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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Africa Day: Discussion with African Ambassadors to Ireland (21 May 2024)

Réada Cronin: I welcome the witnesses to the meeting. We certainly have a critical history in common insofar as Ireland was also a colonised country. I thank the witnesses for the kind words about Ireland and whatever help we have been on the international stage. Palestine is a defining political issue for us in the EU. Palestine is very close to our hearts and I am wearing my Palestinian Ireland...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Parental Bereavement Leave (Amendment) Bill 2021: Pre-Committee Stage Scrutiny (14 May 2024)

Réada Cronin: The Bill does not really relate to pregnancy loss. I was thinking of children who were born up to the age of 18. I know there is legislation to cover maternity leave in the event of pregnancy loss. Senator Clonan's baby was different. His baby died during birth, which is horrendous. If there was any help I could give, I would be very interested in that. My understanding is that someone...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (18 Apr 2024)

Réada Cronin: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Leas-Cheann Comhairle agus leis an Aire Stáit as ucht glacadh leis an saincheist inniu. I also thank the office for facilitating the change for me. I know the work that goes into those procedures so I appreciate that. Ba mhaith liom comhghairdeas a ghabháil leis an Aire Stáit as an bpost nua freisin. Ar a laghad do ghlac sé leis an bpost...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (7 Mar 2024)

Réada Cronin: 6. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will work with like-minded countries in the EU, or elsewhere, to organise an airdrop of emergency food and medical supplies to the people of Gaza who are being bombed, shelled, starved and besieged by Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10892/24]

Report of Joint Committee on Gender Equality: Motion (29 Feb 2024)

Réada Cronin: ...looking at the calendar that we would be discussing the report on gender equality on 29 February, the extra day in the leap year when a woman generally had the gender-equality option of proposing to her man. We have come a long way but we have a long way to go for ourselves, our sisters and our daughters, and indeed their daughters. We will not and must never stop in our push for gender...

Child and Youth Mental Health: Statements (29 Feb 2024)

Réada Cronin: ...contacted by a constituent on a mental health issue, especially if it is their child, who is a minor, or young adult son or daughter, I feel their helplessness, their disbelief and pain, and, all too often, their panic because I know that by the time they come to me, they have been firing handballs against the haystack that is CAMHS as it operated by the Department of Health and the HSE. ...

An Bille up an Daicheadú Leasú ar an mBunreacht (Cúram), 2023: An Dara Céim - Fortieth Amendment of the Constitution (Care) Bill 2023: Second Stage (14 Dec 2023)

Réada Cronin: I am glad to speak on Second Stage of the Fortieth Amendment of the Constitution (Care) Bill 2023, which relates to women in the home and the operation of care. I thank the citizens' assembly for its great work and commitment. I thank again all the NGOs that came to the committee to discuss this. It was an interesting committee. I enjoyed contributing to it. I also thank the chair of the...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (14 Dec 2023)

Réada Cronin: ...have been inundated with calls from parents in Prosperous and Clane. It is only a matter of time before I hear the same from Maynooth and Kilcock. I have already submitted parliamentary questions to ask about a emergency plan for the area. I wish the replies would stop referencing the geographical information system, GIS, in the replies because it is not working for north Kildare. I...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (12 Dec 2023)

Réada Cronin: I was in my constituency office in Naas that Thursday evening, and I could hear the sirens going off on the main street as gardaí headed towards Dublin. It is for this reason that I really want to talk to the Minister of State about what it is like for families of gardaí who were left unprotected that night at the riot. I know what it is like to be a member of a Garda family, and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Update on Ukraine: Discussion (5 Dec 2023)

Réada Cronin: It is very hard, particularly coming into Christmas. I would like to ask the ambassador to talk about the so-called adoptions, which should be called abductions. I spoke to a friend of mine who is a teacher. She told me the Ukrainian children in her school are clever and diligent. They are doing very well here. I would also like to ask the ambassador to speak about how the embassy could...

