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Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Wildlife Regulations (9 Mar 2022)

Garret Ahearn: I thank the Minister of State for coming to the House to take this important matter. This is slightly off topic, if the Chair will allow me, but I wish to I thank him for the announcement this week on the built heritage investment scheme. He has given €10,000 to Knocklofty House in my parish. He met the group Save Knocklofty House. He committed to supporting it and he has now done...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Wildlife Regulations (9 Mar 2022)

Garret Ahearn: I thank the Minister of State for his response . I agree with him. The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine should play a greater role in this. The Irish Farmers Association, IFA, has taken this onboard in Tipperary. We have very good members in the gun club, including Pat O'Sullivan, who I mentioned earlier, Robert Phelan and Brendan McGill. There are almost 100 members and...

Seanad: Brain Health and Dementia: Statements (9 Mar 2022)

Garret Ahearn: I also welcome the announcement of extra hours for home help for people with dementia. I agree with what loads of people said today. I only have a minute and a half to speak so I will focus on one topic in terms of home help and carers. The work they provide is phenomenal. I have seen it myself. My uncle passed away last year from dementia and the care he received was phenomenal. We...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Mar 2022)

Garret Ahearn: I second Senator Malcolm Byrne's motion to invite President Zelenskiy to address this House and the Lower House. It would be a very useful exercise. I wish everyone a very happy International Women's Day. Last year, as colleagues might remember, we were in the Dáil Chamber and I had an opportunity to read an extract from a book published last year that had a speech my mother gave in...

Seanad: Sea-Fisheries (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (8 Mar 2022)

Garret Ahearn: Now.

Seanad: Redundancy Payments (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (8 Mar 2022)

Garret Ahearn: I thank the Minister of State for being here this evening. I thank him and his Department for all the supports that have been put in place for businesses right across the country throughout the past two years. The work the Minister of State's Department has done has been greatly appreciated and acknowledged from an employer and employee perspective. This is an element of something that...

Seanad: Redundancy Payments (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (8 Mar 2022)

Garret Ahearn: Next Tuesday.

Seanad: Redundancy Payments (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (8 Mar 2022)

Garret Ahearn: Tomorrow at 10:30 a.m.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with Representatives from the European Commission (3 Mar 2022)

Garret Ahearn: The Commissioner is very welcome to Ireland and to this meeting. I was interested in his comments regarding the right to disconnect and remote working. He said that it has a positive impact for rural areas and rural communities across Europe. I am from a region that is within an hour of four cities and prior to the pandemic people travelled back and forth to the cities. It was a round...

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

Garret Ahearn: I have just come from a committee. I am getting a number of calls from sports clubs in Tipperary eagerly awaiting confirmation of the funding announced by the Minister of State, Deputy Jack Chambers, two weeks ago. We rang clubs to let them know the good news that Tipperary got €7 million in funding, an incredible increase from the previous figure of €1.5 million. The sports...

Seanad: Housing Policy: Motion (2 Mar 2022)

Garret Ahearn: Tomorrow at 10.30 a.m.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Right to Request Remote Work Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Mar 2022)

Garret Ahearn: I thank Ms King and Ms McElwee for their contributions. They are miles apart in their views; nonetheless I thank them for coming before us. Ms McElwee spoke about how employers are not yet fully aware of the opportunities of remote working. What, if anything, is IBEC doing to inform employers of the positive opportunities available to them? Is it engaging with companies that have been...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Right to Request Remote Work Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Mar 2022)

Garret Ahearn: I thank Ms McElwee very much. There is no problem taking the time to clarify that point. Could I have Ms King's view on small companies being exempt from this proposed legislation?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Right to Request Remote Work Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Mar 2022)

Garret Ahearn: Does Ms King have any suggestions in terms of other ways of handling it?

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Mar 2022)

Garret Ahearn: I normally ask for a Minister to do something, but I will be different this time. I want to thank a couple of Ministers. Yesterday there was an announcement in County Tipperary of the go-ahead for Fethard primary care centre. Members will be aware I have brought this up a number of times in the Seanad and I tabled this as a Commencement matter. It is a very important primary care centre...

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

Garret Ahearn: I welcome the Minister to the Chamber. I have been listening to debates in this Chamber for over a year and a half and I have heard some strange comments in that time but I struggle to think of a more daft comment than what I have heard from one Senator tonight. I do not know if the Minister was here when it was said. The question was put as to whether Ireland is on Russia's side. These...

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

Garret Ahearn: Yes. If Ukrainian citizens who are also Irish citizens want to leave Ukraine but are male and aged between 18 and 60, how does the Irish State deal with that? I listened today to Ms Adi Roche, who is from Clonmel and an expert in matters relating to Chernobyl in Ukraine. She said Ireland will never leave people behind when it comes to humanity and protecting people. I commend the Minister...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Shared Services (24 Feb 2022)

Garret Ahearn: I welcome the Minister of State to the Chamber and thank him for taking this Commencement matter. It is appreciated. Many good people work in local authorities. They are very proud to work in them and they give great service to the State. When negative comments are made, either in these Houses or elsewhere, about local authorities and public servants and what they do, it tarnishes all...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Shared Services (24 Feb 2022)

Garret Ahearn: I thank the Minister of State for his response. He is correct that the work of the staff of Tipperary County Council during the pandemic has been phenomenal. They are very much to be credited for that. The Minister of State made the good point that local authorities already have shared services. My argument is that what I propose should be part of these. If you ask chief executives...

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

Garret Ahearn: I follow on from the comments of Senators regarding the shocking news of what is happening in Ukraine. I express my solidarity to the people of Ukraine on what they are going through. It has been a difficult number of weeks but today is different from the events of recent weeks because it is actually happening. People's lives have been drastically changed in the past 24 hours. I have...