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Child and Family Agency (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Oct 2021)

Réada Cronin: It has changed from yesterday. Okay. I apologise.

Covid-19: Reframing the Challenge, Continuing our Recovery and Reconnecting: Statements (21 Oct 2021)

Réada Cronin: It would be ridiculous to stand up here and not cite the growing number of new cases and hospital and ICU admissions. Reframing the challenge of Covid-19 is difficult in the context of our current figures. Our children are of particular concern in the context of Covid itself, long Covid and the wider impacts on their physical, mental and emotional health. It is hard to believe that while...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: General Scheme of the Circular Economy Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Oct 2021)

Réada Cronin: I thank Dr. Brennan for her presentation. I despair at the thought of what is ahead of us. Dr. Brennan spoke about the financial commitments made by Scotland and the Netherlands. I accept that has to be the case and that our commitment to the circular economy cannot be piecemeal. Does Dr. Brennan believe we are at the races at the moment? I am worried that so much financial assistance...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: General Scheme of the Circular Economy Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Oct 2021)

Réada Cronin: Certainly. It dropped on this end as well. I am getting a lot of feedback. Can the Chairman hear me now?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: General Scheme of the Circular Economy Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Oct 2021)

Réada Cronin: Despite the de-risking moves, we are still in uncharted waters and this legislation could create many unknown possibilities and challenges for industry. Given our current economic model, I worry about the degree to which this legislation will work and whether companies will look for a great deal of financial commitments to comply with it. How viable is that? Has there been any kind of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: General Scheme of the Circular Economy Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Oct 2021)

Réada Cronin: Citizen engagement.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: General Scheme of the Circular Economy Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Oct 2021)

Réada Cronin: Finance and business view citizens as consumers, but with climate change coming straight for us, there has to be considerable citizen engagement in this process.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: General Scheme of the Circular Economy Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Oct 2021)

Réada Cronin: The answer was interesting and I agree with the points. There is the idea we need to get a phone every 18 months and parts have become disposable because we are such a consumerist society. It seems everything must be disposed of to get a new version. I thank Dr. Brennan for her answer.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Recycling Policy (21 Oct 2021)

Réada Cronin: 158. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the purpose for which the cumulative contents of brown bins is used; if the contents of brown bins could be processed and used to assist growers such as mushroom producers who may be reliant on imported peat; if the contents of brown bins are tested for the forever chemicals and PFAS; and if so, the levels at which...

Citizens' Assembly on Gender Equality: Statements (20 Oct 2021)

Réada Cronin: The Citizens' Assembly makes excellent observations and recommendations on gender equality and women. I thank Dr. Catherine Day and the other citizens who took park. I would like to put the assembly's recommendations in context. If one were to pick up and smell poverty, homelessness, inequality, the climate and biodiversity crises, and the abduction, rape and murder of girls and women, it...

Rental Sector: Motion [Private Members] (19 Oct 2021)

Réada Cronin: I know from contacts I have daily with constituents in Naas, Celbridge and across north Kildare that there is a direct link between the rental crisis and the mental health crisis. I have no doubt that if the rental crisis in north Kildare and across this State was addressed many people would no longer need to be treated for anxiety, which so often triggers an episode of depression. I say...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and COP26: Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications (19 Oct 2021)

Réada Cronin: I read the Minister's opening statement last night and again this morning and what struck me is that not many people know what is meant by the acronym "COP". There is an idea out there that politicians are behaving in an elitist way and doing things over people's heads. We now have an acronym for least developed countries, LDCs, and for small island developing states, SIDS. To whom are...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Emergency Departments (19 Oct 2021)

Réada Cronin: 171. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the detail of the winter plan of his Department for Naas General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50520/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (19 Oct 2021)

Réada Cronin: 180. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children currently on orthodontic waiting lists in north County Kildare; the number waiting greater than six months, one year and three years in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50521/21]

Financial Resolutions 2021 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (14 Oct 2021)

Réada Cronin: The Minister of State, Deputy Thomas Byrne, was wondering would Sinn Féin give an honest appraisal of the budget. I am certainly willing to do that. This budget, like somebody who has been in a job too long, has managed to look very busy while not getting very much done at all. Post budget, millions are still waking up to crippling rents, which are the highest in the EU. The cost of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: General Scheme of the Circular Economy Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Oct 2021)

Réada Cronin: Those were very interesting presentations. We could talk until the cows come home about this matter. As a society, we really need to start consuming more and give up our addiction to economic growth, as I am always saying. Mr. Schweitzer raised some excellent points that I agree with. The non-recycled plastic packaging levy is being paid from the general budget. That is crazy when the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: General Scheme of the Circular Economy Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Oct 2021)

Réada Cronin: Yes, about the Right to Repair campaign.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: General Scheme of the Circular Economy Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Oct 2021)

Réada Cronin: I am sorry, but the sound is quite bad. What was the second one Mr. Schweitzer mentioned?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: General Scheme of the Circular Economy Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Oct 2021)

Réada Cronin: I thank Mr. Schweitzer. Sorry for interrupting.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (13 Oct 2021)

Réada Cronin: 200. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on waiting lists for treatment at Naas General Hospital in each of the past five years; the number waiting for lengths greater than three and six months and one and two years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49968/21]