Results 21-40 of 124 for speaker:Nicole Ryan

Seanad: Finance (Local Property Tax and Other Provisions) (Amendment) Bill 2025: Second Stage (26 Jun 2025)

Nicole Ryan: I welcome the Minister, Deputy Donohoe.

Seanad: Dental Services: Motion (25 Jun 2025)

Nicole Ryan: Last year, more than 100,000 children missed out on the basic dental health screenings they were entitled to. These screenings are meant to happen in second, fourth and sixth classes, which are critical development stages. Delaying them means missing signs of disease, delaying intervention and preventing suffering. At the same time, the number of dentists serving medical card holders has...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Health Services (24 Jun 2025)

Nicole Ryan: I am here today to raise a matter that speaks to bodily autonomy, trauma-informed care and basic respect for women who have gone through far too much. I refer to the case of Sarah, a woman who underwent a radical hysterectomy in 2019. Her uterus, cervix, ovaries, Fallopian tubes and surrounding tissue were all removed. She has been medically confirmed not by one but by three different...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Health Services (24 Jun 2025)

Nicole Ryan: I thank the Minister of State. I would love the Minister for Health to come to me directly on this issue. This case highlights that the person in question has had three different medical professionals saying she does not need to be there and can opt out because there is no need for it. It is causing her trauma. As the Minister of State said, regarding tissue perhaps being left over, etc.,...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Jun 2025)

Nicole Ryan: It is frankly embarrassing that we are having a discussion again about workers who make our democracy visible and audible to the public and yet are treated as second-class citizens in the very building where they serve. These skilled professionals are paid half the industry rate with no pension, no healthcare and no job security. They get their shifts at short notice and are often left...

Seanad: Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 and Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motions (24 Jun 2025)

Nicole Ryan: I move amendment No. 1: To delete all words after "Seanad Éireann" and substitute the following: “: - resolves that sections 2 and 4, 6 to 12, 14 and 17 of the Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 (No. 39 of 1998) shall continue in operation for the period beginning on 30th June, 2025 and ending on 29th June 2026; and - calls on the Minister for Justice to bring...

Seanad: Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 and Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motions (24 Jun 2025)

Nicole Ryan: It is almost 90 years since the Offences Against the State Act was first introduced in 1939. It was born out of a context that no longer reflects the Ireland we live in today. It was a time of constitutional transition and genuine national emergency. The Ireland of 2025 is not the Ireland of 1939 and we cannot continue to pretend otherwise, yet here we are again, for the 26th consecutive...

Seanad: Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 and Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motions (24 Jun 2025)

Nicole Ryan: I move amendment No. 1: To delete all words after "Seanad Éireann" and substitute the following: “: - resolves that section 8 of the Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009 (No. 32 of 2009) shall continue in operation for the period beginning on 30th June, 2025 and ending on 29th June, 2026; and - calls on the Minister for Justice to bring forward legislation to give effect to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish-Speaking Community: Clár Oibre agus Tosaíochtaí Údarás na Gaeltachta: Plé (24 Jun 2025)

Nicole Ryan: Tá brón orm mar níl mo chuid Gaeilge go maith. Cuirfidh mé mo cheist i mBéarla. Tá mé i mo chónaí i mBaile Bhuirne agus tá mé sásta leis an mention of Campas Íosagáin because it will be transformative for the community. Naturally, housing will become an issue. Cork County Council has applied for eight social houses in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish-Speaking Community: Clár Oibre agus Tosaíochtaí Údarás na Gaeltachta: Plé (24 Jun 2025)

Nicole Ryan: I have one more question. There will be people in the Gaeltacht who require social housing. How can that be mitigated if it is affordable housing versus social housing?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish-Speaking Community: Clár Oibre agus Tosaíochtaí Údarás na Gaeltachta: Plé (24 Jun 2025)

Nicole Ryan: Gabhaim buíochas le Rónán Mac Con Iomaire.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Treatment of Children with Dysplasia and Scoliosis and Related Matters: Discussion (19 Jun 2025)

Nicole Ryan: I am going to go back to the novel procedures because the waffle around it was not acceptable. The witnesses are and telling us that they cannot publish a report because they are worried about naming people. Yet they cannot give us a straight answer as to whether the parents were notified, whether they gave consent and whether they knew it was novel procedures they were signing up to.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Treatment of Children with Dysplasia and Scoliosis and Related Matters: Discussion (19 Jun 2025)

Nicole Ryan: Yes. We know that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Treatment of Children with Dysplasia and Scoliosis and Related Matters: Discussion (19 Jun 2025)

Nicole Ryan: We are well aware of how that works.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Treatment of Children with Dysplasia and Scoliosis and Related Matters: Discussion (19 Jun 2025)

Nicole Ryan: Ms Nugent does not know. That is fine. It was mentioned that a clinical ethics process is now in place. Why is it only in place now? It is not a corner shop that CHI is running. It is working with children in a hospital. Where was that process before this point?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Treatment of Children with Dysplasia and Scoliosis and Related Matters: Discussion (19 Jun 2025)

Nicole Ryan: What had that committee done during that time? Why is there a massive need now for an enhanced one? What was the role of this committee in the first place?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Treatment of Children with Dysplasia and Scoliosis and Related Matters: Discussion (19 Jun 2025)

Nicole Ryan: Yes, we know that, but we know that did not happen here either.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Treatment of Children with Dysplasia and Scoliosis and Related Matters: Discussion (19 Jun 2025)

Nicole Ryan: Perfect. Did that committee flag this?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Treatment of Children with Dysplasia and Scoliosis and Related Matters: Discussion (19 Jun 2025)

Nicole Ryan: Why was this clinical committee that was already not flagging the novel procedures initially when this was happening? Why is there a need to put in a second committee?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Treatment of Children with Dysplasia and Scoliosis and Related Matters: Discussion (19 Jun 2025)

Nicole Ryan: Why not?