Neutrality: Motion [Private Members] (28 Nov 2023)

Réada Cronin: I take this opportunity to welcome home the highly trained peacekeepers of the 122nd Infantry Battalion who returned from south Lebanon at the weekend. It was genuinely uplifting to see their families welcome them home. I wish them all the best as I do those of the 123rd Infantry Battalion who are rotating in at the most dangerous time for decades in the Middle East, while the EU gives full...

Policing, Protests and Public Order: Statements (28 Nov 2023)

Réada Cronin: .... That is, anyone except this Government and the Garda Commissioner, who insist, despite all the evidence, that Garda resources are adequate and that Dublin is safe. The far right was quick to mobilise and a riot ensued. The scene of that horrific crime was vulnerable. Gardaí were attacked. They were under-resourced, underequipped and facing lawlessness on a large scale with...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Global Humanitarian Response: United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (14 Nov 2023)

Réada Cronin: I also thank Mr. Rajasingham. He is very welcome to Ireland and to our committee. I would also like to give my condolences towards the families of more than 100 UN workers who have lost their lives. The committee's brief also covers the Department of Defence. The 122nd and the 123rd battalion of peacekeepers are currently in rotation in south Lebanon. We all have skin in the game, as...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council and Departmental Matters: Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and for Defence (17 Oct 2023)

Réada Cronin: I get that. There is also an intergenerational trauma that Israel no doubt feels because of the Holocaust. Ireland should be ready to play a bigger role in trying to find peace. We can talk about Hamas using human shields. Israel also uses human shields when it grabs land, Palestinians are displaced, and people of the Jewish faith are moved onto those lands. What are they only human...

Sustainability of Stability of Services Provided by Section 39 and Section 56 Organisations on behalf of the HSE and Tusla: Statements (12 Oct 2023)

Réada Cronin: I thank an Teachta Ó Murchú for sharing his time with me. I am extremely concerned about all our section 39 and section 56 workers, such as all those working in the Irish Wheelchair Association in north Kildare and Dara Community Living in north Kildare. I welcome the disability federation, the federation of voluntary service providers, and the service users, or, as I like to...

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (12 Oct 2023)

Réada Cronin: As my party's junior spokesperson on defence, I will direct most of my budget contribution on the crisis in the Defence Forces. It is fair to say there will be hurt and disbelief in barracks and bases across the State this week because the Defence Forces can be in no doubt that the Government values them by plámás only. If the Government valued the Defence Forces at all, it would...

Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Human Trafficking) Bill 2023: Second Stage (4 Oct 2023)

Réada Cronin: I am also very glad to speak to this Bill on this Stage. Its wide provisions are welcome, particularly the piece in Part 2 to which the Minister of State referred earlier whereby a person who provides a character reference on behalf of a convicted sexual offender would be available to be cross-examined by the court. That is really welcome. I am also happy to say this is particularly...

An Garda Síochána: Motion [Private Members] (4 Oct 2023)

Réada Cronin: Gabhaim buíochas don Ghrúpa Réigiúnach as an rún seo. There has to be a real concern about the morale in the Garda and their stated positions recently. I do not want to get parochial around this. I have spoken about the fact that we have such low Garda numbers in north Kildare before. I believe that we are at a critical stage. I welcome the fact that the Minister...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces (3 Oct 2023)

Réada Cronin: I accept that. The workers who work in the Curragh fire station are extremely experienced individuals. Munitions are also kept in the Curragh Camp in Kildare and it is important that we have a fire service there. I went to have a look at the facility. When you lose something like that, it is gone and it is hard to get it back. Apart from the monitoring of munitions, every six months...

School Transport 2023-2024: Statements (3 Oct 2023)

Réada Cronin: I wrote a couple of pages on this issue but I could have written a book on the state of school transport in north Kildare. The Minister knows how often I have been in touch with her about this, particularly about the 41 children from Rathcoffey and Straffan who are trying to get to school in Celbridge and Maynooth. She knows how often I have stopped her in the Chamber to tell her about the...