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Seanad: Animal Health and Welfare and Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Report Stage (29 Mar 2022)

Róisín Garvey: Yes, but I must now put the question that the Bill do now pass.

Seanad: Animal Health and Welfare and Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Report Stage (29 Mar 2022)

Róisín Garvey: Senators can speak after the Bill has passed.

Seanad: Animal Health and Welfare and Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Report Stage (29 Mar 2022)

Róisín Garvey: The next Stage is to be taken now. The Fifth Stage proposes that the Bill do now pass because we have gone through all the amendments.

Seanad: Animal Health and Welfare and Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Report Stage (29 Mar 2022)

Róisín Garvey: That is what I have been instructed by the Seanad Office. I am just following procedure.

Seanad: Animal Health and Welfare and Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Report Stage (29 Mar 2022)

Róisín Garvey: Is it agreed that the Bill do now pass?

Seanad: Animal Health and Welfare and Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Report Stage (29 Mar 2022)

Róisín Garvey: I am speaking on a point of order under the instruction of the Seanad.

Seanad: Animal Health and Welfare and Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Report Stage (29 Mar 2022)

Róisín Garvey: There is no question of Senators not being allowed to speak.

Seanad: Animal Health and Welfare and Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Report Stage (29 Mar 2022)

Róisín Garvey: I will allow Senators to speak on Fifth Stage. Is it okay if we keep contributions brief? Many people want to come in and we have an audience who are probably falling asleep. Let us keep contributions brief and we will get this wrapped up.

Seanad: Animal Health and Welfare and Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Report Stage (29 Mar 2022)

Róisín Garvey: I thank the Minister for his time. When is it proposed to sit again?

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Recycling Policy (24 Mar 2022)

Róisín Garvey: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. We hear a lot of talk now and we have new buzzwords coming in.The word “sustainable” is one, although it has been misused for years, and there is also "climate change" and "biodiversity". A newer buzzword that is coming to the fore is “circular economy”. I know the Minister of State has done much work done on that. I...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Recycling Policy (24 Mar 2022)

Róisín Garvey: This is great. We have seen this work in other jurisdictions for many years. It is brilliant and I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Smyth for his work, as well as the work of the Green Party in government, in bringing this forward. When we think in future of single-use plastics, we will ask, "What were we thinking of? What madness." I remember eight years ago I started a social...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Energy Prices (24 Mar 2022)

Róisín Garvey: I welcome students from Naas Community College. Ich begrüsse die deutschen Studenten. Ich habe viel über die Umweltbilanz erfarhen als ich in Deutschland wohnte. Die Studenten sind herzlich wilkommen.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Special Educational Needs (24 Mar 2022)

Róisín Garvey: It is good that there will be a new Oireachtas committee on autism. I will be a member of that committee and hopefully it will bring these issues to the fore. Since I came into this House, from day one, I have been approached by so many people on autism-related issues. The fact that private schools do not have any special classes is a serious issue when one considers the fact that they are...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Special Educational Needs (24 Mar 2022)

Róisín Garvey: In rural areas some children are on buses for an hour to get to the closest place for them. It is horrendous. I look forward to working on the Oireachtas committee on this issue. I thank the Senator for raising the issue again this morning and I thank the Minister of State for his time.

Seanad: Consumer Protection (Regulation of Retail Credit and Credit Servicing Firms) Bill 2021: Second Stage (24 Mar 2022)

Róisín Garvey: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire Stáit as teacht isteach. Tá obair an-tábhachtach á déanamh ar an dlí seo, mar sin gabhaim buíochas leis. This is an important Bill. I thank the Minister of State for all his work on this. All too often, consumers fall prey to great offers of hire purchase agreements. As someone with a degree in mathematics and physics,...

Seanad: Humanitarian Support for Ukrainian Refugees: Statements (23 Mar 2022)

Róisín Garvey: Laskavo prosymo.That is "welcome" in Ukrainian. Unfortunately, I have been saying those words a lot recently because we have had so many Ukrainians come into our county. Maybe we should all learn how to say those words for starters. I thank the Minister deeply because from the get-go he has turned on a sixpence and created systems that were never before demanded at such a scale and in such...

Seanad: Garda Síochána (Compensation) Bill 2021: Second Stage (22 Mar 2022)

Róisín Garvey: Senators Michael McDowell and Gerard Craughwell are sharing time. I call Senator McDowell.

Seanad: Garda Síochána (Compensation) Bill 2021: Second Stage (22 Mar 2022)

Róisín Garvey: On a point of information, the Senator is not in order but I would like the Minister of State to have the opportunity to reply now to the entire debate.

Seanad: International Women's Day 2022: Statements (9 Mar 2022)

Róisín Garvey: I do not know if it is comical but it says something that we are celebrating International Women's Day on 9 March, a day after International Women's Day. I cannot for the life of me understand why we did not have space for this yesterday, which was actually International Women's Day. I cannot wait to hear why that happened, why it was not a priority and why we got bumped up by a day. It...

Seanad: Seachtain na Gaeilge: Ráitis (9 Mar 2022)

Róisín Garvey: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire as ucht teacht isteach. Tá an-chuid gnó le déanamh aici so táim fíorbhuíoch di as a chuid ama. Is Acht stairiúil í Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla (Leasú), 2021 agus cuirim fáilte roimhe. Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire agus leis na daoine a bhí ag obair ar an Acht seo.Tá sé...