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Seanad: Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Nov 2025)

Anne Rabbitte: Amendments Nos. 11 to 19, inclusive, are related and may be discussed together. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Nov 2025)

Anne Rabbitte: I think you should, if you do not mind. I thank the Minister. He has about a minute left.

Seanad: Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Nov 2025)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank the Minister. Before we report progress, I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Noel Grealish. He has a number of the Carnmore hurling team members with him this afternoon. As a Portumna person, we know exactly their strength, and they are very welcome to the House this afternoon.

Seanad: Farmer Mental Health and Farm Safety: Statements (12 Nov 2025)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank the Minister of State for being in the House. Sometimes the sign of something good is when cross-government Ministers are working together. Having both Ministers of State here this afternoon shows two Departments that take farms, farm safety and farm well-being seriously. It also shows collaboration. I thank the Minister of State for being in the House for her opening remarks. It...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Review of Storm Éowyn and Storm Preparedness: Discussion (12 Nov 2025)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank the witnesses for being here today. It goes without saying I also want to acknowledge the work their people did on the ground during Storm Éowyn. Having said that, there are still issues. My first question is to the Department. Where are we with standardisation? I am from Galway. I live on the border, believe it or not, as I live in Portumna and I have Offaly on one side...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Review of Storm Éowyn and Storm Preparedness: Discussion (12 Nov 2025)

Anne Rabbitte: Can I come back in there?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Review of Storm Éowyn and Storm Preparedness: Discussion (12 Nov 2025)

Anne Rabbitte: Who can answer that? Mr. O'Reilly is going to answer.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Review of Storm Éowyn and Storm Preparedness: Discussion (12 Nov 2025)

Anne Rabbitte: I am going to cut in because I am conscious of my time. The witnesses might not have the figure now but how many people have chosen to go on the register since the storm? It would be interesting to know. I am not saying it falls to the ESB. It is incumbent on everybody to have that education. It would be interesting to know, if Mr. Tarrant could supply it to the Chair. I have not got...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Review of Storm Éowyn and Storm Preparedness: Discussion (12 Nov 2025)

Anne Rabbitte: As am I-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Review of Storm Éowyn and Storm Preparedness: Discussion (12 Nov 2025)

Anne Rabbitte: I acknowledge the wonderful work Galway County Council does-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Review of Storm Éowyn and Storm Preparedness: Discussion (12 Nov 2025)

Anne Rabbitte: Galway County Council does phenomenal work but I am specifically talking about the retained fire service. That is the point; that is for the future.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Review of Storm Éowyn and Storm Preparedness: Discussion (12 Nov 2025)

Anne Rabbitte: Hold on, we are talking about a national response.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: Engagement on Policing Matters: An Garda Síochána (11 Nov 2025)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank the Commissioner and his team for being here today. I will be very parochial and I will give them a great understanding of a country area. I am from a place called Portumna on the banks of the Shannon where we have Offaly on one side and Tipperary on the other. Over on the county bonds in Clare, I have the Killaloe bridge and I also have the bridge in Banagher. The reason I talk...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: Engagement on Policing Matters: An Garda Síochána (11 Nov 2025)

Anne Rabbitte: It is a real frustration of mine. There are so many other questions we could ask the Commissioner but this is a frustration of mine because it has been going on since I became a TD back in 2016. I cannot get a workaround as to how I can do this in rural Ireland. I am talking about four bridges. The chief superintendent in my area, Mr. Gerry Roche, and the superintendent, Mr. Ollie Baker,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: Engagement on Policing Matters: An Garda Síochána (11 Nov 2025)

Anne Rabbitte: I appreciate Mr. Kelly's answer and thank him but when we are doing the division the next time, when there is 22 to be divided and there are two counties of exactly the same size, then 11 and 11 would be fair. I will leave it at that and move on. I am very interested in the specialist units, including the drugs specialist unit, the roads policing specialist unit and, one I have a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: Engagement on Policing Matters: An Garda Síochána (11 Nov 2025)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank the witnesses.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: Engagement on Policing Matters: An Garda Síochána (11 Nov 2025)

Anne Rabbitte: I will continue where I left off on the specialist unit. We have talked a lot this afternoon about drugs, to be quite honest. I am just wondering about the teams that are out there. I am talking about Galway again. While there is really good work going on there, I would say that we could with many more gardaí in the drugs unit. A pet project of mine is in relation to the canine...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: Engagement on Policing Matters: An Garda Síochána (11 Nov 2025)

Anne Rabbitte: To be fair, that is the bit parents are really concerned about. An Garda Síochána is doing fantastic work - we hear about it day in, day out - but that is not the way it is felt by those who see that there is so much of a supply in the communities. They feel it is getting down to the younger generations. I ask about the dog because there is a real need for it as a deterrent....

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Health Inequalities and the Mental Health Crisis: Discussion (6 Nov 2025)

Anne Rabbitte: Am I not glad I asked the two ladies to speak? I am conscious of the time and of the witnesses giving so much of their time. We are here over two hours. We have asked a lot of questions and we got a lot of very valuable feedback. It is also important as politicians, and for myself, to see that the budgets are growing but it is about collaboration, co-operation and the direction of it. At...

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Health Inequalities and the Mental Health Crisis: Discussion (6 Nov 2025)

Anne Rabbitte: Is it done via a roadshow or how is it done? How are the voices collected? Does the Department go to every one of the regional health authorities? Does it go to every county? Literacy is a problem within the Travelling community. How do we communicate with them and ensure their voices are heard?