Results 161-180 of 1,352 for speaker:Mary Fitzpatrick

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

Mary Fitzpatrick: I am sorry but the concern is that local authorities, in practice, connect both. They say if you are not on the social housing list, you do not get housing assistance. That is how it works in practice. While I appreciate that the legislation itself may not say that, how can that be addressed? It will have a real practical impact. I do not know if I mentioned it but currently there is not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

Mary Fitzpatrick: My last question was about the data.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

Mary Fitzpatrick: How many applicants are currently on the local authority housing lists? How many of them do not meet the residency requirement? My supplementary question was about the fact that there is no appeals process within local authorities if a person is refused an application for social housing.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

Mary Fitzpatrick: FLAC and Mercy Law Resource Centre.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

Mary Fitzpatrick: Yes, please. As we continue our work as a committee, it might be useful for us to have a separate briefing on the emergency accommodation legislation in order to complete this picture. We all share a general concern regarding the need to ensure that whatever we do with this legislation will not have the unintended consequence of a negative impact on the people who are trying to seek and...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Apr 2024)

Mary Fitzpatrick: It is a new day, we have a new Taoiseach and a new task force has been announced for Dublin's inner city. I welcome the Taoiseach's interest in the inner city and any support and resource he can bring to making it safer and more livable for all. I welcome his call for recommendations and suggestions but do not really believe we need any more recommendations or suggestions for the inner...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (11 Apr 2024)

Mary Fitzpatrick: I thank the Minister of State for attending. My Commencement matter seeks clarity from the Department of Health on its commitment to capital funding for a permanent national rehabilitative day centre for people who have a severe acquired brain injury, and specifically to making that funding available to Teach an Saol, the most amazing service and facility, which is in operation in Santry,...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (11 Apr 2024)

Mary Fitzpatrick: I thank the Minister of State for the reply. I welcome the commitment from not just the Department but also the HSE to supporting the project in progressing to access capital funding. Teach an Saol was created from nothing by people who had no resources or expertise in this space, and what it has achieved in the four years can be replicated as a capital project. I urge the Department to...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Apr 2024)

Mary Fitzpatrick: Ar dús, céad míle fáilte chuig Seanadóir O'Hara. Comhghairdeas. He is very welcome to the House and I really look forward to working with him. I will be very proud to serve in the Seanad with him. I also welcome his family, who have just departed. Like most family members, they have gotten sense at this point of his career. They will be there at the times he...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Apr 2024)

Mary Fitzpatrick: It is not just to remember Dr. Kathleen Lynn, who was the most amazing woman and physician that she was, but also to forever send the message that healthcare be provided based on need and no other reason.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: National Monuments (7 Mar 2024)

Mary Fitzpatrick: I welcome the Minister of State. This will be the sixth occasion I have raised the issue of the national monument on Moore Street. The national monument is the birthplace of our Republic. It is where the last surrender took place in 1916. It is an incredibly important location, historically, socially and culturally to us all and to our Republic. I hope the Minister of State is coming to...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: National Monuments (7 Mar 2024)

Mary Fitzpatrick: I thank the Minister of State for his interest in Moore Street, his response and his presence in the House. The reply is very disappointing and concerning because it indicates the State continues to wait for private owners and developers to determine what they are going to do, if they are going to do it. I appreciate those private owners are at the mercy of An Bord Pleanála and those...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Mar 2024)

Mary Fitzpatrick: The Order of Business is No. 130, motion re a casual vacancy in the membership of the Seanad, to be taken on the conclusion of the Order of Business, without debate; the European Arrest Warrant (Amendment) Bill 2022 - Message from the Dáil, to be taken-----

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Mar 2024)

Mary Fitzpatrick: No. 1, the European Arrest Warrant (Amendment) Bill 2022 - Message from the Dáil, is to be taken at 11.45 a.m.; and No. 2, Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023 - Committee Stage (resumed), is to be taken on the conclusion of No. 1 and adjourn no later than 2 p.m., if not previously concluded.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Mar 2024)

Mary Fitzpatrick: I thank all the Senators for their contributions to the debate on the Order of Business and their agreement to it. I will begin by offering my condolences to the friends and family of Saoírse Ruane. It is very sad news for us to hear this morning. That little girl had more bravery in her body than any of us will ever have. I am sure their hearts are broken. We are thinking of them...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Mar 2024)

Mary Fitzpatrick: We should be unequivocal about it. We should not rest and never stop calling for it.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Mar 2024)

Mary Fitzpatrick: The students from north County Dublin are welcome. The kids in north County Dublin are among the smartest and the hardest working. The boys and girls are very welcome.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Mar 2024)

Mary Fitzpatrick: This is Endometriosis Awareness Month and Senator McGreehan raised the issue of endometriosis, which one in ten women suffer from. Many of them suffer in silence, so it is great that the House and the Government recognise it. The investment that is going into women's health is transformative and the Government is to be commended on that. It is the first Government in the history of the...