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

Róisín Garvey: Does Senator Wall wish to speak?

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

Róisín Garvey: I am sorry.

Seanad: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Second Stage (9 Jul 2021)

Róisín Garvey: I welcome the Minister of State.It is not an easy task trying to deal with housing. I welcome the Bill. It is definitely progress. Housing in Ireland is a complete mess. On top of the existing crisis, the pandemic has meant it has not been possible to build houses for more than a year, while there are also now issues with accessing materials. We could spend the whole day playing the...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Domestic Violence (28 Jun 2021)

Róisín Garvey: I thank the Minister of State for coming to the House. She has pressing matters to deal with so I thank her for taking my Commencement matter. She is probably as shocked as me at the revelations from the internal Garda investigation into the cancellation of domestic violence 999 calls. When I got wind of it, I got really upset because I sit on the joint policing committee in Clare and we...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Domestic Violence (28 Jun 2021)

Róisín Garvey: I thank the Minister of State for her response. It is good that action is taking place. The Garda Commissioner had to apologise on behalf of the Garda Síochána. He was not personally responsible, but he is responsible for ensuring this never happens again. I hope we can retrieve the lost data to help to show the need for increased funding for the victims of domestic violence. I...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Thalidomide Victims Compensation (28 Jun 2021)

Róisín Garvey: I thank the Minister of State for coming to the House. It is always great to see Ministers taking the time to come to the House to answer questions directly.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Jun 2021)

Róisín Garvey: I want to talk briefly about two things. I hope the Leader might allow us to have a further proper discussion for the whole House because housing comes up repeatedly. What I see in my own county is lots of empty buildings and also lots of people doing Airbnb. I want to clearly distinguish between a person letting out a room in his or her house and one letting out a whole house because a...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Solar Panels for Public Buildings, Schools, Homes and Other Premises) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (28 Jun 2021)

Róisín Garvey: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. Is lá iontach é. Sometimes in politics you wonder why you bother. There can be tough days. You get a lot of grief and sometimes it is hard. It is important to celebrate wins and today is a definite win. We have been fighting for this for probably 20 or 30 years. I remember being in a school 14 years ago. We were talking about...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Jun 2021)

Róisín Garvey: Perhaps we need to have a proper debate in the House about people-centred design in our villages and towns. As I cycled to the convention centre from the Liberties, something I have done since last July, I noticed how much the city has changed from full lockdown to opening up again. I had to cycle around a couple of trucks and vans. Things have changed a lot. I noticed that the quality of...

Seanad: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (21 Jun 2021)

Róisín Garvey: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire. Is fear gnóthach é lena lán rudaí le déanamh, go háirithe leis an by-election, agus aviation agus gach rud eile. Níl mé ag cur moille air. This Bill is something I have dreamt of for 30 years. It is a time to thank people. The people I want to thank most are the children. It is the children who inspire us. When I...

Seanad: Aviation Sector: Statements (21 Jun 2021)

Róisín Garvey: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I do not envy her role as Minister of State with responsibility for aviation. I can only imagine how stressful it must be. Covid hit the country and aviation went wallop. All of a sudden it became the new Government's fault entirely. I hope the Minister of State gets to sleep at night sometimes and that she is not getting too much grief over...

Seanad: Aviation Sector: Statements (21 Jun 2021)

Róisín Garvey: It is important that we have a united message from the Government, which is why I was surprised to hear the Tánaiste saying that perhaps young people can go abroad but with no definition of what young people are, when we had just been telling everybody that unless people can rationalise it they probably should not travel. I was surprised by this because we have to have a united message...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Reactivation of Economy Following Pandemic Restrictions: Discussion (16 Jun 2021)

Róisín Garvey: I thank the witnesses for attending. I believe the whole situation is much more nuanced than some people might like to categorise it. From my own experience of listening to small businesses, we must remember that small business owners are workers as well, so it is not a simple black-and-white case of the poor workers and the mean employers. We have 250,000 small businesses in Ireland...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Reactivation of Economy Following Pandemic Restrictions: Discussion (16 Jun 2021)

Róisín Garvey: I was on social welfare as a single mother. When I went back to work, I was certainly out of pocket, so I completely concur with McDonnell. It was a hard thing to do but for my self-worth it meant more to me to go back to work. I lost the medical card and rent allowance. I was not on high earnings so I was down in terms of money. I understand where Mr. McDonnell is coming from. There...

Seanad: Gender Pay Gap Information Bill 2021: Second Stage (14 Jun 2021)

Róisín Garvey: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire as teacht isteach. I thank him profoundly for all his work done since last July on many issues on inequality in different guises. This Bill is very welcome. I know the Minister is only getting started and is not going to nail everything in one Bill, which would be impossible. The programme for Government committed to legislating for the requirement of the...

Seanad: Public Service Pay Bill 2020: Second Stage (14 Jun 2021)

Róisín Garvey: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit as teacht isteach. Is deas é a fheiceáil. I welcome the Bill. It is really important. I will focus on three major points in the Bill that it is important to clarify and speak to. For me, it is massive that public consultants are now going to be paid to only be public consultants. As a person who has only had access to public...

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Jun 2021)

Róisín Garvey: I have an interesting observation to make. It is funny because Senator Gavan accused us of having a very clear definition of what affordability is and straight afterwards Senator Boyhan stated there is no definition of affordability. Is one of them wrong or are they both wrong? If they can figure it out between the two of them they can let us know.

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Jun 2021)

Róisín Garvey: Does Senator Boyhan want to tell me what to do?

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Jun 2021)

Róisín Garvey: Yes, I am speaking through the Chair.

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Jun 2021)

Róisín Garvey: I have the right to speak. I am just asking the question. Senator Boyhan is saying there is no definition and Senator Gavan is saying there is a clear definition. I do not know what is happening.