Results 21-40 of 110 for long speaker:Róisín Garvey

Seanad: Youth Mental Health and Guidance Services in Secondary Schools: Motion [Private Members] (21 Jun 2023)

Róisín Garvey: ...who are experiencing mental health issues are often reluctant to seek help from public health services. Studies have found that guidance counsellors are often the only professionals they turn to. There are also often both financial challenges in seeking counsellors and long waiting lists. There is a considerable body of evidence to show that access to guidance counsellors has a positive...

Seanad: Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Second Stage (15 Jun 2023)

Róisín Garvey: ...on the board and slice it up with the smallest slice going to the grower of the bananas. You could do that now with a steak or litre of milk. This Bill may help to deal with that. For far too long, the people who do the most work get the least money out of it. I welcome the Bill in general. The introduction of the regulator should ensure that primary producers of food –...

Seanad: Government Commitments on Offshore Renewable Energy: Motion (31 May 2023)

Róisín Garvey: ...that can be kitted out to do some of the education as well. I would like to see that we do that in order that we do not have people either missing out on training because they cannot get there or driving long distances and burning loads of carbon as we train them up and upskill them to be moving us away from carbon.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Local Link Transport Services: Discussion (10 May 2023)

Róisín Garvey: ...not at a national scale. I would like to see Local Link being provided funding to promote its services locally. For example, many people in rural areas do not know about Leap cards. It was not too long ago that I discovered I could use a Leap card outside Dublin. There is one place in the entire county of Clare where you can buy a Local Link card. We are not all online and we do not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Local Link Transport Services: Discussion (10 May 2023)

Róisín Garvey: ...local authorities are the ones to make a request of, if this has not been done already. My next point is on the Ennis bus. Of all the bus aspects, the process in this regard is unnecessarily long. What is the barrier? I am aware that the local authority is doing everything it can and wants the bus yesterday, so there is no blockage on its part in this instance, yet the NTA is saying...

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

Róisín Garvey: ...area, but we also want it to be safe and clean. We have to prioritise places where raw sewage is going into the sea. We are not a developing country; this is a rich developed country. This is no longer acceptable. It has to be a priority of Uisce Éireann and the State to build treatment plants in order that raw sewage is prevented from going into our rivers and seas. At this...

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

Róisín Garvey: ...is a communication issue. If State agencies could just improve their communication, it would make people's lives much less stressful. They get so stressed out because they cannot find out for how long the water will be gone or what the problem is and why it is brown for so long. I do my best to try to find out but sometimes I do not know if it is the local authority or Irish Water I...

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

Róisín Garvey: .... How often does it revisit its charging policy? I ask in order that I can go to the community groups and the young people who have been asking me about this with a decent, clear answer as to how long more we will be waiting. The Minister of State mentioned a pilot scheme, but we do not need a pilot scheme. A pilot scheme is where something new is being tried. We already have water...

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

Róisín Garvey: ...owners and operators are very worried about tourism because this is a shaky time. The cost of wages, food and packaging and the resources needed to run a business have all increased. I would love to see a long-term extension of the current VAT rate because many people continually worry that the Government will put the rate back up to 13.5% and then these business will have to close....

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

Róisín Garvey: ...seven girls and 35 lads on the course. To that end, it was often said to me by the men that I should just sign my name to the group work they would do, and go do girly things, while they took care of the mathematics-physics project or whatever. That was a long time ago now. I hope things have improved. I saw two of the projects by girls who were winners in the young scientist of the...

Seanad: Rail Network: Statements (23 Feb 2023)

Róisín Garvey: I thank the Minister for coming in. I thank him also for being the first Minister for Transport to invest in rail transport in about 70 years. It has been going rapidly downhill for a long time. There had been little meaningful difference made, and I can say that as someone who has been using the train for the last 30 years to travel to Dublin, Limerick and Galway from Clare. I have been...

Seanad: Domestic Violence (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (15 Feb 2023)

Róisín Garvey: ...we face as women in Ireland. Senator Martin is a perfect example of that, in that he dug deep and found a loophole and gap and he has now fixed that. Through the support of the Minister, this will no longer be an issue. He has introduced the Domestic Violence (Amendment) Bill to resolve an important issue in trials relating to coercive control. In some ways this is insane, but where...

Seanad: Communications Regulation and Digital Hub Development Agency (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (8 Feb 2023)

Róisín Garvey: ...not my job or the job of the head of NBI to get involved in the provision of broadband for one school. Barefield National School now has broadband and there was nearly a bottle of champagne popped because it had been waiting so long. We need make sure contractors and subcontractors are doing things in a timely fashion. They are charging enough to do the work. There has to be some...

Seanad: Wind Energy: Statements (25 Jan 2023)

Róisín Garvey: ...áil ag caint faoi rudaí tábhachtacha agus dóchasacha ó thaobh fuinnimh de. I thank the Minister for coming in today. When people talk about clean green energy, it always gives me hope. For too long, we have been addicted to fossil fuels. To see the scope of the vision the Minister has about energy and how we can become net exporters of green energy has excited...

Seanad: Election of Cathaoirleach (16 Dec 2022)

Róisín Garvey: ...good taste in music, I will cope. That was a very good first mark and I knew we would get on from the word go. I have a few things to say about Senator Mark Daly because he was Cathaoirleach as long as I have been a Senator. It was the same thing, in that in the first few days, I felt like I was running around like a headless chicken. I had no idea what was going on. Every time I met...

Seanad: Local Government (Maternity Protection and Other Measures for Members of Local Authorities) Bill 2022: Second and Subsequent Stages (15 Dec 2022)

Róisín Garvey: ...step to getting everywhere else, namely, to the Seanad or the Dáil. This is momentous win for the women of Ireland - and for the men as well - because they have been carrying the can for far too long. We are happy to take on a bit more responsibility if we get the chance. This maternity leave legislation will make a massive difference. As a single parent, I felt I could not take...

Seanad: School Transport: Statements (26 Oct 2022)

Róisín Garvey: ...isteach ar 6 p.m. leath slí tríd an tseachtain. Tá a fhios agam go bhfuil sí an-ghnóthach so tá meas mór agam uirthi as teacht isteach. We have had school transport issues for years and since long before the Minister, Deputy Foley, was ever appointed. We cannot put all of the blame on her, especially when her role requires her to deal with every single...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Property Registration (4 Oct 2022)

Róisín Garvey: ...Burke, as well. I wanted to invite the Minister to the House to ask him what we can do about ensuring that all Airbnbs are registered and have applied for change of use if they have gone from a long-term living property to Airbnb short-term rental, as is the statutory requirement.I draw the Minister of State's attention to figures I gleaned from Airbnb and Daft.ie.I put in 16 October and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Joint Meeting with Joint Committee on Disability Matters
Accessibility in the Built Environment, Information and Communication: Discussion (29 Sep 2022)

Róisín Garvey: I am not sure how this works but I had my hand up for a long time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Joint Meeting with Joint Committee on Autism
Accessibility in the Built Environment, Information and Communication: Discussion (29 Sep 2022)

Róisín Garvey: I am not sure how this works but I had my hand up for a long time.