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Seanad: Local Government Funding: Statements (5 Dec 2019)

Maria Byrne: The Senator should finish.

Seanad: Local Government Funding: Statements (5 Dec 2019)

Maria Byrne: Are you finished?

Seanad: Local Government Funding: Statements (5 Dec 2019)

Maria Byrne: Senator Gallagher is sharing time with Senator Horkan.

Seanad: Local Government Funding: Statements (5 Dec 2019)

Maria Byrne: Senator Gallagher has the floor.

Seanad: Local Government Funding: Statements (5 Dec 2019)

Maria Byrne: I am watching the time.

Seanad: Local Government Funding: Statements (5 Dec 2019)

Maria Byrne: The Aire is very welcome. I welcome this timely debate on local government. The Minister was in Limerick last Monday for the launch of the directly elected mayor. It is a very exciting time in terms of local government reform. What is being proposed and what the committee is going to look at will be a template for the rest of the country. Currently, local government is funded through the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Universities Act 1997 (Section 54(3)) (University Authorisation) Order 2019: Motion (5 Dec 2019)

Maria Byrne: I welcome the Minister of State and her officials. We had a great deal of discussion in the Seanad about the future of the RCSI and its university status. I will support the order because so many students from abroad and Irish students benefit from the standard of education at the RCSI. Deputy O'Sullivan is correct that we must separate the two issues she outlined.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Flood Risk Management (3 Dec 2019)

Maria Byrne: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Kevin Boxer Moran, and thank him for coming to the Seanad to respond to my query today. In early September, the Minister of State visited Coonagh in County Limerick where flooding had occurred. It happened on a Friday and approximately 25 houses were flooded. The water came into their ecosystems and into some of the homes. There was also flooding in...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Flood Risk Management (3 Dec 2019)

Maria Byrne: I thank the Leas-Chathaoirleach and the Minister. I too want to pay tribute to the council staff who worked extremely hard that weekend, and the staff from the Minister's Department who came to visit. I was in a house within the past week that still has a porch loose and sitting in the front garden. That household has small children, one of whom is a baby.On health and safety grounds...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Services for People with Disabilities (3 Dec 2019)

Maria Byrne: I welcome the Minister of State at the Department of Health, Deputy Finian McGrath to the House and invite Senator Mullen to speak.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Services for People with Disabilities (3 Dec 2019)

Maria Byrne: Would you like to ask a brief supplementary question, Senator Mullen?

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Road Signage (3 Dec 2019)

Maria Byrne: I thank the Minister of State and Senator Feighan.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Schools Building Projects Status (3 Dec 2019)

Maria Byrne: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Halligan. I invite Senator Gallagher to outline his matter.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Nov 2019)

Maria Byrne: Last Monday was the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. People are being asked to wear purple to mark the occasion. I encourage all people to be more aware of issues facing women and the fact that many women have been through violent situations. I wish to highlight the importance of the day.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Nov 2019)

Maria Byrne: I am beginning to sound like a broken record but I wish to raise the issue of University Hospital Limerick. There were 85 people on trolleys on Monday and 75 yesterday. The list is growing. I met with the Minister for Health, Deputy Harris, last week to express my frustration. We need to ensure a safe environment for the staff of the hospital and for people attending it. I recently met...

Seanad: Industrial Relations (Joint Labour Committees) Bill 2019: Second Stage (27 Nov 2019)

Maria Byrne: I welcome the Minister of State at the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment, Deputy Breen, to the House and I call on the representative of the Technical Group to open the debate.

Seanad: Industrial Relations (Joint Labour Committees) Bill 2019: Second Stage (27 Nov 2019)

Maria Byrne: Senators Gavan and Warfield are sharing time.

Seanad: Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad (27 Nov 2019)

Maria Byrne: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Industrial Relations (Joint Labour Committees) Bill 2019: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Nov 2019)

Maria Byrne: We will get that looked at.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Local Authority Housing Maintenance (21 Nov 2019)

Maria Byrne: I welcome the Minister of State who is here on behalf of the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government, Deputy Eoghan Murphy. The issue I am raising is subsidence in former local authority houses. There is an estate in Limerick that was built in the 1960s by the local authority. By the late 1970s the local authority admitted there was a problem with the estate. It had to knock...