Results 181-200 of 906 for speaker:Róisín Garvey
- Seanad: Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements (29 Mar 2021)
Róisín Garvey: If Senator Keogan plays with fire, she will get burned. This is a waste of time.
- Seanad: Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements (29 Mar 2021)
Róisín Garvey: Senator Keogan, you should respect the Seanad and my position as Chair. Do not be so disrespectful in the House. We would all love to demand one-on-one conversations with the Minister. We are moving to Senator Gallagher. We will hear from the Minister at the end of the discussion.
- Seanad: Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements (29 Mar 2021)
Róisín Garvey: Senators Burke and Buttimer will share time. They have two and a half minutes each, and I will give a 30-second warning.
- Seanad: Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements (29 Mar 2021)
Róisín Garvey: Thanks to the time we have wasted arguing over nothing, the remaining speakers will have 20 seconds each. I must call the Minister in a minute or two. I apologise for that but there is nothing I can do about it. We lost time due to people-----
- Seanad: Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements (29 Mar 2021)
Róisín Garvey: I am sorry, the Senator is not going to waste any more time now. I call Senator Dolan who has 20 seconds.
- Seanad: Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements (29 Mar 2021)
Róisín Garvey: I am sorry Senator Mullen.
- Seanad: Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements (29 Mar 2021)
Róisín Garvey: I thank the Minister very much for coming into the Chamber. We look forward to hearing all the answers to those challenges he faces. I apologise for the delay and the disrespect shown into the Seanad Chamber today.
- Seanad: Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements (29 Mar 2021)
Róisín Garvey: I am going to ignore that comment. I will let the Minister speak. What he has to say about the vaccinations is much more important than the Senator's particular cause or issue.
- Seanad: Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements (29 Mar 2021)
Róisín Garvey: Have a bit of respect for the House and for the Minister. We are facing a pandemic. That is much more important than the Senator's issue.
- Seanad: Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements (29 Mar 2021)
Róisín Garvey: Will the Minister stand up, please? I am sorry; I really apologise for that.
- Seanad: Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements (29 Mar 2021)
Róisín Garvey: I thank the Minister for that.
- Seanad: Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements (29 Mar 2021)
Róisín Garvey: I ask the Senator to allow the Minister to continue without interruption.
- Seanad: Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements (29 Mar 2021)
Róisín Garvey: The Minister must conclude in two minutes as there is a sos scheduled to allow for sanitisation of the Chamber before the next business commences.
- Seanad: Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements (29 Mar 2021)
Róisín Garvey: One minute. I will be killed, but anyway-----
- Seanad: Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements (29 Mar 2021)
Róisín Garvey: I thank the Minister for his time. Before I ask the acting Leader of the House to suspend the sitting, I wish to say it is important that we recognise that all people in the House are humans and deserve respect. It is good to be reminded that the Minister is also a human who deserves respect. My heart went out to him when I heard that his house had been targeted. There is no "us" and...
- Seanad: Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements (29 Mar 2021)
Róisín Garvey: I would like Senator Mullen to respect me while I am in the Chair.
- Seanad: Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements (29 Mar 2021)
Róisín Garvey: May I finish my sentence? The Senator has been in this system much longer than I have. He knows we are having statements. Nowhere here does it say we can have a one-on-one with the Minister during the statements. I am just doing my job as I am instructed to do by the people who know way better than Senator Mullen how to run this House. We should bear that in mind.
- Seanad: Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements (29 Mar 2021)
Róisín Garvey: I thank the Minister for his time, and I am really sorry about today.
- Seanad: Residential Tenancies Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Mar 2021)
Róisín Garvey: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. Tá áthas orm deis a bheith agam labhairt ar an mBille seo. It is a fairly straightforward Bill which provides for an extension of the emergency provisions by three months. Those provisions may need to be reviewed again in three months' time but we all hope we will be back to some kind of semi-normal state by 12 July and that rent...
- Seanad: Residential Tenancies Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Mar 2021)
Róisín Garvey: I want to highlight the prohibition of rent increases is important and the fact that people cannot increase rent at this time. We are coming into the summer and where I live, there are individuals who see dollar signs and think about hoisting people out of houses in May for June, July and August in order to charge ridiculous rents. We see it happening all over north Clare and it has led to...