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

Róisín Garvey: Through the Chair-----

Seanad: Right to Housing: Motion (4 Jun 2021)

Róisín Garvey: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I do not see how anyone could have an issue with this motion. It simply enshrines the right to housing in the Constitution. As the motion states, it is a basic human right. It acknowledges far too many people are homeless and asks that the following is put into our Constitution: "the State has responsibility to protect citizens right to a...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Water Quality (31 May 2021)

Róisín Garvey: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire Stáit as ucht teacht isteach arís. Tá sé an-ghnóthach an tseachtain seo. We will have to make the Minister of State an honorary member of the Seanad. He is great for coming in. To more serious matters, we all heard about Kilkee last week. It is a very famous beach and the reason is that it is a beautiful and safe bay....

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Water Quality (31 May 2021)

Róisín Garvey: I am glad to hear that better funding than ever before is being given to Irish Water for capital funding. That is very positive news. I do not accept that the Minister, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, can say that he has no direct role in this matter. This keeps happening: we set up some sort of semi-State agency and we then say it is all their fault. People blame Irish Water all the time but...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (31 May 2021)

Róisín Garvey: I wish to raise a serious matter that occurred at the weekend. There were probably similar issues at other popular beaches around the country. First, I thank Ben Bennett, Mike Paige, Aaron McGettigan, Ollie O'Flaherty and Richard Brangwyn. They put their lives at risk to save over 40 people yesterday at a beach in Lahinch. There were zero lifeguards on duty. We knew last weekend was...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 May 2021)

Róisín Garvey: Is oth liom a rá go bhfuil mé ar ais anseo arís ag caint faoin scéal mar gheall ar uisce. It saddens me to have to come back up here to the Seanad again today to raise the issue of water for possibly the tenth time. My first speech was about water as well. I should not laugh because it is such a serious issue. We are in a water emergency. I know we are in a pandemic...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Schools Building Projects (24 May 2021)

Róisín Garvey: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Madigan, for her time. This is a departmental matter and as both the Minister of State and the senior Minister, Deputy Foley, are new in their roles, I will not put the entire responsibility for this on them but work needs to be done in the Department of Education if we are serious about getting our buildings right for the children who spend 183 days of...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Schools Building Projects (24 May 2021)

Róisín Garvey: I am afraid I got nothing new from the Minister of State's response, given that I have heard it previously from the Department. I was not asking about the quantity of schools but rather quality, which is why I raised the issue. I know there are many new school buildings and that is brilliant, but we have to get them right. As the Minister of State noted, we will research whatever is viable...

Seanad: Loan Guarantee Schemes Agreements (Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (24 May 2021)

Róisín Garvey: I welcome the Minister of State to the House and I welcome this important Bill. It is important that people know about it and what it means to them. It will mean we can extend the loan scheme to small businesses, farmers and fishers. It extends the loan guarantee period to at least 2022. It is being rushed through because of the advice from the Attorney General that we need to complete...

Seanad: Planning and Development, Heritage and Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (24 May 2021)

Róisín Garvey: Fáiltím roimh an Aire Stáit. Is deas é a fheiceáil sa Teach seo inniu agus tá an-áthas orm go bhfuil sé i gceannas ar an bpost nua seo. I support this Bill and it is very important that it is happening. The Minister of State has done the following work since assuming this position in July: increased the national parks and wildlife funding by 80%; he...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Online Content Moderation and Reactivation of Economy: Discussion (19 May 2021)

Róisín Garvey: I thank the Tánaiste for his time and his work to date. Great supports have been provided, in fairness. My son, who is a student, had a part-time job and he benefited from the PUP which kept him sane. I thank the Tánaiste for the work on the PUP, which was put in place pretty quickly, so well done. On Facebook, I have received letters from various people. I had meetings with...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Online Content Moderation and Reactivation of Economy: Discussion (19 May 2021)

Róisín Garvey: I thank the Tánaiste. For someone with so much going on, he is fairly good at answering questions on the hop. I am amazed at some of the questions members ask him.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Online Content Moderation and Reactivation of Economy: Discussion (19 May 2021)

Róisín Garvey: I will try to keep it general. On tradespeople and apprenticeships, we will need a huge number of tradespeople if we are serious about the move towards building, with Rebuilding Ireland, and retrofitting homes. I worry about the lack of tradespeople. I spoke to a builder recently who informed me that tradespeople are becoming known as "grey sites" because they all have grey hair. I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Online Content Moderation and Reactivation of Economy: Discussion (19 May 2021)

Róisín Garvey: If we are serious about regional rebalancing and jobs in rural Ireland, the issue of rural broadband must be addressed. I know the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, Deputy Eamon Ryan, wants to try to speed up the roll-out of rural broadband from seven years to five years. I believe that with the help of the Tánaiste, we might get it done even faster than that....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Online Content Moderation and Reactivation of Economy: Discussion (19 May 2021)

Róisín Garvey: Damn. Sorry.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Online Content Moderation and Reactivation of Economy: Discussion (19 May 2021)

Róisín Garvey: Did you? Sorry; I missed that.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 May 2021)

Róisín Garvey: I remind Senator Mullen that he is a man and 40%-----

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 May 2021)

Róisín Garvey: Women's choice was sorted three years ago. Can we park it please and move on and accept the reality of where we are? I want to speak on the fact it is national biodiversity week. Perhaps we have too much variety sometimes if we look at people in the House. Every individual in the country has a part to play in the importance of biodiversity. It is a term that has been thrown around quite a...

Seanad: Loan Guarantee Schemes Agreements (Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland) Bill 2021: Second Stage (17 May 2021)

Róisín Garvey: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I also welcome this Bill and thank the Department for its work on it. I wish to draw attention to a number of important issues, the first of which is the need to put the credit unions front and centre in the context of this scheme. We must give people choices other than the big banks. Credit unions are really connected with communities and...

Seanad: Young People: Motion (17 May 2021)

Róisín Garvey: I thank the Minister for attending. He is a busy man with a lot going on. I have worked with young people for approximately 25 years and I have a 22-year-old son. What I keep coming across is young people's passion for everything and anything. I am struck by the diversity of young people and all the different things they bring to the table. I started visiting a couple of schools...