Results 41-60 of 90 for speaker:Linda Nelson Murray

Seanad: Economic Competitiveness: Statements (28 May 2025)

Linda Nelson Murray: Does he win the competition?

Committee on Education and Youth: Business of Joint Committee (21 May 2025)

Linda Nelson Murray: First, I congratulate the Chair. I wish him the very best of luck.

Committee on Education and Youth: Business of Joint Committee (21 May 2025)

Linda Nelson Murray: I can already see from what people are saying here that we are all thinking very similarly. I think we are going to be a great group. I hope we can discuss many things and bring about change. Moving to the issues I would like to see raised in this committee, going back to what Deputy Coppinger said, I am passionate about inclusion in education. I am on the board of a special school in...

Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Business of Joint Committee (21 May 2025)

Linda Nelson Murray: I congratulate the Cathaoirleach on his chairmanship. I wish him every success. I am very excited to be here on this committee. I am a new Senator and a new politician as well. However, I am not new when it comes to working on behalf of small businesses. I have been working since the age of 13. I was born and raised in a small business environment. My mam and dad were in the furniture...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 May 2025)

Linda Nelson Murray: Today, we have seen a report from the Injuries Resolution Board that shows motor claims have fallen by a massive 30% since 2019. Motorists must justifiably be a bit fed up with high insurance costs. I will add another point that I raised two weeks ago, namely, that a Central Bank report showed that motor insurance premiums increased by 9% in the first half of last year. I have no doubt...

Seanad: Driving Test Waiting Times: Statements (20 May 2025)

Linda Nelson Murray: There were 83,000 applicants awaiting a driving test in April, which was the highest number recorded since the pandemic. Navan in County Meath, my hometown, has the longest waiting times of all the test centres in the State, with applicants waiting an estimated 43 weeks. That is, of course, alongside Tallaght, the hometown of my colleague Senator Teresa Costello. Across the border in...

Seanad: Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad: Health Services (15 May 2025)

Linda Nelson Murray: I am here today to talk about women's well-being and sexual health well-being. I am looking for a clinic for County Meath. County Meath has a growing population of about 240,000 people, and we can take it that 120,000 of them are women. Would the Minister of State believe that Meath has only half the number of GPs recommended by the World Health Organization for a county of its size? The...

Seanad: Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad: Health Services (15 May 2025)

Linda Nelson Murray: I thank the Minister of State for his response but I knew all of the answers in the response. First, I do not know why the strategy took so long to come to the time where it is nearly launched. I welcome that is to be launched and I hope it identifies that there is a major gap in County Meath. As the Minister of State rightly said himself, maybe some people do not want to be popping into...

Seanad: Mental Health and Suicide Prevention: Statements (15 May 2025)

Linda Nelson Murray: As the Minister of State will know, there is a wonderful organisation called SOSAD, which stands for Save our Sons and Daughters. I raise its case on my own behalf and on behalf of Senator Keogan who has worked with the charity as well. Since 2007, SOSAD Ireland has six full-time offices based in Cavan, Louth, Laois, Meath and Monaghan from which they provide one-to-one and remote...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 May 2025)

Linda Nelson Murray: The Department of Finance is inviting people to submit their views on the development of a new action plan for insurance reform. In case people do not know, this is very important. This consultation aims to give and gathers feedback from stakeholders to shape the next phase of insurance reform.The Action Plan for Insurance Reform 2020 delivered good progress in stabilising the insurance...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 May 2025)

Linda Nelson Murray: There are eight now.

Seanad: National Biodiversity Week: Statements (14 May 2025)

Linda Nelson Murray: Biodiversity is one of the most important and vital issues that we as a global community can tackle to improve our planet for future generations. From the breakdown of our waste to the pollination of the most delicate flower to the production of all our food sources, our biosystem has the final say on the direction our planet will take. Clever design and thought-out plans around our towns...

Seanad: National Biodiversity Week: Statements (14 May 2025)

Linda Nelson Murray: Yes.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 May 2025)

Linda Nelson Murray: On behalf of my Fine Gael colleagues in the Seanad, I congratulate Pope Leo XIV. This has been a significant moment. We send him our heartfelt congratulations and we wish him well in his role. We hope he uses his voice for peace in an uncertain world. I am sure the Pope will do a lot of good for humanity and kindness. I would like to speak about volunteers who do this every day. Over...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Insurance Industry (8 May 2025)

Linda Nelson Murray: I thank the Minister of State for coming to the House. I hope that he and the Minister, Jim O'Callaghan, hear what I have to say. Yesterday, the Central Bank showed that motor insurance premiums increased by 9% in the first half of last year. No doubt in the next six months we will learn they have risen again. In December 2024, the Personal Injuries Guidelines Committee recommended that...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Insurance Industry (8 May 2025)

Linda Nelson Murray: I thank the Minister of State. Some 96% of cases do not even get to court, so we are talking about 4% of all cases. It has been suggested in some quarters that the 2019 legislation provided for the Judicial Council to review the guidelines, that it has now done this and we must accept its recommendation. Why? As the Minister of State mentioned, the Supreme Court made clear in the Delaney...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 May 2025)

Linda Nelson Murray: Today's Central Bank report shows that motor insurance premiums increased by 9% in the first half of last year. In fact, since 2022, premiums have risen by approximately €70. That is without the recommendation from the Judicial Council to increase awards by 17%. I will explain to those who might not understand what this is. In Ireland, we have a set of personal injury guidelines...

Seanad: Higher Education: Motion (7 May 2025)

Linda Nelson Murray: The Minister, Deputy Lawless is very welcome.

Seanad: Higher Education: Motion (7 May 2025)

Linda Nelson Murray: I am.

Seanad: Higher Education: Motion (7 May 2025)

Linda Nelson Murray: I very much welcome this motion. Coming from a really hard-working family, there was no way I was going to get away with not getting out to work early, combined, of course, with my studies. I worked all through secondary school, taking a break in my leaving cert year, and I then went back out again throughout college. It was not a huge amount of work but it was one or two days,...