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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Youth Perspectives on the Circular Economy and COP27, including Climate Justice and Energy: Discussion (21 Oct 2022)

Pauline O'Reilly: I thank Garret. That was well argued.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Youth Perspectives on the Circular Economy and COP27, including Climate Justice and Energy: Discussion (21 Oct 2022)

Pauline O'Reilly: A good point well made. We will now hear from Ms Walsh.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Youth Perspectives on the Circular Economy and COP27, including Climate Justice and Energy: Discussion (21 Oct 2022)

Pauline O'Reilly: I thank Ms Walsh and agree with almost everything she said.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Youth Perspectives on the Circular Economy and COP27, including Climate Justice and Energy: Discussion (21 Oct 2022)

Pauline O'Reilly: I will contribute now. If anybody else would like to come back in, they should feel free to do so. We will finish at 2 p.m. I thank our guests. I completely agree with many of the things they have said. It is important to hear from young people. I know it can seem frustrating to some. I agree, in particular, with Ms Dunne about COP, which sometimes feels like a talking shop. However,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Youth Perspectives on the Circular Economy and COP27, including Climate Justice and Energy: Discussion (21 Oct 2022)

Pauline O'Reilly: They genuinely did not say how they were going to vote. It is part of our party's policy to reduce the voting age to 16. We must get everybody on board with that. I feel passionately about the circular economy. I ran repair workshops in Galway before becoming a politician. Many of us have come into politics because we are activists and want to get things done. On fast fashion, I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Youth Perspectives on the Circular Economy and COP27, including Climate Justice and Energy: Discussion (21 Oct 2022)

Pauline O'Reilly: The Minister took it on board and ran with it, but it came from young people. That just shows the power of coming up with a proposal, as many of our guests have done. They have made people who want to do their best for the country and the planet listen. Only 53% of the country has access to public transport, or at least that was the case before Connecting Ireland, which started just...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Youth Perspectives on the Circular Economy and COP27, including Climate Justice and Energy: Discussion (21 Oct 2022)

Pauline O'Reilly: The Minister of State has more young people to go and see now, so we thank him.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Youth Perspectives on the Circular Economy and COP27, including Climate Justice and Energy: Discussion (21 Oct 2022)

Pauline O'Reilly: Did Senator Boylan wish to come back in?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Youth Perspectives on the Circular Economy and COP27, including Climate Justice and Energy: Discussion (21 Oct 2022)

Pauline O'Reilly: I would imagine a lot of people have his heart broken.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Youth Perspectives on the Circular Economy and COP27, including Climate Justice and Energy: Discussion (21 Oct 2022)

Pauline O'Reilly: I sincerely thank all our guests for attending. It has been very valuable. Everything they said is now and will forever be on the public record.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Youth Perspectives on the Circular Economy and COP27, including Climate Justice and Energy: Discussion (21 Oct 2022)

Pauline O'Reilly: I know, but it will make a difference and will contribute to reports we will develop following the meeting. I thank the committee secretariat for its significant work in bringing everything together. It is a challenge and a lot of work. I also thank the Cathaoirleach of the Seanad, who is going to have the last word in a moment. He came to me about a year ago with this proposal. We...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Youth Perspectives on the Circular Economy and COP27, including Climate Justice and Energy: Discussion (21 Oct 2022)

Pauline O'Reilly: I thank the Cathaoirleach of the Seanad. We will now go to the coffee dock for some refreshments. I thank the witnesses.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education Issues: Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (19 Oct 2022)

Pauline O'Reilly: I welcome the Minister. It is very worthwhile that the Minister is available to the committee to give us constant updates because it is a new Ministry. As Senator Malcolm Byrne said, there must be some recognition of our Government partners having pushed for this Ministry in particular. It has shown its worth, as has the Minister. Given the limited time, I want to focus on one area the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education Issues: Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (19 Oct 2022)

Pauline O'Reilly: While I appreciate responsibility lies with the Department of Education, the problem for the Minister's Department is that people are taking a different route because they are funded and at the end of the day, they become qualified psychologists. From our point of view, as a society this means we do not have enough educational psychologists. It is important to say it cannot be just left...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Oct 2022)

Pauline O'Reilly: First, I highlight World Menopause Day, which Senator Chambers has already mentioned. In May 2021 in the convention centre, I raised the issue of the menopause. I felt a little bit nervous doing so. We speak about all sorts of other issues, but we had not really spoken about the menopause. I received a bit of a backlash following that, because certain members of the medical profession...

Seanad: Summer Programme: Statements (18 Oct 2022)

Pauline O'Reilly: I thank the Minister of State very much for coming in today. I very much welcome the announcement yesterday from both her and the Minister, Deputy Foley, on the €40 million funding and the review of the programme. Many children with whom we speak are excited about summer provision. It is a key part of their year. We have two sets of people, namely, the students and the teachers....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Mental Health Supports in Schools and Tertiary Education: Discussion (18 Oct 2022)

Pauline O'Reilly: I thank our guests for their opening statements. It was great that we had the opportunity to read them before they arrived. Deputy Conway-Walsh is correct in that a lot of the statements reflected the same kinds of issues and problems, although, obviously, they have had differing experiences. It struck me that they are calling for teacher training in the area of mental health services,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Mental Health Supports in Schools and Tertiary Education: Discussion (18 Oct 2022)

Pauline O'Reilly: I should say that Senator Mullen and I are not on the same page on chaplaincy, in case anyone thought we were. We are on resources, however. We will leave it there.