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Seanad: Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Oct 2025)

Mary Fitzpatrick: I thank the Minister for his engagement with us on the Bill. Before I speak to my amendment, I acknowledge the securing by him and his Department of more than €6 billion in the budget this week. That significant amount of public funds will go towards ensuring our State is safer and that justice is served for all our citizens. Well done. It is a big achievement and it should be...

Seanad: Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Oct 2025)

Mary Fitzpatrick: I thank the Minister for his reply and his consideration of the amendments before him. I really appreciate the thought he is giving to the real-life experience of the potential application of these laws in the retail space. I hear him and I agree with him when he says that spurious allegations should be challenged. They should be robustly challenged and good name should be defended....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Competitiveness and the Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Oct 2025)

Mary Fitzpatrick: I thank all of the witnesses for coming in today and for the work they do representing their members and championing business not just in Dublin but right around the country. We appreciate the opening statements and the submissions the groups make to us, even in between meetings with the committee. I thank them for all the work. It is greatly valued. We take as read all of the groups'...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Competitiveness and the Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Oct 2025)

Mary Fitzpatrick: Has Chambers Ireland made a submission to the Minister on this?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Competitiveness and the Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Oct 2025)

Mary Fitzpatrick: Does Dublin Chamber of Commerce wish to comment?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Competitiveness and the Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Oct 2025)

Mary Fitzpatrick: There is higher risk.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Oct 2025)

Mary Fitzpatrick: Today marks the second anniversary of the horrendous and brutal attack by Hamas on the innocent attendees at the Nova music festival. It resulted in more than 1,200 people losing their lives and more than 250 people being taken hostage. Since then, more than 66,000 or 67,000 Palestinians have been murdered. The genocide, the famine and the horrendous war that have ensued defy words and...

Committee on Drugs Use: Family Supports: Discussion (25 Sep 2025)

Mary Fitzpatrick: My apologies for having to leave. I thank the witnesses sincerely for being here today and the work they do. Mr. Slattery articulated very eloquently the impact and experience of a family member when somebody they love suffers from an addiction. It is horrific. I commend all the guests for the work they do on family support and in supporting people in addiction to move onto a road of...

Committee on Drugs Use: Family Supports: Discussion (25 Sep 2025)

Mary Fitzpatrick: I thank Mr. O’Hara. What about prevention and early intervention?

Committee on Drugs Use: Family Supports: Discussion (25 Sep 2025)

Mary Fitzpatrick: I am sorry but I did not realise the clock was an issue.

Seanad: Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza: Motion (25 Sep 2025)

Mary Fitzpatrick: I thank the Minister of State for being here for this important debate. An ounce of action is worth a tonne of talk and no amount of talking, emotion or wishing things to be otherwise is going to change anything in Gaza. The horrors defy description. They defy our words. It truly is a failure of humanity in its rawest form. To think about it is to think of a post-apocalyptic environment....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Competitiveness and the Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Sep 2025)

Mary Fitzpatrick: Gabhaim buíochas leis an gCathaoirleach Gníomhach. I thank the witnesses for coming to our committee. Unfortunately, I had other commitments. I caught part of the meeting on the monitor. I apologise for not having been here sooner. I have read the opening statements and I thank the witnesses for providing them to us and for the work they are doing generally. Competitiveness is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Competitiveness and the Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Sep 2025)

Mary Fitzpatrick: Is that not really the argument for a European-wide venture capital fund for start-ups, innovators and inventors? Dr. McDonnell is right that we are small, but we are not when considering we are part of a European Union and part of a European market. In that context, numerically we are small, but talent does not have borders. Talent is struggling and has to get on a plane to the United...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Sep 2025)

Mary Fitzpatrick: I would like to join the Cathaoirleach and the Leader in congratulating Martin Hughes on his new appointment and welcoming him to the Seanad. We look forward to working with and supporting him as he supports us to do our job and serve the country. I also want to congratulate and thank Martin Groves and Bridget. They were exemplary public servants and we were blessed with their talents,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Competitiveness and the Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (16 Jul 2025)

Mary Fitzpatrick: I thank all the witnesses for joining us today, the submissions they made to the committee and the work they do every day. They provide valued services in all of our communities, and I am delighted to be here. My colleagues Deputies McCormack and Dolan will both be returning later. On a day like today, there is a lot of coming and going and we do not mean, in any way, to be disrespectful....

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Tax Code (10 Jul 2025)

Mary Fitzpatrick: I welcome the Minister of State and thank him for coming to the House this morning. My Commencement matter this morning calls for the Minister for Finance to make a statement on the proposal from Dublin City Council for the introduction of a tourist bed tax and for the Minister to make a statement on his Department's proposals to legislate to give local authorities revenue-raising powers....

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Tax Code (10 Jul 2025)

Mary Fitzpatrick: I appreciate the Minister of State's response and that this matter falls to the Minister for local government. I will take up the issue with the local democracy task force. I am the Fianna Fáil spokesperson for local government and I look forward to engaging with the task force. One point that is very clear from the Minister of State's reply is that no action will be taken by the...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Tax Code (10 Jul 2025)

Mary Fitzpatrick: I mean for budgetary purposes.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Jul 2025)

Mary Fitzpatrick: On behalf of the Fianna Fáil group, I join in the welcome to our distinguished guests. We stand in solidarity with the victims and families of the genocide in Srebrenica and we renew our call for an end to the genocide in Gaza. On domestic matters, I welcome the announcement by the Minister for justice of his intention to bring a memorandum to Cabinet next week, on 15 July, regarding...