Results 381-400 of 1,262 for speaker:Garret Ahearn

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Gaeltacht Policy (4 Mar 2025)

Garret Ahearn: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Feb 2025)

Garret Ahearn: I ask that we have a debate with the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment on the news of possible tariffs for the EU and the impact they could have. As we all know, businesses across the country are going through a very difficult time. They have increased expenditure, and challenges which are quite demanding for them at the moment. The Government recognises that and is trying to...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Health Services Staff (25 Feb 2025)

Garret Ahearn: I propose a suspension of the House until 3.05 p.m.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Local Authorities (25 Feb 2025)

Garret Ahearn: I welcome the Minister of State to the Chamber and wish him well in his new role. It is wonderful to have a former Member of this House elevated to a Ministry. I know that during his term he will show this House and Members of this House the utmost respect, because he is a former Member. I raise the issue of security for all public representatives right across the country. As the...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Local Authorities (25 Feb 2025)

Garret Ahearn: I thank the Minister of State for his response. As he said, he knows this issue very well. He was a councillor for 11 years in Waterford City Council and mayor for two years. He knows the challenges and pressures councillors are under. Councillors also know that. I know from talking to a lot of councillors that they are very hopeful that he will be able to make changes. As he said, 23...

Seanad: Community Safety: Statements (25 Feb 2025)

Garret Ahearn: I am sharing time with Senator Duffy. We will take five minutes each, if that is agreeable. The Minister is very welcome to the Chamber. He has now been here two weeks in a row, which is a good start. You cannot talk about community safety or crime without first acknowledging the service our gardaí provide right across the country. In our jobs, we deal with them on a weekly basis....

Seanad: EU-UK Youth Experience Scheme: Motion (19 Feb 2025)

Garret Ahearn: I move: That Seanad Éireann approves the exercise by the State of the option or discretion under Protocol No. 21 on the position of the United Kingdom and Ireland in respect of the area of freedom, security and justice annexed to the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, to take part in the adoption and application of the following...

Seanad: EU-UK Youth Experience Scheme: Motion (19 Feb 2025)

Garret Ahearn: I will share time with Senator Lynch if that is agreeable to the House. I probably will not need all the time. First, I congratulate the Leas-Chathaoirleach on her election success and I wish her well. As others have stated, she will be a very fair and balanced Leas-Chathaoirleach. She has huge experience in this Chamber and I know she will work extremely hard on behalf of all Senators....

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Feb 2025)

Garret Ahearn: I congratulate the Leader on his position and I wish him well. It looks like we have a fairly full House today so if he will be answering questions he might be half the day replying to everyone. I am sure that will change in time. I ask that we have a debate with the new Minister for Transport at the earliest convenience. The previous Minister, Eamon Ryan, did an awful lot of good work...

Seanad: Cathaoirleach a Thoghadh - Election of Cathaoirleach (12 Feb 2025)

Garret Ahearn: We realise that we have ample opportunity to speak in the Chamber on a range of issues on any day of the week, but it would be remiss of me not to congratulate the Cathaoirleach on his election. Many attributes have been directed his way by a number of speakers, with whom I agree. He has and holds two very important attributes, which he showed as Cathaoirleach previously, that are crucial...

Seanad: Teachtaireachtaí ón Dáil - Messages from Dáil (7 Nov 2024)

Garret Ahearn: Dáil Éireann has passed the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (Amendment) Bill on 6 November 2024, to which the agreement of Seanad Éireann is desired. Dáil Éireann has passed the Appropriation Bill 2024 on 6 November 2024 to which the agreement of Seanad Éireann is desired.

Seanad: Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad (7 Nov 2024)

Garret Ahearn: The Cathaoirleach has received notice from the following Senators that they propose to raise the following matters: Senator Mary Fitzpatrick - The need for the Minister for Education to make a statement on her engagement with the State Examinations Commission regarding the proposal from Dyslexia Ireland that additional exam time be given to students with dyslexia in the junior and leaving...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Nov 2024)

Garret Ahearn: I thank the Senator.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Nov 2024)

Garret Ahearn: Before I call on Senator Keogan, I welcome the pupils of St. Margaret’s National School in Finglas and their teachers. I hope they are having a good day and learning things about politics and about this building. I hope in the future some of them will become politicians and do a better job than we do, or as good a job as we try to do anyway. If their teachers are listening, the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Nov 2024)

Garret Ahearn: The Senator's number one supporter is behind her in the Public Gallery, smiling as she speaks.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Nov 2024)

Garret Ahearn: Before I call the Acting Leader, I also thank Martin Groves, Bridget Doody and all the team in the Seanad Office for their professionalism in recent years. We have moved from the Convention Centre to the Dáil and back to the Seanad. We really only developed the unity between us once we came back to our home here in Seanad Éireann. While it has been a fast four and a half years,...

Seanad: Family Courts Bill 2022 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (7 Nov 2024)

Garret Ahearn: Seeing as the other two did and I did from that Chair earlier on, I want to acknowledge-----

Seanad: Family Courts Bill 2022 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (7 Nov 2024)

Garret Ahearn: Am I allowed to speak? It is quite fitting that the Senator is sitting there in his last moments in this Chamber. I wish him and his family well. I also acknowledge the Minister on her exemplary work over the past five years. Being Minister for Justice is not an easy job and it has been difficult for the Minister's predecessors but she has done incredible work, particularly for women...

Seanad: Companies (Corporate Governance, Enforcement and Regulatory Provisions) Bill 2024: Second and Subsequent Stages (6 Nov 2024)

Garret Ahearn: I welcome the Minister of State to the Chamber and thank him for introducing the Bill. The fact there are no amendments suggests it will be widely accepted. We did a lot of pre-legislative scrutiny on this in the Committee on Enterprise, Trade and Employment and most things have been thrashed out. It is a technical but important Bill. I acknowledge the work the Minister of State and his...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (6 Nov 2024)

Garret Ahearn: Before I ask the Minister to respond, I welcome the students of CBC Cork Preparatory School. I hope they are having a very good day visiting Leinster House. I hope they are enjoying it and learning a lot. I hope some of them become politicians in the future. If their teachers are there, I can tell them they have no homework this evening if there is any coming. Or rather it is two days,...