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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Education and the UNCRPD: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Sep 2022)

Mary Seery Kearney: I thank the Minister for her engagement. I appreciate that, this September, we have had record numbers of places in the schools that have come on board. However, to give a quote, a deputy principal in one of the schools says that clear training and planning for the opening of ASD classes is needed in schools, and that it is not enough to sanction one and then leave it to the principal to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Education and the UNCRPD: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Sep 2022)

Mary Seery Kearney: I hear that the NCSE is committed, that progress has been made and that schools will receive the professional supports as soon as is practical, but I also think about the fact the July provision is voluntary. If teachers, SNAs and schools are being obliged to provide places, which is absolutely right - and every child deserves to be educated as close to their own home as possible and have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Private Rental Sector: Discussion (20 Sep 2022)

Mary Seery Kearney: I apologise. I have been at a meeting of the Joint Committee on Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth. When it comes to landlords, I have experience of supporting a friend through the dispute resolution process to which Ms McCormick referred. The tenant involved was wrecking the house. The tenant had 44 fridges in the back garden, had broken the furniture and had done many...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Private Rental Sector: Discussion (20 Sep 2022)

Mary Seery Kearney: I had a reasonable expectation that I was being listened to. It is about the build-to-rent model and its effect on the housing market in Dublin. Will Mr. Davitt comment on that, please?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Private Rental Sector: Discussion (20 Sep 2022)

Mary Seery Kearney: So Mr. Davitt is saying the thousands of build-to-rent properties in Dublin South-Central, where people do not have an opportunity to buy a property, will have no effect on the property prices?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Private Rental Sector: Discussion (20 Sep 2022)

Mary Seery Kearney: I will give the rest of my time to Senator Cummins.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Building Regulations (15 Sep 2022)

Mary Seery Kearney: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Noonan, for taking this Commencement matter at very short notice this morning. I appreciate that. He is well aware of the issues arising for homeowners in particular due to apartment defects. I applaud the work of the report of the working group examining defects in purpose-built apartments and duplexes between 1991 and 2013, which was published on 28...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Building Regulations (15 Sep 2022)

Mary Seery Kearney: I thank the Minister of State. With respect, what I have heard is a description of the working group and its work and report. I have not heard an answer. From the Minister of State's reply, I note that the Government is planning to respond and accepts that this issue is not the fault of the homeowners. However, there are homeowners today who are living in apartments with bills sitting on...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Sep 2022)

Mary Seery Kearney: Yesterday there was a protest by those affected by cystic fibrosis. I have no doubt that other Members mentioned it yesterday. A number of people's lives and health outcomes are impacted by the failure of the HSE and the pharmaceutical company to find a resolution in the row on the Kaftrio medication. That is one instance. In another instance, a product called Ozempic is used for people...

Seanad: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (15 Sep 2022)

Mary Seery Kearney: I welcome the fact that the Bill is finally before this House and we, in Fine Gael, support the Bill. We need to get movement on the areas of the original Act that have not been commenced. Significant hardship has been caused to individuals, and families, in the time that we have waited for this legislation and the statutory framework that it facilitates. I am delighted that the Bill is...

Seanad: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (15 Sep 2022)

Mary Seery Kearney: Next Tuesday.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Community Care (14 Sep 2022)

Mary Seery Kearney: I appreciate the Minister of State taking this matter at short notice. CityWide Drugs Crisis Campaign has highlighted in advance of budget 2023 that drug and alcohol task force community projects are places where lives are changed and lives are saved. These organisations do extraordinary work. During the past year, in one drug task force area in which I have experience, alcohol and cocaine...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Community Care (14 Sep 2022)

Mary Seery Kearney: I thank the Minister of State but what we really need to know is that, when it comes to budget 2023, the cost-of-living hike and crisis that are facing these organisations is going to be met with increased core funding. While I appreciate the initiatives that have been taken - the community enhancement has certainly been valuable - it is the core funding that actually needs to be increased....

Seanad: Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (14 Jul 2022)

Mary Seery Kearney: I very much welcome the legislation. I will give the Minister the opportunity to address some of the matters raised in pre-legislative scrutiny. Overwhelmingly we welcomed the legislation and the reform and putting in place of supports for the guardians ad litem. Observations that arose out of submissions, such as the Barnardos submission to the pre-legislative scrutiny in the children's...

Seanad: Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (14 Jul 2022)

Mary Seery Kearney: Now.

Seanad: Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Jul 2022)

Mary Seery Kearney: We can send her the clip.

Seanad: Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Jul 2022)

Mary Seery Kearney: Now.

Seanad: Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Jul 2022)

Mary Seery Kearney: Now.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Education and the UNCRPD: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Jul 2022)

Mary Seery Kearney: I thank the Minister and his officials for coming before the committee. Over almost two years the committee has heard how difficult it is for somebody with a disability to navigate Irish society. I see very positive moves happening and the Minister has provided a very comprehensive report today, which I value. Ensuring that someone has an experience that is not just about education but...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Education and the UNCRPD: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Jul 2022)

Mary Seery Kearney: Is the Minister's own Department at those interdepartmental meetings held by the Minister of State, Deputy Rabbitte?