Results 701-720 of 1,195 for speaker:Erin McGreehan

Seanad: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report Stage (29 Nov 2022)

Erin McGreehan: I accept an awful lot of what the Minister said at the meeting. I thank him for that time and thank his officials for that meeting. My only concern about all of this is that I am uncomfortable with the language and the term "her pregnancy" because in my opinion, that anonymises the baby, the wee life that is there, by not attaching a life to the pregnancy. One can be pregnant and have an...

Seanad: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report Stage (29 Nov 2022)

Erin McGreehan: I congratulate the Minister on bringing forward this important legislation. I have been fighting against things I do not necessarily agree with in it but, overall, what we are doing here is very important. We see people in our constituencies go into the ward of court system far too often.That is absolutely wrong and I am proud to be part of changing that. We have to work hard now to get...

Seanad: Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad: Local Authorities (24 Nov 2022)

Erin McGreehan: The Minister of State is welcome. I wish him to ask the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government to engage with local authorities to request clear actions, targets and reporting regarding implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, UNCRPD.It is about time the Departments, local authorities and State agencies got real and serious about...

Seanad: Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad: Local Authorities (24 Nov 2022)

Erin McGreehan: I reiterate what I have said to Ministers over the past number of years. Visions are not mandatory. There is no sign in this of mandatory funding to be earmarked for capacity building, for training to help communities and to help staff make sure they are not making mistakes. Staff are not making mistakes and making things inaccessible for people on purpose. They are doing it because they...

Seanad: Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad: Local Authorities (24 Nov 2022)

Erin McGreehan: I thank the Minister of State.

Seanad: Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad: Northern Ireland (24 Nov 2022)

Erin McGreehan: I support the Minister in what he has been doing. The legacy of hurt and pain will never be healed and those wounds will never clear up if we allow the British Government to pass this Bill. I support the Minister in all of his work in bringing it further to the UN and to the Council of Ministers. I thank the Minister for his work on this and we support him.

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

Erin McGreehan: I welcome the Ukrainian ambassador and support the motion that calls on us to remember the Ukrainian atrocity of Holodomor. It is very important we do these things because we are quite possibly walking into a similar atrocity in Ukraine where people have no water, heat or light and they will literally freeze over the winter. It is very important we remember the past and stay strong in the...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters (Resumed): Agriculture Industry (22 Nov 2022)

Erin McGreehan: I welcome the Minister of State and thank her for coming to the House. I requested this Commencement debate because it is a very important topic for 35,000 sheep farmers in the country and is particularly of huge interest for farmers in County Louth who have nearly 70,000 sheep between them. Today I am asking what actions have been taken by the Department since the wool feasibility study...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters (Resumed): Agriculture Industry (22 Nov 2022)

Erin McGreehan: I thank the Minister of State. It is good news that the meeting will start next month and I look forward to it. It is very important. Unfortunately, the wheels of bureaucracy turn slowly, and I reiterate there is a space for supporting sheep farmers in the new sheep improvement scheme. Being able to shear sheep is a sheep welfare issue. When the Minister of State said agents usually...

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 Deputy Hourigan for allowing me to take her slot, as I need to leave for another meeting. I thank the Minister of State and all the officials for their time. This is a really important issue. We speak quite often about mental health at this committee. It is at the intersection of every topic we come across. I thank the Minister of State at the Department of Health for her work...

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.