Results 61-80 of 124 for speaker:Nicole Ryan

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Standards of Care, Related Practices and Oversight in Nursing Homes: Discussion (18 Jun 2025)

Nicole Ryan: We have history repeating itself here. The Leas Cross scandal led to HIQA being established. Some 20 years later we are sitting here having the same conversations and HIQA is in place. Has the Department ever withheld or redirected funding in response to repeated failures of governance or quality of care?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Standards of Care, Related Practices and Oversight in Nursing Homes: Discussion (18 Jun 2025)

Nicole Ryan: I am speaking about any of the nursing homes where issues have ever arisen.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Standards of Care, Related Practices and Oversight in Nursing Homes: Discussion (18 Jun 2025)

Nicole Ryan: How many of those are corporate entities?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Standards of Care, Related Practices and Oversight in Nursing Homes: Discussion (18 Jun 2025)

Nicole Ryan: So that has been happening.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Jun 2025)

Nicole Ryan: I will raise an issue I raised previously in the House: greater investment in youth work and youth services. Over the years, I have had the privilege of working with youth workers on the ground. I have seen the impact they can have in offering guidance, support and a safe place for young people to just be themselves. They are not just community leaders They are often a lifeline for young...

Seanad: Balanced Regional Development: Statements (17 Jun 2025)

Nicole Ryan: Yes.

Seanad: Balanced Regional Development: Statements (17 Jun 2025)

Nicole Ryan: I thank the Cathaoirleach. Community is the bedrock of Irish society. It sustains us, strengthens us and gives meaning to our lives. In times of crisis and calm, it is our communities, and the people who hold them together, who provide the care, connection and resilience that this State often fails to deliver. Yet, the very sector that sustains us, the community and voluntary sector, is...

Seanad: Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse Bill 2024: Second Stage (11 Jun 2025)

Nicole Ryan: I join colleagues in what they said about Senator Boyhan's contribution. I thank him for giving it. You can never beat lived experience. I am here to speak in support of those whose lives have been shaped and often devastated by Ireland's legacy of institutional abuse. I do so not from a place of abstract policy but grounded in the lived reality of someone in the constituency in which I...

Seanad: Child Trafficking and Child Sexual Exploitation Material (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (11 Jun 2025)

Nicole Ryan: I thank the Minister of State for attending. We have mentioned that words matter. We would like to support Senator Flynn and the Civil Engagement Group on the Bill. It is timely and very much needed. This is more about semantics and the truth. It is calling out these crimes for exactly what they are. It is centring the experience around the victim and not framing it for the perpetrator....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Mental Health Bill 2024: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

Nicole Ryan: I thank the witnesses for coming in today and for sharing such comprehensive opening statements. My first question is to An Garda Síochána. The new Bill centres on individuals being - again, we come back to the words - an immediate risk. Has An Garda Síochána seen situations where that narrow threshold has limited its ability to give care or early intervention safely?...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Mental Health Bill 2024: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

Nicole Ryan: In terms of immediate risk, has this hindered it? How does Ms Hilman assess the immediate risk as opposed to somebody who may not be an immediate risk?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Mental Health Bill 2024: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

Nicole Ryan: That is brilliant. I thank Ms Hilman. My second question is for the IMO. Will its representatives elaborate a little on why a psychosocial assessment at the point of involuntary admission might delay treatment or lead to detainment on the basis of social factors rather than clinical need?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Mental Health Bill 2024: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

Nicole Ryan: It is just around the workforce. The amendment sounds greats but the reality is-----

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Jun 2025)

Nicole Ryan: Across towns and villages, especially in rural Ireland, we see beautiful one-off homes falling into ruin because of probate delays, family disputes and sometimes the absence of a will. These homes are idle for years while people are crying out for a place to live. We must introduce a statutory time limit after which, if a home remains unused or unoccupied, there should be a process for...

Seanad: Breast Cancer Services: Statements (10 Jun 2025)

Nicole Ryan: It is lovely to see the Minister again today. As she will know, breast cancer affects a great many women across Ireland. There is an urgent need to improve how we detect, support and treat those who are affected. Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women in Ireland and yet, according to Breast Cancer Ireland, only 19% of women who do not regularly check their breasts say they...

Seanad: European Council Decision: Motion (10 Jun 2025)

Nicole Ryan: I speak in opposition to the Government motion to opt in to the European Council decision authorising negotiations for the readmission agreement between the European Union and Kazakhstan. We fully support a fair, efficient and humane migration system. We believe that where a person is not entitled to be in the State, return mechanisms need to be robust, lawful and enforceable, but we also...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Assisted Human Reproduction (27 May 2025)

Nicole Ryan: I am here to speak of a heartbreaking and unjust case. It is the case of Melanie, a woman whose husband died from cancer. Despite doing everything right, she has been locked out of accessing IVF through the public system.Before her husband, Dylan, died or even began chemotherapy, they froze his samples, following medical advice, to preserve a chance of starting a family. Dylan gave full...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Assisted Human Reproduction (27 May 2025)

Nicole Ryan: It is good to hear that consultations are ongoing. The IVF system currently, even the public one, is not up to where it needs to be. Equally, Melanie is under no illusion that she has to wait 12 months. She knows all of this stuff. The problem is that the consultation has not started. There is no legislation around this. As someone who has a low egg count, she does not have the time to...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 May 2025)

Nicole Ryan: I want to take a moment to address the horrific scenes we witnessed in Liverpool yesterday. What unfolded on the streets was utterly disgraceful, violent chaos that left innocent people injured and a city shaken. There is absolutely no place for such behaviour in any democratic society and we stand in full solidarity with all those affected - the injured, their families and the wider...

Seanad: Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2021: Motion (27 May 2025)

Nicole Ryan: Sinn Féin supports this legislation. It is practical and welcome for the hospitality sector and is in response to a very real need of business and communities that adapted innovatively during the pandemic and have continued to operate successfully under this arrangement. Like Senator Keogan pointed out, however, this is emergency legislation. It was introduced under extraordinary...