Results 41-60 of 111 for long speaker:Rebecca Moynihan

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 May 2022)

Rebecca Moynihan: ...of resources. Dublin South-Central has an enormous problem with bad roads and poor cycling and pedestrian infrastructure. We have, for example, been pushing for pedestrian infrastructure along Herberton Road to allow school children to cross the road safely but are constantly told that it would be subject to funding from the National Transport Authority, NTA, for the Grand Canal cycle...

Seanad: Regulation of Display of Electoral and Polling Posters and Other Advertisements Bill 2022: Second Stage (17 May 2022)

Rebecca Moynihan: ..., or that it took us a night to put them up and why do we not take them down. I hate them and I would love to be in a situation where the physical exertion involved in putting up posters is no longer required. However, we have to speak to the merits of the Bill and consider the impact it may have on democracy. This is an important first step in raising this issue. It comes up during...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 May 2022)

Rebecca Moynihan: ...fund this year, but the amount involved will eventually rise to €500 million. That money would be much better invested in and spent on better the development of cost-rental housing.We need to look at this as a longer-term project. Countries such as Germany or Austria have done so, where they reinvest the money from rents in providing cost-rental housing and build other housing....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development (Street Furniture Fees) Regulations 2022: Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage (12 May 2022)

Rebecca Moynihan: ...devolving this to local authorities. While the waivers of fee are welcome, it was a short-term and temporary measure, albeit one that identified a problem of which many people had been aware for a long time. I refer to the lack of flexibility in respect of having things like markets and open markets in Dublin. I worked with the Dublin Flea Market for a long time, trying to get a space...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Mar 2022)

Rebecca Moynihan: ...the issue of reports in newspapers this morning on housing Ukrainian refugees in tents and prefabs. While I understand that there needs to be a short-term response I also believe we need to have a long-term housing strategy for the numbers of refugees that we will be taking from Ukraine. Some figures suggest up to 200,000. The figure is probably going to be lower than that but there...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Mar 2022)

Rebecca Moynihan: ...undermined is it was sold. I will direct my questions at Mr. O'Connor because I know that he has a lot of experience of the UK. Some of the AHBs in the UK have had great difficulty in matching their long-term maintenance budget with the service that needs to be provided. Do the witnesses believe that the Housing Alliance can between differential rents, funding streams and direct...

Seanad: Housing Policy: Motion (2 Mar 2022)

Rebecca Moynihan: ...: The reliance of the State on meeting housing needs through current funded supports to private rental tenancies (reaching 38% of all private rental tenancies at end 2020) is only viable, in the long-term, in housing markets with sufficient housing supply. However, rising rents and limited supply of private rental properties – from which current funded housing are mostly sourced...

Seanad: Situation in Ukraine: Statements (1 Mar 2022)

Rebecca Moynihan: ...It is worth putting that in that context. The unlawful and wholly unwarranted invasion of a sovereign nation by the Russian Federation demands an unprecedented international response. We are at long last seeing significant financial sanctions being imposed by the EU on Russia. I agree that we also need a co-ordinated European response from other countries regarding expelling Russian...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Feb 2022)

Rebecca Moynihan: ...Balkans. It is not 30 years since we had a brutal civil war in the Balkans. It is on the verge of breaking out again. For example, there was Russia's role in not recognising Kosovo for a very long time and in supporting Syria. This is part of an aggressive foreign policy it has adopted on its eastern flank. It is alleged that in 2005, Russia poisoned the Ukrainian opposition leader,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Monuments and Archaeological Heritage Bill: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (3 Feb 2022)

Rebecca Moynihan: ...we might not consider to be particularly special but future generations might. I am going through the list of national monuments in Dublin, and I note Deputy Ó Snodaigh’s presence and his long campaign to have Moore Street designated as a national monument. My question is specifically around the designation of a national monument and whether An Taisce has any suggestions...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Feb 2022)

Rebecca Moynihan: ...have or address the issues of limitations to abortion. Abortion will always be contested. People will always try to row back on abortion rights and sometimes they succeed after waiting for a very long time. It is very important that the women who have been denied abortions, have had to travel or have accessed abortions here are included in the review. I cannot see how they will be...

Seanad: Passport Office Service: Motion (2 Feb 2022)

Rebecca Moynihan: ...recent months who have struggled to get passports, particularly first-time passports, where there have been errors in applications and where people have had great difficulty in moving the process along. In addition, where people are requested to provide additional documentation, including their passports, these documents should be returned promptly. One person who contacted our offices...

Seanad: Broadband Roll-out: Statements (26 Jan 2022)

Rebecca Moynihan: ...stunted by lack of access to broadband. This is as much an issue of reducing inequalities in our education system as it is about facilitating remote working or helping business. It will have long-term impacts on children across the country if the digital divide that has opened up is not closed. Covid-19 and remote learning brought these issues into stark focus and it is essential that...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Dec 2021)

Rebecca Moynihan: ...parallel with the project as it is being rolled out. I also wish to raise the beginning of the BusConnects roll-out and, specifically, the new C-spine bus route. Again, it is brilliant to see the long-awaited expansion of the system but it will also mean that many children who are going to school from Chapelizod to Lucan and who are getting the C-spine buses every day will have to walk a...

Seanad: TRIPS Waiver: Motion (15 Dec 2021)

Rebecca Moynihan: ...well over a year, is vital to ensuring vaccines are available at a global level for all those who need them. The time for talking, debating and amending in parliaments across the world should be long over. Gordon Brown, who is now an adviser to the World Health Organization, noted a few months ago that 40% of the Covid-19 deaths on the African continent had occurred since August. At the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Urban Regeneration: Discussion (14 Dec 2021)

Rebecca Moynihan: ...data sets that not only identify dereliction but also vacancy? Do Ms Murphy and Ms Sherry believe there is a place for "meanwhile use" within vacancy and dereliction? I hope I did not go on too long.

Seanad: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Second Stage (7 Dec 2021)

Rebecca Moynihan: ...interest in the development of our sea areas. It is certainly necessary when our sea area is seven times the size of our land mass. This Bill is vital to develop a clear strategy for marine areas long into the future. We are, of course, an island and we have one of the largest seabed territories in Europe. We could also not continue to put off the required legislative and planning...

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

Rebecca Moynihan: ...to, a properly rolled-out subsidised and informed antigen testing regime. It is looking more and more like this will not be our last winter with Covid-19. We are going to have to start making long-term plans and stop acting as if this were a wave of the virus that will be our last. We need to plan it effectively for the long term. Mandatory hotel quarantine is not a long-term or...

Seanad: Health (Amendment) (No. 3) 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (3 Dec 2021)

Rebecca Moynihan: ...in The Irish Times.This first report was published in May. 'Bernadette' (not her real name) travelled to London last month. Her unplanned pregnancy came shortly after giving birth to a baby who had spent “a long time” in neo-natal intensive care. “In advance of booking flights, I consulted with ASN and my doctor to confirm I should be exempt from Covid testing......

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Dec 2021)

Rebecca Moynihan: ...number of people being diagnosed with HIV between 2018 to 2020. Therefore, I ask people to get tested if they suspect they may have HIV. It is an illness that one can live with. One can have a long and healthy life as long as one can access the drugs that manage the virus. On that latter point, it is important to recognise the discriminatory practices that are still in place in some...