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Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (18 Jun 2021)

Aisling Dolan: Amendments Nos. 8 and 9 are related and will be discussed together.

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (18 Jun 2021)

Aisling Dolan: My apologies, but does amendment No. 8 have a seconder?

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (18 Jun 2021)

Aisling Dolan: Through the Chair.

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (18 Jun 2021)

Aisling Dolan: Again, I ask all Senators to direct their comments through the Chair.

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (18 Jun 2021)

Aisling Dolan: As the time is 1.11 p.m. we will suspend for 45 minutes in accordance with the order of the Seanad today.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Bullying and the Impact on Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jun 2021)

Aisling Dolan: I very much welcome the DCU research team and particularly Professor O'Higgins Norman. It is fantastic to have the UNESCO chair on anti-bullying. Dr. Mazzone has presented to the committee previously and I have spoken to Mr. Heaney on the roll-out of the FUSE programme. I thank the witnesses for their work and their presentations as we begin our research into bullying. We have dealt with...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Bullying and the Impact on Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jun 2021)

Aisling Dolan: How do we evaluate how we support schools to roll this out? From the sample that has been taken, schools have not been able to implement this and it has been in place since 2013. When Professor O'Higgins Norman says "audit", does he mean updating the strategy or is it an audit whereby we go out to the schools to evaluate whether they have put these measures in place and, if not, why not.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Bullying and the Impact on Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jun 2021)

Aisling Dolan: I thank Professor O'Higgins Norman. I will pose my final question to him also because perhaps it is most relevant and perhaps he has some ideas on it. How do we roll this out to more schools? Does Professor O'Higgins Norman have a response to this? Although 127 schools per year is excellent it will never meet the 4,500 primary and post-primary schools we have. How will this be done?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Bullying and the Impact on Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jun 2021)

Aisling Dolan: In other words, would a regional approach be more suitable? DCU has the expert skillset but surely there is a need to roll it out so we have groups set up in regional areas to drive connecting with these schools. I do not see how it is feasible at the numbers that have been mentioned if we want to achieve this within the next three to four years.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Bullying and the Impact on Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jun 2021)

Aisling Dolan: I thank the witnesses.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Jun 2021)

Aisling Dolan: There are times when emergency measures are required and when decisive action can be the difference to saving homes, farms and families. Last winter at Lough Funshinagh in County Roscommon we saw on the news a couple in their 80s abandon their home and farms flooded. We saw family homes devastated with water pumps going non-stop. A road was raised 8 ft by the county council to protect...

Seanad: Gender Pay Gap Information Bill 2021: Second Stage (14 Jun 2021)

Aisling Dolan: Well said, Senator Garvey. If the Minister was a woman and woke up tomorrow in Luxembourg, it is a tad smaller than Ireland, with only 630,000 people, but it has the Court of Justice of the European Union, and the Minister was on his way to work, he would be pretty happy getting his croissant and espresso, because there is only a 1% difference in Luxembourg. There is nowhere in the EU where...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Bullying and the Impact on Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Jun 2021)

Aisling Dolan: I have listened to the contributions this afternoon. We talked abut words we like and words we are not such big fans of. For me, the word “bullying” does not really describe the extent of what we face sometimes. It does not seem to capture the seriousness. Two earlier contributions mentioned how bullying leads to suicidal ideation. That is the shocking horror faced by the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Bullying and the Impact on Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Jun 2021)

Aisling Dolan: That is so true. It is a question of engagement across all groups in schools and at home as well.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Bullying and the Impact on Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Jun 2021)

Aisling Dolan: I know Dr. Downes presented to us previously and I thank him for taking the time today. To take away a key point, it would be that early intervention in primary school is crucial. We heard from other schools talking about the roots of empathy programme, which was very impressive. I take it that the focus on primary schools and early intervention is crucial, along with training the teachers...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (31 May 2021)

Aisling Dolan: I wish to speak about job creation in the west. I would like to acknowledge the sterling work of our regional agencies that attract investment. On Thursday, the Tánaiste announced that Ballinasloe had won an investment of €5 million, with the expansion of Chanelle Pharma into our town. That means the creation of 60 jobs for 60 families. Chanelle Pharma is a Galway company...

Seanad: Health (Amendment) Act 2021: Motion (31 May 2021)

Aisling Dolan: I welcome the Minister to the House. Mandatory hotel quarantine was due to lapse very shortly on 7 June and we are here today to extend the relevant legislation until 31 July. We have seen how important the quarantine system has been, with potentially 59 cases identified. The figures do not include asymptomatic cases, which account for between 30% and 40% of all Covid-19 cases. There has...

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Committee Stage (28 May 2021)

Aisling Dolan: I welcome the Minister of State. It has been a long day. I support Senator Fitzpatrick's amendment. I come from a project management background. As with anything else, it is all in the scope and the preparation and identifying what is needed in advance to make sure that we reach our targets and that our projects are going to be successful. I welcome the plans we will be developing for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Bullying and the Impact on Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2021)

Aisling Dolan: I thank all our speakers and contributors for their detailed submissions. I will start with Ms O'Dwyer, who represents the 16 ETBs. My experience of having been a member of the Galway-Roscommon ETB is all that allows me to even begin to understand the breadth of activities undertaken by the ETBs. Their remit extends from primary schools to secondary schools and all the way to higher and...