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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Dec 2020)

Aisling Dolan: I wish to raise two issues, the first of which is local. The Ballinasloe Says No campaign is up and running and we have a public meeting this evening. All Members are very welcome to join. We have invited Deputies and Senators from the Roscommon and Galway areas. It is a community group fighting for the health, safety and environmental impacts to low-lying floodplains. We are fighting on...

Seanad: Annual Transition Statement on Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2015: Statements (9 Dec 2020)

Aisling Dolan: I welcome the Minister. It was good to hear his speech. The Joint Committee on Climate Action meets every single day, so there is a huge amount of cross-party work being done. I come from the constituency of Roscommon-Galway. It is an area that has traditional industries, such as Bord na Móna. Ballinasloe is 10 km from Shannonbridge and not far from Lanesborough. The area has been...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Dec 2020)

Aisling Dolan: I am delighted to hear great news for Castlerea today. Harmac Medical has announced 60 new jobs in response to global demand for personal protective equipment, PPE, and surgical masks. It shows the excellence in medtech in the west and in Castlerea in particular. These jobs will be in engineering and quality. It is phenomenal. Each job will bring such benefit to the local economy and...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2020: Second Stage (8 Dec 2020)

Aisling Dolan: I welcome the Minister of State. We very much support the Finance Bill but there are nonetheless some huge concerns. As we have heard today, with the potential for a no-deal Brexit, there may be a significant impact on the agricultural sector. Within the budget there is roughly €340 million for Brexit measures and I know there is a €5 billion EU fund that is available to the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Dec 2020)

Aisling Dolan: As colleagues have noted, today we celebrate the International Day of People with Disabilities. Many buildings are being lit up with purple lights and people are being encouraged to wear purple. The theme this year is "Not all Disabilities are Visible", and we see this often in the context of mental health and those who suffer traumatic brain injuries. It is about recognising that...

Seanad: Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2020: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2020)

Aisling Dolan: We are discussing amendments Nos. 1 to 4. Are there any other speakers on those amendments? I call Senator Warfield.

Seanad: Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2020: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2020)

Aisling Dolan: I thank the Minister of State for the clarifications he has given. We do understand the urgent nature of the legislation.

Seanad: Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2020: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2020)

Aisling Dolan: I thank the Senator. I understand that he has expressed many concerns. This is emergency legislation because Brexit is not waiting.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Dec 2020)

Aisling Dolan: I refer to a topic I have raised previously. Senator Murphy will be familiar with it as well. It is about community groups having to come together to challenge local authorities when it comes to inappropriate planning and locations of transfer stations on sites that force hundreds of trucks through the middle of a town. This is a significant issue for us. I bring it to the House's...

Seanad: Technological Universities Agenda: Statements (2 Dec 2020)

Aisling Dolan: I welcome the Minister to the House. It is great to hear an update on the TU agenda. As Fine Gael spokesperson on further and higher education, research, innovation and science, I am delighted with the progress the Minister has achieved to date with his officials in this brand new Department. It is quite exciting to be starting off with nothing having gone before and it being wide open for...

Seanad: Technological Universities Agenda: Statements (2 Dec 2020)

Aisling Dolan: An application has also been received from Athlone and Limerick ITs. Athlone Institute of Technology is close to my heart as it is only 15 minutes away from my home in Ballinasloe, and it is very important for the east Galway area as well as the midlands and the mid-west. The Connacht-Ulster Alliance application that will soon be submitted will bring together the Galway-Mayo, Sligo and...

Seanad: Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2020: Second Stage (1 Dec 2020)

Aisling Dolan: I welcome the Minister. He has worked tirelessly with the EU Chief Negotiator, Michel Barnier, and a trade deal is necessary, but not at any cost. The willingness to compromise has to be demonstrated by all sides. The vote on the Brexit referendum in 2016 left the world in shock, and it left me in shock. The historic result of 51.9% to 49.1% changed the future of engagement between the...

Seanad: Reopening Ireland (Department of Health): Statements (26 Nov 2020)

Aisling Dolan: Our first priority is to save lives. We are in a battle against Covid and every measure we take, every response and every part of our national armour is to protect Irish people and families. It is the worst crisis we have faced in generations. I think of the more than 2,000 families who have lost loved ones, of people who have gone to funerals with limited numbers and of people who cannot...

Seanad: Reopening Ireland (Department of Health): Statements (26 Nov 2020)

Aisling Dolan: I thank Senator McGahon, and all other Senators, for their contributions on reopening Ireland and the Government's response. I want to acknowledge the comments of Senator Carrigy on the loss of his mother. Our thoughts are with him. I ask the Minister of State, Deputy Frankie Feighan, to respond.

Seanad: Reopening Ireland (Department of Health): Statements (26 Nov 2020)

Aisling Dolan: The Minister of State has 45 minutes, if he wishes to use it all.

Seanad: Reopening Ireland (Department of Health): Statements (26 Nov 2020)

Aisling Dolan: Does that include the children's flu vaccine?

Seanad: Reopening Ireland (Department of Health): Statements (26 Nov 2020)

Aisling Dolan: Hear, hear. I thank the Minister of State, especially for those heartening words at the end. It is true that the end is in sight and 2021 will be a better year for the world, for Ireland and for the families living here. In accordance with the order of the Seanad today, the House stands adjourned until 2 p.m. next Monday.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Nov 2020)

Aisling Dolan: I welcome the great funding that was announced yesterday as part of the just transition fund, which amounts to over €27.8 million. It is wonderful to see a project in my own home town of Ballinasloe getting funding of nearly half a million euro for remote working hubs. The just transition process follows on from job losses, climate change and us changing the types of industry that we...

Seanad: Planning and Development Bill 2020: Second Stage (25 Nov 2020)

Aisling Dolan: I welcome the Minister to the House. I am very happy to see this Bill introduced. It is important that we are providing ways for local authorities to come together. I know how difficult it is. Many Senators were recently local authority members. Galway County Council is trying to hold its plenary meetings by bringing 40 to 45 councillors together in large GAA halls at the moment. The...

Seanad: Planning and Development Bill 2020: Second Stage (25 Nov 2020)

Aisling Dolan: My final comment is on timelines for planning developments. Again, I am very familiar with a local one. I refer to a permit, nothing to do with planning as such, for the operation of a waste transfer station and I am involved in the campaign about the inappropriate location. The challenge we have is that there is no extension to the 25 working days for people to respond and make...