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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Disability, Mental Health and Ageing: Engagement with Minister of State at the Department of Health (17 Nov 2022)

Erin McGreehan: I thank the witnesses.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Nov 2022)

Erin McGreehan: I express my deepest condolences to the family, friends and loved ones of Vicky Phelan. She fought hard to live and she fought for others to live. I hope she is at rest. My thoughts are with her family and loved ones. I thank her for her work on behalf of all the women of Ireland. It seems almost futile to go onto my next point after speaking about Vicky Phelan but I want to express...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: UNCRPD and the Optional Protocol: Discussion (10 Nov 2022)

Erin McGreehan: I welcome the witnesses and thank them for their contributions and helpful answers so far. My first questions are for the Decision Support Service. Following Deputy Cairn's earlier comments and when those public consultations came out, we heard a lot of disappointment from disabled persons organisations, DPOs, and from people with disabilities on those public consultations due to the time...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: UNCRPD and the Optional Protocol: Discussion (10 Nov 2022)

Erin McGreehan: I do not have it in front of me but I do have it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: UNCRPD and the Optional Protocol: Discussion (10 Nov 2022)

Erin McGreehan: I thank Ms Flynn. I want to ask Mr. Clyne about the implementation of the optional protocol. We all agree that each state should be fully accountable at a human level. An individual should never be denied his or her human rights. Like other speakers here, I am afraid that because of the costs and the difficulties with our domestic remedies, the international procedures with the optional...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: UNCRPD and the Optional Protocol: Discussion (10 Nov 2022)

Erin McGreehan: It is very clear there is no reason to delay the ratification of the optional protocol. To think that the Government and State should have every single thing perfect before we do so is nonsense and is a bureaucratic blockage for no reason.

Seanad: Safe to Create Programme: Statements (9 Nov 2022)

Erin McGreehan: I welcome the Minister to the House.

Seanad: Safe to Create Programme: Statements (9 Nov 2022)

Erin McGreehan: I thank the Minister. Before we move on I would like to welcome the boys and girls of Scoil Phádraig Naofa, their teacher Mr. Richard O'Regan and the tour organiser, Ms Colette Dineen. They are very welcome to Seanad Éireann. The next speaker is Senator Martin, who will have eight minutes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: HIQA's Overview Report - Monitoring and Regulation of Designated Centres for People with Disabilities in 2021: Discussion (27 Oct 2022)

Erin McGreehan: I welcome the witnesses. It is great to have them here. This is a really important report. A lot of hard work went into it for which I thank the witnesses. It made for difficult reading. It is upsetting and is not a happy picture. The majority provide a good standard of care. For me, "good" is not enough. We should set our standards a bit higher than good. It reminds me of how my...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: HIQA's Overview Report - Monitoring and Regulation of Designated Centres for People with Disabilities in 2021: Discussion (27 Oct 2022)

Erin McGreehan: That is great to hear.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna (Atógáil) - Commencement Matters (Resumed): Disability Services (26 Oct 2022)

Erin McGreehan: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Feighan, to the House.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Common Agricultural Policy (25 Oct 2022)

Erin McGreehan: I welcome the Minister. It is great to have the senior Minister with us. As he knows, the sheep sector is important to me. My family are all in the sheep sector and it is how I was born and reared. It is also important to the country, so I am glad we are having this discussion. I hope that what I have asked in the Commencement matter will be answered without prejudice about other parts...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Common Agricultural Policy (25 Oct 2022)

Erin McGreehan: I thank the Minister. I spoke to him previously about a wool council. I reiterate the need to continue those indirect supports. As he well knows, part sheep welfare is that they must be sheared and they must be protected. It is now costing a farmer more to shear their sheep and to look after them in that way than they are getting for their wool. If they are not getting it in a direct...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Architects of the Good Friday Agreement (Resumed): Mr. Bertie Ahern (20 Oct 2022)

Erin McGreehan: Mr. Ahern is very welcome. As somebody from County Louth, I thank him for his sacrifices. As someone who was 16 when the Good Friday Agreement was signed, I did not think it was possible but we had that day and that celebration. We made tough sacrifices. It was not easy. There were conversations around people's kitchen tables about changing Articles 2 and 3. It was not a simple "Yes"...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Architects of the Good Friday Agreement (Resumed): Mr. Bertie Ahern (20 Oct 2022)

Erin McGreehan: All of us were sceptical because we did not think it was possible. The sceptics were there. We were all there. Mr. Ahern mentioned in his opening statement the remobilisation of the youth and trying to get them back on board. In Ireland, we never like to take up awkward conversations and always let things go. However, I think we have now let things go a little too far. We need to ensure...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Architects of the Good Friday Agreement (Resumed): Mr. Bertie Ahern (20 Oct 2022)

Erin McGreehan: Go raibh maith agat.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Architects of the Good Friday Agreement (Resumed): Mr. Bertie Ahern (20 Oct 2022)

Erin McGreehan: Does Mr. Ahern believe we need to have a national conversation about reconciliation and what it means? It has been that part of the agreement where, in my view, we have not seen enough progress.

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

Erin McGreehan: I ask the Deputy Leader to arrange a debate on the future of the Irish sheep sector. As we all know, sheep are synonymous with our landscape, heritage and tourism. In 2020, only 7% of sheep farmers were under the age of 35. The average age of a sheep farmer is 56 years of age. We are not encouraging young people to get into a really important agricultural sector. I wish to highlight the...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Organisation of Working Time (Domestic Violence Leave) Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2022)

Erin McGreehan: I am in my office on the Leinster House complex. I thank all of the witnesses for their contribution and coming to Leinster House today to discuss this issue. It is exciting that we could be one of the first countries to introduce domestic violence leave. I work with refugees and Women's Aid. One of the things that has been highlighted to me over the past couple of years is that leave for...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Oct 2022)

Erin McGreehan: I, too, congratulate both the Leader on her work on this Bill and the Smith family. It means an awful lot to so many people. We cannot be anything but moved by Senator Seery Kearney's words, because so many of us have experienced that loss. We are here and we are listening because we know that that life matters. Even though they are not here, they matter every single day of the week and...