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Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with Core Working Group for the All-Island Cancer Research Institute (21 Oct 2021)

Erin McGreehan: I congratulate and welcome the members of the core working group of AICRI. It is a great pleasure to have the witnesses in front of us. I congratulate them on the incredible work they have been doing over the past few decades. I have been to webinars and many information sessions in the past while organised by Professor Mark Lawler. The work that has been done in recent years is...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Oct 2021)

Erin McGreehan: I formally second the introduction of the Bill to protect our native Irish honey bee. I am glad that we have the Minister of State from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine with us today because this is a most important issue. We are at a crisis point in the context of protecting our native Irish honey bee. It is most important. The bee is a small creature, but this is not a...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Oct 2021)

Erin McGreehan: I thank the witnesses for coming today. I know it is really difficult for them to appear before this or, indeed, any committee to talk about how badly they have been repeatedly treated. Many questions have already been asked about the counselling and that type of thing. Ms Harrison spoke about the lack of trust she has. Ms Mac Manus, and Ms Coughlan as well, mentioned the lies that were...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Oct 2021)

Erin McGreehan: I thank the witnesses for their statements. We really appreciate them appearing before the committee because today's sessions are really important for the Bill. It is brilliant they are here. The following question is for Ms Kiernan. In the opening statement, there was mention of DNA. There was also mention in the previous session of a DNA database and having accurate information. In...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Architectural Heritage (13 Oct 2021)

Erin McGreehan: I call Senator Victor Boyhan. The Senator has four minutes.

Seanad: Peat Harvesting: Statements (13 Oct 2021)

Erin McGreehan: I welcome the Minister of State. I am not going to repeat what has been said, but I am glad to see this debate happening. We went outside earlier and spoke to many of the businesses and people who are front and centre in this crisis. The Minister of State will be aware of all the issues. We have a crisis in this area and it must be sorted out. We can come in here and talk about where the...

Seanad: British Government Legacy Proposals: Motion (13 Oct 2021)

Erin McGreehan: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire and I welcome the opportunity to speak on this motion. I commend the repeated statements of solidarity, as well as the actions, that this Government and previous Governments have taken concerning this issue. We are here again to discuss how a foreign Government's actions affects us as a people. For generations, the it has abused this island and because of...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Oct 2021)

Erin McGreehan: Like my colleague, I will not be speaking on the budget today but I want to welcome the disability budget that was announced today. I especially welcome the single biggest increase in personal assistants hours, totalling 3 million. This is a very welcome announcement. On another note, I propose that this House has a series of debates where each Department could show how it is going to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Participation of People with Disabilities in Political, Cultural, Community and Public Life: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Oct 2021)

Erin McGreehan: I thank all the witnesses for their contributions this morning. These meetings always give me so much. I thank the witnesses for their time. My first question is for Ms Conway and Ms Ó Brolcháin Carmody. They spoke about the language employed when someone has to apply for a social welfare payment. A payment is described as a benefit, rather than what it should be, namely, a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Participation of People with Disabilities in Political, Cultural, Community and Public Life: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Oct 2021)

Erin McGreehan: This may be a bit rude, but I wanted to shout out to a club member of Glenmore AC, David O'Hare, who is representing Ireland in the 100 m race at the SUDS Open European Trigames today at 2.30 p.m. We are very proud of him.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Health Services (5 Oct 2021)

Erin McGreehan: I thank the Cathaoirleach, the Minister of State, my other colleagues and the staff in Leinster House who are going pink for breast cancer awareness month. First, I must say that today is an emotional day, because this issue means a lot to me. I am thinking of everyone who is currently going through treatment for breast cancer or is in recovery. I also wish to say how sorry I am for those...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Health Services (5 Oct 2021)

Erin McGreehan: It is positive news that, as the Minister of State mentioned, the three-year extension of BreastCheck appointments will be back to normal within the year. When reflecting on all the challenges the health service and BreastCheck have had over the past 18 months to two years, it is good news that we will be back to normal and better than our neighbours in having a two-year turnaround for...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Regulation and Funding Issues Facing Workers in the Early Years Sector: Discussion (5 Oct 2021)

Erin McGreehan: I apologise for being late as I got sidetracked in something else. I am glad that I got in to listen to Ms Reynolds’s contribution. I am supportive of what she said. It is important that we start looking after early childcare professionals, because they are professionals and they deserve adequate pay and conditions. We entrust these professionals with our children. Our children...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Regulation and Funding Issues Facing Workers in the Early Years Sector: Discussion (5 Oct 2021)

Erin McGreehan: This after-school sector for care and education has always been completely neglected. It is a credit to all the witnesses how well they facilitate people and assist young people who are in need. I can only add my support to what the witnesses are saying. I have learned a few things, particularly from Ms O'Connor's contribution. There is a cliff at 2 p.m. and at 3 p.m. and many children...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Adoptee Voices Report: Aitheantas (5 Oct 2021)

Erin McGreehan: I thank the Vice Chairman. The witnesses are welcome. I congratulate them on the report. It is an incredible body of work. There were almost 500 respondents, which is almost the same, if not equal, to the number of respondents involved in the report of the commission of investigation. A great deal of hard and decent work went into this report and I thank the witnesses for that. I have...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Adoptee Voices Report: Aitheantas (5 Oct 2021)

Erin McGreehan: As we have a few minutes I want to go back to the report. One of the recommendations is on the apology. Many people felt left out of the apology. I am not degrading the sincerity of the apology but people felt left out of it because they had not been included in the commission's report. How should the State apologise in the correct way to everybody who has been a victim of this? Ms...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Disability Services (29 Sep 2021)

Erin McGreehan: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. This Commencement matter is a practical way to update an existing and very important scheme, which is in line with our sustainable and carbon neutral ambition. We should be cognisant of the huge cost to living with a disability. I have been working with some of our Ógra Fianna Fáil members on this proposal, notably Brian Crehan from...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Disability Services (29 Sep 2021)

Erin McGreehan: As the Minister of State mentioned, the primary medical certificate is not perfect. I look forward to the review because even the descriptions he read out are incredibly crass. There are some aspects that we have to look at. He also mentioned that there is a significant tax expenditure on this. It is money very well spent, however, and it will do no harm for the State to spend more. We...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Appointment of Special Envoys: Secretary General of the Department of the Taoiseach (29 Sep 2021)

Erin McGreehan: I welcome Mr. Fraser and thank him for attending the meeting. I will be reading from script provided to me by Senator Wilson. I have not attended previous meetings of the committee on this matter, but I have attentively followed them. When the Minister, Deputy Coveney, first appeared before the committee on 31 August, Senator Wilson asked him a series of specific questions relating to the...