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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Charter Treaty, Energy Security, Liquefied Natural Gas and Data Centres: Discussion (28 Sep 2021)

Pauline O'Reilly: Dr. Carton had his hand up so perhaps he would like to speak about data centres and their location and co-location in particular.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Leaving Certificate Reform: Discussion with School Management Bodies (28 Sep 2021)

Pauline O'Reilly: I thank the witnesses. I also thank the Chairman for bringing forward the work we are doing on leaving certificate reform. It is critical and fits into a broader conversation about reform in general in the education system. I will return to the topic raised by Deputy Jim O'Callaghan on assessment. On one side of the equation, we could have no assessment and, on the other side, we could...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Leaving Certificate Reform: Discussion with School Management Bodies (28 Sep 2021)

Pauline O'Reilly: That is an interesting point. Our system is very content based and perhaps that is what we need to look at. That is the reason students are under pressure. Content changes. Something we learned to be definitive when we were in school may no longer be definitive, so we are talking about learning as a way of thinking. That is the reason I believe there is a place for that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Accommodation: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Sep 2021)

Pauline O'Reilly: I thank all our guests. I confirm I am in the precincts. I will address the area of casual halting sites, the possibility of having them included in county and city development plans and what work the Department is doing on that. I understand that in the Galway county development plan there are maybe four to be identified within the county. We have identified in previous sessions that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Accommodation: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Sep 2021)

Pauline O'Reilly: Yes, exactly.

Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Accommodation: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Sep 2021)

Pauline O'Reilly: Is Mr. Benson aware of this requirement being in development plans previously? This is the first time I have heard of the need for local authorities to find places and to have this written into their development plans. Is that helpful or have these always been in place and the local authorities have not been providing them?

Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Accommodation: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Sep 2021)

Pauline O'Reilly: How long does Mr. Benson envisage that process taking?

Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Accommodation: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Sep 2021)

Pauline O'Reilly: Are the local Traveller accommodation consultative committees up and running in every local authority? There were several years when Galway City Council did not have the LTACC up and running. During that time, there was not the kind of stakeholder engagement that is necessary. Where we have been failing as a State is in not having those conversations together and having everybody in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Accommodation: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Sep 2021)

Pauline O'Reilly: The committee has done a report on Travellers and employment. One of its key elements was addressing how we could have more Travellers represented in our State agencies and public life. This is a question for the Department. Has that representation been achieved in the Department or could more be done to support Travellers? They have more knowledge and it is important that when we are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Accommodation: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Sep 2021)

Pauline O'Reilly: That kind of engagement is very positive. I am specifically talking about employment in public service roles and whether there is room for improvement within the Department.

Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Accommodation: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Sep 2021)

Pauline O'Reilly: I thank the witnesses.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Sep 2021)

Pauline O'Reilly: I extend my condolences to Senator Hoey and her family. It is a very difficult time for them. I am sure all our thoughts are with her. I thank the Deputy Leader for sitting in the Leader's seat today. It is appropriate because I am going to be speaking today about the Department of Education and one of her party's Ministers, who, as I said at the meeting of the education committee...

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Members of the European Parliament (22 Sep 2021)

Pauline O'Reilly: Ms Walsh and Mr. Markey are both very welcome. It is fantastic to be surrounded by my colleagues here today. This gives us an opportunity not only to examine what it means to be European but also to work together on a regional basis, which we may not have done in the past. For both of these reasons, I thank the delegates for coming along. The meaning of Europe and the European project is...

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Members of the European Parliament (22 Sep 2021)

Pauline O'Reilly: Time is running out so the responses will be brief, but I want to go back to my original question and thoughts on us as global citizens and our global responsibility. Mr. Markey has spoken very passionately about the comments by Ursula von der Leyen, which were of concern to me personally because of our history of pacifism. That has given me some comfort. I wish to address the TRIPS...

Seanad: Child and Family Agency (Amendment) Bill 2021: Order for Second Stage (22 Sep 2021)

Pauline O'Reilly: I move: "That Second Stage be taken today."

Seanad: Child and Family Agency (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (22 Sep 2021)

Pauline O'Reilly: The Minister very welcome. This is a technical Bill, but it would be a mistake to think that it is not significant because it is. One of the first things I called for when I was elected was that some of these services would move back to the Department of Education. Having engaged, as a homeschooling mother for ten years, with some of the services in this area of Tusla it always seemed...

Seanad: Child and Family Agency (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (22 Sep 2021)

Pauline O'Reilly: When is it proposed to take Committee Stage?

Seanad: Child and Family Agency (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (22 Sep 2021)

Pauline O'Reilly: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person (Amendment) (Stalking) Bill 2021: Second Stage (22 Sep 2021)

Pauline O'Reilly: I welcome the Minister of State and thank the Fianna Fáil Senators for bringing this forward. We can forget we are elected here as normal people, that we are representative of society and speak to normal people in society. What we bring to the floor of this Chamber is our experiences and those of the people to whom we speak. I commend Senator Keogan on sharing her experience, and I...

Seanad: Bullying and Sexual Harassment in Third Level Institutions: Motion (21 Sep 2021)

Pauline O'Reilly: I welcome the Minister. I thank Senators Ruane and Norris for bringing forward this motion. I also thank the Cathaoirleach because it is his innovation to have these kinds of debates on panels in the Seanad. It is welcome and I look forward to more of them. This is an important topic for a first debate. We all have something to say on the matter. There is cross-party support. I commend...