Results 941-960 of 1,003 for speaker:Róisín Garvey

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pandemic Unemployment Payment Scheme: Department of Social Protection (25 Nov 2020)

Róisín Garvey: Every member here who deals with people on the ground has requested that the application form be put back on the website. I completely hear what the officials have said. It is fantastic people are doing so well applying online but there are people who cannot do things online and do not have access to broadband. Everybody here has clearly requested that the application is put back online....

Seanad: Combating Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence: Statements (24 Nov 2020)

Róisín Garvey: We have a very serious matter to discuss today. Some 15% of all women and 6% of all men in Ireland have experienced severe domestic violence from a partner. That would, statistically, put at least three of us in this room in that category. I concur with Senator Hoey that she is, sadly, not the only one in this room who has suffered from sexual abuse. I can personally vouch for that. The...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Special Educational Needs (18 Nov 2020)

Róisín Garvey: I welcome the Minister of State at the Department of Education, Deputy Madigan, to the House, and I congratulate her on her new role. It is a pleasure to have her here. My Commencement matter is a very straightforward issue. We are all aware that the number of people diagnosed with autism every year is on the increase in this country. We have done quite well in recent years with regard to...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Special Educational Needs (18 Nov 2020)

Róisín Garvey: I thank the Minister of State for her response. One new class for 2020-21 means just six more places for the entire county of Clare. That will not even meet the needs of the eight pupils coming from Sixmilebridge to Shannon so the process needs to be sped up. I heard the Minister of State's clear statement that it is up to schools to apply. That probably answers why private schools and...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Special Educational Needs (18 Nov 2020)

Róisín Garvey: Yes, I know.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Special Educational Needs (18 Nov 2020)

Róisín Garvey: I understand now that it is also important for schools to apply for such units and that are not simply provided arising from a departmental stipulation.

Seanad: Flooding: Statements (18 Nov 2020)

Róisín Garvey: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy O'Donovan. I do not know if our paths have crossed previously. Last winter was the wettest ever recorded in Ireland. Over 30 towns and villages experienced flooding, with over 600 homes evacuated. Some €48 million is due to be spent by 2021 on flood defences alone. Flooding and storm damage have cost the taxpayer over €3 billion in...

Seanad: Traveller Accommodation: Statements (17 Nov 2020)

Róisín Garvey: I thank the Minister of State for coming into the House. Well done to Senator Flynn, in particular, for getting to the Seanad. I had a much cushier upbringing than she did and it is always easier to succeed when one has all the rights open to one from day one. It is also important to acknowledge that it is not just Senator Flynn's job to sort out this situation; the responsibility lies...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges for the Forestry Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Nov 2020)

Róisín Garvey: Would it be possible to give consideration to amending the reconstitution and underplanting scheme, RUS, for compensation for ash dieback disease, to increase it from the current, 25-year limit to the an open-ended one beginning when the trees were planted? I acknowledge that this question is diverting away from the points made by the Deputies Healy-Rae, but farmers have also contacted me...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Nov 2020)

Róisín Garvey: I seek the support of the House regarding an important issue that has come to light recently and which is prevalent in every county in Ireland, namely, the lack of second-level autism spectrum disorder, ASD, units. The number of diagnosed cases of autism is increasing all over the country but we have failed to take this into account and to create the necessary spaces at second level. We are...

Seanad: Disability Day Services: Statements (11 Nov 2020)

Róisín Garvey: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Rabbitte, to the House and congratulate her. It is great to see fresh legs for this new challenge we face because it is a tough one and there is a long legacy behind her. I wish the Minister of State the best of luck with the challenge she faces. As she is very aware, day services provision was closed down, or limited to a skeleton support during the...

Seanad: Political Donations: Motion (11 Nov 2020)

Róisín Garvey: It is a shame that we have to use Private members' business for this kind of thing but that is what it has come to. Nobody wants to use Private Members' business for these kind of situations but it is a grave situation. Most of all, I am confused. First, I am confused there are so few Members from Sinn Féin here, as it is a grave issue. There is one person. That is quite shocking....

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Water Services (5 Nov 2020)

Róisín Garvey: Senator Byrne is letting me go first and is hoping I will stop early and leave him some time.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Water Services (5 Nov 2020)

Róisín Garvey: Letting me go first is a big risk. I thank the Minister of State for coming to the House to discuss this important issue. Water is the basis of all human life.We live in, we drink it, we sleep in it, we wash ourselves in it, we grow all our food with it and we swim in it. It is such an important issue and we still have major problems with water in rural Ireland. That is why I and my...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Water Services (5 Nov 2020)

Róisín Garvey: I thank the Minister of State. That is great. I look forward to getting more detail about those measures. It is interesting that funding is to be provided for wells and septic tanks. We all know that septic tanks can be handled really well or really badly. People may need a bit more education and assistance on how to operate them properly. Everybody wants to do it right. Nobody does...

Seanad: Biodiversity: Motion (5 Nov 2020)

Róisín Garvey: I move: That Seanad Éireann: endorses: - Dáil Éireann’s declaration of a climate and biodiversity emergency on 9 May 2019, and the steps that have been taken since that date at local, national and European levels to address the ongoing emergency; acknowledges that: - nature and biodiversity, meaning the diversity of living things within ecosystems, are...

Seanad: Biodiversity: Motion (5 Nov 2020)

Róisín Garvey: It is what we are looking at when we consider biodiversity in the plant and animal world. There are very few varieties and we see the same thing over and over. During this debate, I hope to go through some of the reasons it is so important we do not go to 60 Róisín Garveys or one type of tree or animal left on the planet. It is what we face in this emergency we are discussing...

Seanad: Biodiversity: Motion (5 Nov 2020)

Róisín Garvey: It is our view in the Green Party that the biodiversity crisis should and must remain top of the political agenda over the next decade. Biodiversity is literally about the air we breathe, the food we eat and the places we live. The collapse of natural habitats, the loss of species and the degradation of our fresh and marine water ecosystems are on a scale unparalleled in human history....

Seanad: Biodiversity: Motion (5 Nov 2020)

Róisín Garvey: It is really important that we value their work in protecting biodiversity.

Seanad: Biodiversity: Motion (5 Nov 2020)

Róisín Garvey: We will have to support the workers, the farmers. They are the most important people we need to engage with to protect our land and planet for future generations.