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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: The Role of Media in Climate Action: Discussion (8 Oct 2024)
Alice-Mary Higgins: I have a tiny question because I see I have little time left.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: The Role of Media in Climate Action: Discussion (8 Oct 2024)
Alice-Mary Higgins: I am out of time-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: The Role of Media in Climate Action: Discussion (8 Oct 2024)
Alice-Mary Higgins: -----maybe he can answer with the others. I am concerned about always trying to find the positive piece. It is about international climate justice and difficult topics like loss and damage and inequality issues.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: The Role of Media in Climate Action: Discussion (8 Oct 2024)
Alice-Mary Higgins: Maybe it could be addressed with others.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: The Role of Media in Climate Action: Discussion (8 Oct 2024)
Alice-Mary Higgins: He could come in as part of his response to him.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: The Role of Media in Climate Action: Discussion (8 Oct 2024)
Alice-Mary Higgins: The issue of alcohol and tobacco came up. It would be a useful comparator to get the statistics of how much advertising they represented before the change came in. I know Ms McCarthy had a lot of great things to say on the international issues and perhaps she can follow up in writing.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: The Role of Media in Climate Action: Discussion (8 Oct 2024)
Alice-Mary Higgins: RTÉ seemed to have a good breakdown of how much advertising there has been in those areas.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Progress on Sustainable Development Goals: Discussion (8 Oct 2024)
Alice-Mary Higgins: We will alternate chairing.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Progress on Sustainable Development Goals: Discussion (8 Oct 2024)
Alice-Mary Higgins: The questions were widely addressed. Who would like to come in first? Do those who spoke last wish to come in?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Progress on Sustainable Development Goals: Discussion (8 Oct 2024)
Alice-Mary Higgins: Mr. Talbot from Chambers Ireland might wish to come in to talk about that local level also.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Progress on Sustainable Development Goals: Discussion (8 Oct 2024)
Alice-Mary Higgins: I know that Social Justice Ireland has come up with ideas in its submission today around that question of how those goals are linked and made visible within budgets or elsewhere.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Progress on Sustainable Development Goals: Discussion (8 Oct 2024)
Alice-Mary Higgins: I will bring Senator O'Reilly back in now.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Progress on Sustainable Development Goals: Discussion (8 Oct 2024)
Alice-Mary Higgins: I will pick up on one of the places where the discussion had left off. The discussion was about the small things making it visible. Sometimes, the very big things are what make it easier to communicate the many small changes. If the SDGs are downstream people may feel that it is all on them. Mention was made of the very good example from Wales making quite a different decision and naming...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Progress on Sustainable Development Goals: Discussion (8 Oct 2024)
Alice-Mary Higgins: While we focused a great deal on communities and how we can get them to do more, I believe it is about the big actors and being willing to ask the corporates and big capital to do things differently as well. There is an idea that it makes it easier to talk about how we want to put in green energy and wind energy if we do not also see a massive data centre or a big terminal for fracked gas,...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Progress on Sustainable Development Goals: Discussion (8 Oct 2024)
Alice-Mary Higgins: It is quite shocking when we look at the failure to deliver on-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Progress on Sustainable Development Goals: Discussion (8 Oct 2024)
Alice-Mary Higgins: We are literally throwing fuel on the fire, or money on the fuel on the fire.
- Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Sep 2024)
Alice-Mary Higgins: I also want to indicate my support for these constructive amendments from Sinn Féin. It will be useful to have no fewer then one member with lived experience. The lived experience of those who have experienced gambling addiction is very important. Equally important is the experience of those who have been impacted by harmful gambling behaviours. As Senator Wall said, we could all...
- Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Sep 2024)
Alice-Mary Higgins: I will be brief.
- Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Sep 2024)
Alice-Mary Higgins: I will. I make these comments with respect, especially for Senator O’Reilly, who has done a great deal to highlight this issue for years, but it is important to clarify what we are seeking in these amendments. They are not about making the Bill more prescriptive or narrower. Rather, they are meant to widen the authority’s mandate and ensure that it does not run up against...
- Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Sep 2024)
Alice-Mary Higgins: I regret that the Minister of State is not able to accept these amendments. I think they are all really constructive and they are amendments coming from people across the Houses who have looked to highlight these issues. It has taken a long time to get to the point of having a gambling regulator and it is absolutely appropriate that people would try to offer constructive proposals to make...