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Seanad: Death of Former Taoiseach: Expressions of Sympathy (7 Feb 2024)

Garret Ahearn: Most people are speaking, certainly on the Fine Gael benches, about their abiding memory of the former Taoiseach, John Bruton. My abiding memory is him speaking and giving an oration on 20 September 2000 at my mother's funeral. As the Deputy Leader remembers recently, and John would have remembered recently as well, at a funeral of a loved one you do not remember everything. He spoke...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: School Accommodation (7 Feb 2024)

Garret Ahearn: The Minister of State is welcome to the Chamber. I thank her for taking this Commencement matter. She will appreciate that it is quite a local issue, but one very close to her in Clonmel. The CBS High School in Clonmel is a wonderful school that provides education to secondary school boys in Clonmel. There are more than 700 students in the school, which is led by the principal, Karen...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: School Accommodation (7 Feb 2024)

Garret Ahearn: I thank the Minister of State. She took my line exactly. It is always good to have a connection to a school and her son taught there. The principal is from Ferrybank in Waterford so there is another connection that way. I will say, and the Minister touched on this herself, from the point the approval was made in February 2020 to the point when construction happens, we will have students...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (31 Jan 2024)

Garret Ahearn: I was not here yesterday and did not get the opportunity to express my condolences on the death of former Senator and TD, John Connor, and I want to do that. He was elected to the Dáil on the same day as my mother and they were great friends over the years. He fluctuated between the Dáil and the Seanad, which is a real sign of someone who is well liked outside of these walls but...

Seanad: Digital Services Bill 2023: Second Stage (31 Jan 2024)

Garret Ahearn: I welcome the Bill and thank the Minister of State and his officials for being here.It is technical legislation but important nonetheless. It is important it is done by 17 February to make sure we are in line with our colleagues in the European Union to be able to fight against some of the challenges in the digital world. As Senators Crowe and Byrne mentioned, it is now clear that some of...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Jan 2024)

Garret Ahearn: The N24 road is the link road between Waterford city and Limerick.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Jan 2024)

Garret Ahearn: I am raising it again because it is at a very key point in the process. The route was chosen a number of days ago. That has meant that the buffer zone that will happen with the planning of the new road has been reduced significantly to 300 m. That has been presented to the public and, obviously, there is concern with where the new road is going and whose land it is going through and things...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Jan 2024)

Garret Ahearn: We have succeeded. It has taken a long fight but I will now start another fight. It has not got funding to continue to design stage yet. That needs approval by the Minister for Transport. It needs to be prioritised as quickly as possible. As the Leader knows, that route is divided into two sections, one of which is from Limerick Junction to Cahir. That is in design stage at the moment...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Jan 2024)

Garret Ahearn: It is good to see such a factual contribution. When we talk about having contributions on other things, it just shows that when the facts are there, we can actually have a reasonable debate. I ask that we have a debate with the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Deputy Simon Coveney, regarding business closures in the hospitality sector. Two restaurants in Tipperary town have...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Dec 2023)

Garret Ahearn: I join in everyone else in wishing all the staff here, including Martin, Bridget, a very happy Christmas. I also wish the Cathaoirleach a happy Christmas. It is almost a year since he started his role. I thank him for his courtesy and the way he treats us here. I am laughing after yesterday's intervention, but on reflection, I think he managed it very well. I also wish Tom Hickey well in...

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)

Garret Ahearn: On a point of order, I thought the Leader said in her contribution a few minutes ago that she was going to go to the Chief Whip to get an answer to Senator Kyne's question about sitting later. It seems that almost everyone present wants to sit later. Every point of order that has been raised can be clarified and answered by the Chief Whip or by the Leader. One of the reasons we were given...

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)

Garret Ahearn: -----and is willing to sit late.

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)

Garret Ahearn: Could we just get an answer?

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)

Garret Ahearn: Even though almost everyone wants to sit later because this is really important, we cannot do it because one person does not want to.

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)

Garret Ahearn: Does the Cathaoirleach not want to know who the Acting Leader is?

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)

Garret Ahearn: I am honestly asking. The Cathaoirleach says it is a matter for the Leader. Surely, he will want to know.

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)

Garret Ahearn: The Cathaoirleach is going to have to go to the Acting Leader to propose a suspension or to propose to move on.

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)

Garret Ahearn: Surely, the Cathaoirleach will want to know who the Acting Leader is?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Shoplifting: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)

Garret Ahearn: I thank the witnesses for their contributions. I thought that the most interesting thing was what Mr. Jennings said a few minutes ago about how the development of an individual can start at shoplifting and can go on, through years of being let off with it, to a much more serious crime event. In this building we sometimes hear from individuals - particularly in the Seanad - who would talk...