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Seanad: Right to Housing: Motion (4 Jun 2021)

Mary Fitzpatrick: Please do not talk down my time.

Seanad: Right to Housing: Motion (4 Jun 2021)

Mary Fitzpatrick: I apologise. I really was not aware. Senator Warfield is correct. He was here and did put forward amendments. Those amendments were debated and the Minister of State, my party and other parties engaged in those debates. When the time came to vote on the actual Bill, the Opposition called a vote and Sinn Féin would not appoint tellers so its Members would not have to vote. That is...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2021: Second Stage (18 Jun 2021)

Mary Fitzpatrick: I welcome the Minister to the House and thank him for bringing forward this important legislation, which Fianna Fáil will be supporting. I commend the Minister. Taking office in a pandemic is not a light undertaking for anybody but since he took office and having responsibility for housing, local government, local authorities, heritage and planning, he has demonstrated great insight...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2021: Second Stage (18 Jun 2021)

Mary Fitzpatrick: Next Tuesday.

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (18 Jun 2021)

Mary Fitzpatrick: I will be brief. I thank the Senators for all their compliments. I appreciated the unanimous support I received when I brought forward the first amendment. I also thank the Minister and his officials. They met with me since the Seanad last met to discuss this important legislative measure. Everybody agrees with the amendment. Nobody is disputing it. Everybody accepts that there is a...

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (18 Jun 2021)

Mary Fitzpatrick: In this instance, they are.

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (18 Jun 2021)

Mary Fitzpatrick: I heard Senator Boyhan say he is lost. I want to help him find his way. I am genuinely concerned for him because I know he participates very actively in the joint committee on housing. I know he has the utmost respect and admiration for the Minister. I believe he understands that the intention of the Minister and the Government with this affordable housing Bill is to make housing...

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (18 Jun 2021)

Mary Fitzpatrick: -----does not do justice to the contributions you make. It does not. What we are doing with this legislation is legislating to make housing affordable to people on modest incomes.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Jun 2021)

Mary Fitzpatrick: I wish to join colleagues in congratulating the 170 schools that were successful in their applications to the Safe Routes to School programme. It is a really welcome programme, to which there were over 900 applications. Indeed, one in four schools made an application, which shows that there is huge public interest and appetite for the programme. I want to congratulate all of the schools in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Electoral Reform Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Jun 2021)

Mary Fitzpatrick: I will take that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Electoral Reform Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Jun 2021)

Mary Fitzpatrick: I confirm I am in Leinster House.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Electoral Reform Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Jun 2021)

Mary Fitzpatrick: I thank Mr. Joyce, Mr. Doorley and Ms Lane for coming before the committee and giving of their time today, for their submissions and for the really important work they do generally. I would make a few points regarding the prelegislative scrutiny work we are doing on the Bill. Our democracy depends on free and fair elections and for those to be healthy, effective and strong, they need to be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Electoral Reform Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Jun 2021)

Mary Fitzpatrick: Apologies.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Electoral Reform Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Jun 2021)

Mary Fitzpatrick: That would be great.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Electoral Reform Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Jun 2021)

Mary Fitzpatrick: Can we please go back and allow the two witnesses to reply to my earlier questions?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Electoral Reform Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Jun 2021)

Mary Fitzpatrick: I thank Ms. Lane. Does Mr. Doorley want to add anything regarding the quotas or the electoral register and minority participation in politics?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Electoral Reform Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Jun 2021)

Mary Fitzpatrick: I thank Mr. Doorley, and I agree with him 100%.

Seanad: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Jun 2021)

Mary Fitzpatrick: I welcome the Minister and congratulate him and everybody in the Green Party, for whom this must be a proud time, given the many decades it has been campaigning. It is a proud time for everybody around the country who, in a big and small way, has contributed to getting us to where we are. This is a historic piece of legislation and one that hopefully will serve generations to come,...

Seanad: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Jun 2021)

Mary Fitzpatrick: Okay.

Seanad: Residential Tenancies (No. 2) Bill 2021: Second Stage (25 Jun 2021)

Mary Fitzpatrick: I welcome the Minister, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, back to the Seanad. I thank him for bringing this legislation forward. I hope there will be unanimous support for the amendments the Minister is bringing forward. The proposal we are considering today is to extend the emergency protection periods for renters who have been negatively impacted by Covid. I commend the Minister and the...