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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Right to Request Remote Work Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Mar 2022)

Garret Ahearn: I thank Ms McElwee very much. There is no problem taking the time to clarify that point. Could I have Ms King's view on small companies being exempt from this proposed legislation?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Right to Request Remote Work Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Mar 2022)

Garret Ahearn: Does Ms King have any suggestions in terms of other ways of handling it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with Representatives from the European Commission (3 Mar 2022)

Garret Ahearn: The Commissioner is very welcome to Ireland and to this meeting. I was interested in his comments regarding the right to disconnect and remote working. He said that it has a positive impact for rural areas and rural communities across Europe. I am from a region that is within an hour of four cities and prior to the pandemic people travelled back and forth to the cities. It was a round...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Mar 2022)

Garret Ahearn: I second Senator Malcolm Byrne's motion to invite President Zelenskiy to address this House and the Lower House. It would be a very useful exercise. I wish everyone a very happy International Women's Day. Last year, as colleagues might remember, we were in the Dáil Chamber and I had an opportunity to read an extract from a book published last year that had a speech my mother gave in...

Seanad: Sea-Fisheries (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (8 Mar 2022)

Garret Ahearn: Now.

Seanad: Redundancy Payments (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (8 Mar 2022)

Garret Ahearn: I thank the Minister of State for being here this evening. I thank him and his Department for all the supports that have been put in place for businesses right across the country throughout the past two years. The work the Minister of State's Department has done has been greatly appreciated and acknowledged from an employer and employee perspective. This is an element of something that...

Seanad: Redundancy Payments (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (8 Mar 2022)

Garret Ahearn: Next Tuesday.

Seanad: Redundancy Payments (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (8 Mar 2022)

Garret Ahearn: Tomorrow at 10:30 a.m.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Wildlife Regulations (9 Mar 2022)

Garret Ahearn: I thank the Minister of State for coming to the House to take this important matter. This is slightly off topic, if the Chair will allow me, but I wish to I thank him for the announcement this week on the built heritage investment scheme. He has given €10,000 to Knocklofty House in my parish. He met the group Save Knocklofty House. He committed to supporting it and he has now done...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Wildlife Regulations (9 Mar 2022)

Garret Ahearn: I thank the Minister of State for his response . I agree with him. The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine should play a greater role in this. The Irish Farmers Association, IFA, has taken this onboard in Tipperary. We have very good members in the gun club, including Pat O'Sullivan, who I mentioned earlier, Robert Phelan and Brendan McGill. There are almost 100 members and...

Seanad: Brain Health and Dementia: Statements (9 Mar 2022)

Garret Ahearn: I also welcome the announcement of extra hours for home help for people with dementia. I agree with what loads of people said today. I only have a minute and a half to speak so I will focus on one topic in terms of home help and carers. The work they provide is phenomenal. I have seen it myself. My uncle passed away last year from dementia and the care he received was phenomenal. We...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Mar 2022)

Garret Ahearn: I will follow on from some of the previous contributors' comments on the announcement yesterday on the cut in fuel costs, including diesel prices. While it is welcome, it is utterly pointless if we have petrol stations around the country increasing their prices by the amount by which we are reducing them. I have had phone calls from people in Tipperary who saw those increases happen within...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Mar 2022)

Garret Ahearn: If Senator Gavan could convince his councillors to actually vote in favour of housing projects, we might have more in towns like Castleconnell----

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Mar 2022)

Garret Ahearn: -----than the five being built. There are thousands throughout the country that have been refused.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Mar 2022)

Garret Ahearn: We have members of Sinn Féin who have never in their time as public representatives ever voted for housing projects and yet claim they will be able to solve the housing crisis. I was in the House yesterday and I listened to very fitting contributions by a number of Senators, including the Leas-Chathaoirleach, on the very sad passing of Mr. David Hill at the weekend.I was playing with...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Agriculture Schemes (24 Mar 2022)

Garret Ahearn: I thank the Cathaoirleach; I think that is his official title for today anyway. I thank him for stepping up to make today possible. It is appreciated. I thank the Minister for coming into the House. He is always very good. When anyone has a Commencement matter, as lead Minister, he always comes in and takes it.. As someone from a farm of tillage farmers, it is first important to note...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Agriculture Schemes (24 Mar 2022)

Garret Ahearn: I thank the Minister very much for his detailed response. I raised the matter of supporting farmers with the rising cost of fertiliser in recent months and he came to the House on that occasion to respond to it. We discussed the matter before Christmas. We have one party in government with us that will be in up in arms with this suggestion. Is there a way to support tillage farmers with...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Fuel Costs: Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (23 Mar 2022)

Garret Ahearn: I thank the witnesses for the contributions. I want to follow up on the issue raised by Senator Crowe in terms of complaints. The witnesses said in their contributions that there have been 200 complaints which the CCPC is dealing with at the moment. On a yearly basis, in terms of fuel costs alone, not the display of fuel costs, how many complaints does the CCPC get a year? For example,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Fuel Costs: Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (23 Mar 2022)

Garret Ahearn: Almost no one would make complaints to the CCPC in regard to the price of fuel.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Fuel Costs: Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (23 Mar 2022)

Garret Ahearn: If I drove to a fuel pump today and the price was €2.60, which was totally out of sync with everywhere else in the country, who do I make the complaint to?