Results 101-120 of 227 for speaker:Nessa Cosgrove

Seanad: Sport: Statements (16 Jul 2025)

Nessa Cosgrove: We have all said it here today that sport is at the heart of every community in Ireland, both rural and urban. There is a GAA club with a presence in nearly every parish on our island of Ireland, as well as in the UK, Europe, the Americas, Africa, Australasia, Asia and every continent of the world inhabited by humans where there are people who have Irish roots or identify with their Irish...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Irish Aviation Authority: Engagement (16 Jul 2025)

Nessa Cosgrove: I thank the witnesses for coming in. I will ask about the IAA strategy and effective regulation. If regulation is not effective, it is not really regulation at all. The stands out for me. This is about the transportation of weapons of war. I know from replies to questions submitted to the Minister for Transport that between October 2023 and June 2025 no exemptions were requested or...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Irish Aviation Authority: Engagement (16 Jul 2025)

Nessa Cosgrove: The inspecting of airlines.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Irish Aviation Authority: Engagement (16 Jul 2025)

Nessa Cosgrove: That is what I would have imagined. Effective regulation would include the right to inspect.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Irish Aviation Authority: Engagement (16 Jul 2025)

Nessa Cosgrove: I want to ask about environmental impacts. I see reference to sustainable aviation fuel. I know very little about that. What is it made of? Is grain used to make such fuel and, if so, will that affect food production? I do not know what sustainable fuel is and maybe the officials can give me a bit more information about that. Will it have an impact on food production?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Irish Aviation Authority: Engagement (16 Jul 2025)

Nessa Cosgrove: That is the regulation part and it has commenced.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Irish Aviation Authority: Engagement (16 Jul 2025)

Nessa Cosgrove: I thank the officials.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Irish Aviation Authority: Engagement (16 Jul 2025)

Nessa Cosgrove: I have listed loads, so I do not want to be repeating questions. I will only ask if IAA has any role in connectivity when people get off the aeroplane. Ireland West Airport Knock is in my area and I know there is a huge push to improve the rail services along the western rail corridor. Part of it would have to do with the growth of Knock and that it would be serviced. I do not know if...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Irish Aviation Authority: Engagement (16 Jul 2025)

Nessa Cosgrove: Externally.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Irish Aviation Authority: Engagement (16 Jul 2025)

Nessa Cosgrove: That is an issue. It is the same with metro north. That would be transforming. Knock airport is a wonderful airport and it serves many counties, but connectivity is an issue. There are not even regular buses to and from Knock airport but there should be. It is not the witnesses' remit. I thank them.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Infectious Diseases (15 Jul 2025)

Nessa Cosgrove: I have just spotted Keith Henry in the Visitors Gallery. There might be a Ballymote bunch here. Most people probably know that Lyme disease is a bacterial infection that is spread through the bite of an infected tick. This is a potentially serious illness, but it can be prevented through a number of precautions. When Lyme disease is contracted, it can be treated with antibiotics if it...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Infectious Diseases (15 Jul 2025)

Nessa Cosgrove: I thank the Minister of State for his response. Could I get a commitment that all local authorities will be obliged to put up signs? Some have. Kilkenny County Council is bringing it onstream as well. The long-term side-effects are so detrimental and it is something that can be prevented with a bit of awareness. For example, there are signs in Cork. There is a Lyme Resource Centre....

Seanad: Transport Policy: Statements (10 Jul 2025)

Nessa Cosgrove: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire. I am going to return again to the matter of the western rail corridor and the other examples of significant underinvestment and neglect relating to the rail network in the west and north west. I will be echoing much of what Senator Duffy said. Most of these matters I have raised in one form or another since I have been in the Seanad and the transport...

Committee on Children and Equality: Engagement with Tusla (10 Jul 2025)

Nessa Cosgrove: The witnesses are very welcome and I thank Ms Duggan for her opening address. I worked in a Tusla-commissioned service for many years and many of my closest friends work for Tusla or in a commissioned service. That is why I must talk about section 56 workers. We talk about restructuring. I worked in the Sligo-Leitrim home youth liaison service for 17 years. Many of us did. We called it...

Committee on Children and Equality: Engagement with Tusla (10 Jul 2025)

Nessa Cosgrove: Could we get a commitment that when organisations are putting in their budgets or estimated costs, they include an increment every year? My management team put in pay increases in theirs. Can we include that as part of the funding? That way, you could hold on to staff. People would stay in their jobs. It is an ageing workforce.

Committee on Children and Equality: Engagement with Tusla (10 Jul 2025)

Nessa Cosgrove: I will return to the issue of staffing. I have many friends who work in the areas of child protection or social care. I am talking about people who are either directly employed by Tusla as social workers, social carers or family support workers as well as those who provide the commissioned services. Staff are dealing with a lot of trauma. Every day they are working with people and...

Committee on Children and Equality: Engagement with Tusla (10 Jul 2025)

Nessa Cosgrove: That is very welcome. With commissioned services, often they are struggling on a tight budget. While there are fantastic managers, often they are not trained in therapeutic management, or even in reflective practice. It is about the therapeutic element and providing psychotherapy or counselling support for a lot of staff. Can the well-being of staff be factored in to annual budgets?...

Committee on Children and Equality: Engagement with Tusla (10 Jul 2025)

Nessa Cosgrove: That would be great.

Committee on Children and Equality: Engagement with Tusla (10 Jul 2025)

Nessa Cosgrove: Often, you are fighting a fire that you do not have time for. It is not factored in. I ask if that could be factored in as an essential part of the work day or work calendar.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: School Building Projects (9 Jul 2025)

Nessa Cosgrove: My request is very basic and relates to the need for the Minister for education to make a statement on the status of Scoil Mhuire's application for a new school building in Carrick-on-Shannon. I will give a bit of background information. Scoil Mhuire is the largest primary school in Carrick-on-Shannon, which is a very big and ever-growing town in County Leitrim. The school is located...