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Seanad: Report of the Independent Review Group on Dignity and Equality Issues in the Defence Forces: Statements (25 Apr 2023)

Erin McGreehan: I welcome the Tánaiste to the House. It is with great humility and sadness that I stand before him today to address the subject of the extreme and vile sexual violence in the Irish Defence Forces. As a nation, we have always prided ourselves on the honour and valour exhibited by our military personnel. We have a very proud legacy but, sadly, like many organisations, it has a desperate...

Seanad: Regulation of Lobbying (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (20 Apr 2023)

Erin McGreehan: The Minister of State is very welcome to the House. I am speaking on behalf of my colleague, Senator Aidan Davitt, who is unable to attend due to a personal issue. It is my pleasure to speak today and to welcome the Second Stage debate of the Regulation of Lobbying (Amendment) Bill 2022 in Seanad Éireann. Fianna Fáil very much welcomes and supports this Bill which will pave the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: A Rights-Based Approach and Disability Legislation: National Disability Authority (20 Apr 2023)

Erin McGreehan: ...the NDA has, and then move on to how we can impact on the rights-based model we want. Dr. Hartney mentioned public bodies and toolkits. Is there a flow of interaction or is the toolkit online? What interaction does the organisation have with public bodies, different Departments and local authorities? Does the NDA contact them proactively, or do they contact the organisation with a view...

Seanad: Sheep Sector: Statements (19 Apr 2023)

Erin McGreehan: The Minister is very welcome to the House. I have asked for this debate for a long time, and I have had the Minister in here several mornings for Commencement matters. We know that we need far more supports for the sheep sector. Sheep are synonymous with our landscape, our heritage and our tourism.It must be stated that only 4% of our sheep farmers are under 35. The average sheep farmer...

Seanad: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Second Stage (19 Apr 2023)

Erin McGreehan: I welcome the Minister to the House. I also welcome Ms Sheila O'Byrne and all of the people in the Public Gallery. I am glad that we are finally debating this Bill. We know we have needed it for a long time. Redress is one of the ways in which we are dealing with the mother and baby home legacy. We know mother and baby homes represent a dark chapter in our history. Thousands of women...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Agriculture Supports (23 Mar 2023)

Erin McGreehan: The Minister is very welcome to the House and I thank him for coming. I have submitted this matter for inclusion in the Commencement debate a few times and I am delighted to be called today. My ask today is for the Minister to consider including a disability accessibility adaption grant for farming families under the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme, TAMS 3, in order to make farm...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Inadequate Personal Assistance Supports: Discussion (23 Mar 2023)

Erin McGreehan: ...PA campaign was one of the first issues about which I met with a former colleague of those in Independent Living Movement Ireland, Mr. James Cawley. I am sure he is sadly missed in their organisation. I suppose the PA is a great liberator. It is the equaliser. Article 19 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, UNCRP, asks that at the core of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Self-advocacy and Women with Disabilities: Discussion (9 Mar 2023)

Erin McGreehan: I thank the witnesses for their time. I wish them all a belated happy International Women's Day. Yesterday, I was feeling a little International Women's Day fatigue because we are constantly waiting for stuff to happen. Here we are again talking about how we are waiting for things to happen. The witnesses spoke about the importance of self-advocacy. As politicians, we understand its...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Self-advocacy and Women with Disabilities: Discussion (9 Mar 2023)

Erin McGreehan: And Ms Coates is here at the Oireachtas committee proving that.

Seanad: International Women's Day: Statements (8 Mar 2023)

Erin McGreehan: I wish all my colleagues, the staff in Leinster House, all the people who support me and all the women in my life who made me the woman I am a very happy International Women's Day. I am thinking of my mother, my sister, my nieces, my best friends, my aunties and my grannies. We are all so lucky to have such people in our lives - well I am. I am completely biased about that because they are...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Digital Accessibility Grant (7 Mar 2023)

Erin McGreehan: I thank the Minister of State for the response on behalf of the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment, which is not his Department. The response does not directly address my request that there would be a digital accessibility grant. Such a grant was proposed by the National Council for the Blind of Ireland, NCBI, last year to the former Minister of State at the Department of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Accessing Justice: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Mar 2023)

Erin McGreehan: I welcome the witnesses and thank them very much for their time. This is a fascinating and hugely important subject. I was struck by what Mr. Black said about the extent of the healthcare system within the prison system. We should all keep that in mind. People are in prison for committing acts and for justice but there is a huge healthcare infrastructure in prisons. Following on from...

Seanad: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 Mar 2023)

Erin McGreehan: Next Tuesday at 12.30 p.m.

Seanad: Accommodation for International Protection Applicants: Statements (22 Feb 2023)

Erin McGreehan: The Minister is welcome to the House. It is an opportune debate and it is important that all present are of one voice - a welcome voice. None of us can imagine the hardship faced by people who have to leave their country and everyone and everything they have ever known. We must breathe all that in. They did not choose to come here; they had to flee here for assistance, accommodation and...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Employment Support Services (21 Feb 2023)

Erin McGreehan: The Minister of State is welcome for my Commencement matter. I raise this matter because every Thursday morning, members of the Joint Committee on Disability Matters hear from people with disabilities and how barriers are erected that prevent them from taking part in everyday life. Employment opens a door to so many opportunities. It is about independence and people as individuals being...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Disability Proofing and Data: Discussion (16 Feb 2023)

Erin McGreehan: I thank everyone for their time. This is a very important issue. The crux of it is that data gaps create cracks and people fall through them. They are not seen, and when they are not seen, they are not heard or accounted for. There is a status quoand we do not see change. I have a specific question for the DPO Network with regard to disability-proofing. We have a disability stakeholder...

Seanad: Moving Towards Zero Tolerance of Violence against Women: Statements (9 Feb 2023)

Erin McGreehan: ...issue today. I thank the Minister for his time. Since I came into this House, we have spoken about this issue quite a lot. We are waiting for the moment when we will come in here and say that we have got somewhere but every single week and every single day we see something in the news that brings us back down and back to a point at which women are in a place of serious vulnerability. I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Raising Awareness of the Lived Experience of Congregated Settings: Discussion (9 Feb 2023)

Erin McGreehan: I thank the panel for coming this morning. I am blown away by so many of the testimonies. I sit here week in week out and then some weeks people come in front of us and wind me, if they know what I mean. I thank Mr. Alford for coming in here and telling us his entire life story in a nutshell, eloquently and passionately, and advocating for people and standing up and being a really...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Raising Awareness of the Lived Experience of Congregated Settings: Discussion (9 Feb 2023)

Erin McGreehan: ...has put out its plan for the next couple of years. I was looking through the service provision plans for housing for the elderly, for people with disabilities and for affordable housing that were drawn up for some of the counties I am familiar with. It was very obvious that everything is being siloed off. There is a development earmarked "elderly-disability" and another "affordable...