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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Future-proofing to Improve Life and Longevity for Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (6 Nov 2024)

Fiona O'Loughlin: I thank Professor McCarron and the team warmly for being here and for all the incredible work that they are doing. I was listening to Professor McCarron on KFM a month ago when she was talking about the two-day conference that she was hosting. I just thought I would have loved to have gone and spent the two days and I spoke to the Chair then about the possibility of inviting her to appear...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Future-proofing to Improve Life and Longevity for Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (6 Nov 2024)

Fiona O'Loughlin: It is significant that this is the very last meeting of the joint committee but I would say, no matter who is in place in the next Dáil and Seanad, that this needs to be first on our agenda once again because Professor McCarron has the measurement tools. She mentioned the carers element and respite care, and I completely agree. We need to ensure that carers are valued. A colleague...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Future-proofing to Improve Life and Longevity for Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (6 Nov 2024)

Fiona O'Loughlin: He is attached to a service.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Future-proofing to Improve Life and Longevity for Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (6 Nov 2024)

Fiona O'Loughlin: My apologies, I have to leave for a vote.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Nov 2024)

Fiona O'Loughlin: I want to speak about an issue I have been discussing recently with Noelle O'Connor, the brand creator of The Kind Brand Company. She has been working with Kelsey O'Donnell, the head clinical nurse, and Dr. Shirley Potter from the Mater hospital skin cancer unit in relation to skin cancer. Skin cancer is the most common cancer in Ireland. A total of 13,000 cases are diagnosed every year,...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Nov 2024)

Fiona O'Loughlin: The Order of Business is No. 1, motion regarding Sectoral Employment Order (Construction Sector) 2024 - referral to committee, to be taken on conclusion of the Order of Business, without debate; No. 2, motion regarding proposed approval by Seanad Éireann of the Data Protection Act 2018 (Section 51(3)) (Defence Forces Tribunal of Inquiry) Regulations 2024, to be taken on conclusion of No....

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Nov 2024)

Fiona O'Loughlin: He was outsider.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Nov 2024)

Fiona O'Loughlin: We started this morning with Senator Ardagh who spoke of attending the Family Carers Ireland conference. She rightly said that carers really form the backbone of our communities. She mentioned some of their asks particularly around getting rid of means testing as well as the need for more respite. I could not agree more. There has been progress in increasing the income disregard but there...

Seanad: Sectoral Employment Orders: Referral to Joint Committee (5 Nov 2024)

Fiona O'Loughlin: I move: That the proposal that Seanad Éireann approves the following Order in draft: Sectoral Employment Order (Construction Sector) 2024, a copy of which has been laid in draft form before Seanad Éireann on 23rd October, 2024, be referred to the Joint Committee on Enterprise, Trade and Employment, in accordance with Standing Order 71(2)(b), which, not later than 7th November,...

Seanad: Data Protection Regulations: Motion (5 Nov 2024)

Fiona O'Loughlin: I move: That Seanad Éireann approves the following Regulations in draft: Data Protection Act 2018 (Section 51(3)) (Defence Forces Tribunal of Inquiry) Regulations 2024, a copy of which has been laid in draft form before Seanad Éireann on 1st November, 2024.”

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Oct 2024)

Fiona O'Loughlin: I support the Order of Business as outlined by the Leader. Yesterday, I had the opportunity to meet Michael Ryan from Templemore, County Tipperary. In fact, his son, Shane, was an intern in my office last year. He is a very fine young man and it was lovely to meet his dad. Michael Ryan came here because yesterday was International Stuttering Awareness Day. The day was marked by the...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Public Transport (22 Oct 2024)

Fiona O'Loughlin: I had hoped that the Minister of State, Deputy Lawless, who is responsible for this area, would have been present to take this matter. I appreciate that the Minister of State, Deputy O'Donnell, is here to take it and that I have the opportunity to raise it once again. I reiterate my frustration not with the Minister of State but in respect of the issue I am highlighting, namely fair fares...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Public Transport (22 Oct 2024)

Fiona O'Loughlin: I thank the Minister of State for his response. I accept that it is complex to integrate new stations, configure ticketing systems and make necessary software changes. Obviously, there are different fares because people use annual, weekly or monthly tickets or just pay for single journeys. The FOI requests I mentioned showed that the revisions made in the NTA requirements mid-project, such...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Oct 2024)

Fiona O'Loughlin: I also welcome our distinguished guests. I look forward to having the opportunity to say "Hello" to them properly later. We heard the sad and tragic news this morning of the death of a young man in Carlow. Our deepest sympathies are with his family. We cannot draw any conclusions about how he died but we know a young woman has been arrested. We often speak about domestic violence but we...

Seanad: Curragh of Kildare (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (22 Oct 2024)

Fiona O'Loughlin: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I will note the time I start and will leave some time for the seconder. I thank the Cathaoirleach and Leader of the Seanad for affording this time in the Chamber to debate my Private Members' Bill, the Curragh of Kildare (Amendment Bill) 2022. The Bill seeks to amend the Curragh of Kildare Act 1961 to make provision for the management and...

Seanad: Curragh of Kildare (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (22 Oct 2024)

Fiona O'Loughlin: I thank the Minister of State for his response. To be honest, I am very heartened by it. While he indicated the Government may seek amendments to the Bill, I am only happy for that to happen because at the end of the day, the resources I have are very limited in terms of drafting a Bill. I am only too happy to have resources the Department and the Government can bring to strengthen a Bill....

Seanad: Curragh of Kildare (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (22 Oct 2024)

Fiona O'Loughlin: He was a good Limerick man, who talked about going from Kerry on a train to matches just to see what the journey was like and talking about passing the Curragh and what that meant. I know from being in different parts of the world, be it Europe or further beyond, when you are trying to explain where you are from in Ireland and you say I am from the Curragh, people know it straight away....

Seanad: Curragh of Kildare (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (22 Oct 2024)

Fiona O'Loughlin: Next Tuesday.

Seanad: Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (22 Oct 2024)

Fiona O'Loughlin: I am happy to second this Bill. I commend Senator Chambers on her work on this. This follows on from her excellent Bill on stalking, which has now become legislation. It is important, as she said, that it is not merely seen as harassment but it is a specific type of behaviour and should be a specific type of offence. When we see the specifics are there, that is what makes good...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Children with Disabilities - UNCRPD Article 7: Discussion (16 Oct 2024)

Fiona O'Loughlin: I thank Mr. Harris, Ms Mellerick, Ms Mullock, Ms Soraghan and Ms Ward for all the work they are doing. It is important work and it is worthwhile. To consider some of the work they have been doing on this, it is incredible that in education the number of second level special classes increased by 714% between 2010 and 2022, primarily due to a 905% increase in classes for autism. That is...