Results 561-580 of 1,140 for speaker:Erin McGreehan

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: A Rights-Based Approach and Disability Legislation: National Disability Authority (20 Apr 2023)

Erin McGreehan: I wish to return to the issue of accountability in the context of the public sector and the various bodies that are in place. The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission, IHREC, has a role in this area. It has a public sector duty under section 42 of the Act. Disability is a significant area in that regard. Does the NDA have a role in supporting IHREC in the context of showing the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Pensions and Social Security: Discussion (20 Apr 2023)

Erin McGreehan: I thank the witnesses for their work and for their interest in this area. I am somewhat of an economist myself; my background is in economy. I am always trying to understand areas where convergence would work, as well as where we could work towards that convergence in order to make the reunification as structurally easy as possible. The witnesses have made it very clear in their...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Pensions and Social Security: Discussion (20 Apr 2023)

Erin McGreehan: I might not have articulated this properly. I was speaking more about hiring those lower-wage workers and giving them better employment conditions. It is the whole part of it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Pensions and Social Security: Discussion (20 Apr 2023)

Erin McGreehan: That is very interesting.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Pensions and Social Security: Discussion (20 Apr 2023)

Erin McGreehan: That is a matter of very simple and plain policy.

Seanad: Sheep Sector: Statements (19 Apr 2023)

Erin McGreehan: The Minister is very welcome to the House. I have asked for this debate for a long time, and I have had the Minister in here several mornings for Commencement matters. We know that we need far more supports for the sheep sector. Sheep are synonymous with our landscape, our heritage and our tourism.It must be stated that only 4% of our sheep farmers are under 35. The average sheep farmer...

Seanad: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Second Stage (19 Apr 2023)

Erin McGreehan: I welcome the Minister to the House. I also welcome Ms Sheila O'Byrne and all of the people in the Public Gallery. I am glad that we are finally debating this Bill. We know we have needed it for a long time. Redress is one of the ways in which we are dealing with the mother and baby home legacy. We know mother and baby homes represent a dark chapter in our history. Thousands of women...

Seanad: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Second Stage (19 Apr 2023)

Erin McGreehan: Absolutely not.

Seanad: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Second Stage (19 Apr 2023)

Erin McGreehan: I agree with the Senator though.

Seanad: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Second Stage (19 Apr 2023)

Erin McGreehan: Next Tuesday.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Agriculture Supports (23 Mar 2023)

Erin McGreehan: The Minister is very welcome to the House and I thank him for coming. I have submitted this matter for inclusion in the Commencement debate a few times and I am delighted to be called today. My ask today is for the Minister to consider including a disability accessibility adaption grant for farming families under the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme, TAMS 3, in order to make farm...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Agriculture Supports (23 Mar 2023)

Erin McGreehan: I am glad to hear of all the positive work the Department is doing. What sort of accessibility funding has been drawn down and what are the results of that? Are there reviews of the wear and tear allowances and the farm assistance equipment scheme? What is the results-based knowledge on that? Is a review built into the system to ensure it is disability proofed and does what it is supposed...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Mar 2023)

Erin McGreehan: This morning I wish to highlight a despicable physical assault on a Wicklow farmer, Pat Dunne, who has for more than 15 years allowed walkers across his land. He asked walkers last week not to bring their dogs. Unfortunately, that appeal was not adhered to or listened to, and he was physically assaulted. I have raised the matter of dog kills and dog walkers in recreational areas in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Inadequate Personal Assistance Supports: Discussion (23 Mar 2023)

Erin McGreehan: I welcome all our guests this morning. The PA campaign was one of the first issues about which I met with a former colleague of those in Independent Living Movement Ireland, Mr. James Cawley. I am sure he is sadly missed in their organisation. I suppose the PA is a great liberator. It is the equaliser. Article 19 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with...

Seanad: Location of Victims' Remains: Motion (22 Mar 2023)

Erin McGreehan: I second the motion. I thank the Minister for being here this evening. I also thank the many family members of the disappeared, who are here with us this evening, for their relentless, courage, composure and dignity. I acknowledge the incredible work of WAVE Trauma Centre, which has provided care and support for people affected by the Troubles for more than 30 years. It is with a really...

Seanad: Location of Victims' Remains: Motion (22 Mar 2023)

Erin McGreehan: I call on Senator Blaney to reply to the debate.

Seanad: Location of Victims' Remains: Motion (22 Mar 2023)

Erin McGreehan: I thank everybody who contributed to the motion. It is a motion of great emotion and meaning. Let us hope someone hears it and peace is given.

Seanad: Location of Victims' Remains: Motion (22 Mar 2023)

Erin McGreehan: When is it proposed to sit again?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Self-advocacy and Women with Disabilities: Discussion (9 Mar 2023)

Erin McGreehan: I thank the witnesses for their time. I wish them all a belated happy International Women's Day. Yesterday, I was feeling a little International Women's Day fatigue because we are constantly waiting for stuff to happen. Here we are again talking about how we are waiting for things to happen. The witnesses spoke about the importance of self-advocacy. As politicians, we understand its...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Self-advocacy and Women with Disabilities: Discussion (9 Mar 2023)

Erin McGreehan: Did it make a difference in Ms Coates's life?