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Seanad: Flooding: Statements (9 Apr 2025)

Anne Rabbitte: The Minister of State is very welcome. His visit gives me the opportunity to wish him well and show the hand of friendship to work with him. Where I come from in Portumna, on the banks of the Shannon with the bridge, flooding is a huge issue and has a huge impact on our lives. I have no doubt my colleague in Fine Gael, Senator Murphy, will be talking about the south Galway floods when he...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Apr 2025)

Anne Rabbitte: This is autism awareness month. Notwithstanding that the Minister of State with responsibility for disabilities will be before us this evening to take statements on disability and that there will only be one week left in the month when we come back in the week of 29 April, it would be fantastic if we could have a session on autism. In the previous Seanad, a committee led by the Leader's...

Seanad: Disability Services: Statements (8 Apr 2025)

Anne Rabbitte: The Minister of State is very welcome. I wish her all the best in her role. The current programme for Government is no different from the previous one. It commits to working tirelessly, alongside stakeholders, advocates, families and departmental officials, to ensure the commitments made under the programme are not just words on paper but actions with impact. As my colleague Senator...

Seanad: Disability Services: Statements (8 Apr 2025)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank the Minister of State for her time. When is it proposed to sit again?

Seanad: Disability Services: Statements (8 Apr 2025)

Anne Rabbitte: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Child Safety (3 Apr 2025)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank the Minister of State for taking this Commencement matter. While I know it is not his brief, I appreciate the time he has taken to come to the House to take it this morning. In my Commencement matter, I asked that the Minister of State with responsibility for public health, well-being and the national drugs strategy, Deputy Murnane O'Connor, come before the Seanad to provide a...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Child Safety (3 Apr 2025)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank the Minister of State for going off script and acknowledging his deep understanding of my ask. I am no different from anybody else. My kids have moved on and are in their 20s now, but I was a parent who did not have information. I have no doubt that if I was a parent of teenagers at the moment, be it boys or girls, having seen the programme that was released last week I would...

Seanad: Special Education Provision: Motion (26 Mar 2025)

Anne Rabbitte: I move amendment No. 1: To delete all words after "That Seanad Éireann:" and substitute the following: "notes that: - a child’s right to education is enshrined in the Constitution and, under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, must be accessible on an equal basis with others in the community in which they live; and - the Government is...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Mar 2025)

Anne Rabbitte: Yet again, I stand here and ask whether the Leader could work with us to bring in the Minister with responsibility for children's cyber safety. We are sleepwalking through one of the biggest epidemics ever known here and the hugely negative impact social media is having on the youth and society. It is past time that Ireland recognised the damage caused every second of every day to children...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Mar 2025)

Anne Rabbitte: I ask the Deputy Leader to call the Minister for sport to the Chamber. I wish to discuss the outcomes of the sports capital grant which has been allocated for the past five years, with an emphasis on whether the Department has audited the outcomes of the huge investment of nearly €500 million.This investment was made under the pillars of what the sports capital funding was set up for,...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Teacher Training (19 Mar 2025)

Anne Rabbitte: If I may interrupt the Senator for just a moment, there is a vote in the Dáil. Does the Minister of State need to attend?

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Teacher Training (19 Mar 2025)

Anne Rabbitte: As the Senator has just started and there is three minutes to go until the vote, the Minister of State is permitted to leave if she would like to and we can then start again. Is that okay?

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Teacher Training (19 Mar 2025)

Anne Rabbitte: I apologise. We will continue afterwards, with the agreement of the House. We have no choice. The Minister of State has to go. Is it agreed to suspend the House for the duration of the vote? Agreed.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Teacher Training (19 Mar 2025)

Anne Rabbitte: I call Senator Nessa Cosgrove. With the permission of the Minister of State, I will allow Senator Cosgrove to start again because it is important to keep the flow of it.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Teacher Training (19 Mar 2025)

Anne Rabbitte: We will stick to the time for the rest of the session in order that everyone can get their Commencement matter in.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: School Funding (19 Mar 2025)

Anne Rabbitte: Before the Minister of State responds, I welcome the exchange students from Georgetown Visitation School in the US and the students from their host school in County Louth, who are in the Gallery. How apt that we are having a conversation on education. Thank you for joining us today.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Flood Relief Schemes (19 Mar 2025)

Anne Rabbitte: I must be very strict on time in order to begin the next business at 4 p.m. I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Moran.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Mar 2025)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank the Leader for being here this morning. I will use my time to discuss universal design guidelines for changing places toilets. It was a good colleague of the Leader, the then Minister of State, Deputy Peter Burke, who brought forward the change in regulations for Part M 2022. The changing of the regulations was to ensure that all of our local authorities would be in a position to...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Road Projects (5 Mar 2025)

Anne Rabbitte: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Buttimer, back again. He has a busy agenda this morning in the Seanad.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Heritage Sites (5 Mar 2025)

Anne Rabbitte: I welcome Deputy Danny Healy-Rae and his visitors to the Gallery.