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Seanad: 13th Report of Committee on Parliamentary Privileges and Oversight: Motion (7 Dec 2021)

Seán Kyne: I move: That the Thirteenth Report of the Committee on Parliamentary Privileges and Oversight on the amendment of Standing Order 78 be adopted, laid before the House and printed.

Seanad: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Second Stage (7 Dec 2021)

Seán Kyne: I welcome the Minister to the House and congratulate him, his Department officials and the members of the Oireachtas joint committee on their work on this comprehensive and complex legislation, which I warmly welcome. Coming from a coastal community and having seen the potential for offshore wind energy, I appreciate the enactment of this legislation will be extremely important. The...

Seanad: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Second Stage (7 Dec 2021)

Seán Kyne: Next Tuesday.

Seanad: Covid-19 and the New Measures (Enterprise, Trade and Employment): Statements (7 Dec 2021)

Seán Kyne: I will share time with Senators Dolan and McGahon.

Seanad: Covid-19 and the New Measures (Enterprise, Trade and Employment): Statements (7 Dec 2021)

Seán Kyne: I welcome the Tánaiste. I acknowledge the level of spending that is estimated by the Department of Finance that will be spent by the end of 2022, which is €48 billion. This is an astounding amount but absolutely necessary to support these businesses. We must remember of course that it is businesses, workers, entrepreneurs, corporations and everybody who has contributed to them....

Seanad: Finance Bill 2021: Second Stage (7 Dec 2021)

Seán Kyne: I welcome the Minister of State to the Chamber and the arrival of the Finance Bill 2021 before us. It has to be enacted before Christmas to implement all the very positive changes contained in the budget announced a couple of months ago. I particularly welcome the changes ensuring that the increases in the minimum wage will not be gobbled up by the universal social charge, USC. This is the...

Seanad: Health (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2021: Second Stage (3 Dec 2021)

Seán Kyne: I welcome the Minister of State. I will take up some of the comments regarding masks in schools, with the exception of those with special health requirements. I heard a commentator compare masks in school to a form of child abuse. This is absolutely ridiculous and scandalous. It is an insult to anybody who has, unfortunately, suffered a form of child abuse. Masks are an inconvenience....

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Dec 2021)

Seán Kyne: I wish all Finnish people a happy national day next week. We all know businesses that have had Christmas parties and bookings for smaller gatherings and groups coming up to Christmas cancelled because of the increase in Covid cases and the current necessary health restrictions. The hospitality sector, above any sector, has faced tremendous challenges since the start of this pandemic. I...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Dec 2021)

Seán Kyne: The Deputy Leader is welcome. I call for a debate in the coming weeks on the winter plan that was agreed by the Cabinet and published in recent weeks. Thanks to you, a Chathaoirligh, I raised it in a Commencement debate and at the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health. I refer to the situation in the Saolta University Health Care Group and the fact that no acute beds are being provided this...

Seanad: Covid-19 and the New Measures (Health): Statements (1 Dec 2021)

Seán Kyne: I welcome the Minister and join others in condemning the protest outside his family home and, indeed, protests outside the family homes of any politicians of any persuasion. That is to be condemned. There is a time and a place for protest and free speech, and we have a proud record in this country of allowing protest to take place on our streets. We have seen examples of that during the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Substance Misuse and its Impact on Communities: Discussion (1 Dec 2021)

Seán Kyne: Perhaps Ms Hill or Mr. Hamilton want to come in on the second point regarding treatment and prevention.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Substance Misuse and its Impact on Communities: Discussion (1 Dec 2021)

Seán Kyne: The other elements involve addiction treatment versus prevention and areas such as housing, education, apprenticeships, sport, recreation, gardaí, community gardaí and employment, all of which come into the mix in terms of prevention. Do those areas need to be strengthened due to issues in the witnesses' localities?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Substance Misuse and its Impact on Communities: Discussion (1 Dec 2021)

Seán Kyne: I thank the witnesses for coming in. I am not from Tallaght or Dublin; I am from Galway but am not naive enough to think there are not drugs issues in Galway city and rural areas. I know of good people who have, unfortunately, ended up with issues. Ms Quigley said there is a meeting on Friday of the national oversight committee which would be chaired by the Minister of State ordinarily,...

Seanad: Horticultural Peat (Temporary Measures) Bill 2021: Second Stage (30 Nov 2021)

Seán Kyne: I will take six minutes, if that is okay. I would like to acknowledge the work by Senators Doherty and Gallagher on this important legislation. The purpose of any Second Stage debate is to do just that - to debate and to put forward facts, to put forward alternative facts, if one can use that phrase, to dispute items and to put forward concerns people have regarding the legislation. It is...

Seanad: National Development Plan 2021-2030: Statements (30 Nov 2021)

Seán Kyne: I will be sharing time with Senators Dolan and Cummins. I welcome the Minister and thank him for his work on the national development plan. It is important that we have a vision for Ireland in the years ahead and, more importantly, a commitment to capital infrastructure thereafter. I will be parochial and say that the people of Galway wait with bated breath at the possibility that Intel...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Hospital Services (25 Nov 2021)

Seán Kyne: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Smyth. I thank the Cathaoirleach's office for choosing my Commencement matter. I am disappointed and it is not good enough that neither the Minister for Health nor one of his three Ministers of State at the Department of Health are here to debate this issue. However, I understand that the Minister of State, Deputy Rabbitte, is before an Oireachtas...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Hospital Services (25 Nov 2021)

Seán Kyne: I thank the Minister of State for his response on behalf of the Department. He stated: "While additional beds are an important part of the solution to emergency department overcrowding and waiting lists at GUH, it is also important to acknowledge that our response must not be solely based on the provision of extra beds". They should be part of the solution, but they are not in Galway, given...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Nov 2021)

Seán Kyne: The Order of Business today is No. 1, motion re early signature of the Land and Conveyancing Law Reform (Amendment) Bill 2021, to be taken on the conclusion of the Order of Business without debate; No. 2, motion re extension of the period of operation of sections 1 to 7, inclusive, and 9 of the Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2021, to be taken at 1 p.m. and to conclude at 2 p.m.,...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Nov 2021)

Seán Kyne: I thank all Senators for their contributions. There was a number of common themes and I will touch on the two main ones. Senators Byrne, Dolan, Murphy, McGreehan, Seery Kearney, Ruane, Sherlock, Fitzpatrick and Ó Donnghaile raised a very important issue in regard to this being international week or two weeks or 16 days of campaigning on the elimination of violence against women. I...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Nov 2021)

Seán Kyne: Yes, I remember that. I was there some years ago in my capacity as Minister of State with responsibility for natural resources. It is a wonderful and important place in terms of being an employer and, as the Senator stated, the largest zinc mine in Europe, with 700 employees. Of course, there is the Tara Deep project, which is the next scene that will provide a sustainable mine and...