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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Empowering Local Government and Local Communities to Climate Action: Discussion (24 May 2022)

Pauline O'Reilly: Ms Corcoran says things are moving in different directions and she is trying to catch things when they are already happening. It is a concern that many county and city development plans are nearing completion. Might there be a point where Ms Corcoran could come back to say they need to be re-examined earlier so that we are not waiting until the next round?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Empowering Local Government and Local Communities to Climate Action: Discussion (24 May 2022)

Pauline O'Reilly: We will keep asking the question every week.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Future Funding of Higher Education: Discussion (Resumed) (24 May 2022)

Pauline O'Reilly: I thank all our guests for coming in. We appreciate it. There is nothing like hearing from people about their experiences to see what changes need to be made. I am quite taken with some of the responses our guests have given there. Ms Leane mentioned how doing home economics in secondary schools led her into something and Mr. Twomey mentioned how working in the area for an employer led...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Future Funding of Higher Education: Discussion (Resumed) (24 May 2022)

Pauline O'Reilly: Unfortunately, the reality is that many young people do not have a mentor. If any of the other witnesses wish to chime in a response then please do. Ms Yeates mentioned women in her response. I am a member of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Gender Equality. At the moment that committee is considering gender equality and gender norms in education. I think that one clear place where...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Future Funding of Higher Education: Discussion (Resumed) (24 May 2022)

Pauline O'Reilly: By the witnesses being here today they are doing some of that work. We appreciate their attendance. These are the things that go into our reports and go on the public record. We encourage people to take up that offer. I wish to say to Mr. English that it is obvious that this initiative has been hugely successful. The young people present are a testament to the fact that these...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Future Funding of Higher Education: Discussion (Resumed) (24 May 2022)

Pauline O'Reilly: I thank our guests.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Future Funding of Higher Education: Discussion (Resumed) (24 May 2022)

Pauline O'Reilly: The Minister is welcome and I thank his officials for joining us. We have heard from many students that the cost-of-living crisis is impacting on them. I agree with the level of funding the Minister is proposing and he has support across Government but there are some areas where we need to accelerate things. For those struggling around SUSI grants, the expansion is welcome. Will the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Future Funding of Higher Education: Discussion (Resumed) (24 May 2022)

Pauline O'Reilly: I thank the Minister.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Future Funding of Higher Education: Discussion (Resumed) (24 May 2022)

Pauline O'Reilly: That is really interesting and perfectly answers my question by giving an example of how the system works. Mr. McSherry had a mentor.

Seanad: Carbon Policy: Motion (19 May 2022)

Pauline O'Reilly: I thank Senators Keogan, Mullen and McDowell for bringing this motion forward. To be honest, having looked through the text of motion, it seems to be a collection of things and I am unsure why they have all been put together. I refer to aspects such as turf, data centres, LNG and nuclear power. I will discuss the issue of nuclear power specifically, but this seems to be a collection of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (19 May 2022)

Pauline O'Reilly: I welcome the Minister and the officials who have joined us. I am aware that this is an important issue for the Minister. She has outlined her commitment around STEM, and access for girls in particular, and I could not disagree with anything she said about any of the work that she has done in this regard. In the past we have seen a very low take-up of apprenticeships by girls. The Minister...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (19 May 2022)

Pauline O'Reilly: I could hear the bells ringing in the background for the Leader of the Seanad to get in. It was great that she got an opportunity to speak. I was excited when I saw that the witnesses were coming in because it is very close to my heart. To be fair to the Minister, Deputy Foley, she was talking about schools putting themselves forward for a pilot. I think she believes there is a commitment...

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

Pauline O'Reilly: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I thank the Minister of State for coming to the House for this very important Bill. It is something that has come up for us, as the Green Party, an awful lot. However, I know for a fact that it comes up for every party. I refer to election posters and the scourge that people feel they are. When it comes time for an election, we all...

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

Pauline O'Reilly: I thank the Minister of State for his words and my thanks to everybody who has engaged in this debate. I welcome that the Minister of State will encourage the commission to look at this Bill as part of its work because significant work has been put into it. I have heard many of the arguments that have been made here. My one comment is that when it comes to the place of posters in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (12 May 2022)

Pauline O'Reilly: I thank Saoirse and Emer. It is good to see both of them again in a different context. I thank them for their work in all the things they do in representing the ISSU as well as their climate justice work. I also thank David. A couple of things occurred to me. One is that we recently had a report from the NCCA around leaving certificate reform, but much of that is ongoing work. I would...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (12 May 2022)

Pauline O'Reilly: Can I come back in on that point?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (12 May 2022)

Pauline O'Reilly: Senator Warfield touched a little bit on the point of what education is going on outside school. I have a frustration. I am a former chair of the Home Education Network and I home educated my kids for much of their lives. I have a different perspective on education and I am a proponent of unschooling. We tend to segregate. People are experts in education within a system that exists but...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (12 May 2022)

Pauline O'Reilly: I thank Mr. Byrne. I could probably talk about this all day but I will not.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (12 May 2022)

Pauline O'Reilly: They have just gone into school in the past year and a half but, as you can see, I am passionate about it. There were excellent points raised there. I like the phrase "ecology of learning." The other point, which was brought up at the Joint Committee on Education, Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, was the responsibility of the media when it comes to...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 May 2022)

Pauline O'Reilly: I propose that No. 22 be taken before No. 1. It will be seconded by my colleague. I agree with the point about a debate on the Assembly elections. The changing demographic in Northern Ireland must be taken into account. It was not taken into account in the Good Friday Agreement and has landed us in a position where it is difficult when people disagree on forming a shared Executive. I...