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Seanad: CervicalCheck Tribunal (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (15 Jul 2021)

Róisín Garvey: I am sharing time with Senator Pauline O'Reilly.

Seanad: CervicalCheck Tribunal (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (15 Jul 2021)

Róisín Garvey: I welcome the Minister, Deputy Stephen Donnelly, to the House. This is a very sad issue for me, or any woman, to have to speak about. Over the past few years, I have often sat at home and cried while watching and listening to various people on television and on radio speak about this horrendously bad hand that people were dealt through no fault of their own. I have regular cervical smear...

Seanad: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (15 Jul 2021)

Róisín Garvey: I welcome the Minister to the House. He was worn a path here. I welcome also the LDA. It is a big improvement on what we had before. We can always talk about what we have done in the past, but it is good to stay in the present. We need to move forward. There is not one Member in the House, of all political parties and none, who does not want to solve the housing crisis. I do not think...

Seanad: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (15 Jul 2021)

Róisín Garvey: I congratulate the Minister of State. It is a very proud day. I am proud of her so I hope she is proud of herself. This legislation has been worked on for more than five years but she was the woman to get it over the line with great help from her civil servants, some of whom are in the Chamber. It is a great day for rural Ireland too. We often get accused, as a Government, of being very...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Trade Between Ireland and the Palestinian Territories: Discussion (14 Jul 2021)

Róisín Garvey: I thank the witnesses for coming in. I have been a strong supporter of Palestine for many years. I have done fundraising and attended many protests in Clare, etc. With regard to the occupied territories Bill, the labelling is the big one for me in terms of trying to think of something we can handle. Much of the stuff being asked for is at EU level. I am not sure, as a Senator on an...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Trade Between Ireland and the Palestinian Territories: Discussion (14 Jul 2021)

Róisín Garvey: I will happily arrange for the witnesses to meet our two Green Party MEPs, if they would like, to help get some more supports at a European level, if that is helpful. That is a good suggestion by Mr. Konený but if the labelling is not done right, how can we possibly figure out what is coming in from the illegal settlements?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Trade Between Ireland and the Palestinian Territories: Discussion (14 Jul 2021)

Róisín Garvey: I will follow up on that. I would like to take clear action on this as opposed to having many great people coming in and not having follow-up actions. I can ask the food authority to give me a comprehensive list of what it thinks is coming in from the occupied territories at least, in order that we know. That is what Mr. Konený is suggesting in that they should be able to do that. I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Trade Between Ireland and the Palestinian Territories: Discussion (14 Jul 2021)

Róisín Garvey: Okay. I have to go to another meeting that I have to speak on but I thank the witnesses for their time. I will follow up with them directly. I would like to get their email addresses if that is okay.

Seanad: Companies (Rescue Process for Small and Micro Companies) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Jul 2021)

Róisín Garvey: I do not know whether it is a case of hypocrisy or whether I am just confused or what is going on because this Bill is all about helping small businesses yet Sinn Féin is again bringing up the workers' rights issue. It is such a simplistic, polarising message to put across when this Bill is everything about the workers, the employees and the small businesses. I do not know what kinds...

Seanad: Companies (Rescue Process for Small and Micro Companies) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Jul 2021)

Róisín Garvey: I am not talking about Senator Gavan.

Seanad: Companies (Rescue Process for Small and Micro Companies) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Jul 2021)

Róisín Garvey: On a point of information, I was not referring to the Bill; I was referring to Senator Gavan talking about employees and employers in a really simplistic, polarised way that is not helpful.

Seanad: Companies (Rescue Process for Small and Micro Companies) Bill 2021: Second Stage (12 Jul 2021)

Róisín Garvey: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. I welcome this Bill, or these amendments to an existing Act. The legislation is great. As a coalition Government, we agreed we would introduce it under the programme for Government. A year on, we are delivering on that, which is really positive. Now, as we hope for some sort of post-pandemic Ireland, is an important time to do this. The main...

Seanad: Workplace Relations (Miscellaneous Provisions Bill) 2021: Second Stage (12 Jul 2021)

Róisín Garvey: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. This was not in the programme for Government but we are doing it anyway because it has to be done. My thanks to the Minister of State for his swift action on this. The Bill is intended to resolve issues raised by Mr. Zalewski, who took a court case. We have to thank him for highlighting this anomaly in the legislation. It is good he has...

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (12 Jul 2021)

Róisín Garvey: I thank the Minister for all his work on this. People should be clear on the importance of cost rental and how we are pioneering something new for Ireland that has been done very well elsewhere. I commend Deputies Matthews and Duffy on their work on this. It is important to see when a smaller party can make a good contribution that can be listened to and taken on board. We appreciate the...

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (12 Jul 2021)

Róisín Garvey: The Minister is not getting off too lightly, unfortunately. When local authorities take over houses from private landlords under the HAP scheme, the standard is often a C3 building energy rating, BER. If the landlord does not live in the house, it may kind of be left up to the tenant to deal with that standard. With the cost-rental model, we should look at best practice regarding BERs in...

Seanad: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (12 Jul 2021)

Róisín Garvey: We need to be clear that we are not misguiding people. This is not that complicated in respect of the Land Development Agency. Currently, we have a great deal of land all over Ireland and nobody knows who owns it or what we own. This agency will finally now enable all State land to be put on paper to see what we own, where it is and the best way we can use the land to get the houses. If...

Seanad: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (12 Jul 2021)

Róisín Garvey: -----but if they are all social and affordable houses, nobody can then ever own a private house. We must stop simplifying this into some kind of an "us and them" thing. It is about finding the land and building as many houses as soon as possible that are affordable and social. That is the top priority.

Seanad: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2021)

Róisín Garvey: Is deas an rud an tAire a fheiceáil i gcomhair an lae fhada seo, lá stairiúil freisin, le cúnamh Dé.I thank Senator Lombard for his work on the amendment. It is really important that we are very clear about the process. There was a Citizens' Assembly and a climate committee that went on for ages. I found it interesting that the people who were shouting the most...

Seanad: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2021)

Róisín Garvey: We are going to stick to the amendments today because we have a lot to get through.

Seanad: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2021)

Róisín Garvey: Amendments Nos. 10, 35 and 36 are related and may be discussed together by agreement. Is that agreed? Agreed.