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Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (2 Dec 2021)

Gerald Nash: ...is a dichotomy between the functions, roles and responsibilities of a secretarial assistant working with a Senator and those of a secretarial assistant working with a Deputy. The Minister probably feels under considerable pressure this afternoon. He is facing the serried ranks of the Opposition but as Deputy Shortall pointed out, all Government Deputies are probably of the view that...

Seanad: Covid-19 and the New Measures (Education): Statements (2 Dec 2021)

Annie Hoey: ...to whom I and, I am sure, the Minister have spoken is "lockdown". People are having conversations about what kinds of lockdowns we are going to have and how long they will be for. Sometimes it feels as if there are leaks of information and slightly coy announcements from some members of the Government. It may or may not be the case. If it is, it is not particularly helpful,...

Health (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2021: Second Stage (2 Dec 2021)

Duncan Smith: ...current circumstances. The virus is running rampant in every community around the country at the moment. If we have not had the virus, we all know many people who have had it or have it. There is no feeling that there is a national suppression strategy that is working. Our testing regime is under stress. Our vaccine roll-out is not operating as strongly as it was in the summer. We...

Workplace Ventilation (Covid-19) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (1 Dec 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I am beginning to think that the new phrase in political circles, which is not opposing the Bill, feels a bit like you can go and talk to the cat because it has pretty much the same effect. The frustration we have on the Opposition benches is we have spent the past 18 months trying to bring forward practical solutions to benefit workers and people in society and to fill the gaps and fault...

Seanad: Covid-19 and the New Measures (Health): Statements (1 Dec 2021)

Marie Sherlock: ...is currently being undertaken, which is great, but the Government is simply being too slow. We now have situation where we badly need that paid sick leave. We cannot afford for workers to feel that they have to go into work because otherwise, they would be out of pocket. For many months now, many Members in this House and across the parties have been calling for antigen testing to be...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Covid-19 Pandemic (1 Dec 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ...have seen adults wearing masks - and telling them that the reason for that is we are trying to make sure that people do not get sick, that they can help us in that regard, that they should not feel anxious or worried, that we will get through this together and that they are part of the solution. Instead, we got a classic, soulless communication, a follow-up to a communication from the...

Employment Support Services: Motion [Private Members] (30 Nov 2021)

Ivana Bacik: .... In many cases, these are simply not quantifiable in monetary terms. We are anxious that the baby not be thrown out with the bathwater owing to the change in process. What many of those in the sector genuinely feel is that the net effect of the creation of the new service and process will be that a set of metrics will be put in place that will specify impractical and unrealistic...

Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2021: Motion (30 Nov 2021)

Alan Kelly: ...hugely, locally and socially, and look after their animals, be that in horse racing or greyhound racing. I have spoken to many of them. In the county I live in, they are on every corner. They feel the equity of distribution of this fund needs to be looked at, particularly regarding the volume of funding that goes to small operators. It is a real issue now. There is one issue I ask the...

Seanad: Horticultural Peat (Temporary Measures) Bill 2021: Second Stage (30 Nov 2021)

Annie Hoey: ...mining peat because it is not renewable in any relevant timescale. It takes an enormous amount of time to renew peatlands. We should start calling it mining. I do not know how the public would feel about that but it is a useful word to put into people's minds. Many of the points made in the debate end up being repeated but I want to talk about the legal question. I have spoken to a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Leaving Certificate Reform: Discussion (30 Nov 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ...for their presentations. Apologies, I have to leave after my contributions. So the witnesses will be aware, we have had a number of presentations over the past weeks. The committee in general feels that this is our one opportunity to do something about the leaving certificate and that if we do not do something now, we will have lost a historic opportunity. I have a sense that the...

Mother and Baby Institutions: Statements (25 Nov 2021)

Ivana Bacik: ...six-month criterion. I heard just today from a survivor who described her experience of forced labour and forced adoption in a mother and baby home in which she spent less than six months. She had a feeling of hurt on being excluded from the enhanced medical card scheme. I ask again that the Minister brings in those who spent less than six months in institutions into the enhanced...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Chapter 7 - Oversight of Funding for the European Capital of Culture 2020 (25 Nov 2021)

Seán Sherlock: ...whether there are teams of procurement specialists and governance specialists being readied for the delivery of these projects. There is a gap there and it is giving rise to concern. I do not feel assured by the answers so far, if I may say that.

Covid-19: New Measures: Statements (24 Nov 2021)

Brendan Howlin: .... My appeal to the Minister is very straightforward and clear. Do not delay a second in ensuring that this group, who are already contacting my office and all of our offices because they feel aggrieved, are vaccinated. Open the mass vaccination centres and get this group vaccinated before Christmas. Do not rely on the six months and start as soon as the five-month threshold is passed....

Mother and Baby Homes Redress Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (23 Nov 2021)

Ivana Bacik: ...all work on a cross-party, collaborative basis and I think survivors would want that. Many of us have received emails from and have been contacted by survivors who have eloquently conveyed their feelings and experiences. We have all heard the very powerful voices of survivors. I want to pay tribute to the incredible women like Catherine Corless, former Tánaiste, Joan Burton, the...

Climate Action Plan 2021: Statements (23 Nov 2021)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the opportunity to join this debate today on behalf of Labour. It is timely, following the conclusion of COP26. Although many of us might have mixed feelings about what was agreed on COP26, undoubtedly some progress was made, albeit not, perhaps, as much as we would have liked. Certainly, the onus is now on countries such as our own to deliver on the climate commitments made. ...

Disability Funding Report: Motion (18 Nov 2021)

Ivana Bacik: ...the issue of free travel. Epilepsy Ireland, in particular, has been campaigning for change to ensure that individuals will have greater access to free travel passes where people with epilepsy may feel it is not safe to use private cars. I am really glad that housing and care is really emphasised in this report. Something that came up at many of our hearings was the need to ensure and...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Nov 2021)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ...which grates on them, a prioritisation of our school sector - the Labour Party will be unpopular for suggesting it because other front-line workers will suggest they are more deserving - if we feel education is that important, as we do, and a reassessment of the booster roll-out for those front-line workers in our education system is something the Government should reconsider.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: School Enrolments (18 Nov 2021)

Mark Wall: ...: From day one, the application process put huge amounts of stress on the children. The school spoke directly to the children, asking them to relay the message to parents. This caused panic, a feeling of being overwhelmed and my 11-year-old couldn't understand why she had been told she had less chance of getting a place because she is the eldest. She was so distraught in school that a...

Seanad: Air Accident Investigation Unit Final Report into R116 Air Accident: Statements (18 Nov 2021)

Mark Wall: ...the early 2000s, this country began to include a civilian provider, in addition to the Defence Forces, in providing the SAR contract. The military involvement in SAR ended in 2003. We in the Labour Party feel the time has now come to incorporate and involve the Defence Forces once again in the provision of search and rescue in this country. This would provide obvious benefits to the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Humanitarian Access (18 Nov 2021)

Brendan Howlin: I quoted one of the Iraqi migrants. He said that he felt like a football. His opinion is more valid than the Minister's or mine in how he feels in that condition. Of course the Lukashenko regime has to be challenged on every level. However, I have seen pictures of the Polish authorities denying access to its border to do a humanitarian assessment. What specifically is the intention of...