2023)

Róisín Garvey: Díreach cosúil leis. Is cúpla sibh.

Seanad: Seachtain na Gaeilge: Ráitis (8 Mar 2023)

Róisín Garvey: Tá áthas orm a bheith anseo inniu agus mé ag caint faoinár dteanga álainn. Ní gá go mbeadh an Seanadóir buartha. Is fearr i gcónaí Gaeilge bhriste ná Béarla cliste. Is cóir dó é sin a choimeád ina intinn. For people who are not speaking Irish today, it is better to speak a little bit of Irish than to speak...

Seanad: Seachtain na Gaeilge: Ráitis (8 Mar 2023)

Róisín Garvey: The guilt people hold nearly puts me off speaking Irish because people feel so bad. People should stop blaming themselves if they cannot speak Irish. They just did not pick it up in school, whatever way it was taught at the time, which is why we need 50% of the marks to go to the spoken language. It does not matter what the cause of the guilt is but I wish people would stop feeling guilty...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: White Paper on Enterprise Policy: Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (8 Mar 2023)

Róisín Garvey: I thank the officials for coming in. I will focus on a couple of specific areas. The climate action and energy policy unit fed into this White Paper. Did it give the Department targets? How much of that was taken on board? I am thinking specifically of the constant challenge of economic growth, the climate emergency and reducing our carbon emissions. Let us call a spade a spade - that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: White Paper on Enterprise Policy: Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (8 Mar 2023)

Róisín Garvey: I meant in the digital sector.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: White Paper on Enterprise Policy: Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (8 Mar 2023)

Róisín Garvey: I do not envy the officials.