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Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Uisce Éireann: Future Work Programme (28 May 2025)

Patricia Stephenson: Okay, there is.

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Uisce Éireann: Future Work Programme (28 May 2025)

Patricia Stephenson: The EPA wants to double-check-----

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Uisce Éireann: Future Work Programme (28 May 2025)

Patricia Stephenson: An agreement from the EPA would be where-----

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Uisce Éireann: Future Work Programme (28 May 2025)

Patricia Stephenson: This is my final question. Deputy Tóibín touched around environmental resiliency in terms of climate, water supply during warmer weather and things like that. I would love to hear a bit more about that. It is one of those issues where people always say, "No hosepipe ban in Ireland". We always hear that remark. What are the challenges around that? What can be done to make it...

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Uisce Éireann: Future Work Programme (28 May 2025)

Patricia Stephenson: Mr. Laffey is talking about the treatment plant having a higher standard of wastewater coming out of it. Is that the only mitigation or are there other mitigations that could be put in place?

Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Business of Joint Committee (27 May 2025)

Patricia Stephenson: I am based in Carlow-Kilkenny but am originally from Belfast. I also have a huge interest in this area. I spent approximately a decade working in the international development and aid sector. I spent six years living in various countries in east Africa. I am particularly interested in exploring the challenges we are seeing in the aid sector and the mitigations we can put in place as a...

Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Business of Joint Committee (27 May 2025)

Patricia Stephenson: I thank the Minister of State for coming in. I welcome his words on gender equality, women’s empowerment and maternal health, and I am glad the issue of development more broadly will be on the agenda for Ireland’s Presidency of the Council of Europe. I would like to see an increase and continued focus on funding for women's rights organisations, which I know Ireland has...

Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Business of Joint Committee (27 May 2025)

Patricia Stephenson: The Minister of State's comments have triggered a few points for me too so I will run through them quickly, since I only have two minutes. Obviously matters relating to the EU-Israel trade agreement are all concerning, but in the Irish Presidency, I would like to prioritise how we ever give credibility back to any trade agreement with the EU and another bilateral country. I feel like...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Business of Joint Committee (27 May 2025)

Patricia Stephenson: I congratulate the Cathaoirleach and look forward to working with him. I think I share the sentiments of the majority of speakers. I am from the North, so I am glad to see there are a number of us representing the North on this committee. I am a child of the Good Friday Agreement, so it is a personal honour for me to be on this committee. I look forward to working with all members. There...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 May 2025)

Patricia Stephenson: This is Traveller Pride Week. In recognition of this, I request that we have a debate on Traveller rights in Ireland. Traveller rights are human rights. As a result, this is an issue we should all be speaking about across the Oireachtas. The Traveller community has a rich and resilient culture that has endured and contributed a great amount to Irish life, despite generations of exclusion,...

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Large-scale Capital Projects: Discussion (21 May 2025)

Patricia Stephenson: I apologise because Senator Flynn and I had to leave for vote, so I might have missed some context for what was said while we were out. I lend my support to what Deputies McCormack and Clendennen said about rural Ireland and the delays we are seeing in local housing developments. I do not want to use overly dramatic words, but I have heard from many councillors who refer to the death of...

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Large-scale Capital Projects: Discussion (21 May 2025)

Patricia Stephenson: There is just that final point on road infrastructure and safety, in particular on the N24 and N25. The witnesses might not have answers for those particular roads, but I am interested in this.

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Large-scale Capital Projects: Discussion (21 May 2025)

Patricia Stephenson: Would it be possible to separately get some information on the N24 and N25, especially around south Kilkenny? There are a few areas there as it relates to counties Waterford, Kilkenny, Tipperary and Wexford.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 May 2025)

Patricia Stephenson: Other Opposition Senators and I have come together today to bear witness to the human catastrophe that is going on in Gaza as we speak. We are putting on the record of the Seanad the names of some of the children who did not reach their first birthday. As well as the names of journalists, including reporters, writers, photographers and video directors, who were killed trying to show the...

Seanad: Mental Health and Suicide Prevention: Statements (15 May 2025)

Patricia Stephenson: I thank the Minister of State for coming in. We are all aware of the mental health crisis we are seeing. The second annual survey by Aware in 2024 indicated that little has changed in the past year, with more than half of respondents reporting depression and four in every ten respondents experiencing anxiety.The one in four adults living with a chronic illness are most likely to experience...

Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Business of Joint Committee (14 May 2025)

Patricia Stephenson: Deputy O'Flynn has his hand up first.

Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Business of Joint Committee (14 May 2025)

Patricia Stephenson: I will echo everyone else's remarks. I am delighted to be on the committee and to be working with everyone. I look forward to working with the team. Congratulations to Deputy Lahart on getting the role of Cathaoirleach. It is a time of great global crisis. There are many conflicts across the world, including many forgotten crises that do not get enough attention, so I hope we can give...

Seanad: Parole (Special Advocates) Bill 2024: Second Stage (13 May 2025)

Patricia Stephenson: I thank the Minister for coming to the House. It is great to hear how willing he is to have a meaningful debate and discussion on the Bill. I thank Senator Ruane and her team for bringing it forward. I will echo a lot of the words that we have already heard today around what justice and democracy are and how, to have a democratic society, we must have fair justice. A major part of a...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 May 2025)

Patricia Stephenson: Last weekend, Dr. Mike Ryan of the WHO said that if you are not angry, you are not paying attention; if you are not doing something about it, you are complicit in genocide. Last weekend, the Tánaiste said that the world is not doing enough. We have known that the world is not doing enough for the past 20 months and for many years before that. I welcome the well-intentioned and sincere...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Health Services (1 May 2025)

Patricia Stephenson: I thank the Minister of State for coming to the House today. A few weeks ago, during a discussion on women's health in this Chamber, I spoke about women not being believed in the healthcare system. Following that, I received hundreds of messages from women speaking about their own experiences of medical gaslighting. Reading those experiences that women chose to openly share on social media...