Results 21-40 of 227 for speaker:Nessa Cosgrove

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Rural Bus Transport: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)

Nessa Cosgrove: Should I go back to groups and say it is a case of lobbying?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Rural Bus Transport: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)

Nessa Cosgrove: We want to be able to do something.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Rural Bus Transport: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)

Nessa Cosgrove: Would it be helpful to have local transport representatives meeting people on the ground? I am aware that someone from TFI met a group recently in Sligo about a connecting route on the Leitrim–Sligo border. The more people involved, the better. Is it about the evidence base, accounting for the population of the area, projected population growth and so on?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Rural Bus Transport: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)

Nessa Cosgrove: So, it is up to us, working with communities, to bring the information forward to the NTA.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Rural Bus Transport: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)

Nessa Cosgrove: That is perfect. Can I ask about Local Link? A few people have contacted me to say they used to be able to flag down their bus. Has the policy on this changed?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Rural Bus Transport: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)

Nessa Cosgrove: I thank the witnesses.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Rural Bus Transport: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)

Nessa Cosgrove: I wish to ask Mr. Kent and Mr. Parker from Bus Éireann about the N17. It is a national primary route. It is about the Tubbercurry bus, that is, the Galway to Derry bus. I am sure Bus Éireann has received a lot of correspondence about this. At the moment, that bus leaves Galway and it is full by the time it gets to Tubbercurry. There is only one bus in the morning. Tubbercurry...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Rural Bus Transport: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)

Nessa Cosgrove: That is a lot considering it is only a half-hour journey. That is one question. My other question is to Bus Éireann as well. It relates to a bus to Athlone. This has come up a few times. I use public transport all the time. Often, in my previous role, I had meetings in, say, Athlone, but we cannot get a train to Athlone and there is no direct bus. If I go on the Expressway...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Rural Bus Transport: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)

Nessa Cosgrove: Are there any plans to improve capacity on that route? People are saying that the bus is often full by the time it arrives in Tubbercurry.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Rural Bus Transport: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)

Nessa Cosgrove: It is in the absence of the western rail corridor, I suppose. They are just being disadvantaged because they are not on a Local Link route as well.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Oct 2025)

Nessa Cosgrove: That is all right. I know the feeling well. I second the amendment to the Order of Business by Senator Stephenson. I request that the Minister for education, Deputy McEntee, provide a breakdown of the €8 million allocated for youth work in the budget. As a former youth worker who worked for many years in the youth sector, I know first-hand how youth work changes lives. It has...

Committee on Children and Equality: Child Poverty and Deprivation: Discussion (9 Oct 2025)

Nessa Cosgrove: The witnesses are very welcome. I thank them all for their statements. Ms Bayliss mentioned the Parliamentary Budget Office. The outlook is not looking good if the Parliamentary Budget Office is saying that a rise in income poverty is evident for the elderly, increasing from 13.3% in 2024. Child poverty also rose from 15.3% in 2024 to a forecasted 16.1%. I want to ask Ms Bayliss about...

Committee on Children and Equality: Child Poverty and Deprivation: Discussion (9 Oct 2025)

Nessa Cosgrove: Am I also right in thinking that education is included in the entitlement of hours to work? That is wrong, in my opinion. People are trying to better themselves and get an education, but that is included as working. There is definitely an issue about the amount of work involved.

Committee on Children and Equality: Child Poverty and Deprivation: Discussion (9 Oct 2025)

Nessa Cosgrove: That is what I mean.

Committee on Children and Equality: Child Poverty and Deprivation: Discussion (9 Oct 2025)

Nessa Cosgrove: Okay.

Committee on Children and Equality: Child Poverty and Deprivation: Discussion (9 Oct 2025)

Nessa Cosgrove: Is it really hard to get the equal start programme? If we know it works, why is there a lack of investment in it?

Committee on Children and Equality: Child Poverty and Deprivation: Discussion (9 Oct 2025)

Nessa Cosgrove: The services I know think it is an amazing programme that works. With regard to the building blocks programme, from listening to people working in the sector, is that funding notoriously hard to get? It is a good idea that money is put towards community centres, but I understand there are areas that have nothing. What did Ms Heeney refer to them as?

Committee on Children and Equality: Child Poverty and Deprivation: Discussion (9 Oct 2025)

Nessa Cosgrove: Is it a laborious application to get funding? Basically, is the process too hard for services?

Committee on Children and Equality: Child Poverty and Deprivation: Discussion (9 Oct 2025)

Nessa Cosgrove: I am not going to be long at all. It must be so frustrating for the witnesses coming in here. This is my first time sitting on this committee, and things do not change. In fact, it seems from the budget that things are getting worse. If the right to flexible work or the right to work from home was in legislation, would that have a huge impact? My second question continues on what...

Committee on Children and Equality: Child Poverty and Deprivation: Discussion (9 Oct 2025)

Nessa Cosgrove: I thank Ms Bayliss.