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Seanad: Election of Cathaoirleach (29 Jun 2020)

Róisín Garvey: I am my own woman too, despite my father's best efforts.

Seanad: Election of Cathaoirleach (29 Jun 2020)

Róisín Garvey: Ar an gcéad dul síos, déanaim comhghairdeas leis an gCathaoirleach. Go n-éirí leis agus ní bheidh mé ró-chrua air de bharr a chairdeas agus is comharsa béal dorais dom é i gContae an Chláir. Is as Eidhneach mé, baile beag bídeach i gContae an Chláir idir An Bhoirinn agus Aillte an Mhothair. Is onóir dom í a...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Jul 2020)

Róisín Garvey: I support my colleagues Senators Conway and Dooley. We were in Shannon Airport yesterday and it was like a ghost town. I strongly support their convictions around proper regional development, which they keep talking about. However, it is time for action, not words, on Shannon Airport and that whole region. I want to talk about something much more basic than flying, which is the basic...

Seanad: Microenterprise Loan Fund (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (9 Jul 2020)

Róisín Garvey: It is an honour to speak in this room. It was quite humbling to walk in the door. It is an honour to have the Minister of State present. I congratulate him on his new position and look forward to working with him. Coming from a small village in north Clare, all we have ever had are microenterprises. There are just about no multinationals anywhere along the western seaboard from Kerry up...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Jul 2020)

Róisín Garvey: I will talk briefly about the Shannon region, Shannon Airport and Shannon Heritage. On Monday, instead of coming up to Dublin, I joined hundreds of workers protesting at the airport. In this time when all of us, not just the Green Party, are really conscious of the need for a just transition, it is really important that we look at balanced regional development. Instead of looking at...

Seanad: Health (General Practitioner Service and Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) Bill 2020: Second Stage (24 Jul 2020)

Róisín Garvey: I may not need a full eight minutes. I congratulate the Minister. He has an onerous task ahead of him so he had better roll up his sleeves. His role is a poisoned chalice which has been passed around over the years. Luckily, he has some good connections with Clare so we will do all we can for him. I welcome the Bill. There are some very interesting and useful things in it. It will be...

Seanad: Tourism: Statements (28 Jul 2020)

Róisín Garvey: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire agus déanaim comhghairdeas léi as ucht a post nua. Is dúshlán an-mhór é di. Má tá aon duine in ann an jab a dhéanamh, is í an tAire, an Teachta Martin, an duine sin. Nár laga Dia í agus í ag déanamh a dícheall an dúshlán seo a chomhlíonadh go croíúil agus go...

Seanad: Tourism: Statements (28 Jul 2020)

Róisín Garvey: Is it?

Seanad: Tourism: Statements (28 Jul 2020)

Róisín Garvey: I thought I had five minutes. Can we examine these measures to see if they can be changed for music venues? We have musicians who are seriously struggling as well. I have requested that the Minister, the Minister for transport and the Minister of State with responsibility for heritage, all of whom happen to be in the Green Party, will come together to look at the devastation that we are...

Seanad: Tourism: Statements (28 Jul 2020)

Róisín Garvey: I know the best spots.

Seanad: Education: Statements (28 Jul 2020)

Róisín Garvey: I welcome the Minister. I am a maths and physics teacher and co-founder of a school in Ennistymon called Mol an Óige Steiner national school. It has been in prefabs for more than 16 years, and although it got approval from the Department for buildings, it is waiting for one letter from the Department so that it can start the tendering process. My son is 21. He went to school at four...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Jul 2020)

Róisín Garvey: I will speak today on greenways. As someone who has been working in the area of sustainable travel for many years and campaigning and writing letters endlessly seeking money for such things, I am very happy with yesterday's announcement of funding. I could not let this opportunity go without speaking on this development. Some people think of greenways as a place where people go for a bit...

Seanad: Financial Provisions (Covid-19) (No. 2) Bill 2020: Second Stage (30 Jul 2020)

Róisín Garvey: I thank the Minister of State for giving us his time today, which I am sure is very precious with all that is going on. I welcome the employment wage subsidy being extended to March 2021. That is important. The stay and spend incentive is brilliant overall and it is very positive that people can get 20% back on their spending, even if they spend only €25. The cycle to work...

Seanad: Skellig Star Direct Provision Centre and the Future of Direct Provision: Statements (30 Jul 2020)

Róisín Garvey: I have no doubt that the Minister and the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs are just as concerned as all the people in this room about the current issue that has been landed in their laps. I will read from a letter by a group of asylum seekers staying in a direct provision centre because their voice is not in this Chamber. It states, "Dear Ministers and IPAS. We are the residents of...

Seanad: Skellig Star Direct Provision Centre and the Future of Direct Provision: Statements (30 Jul 2020)

Róisín Garvey: The writers of the letter finish up by asking to be transferred to a better place. I have worked with refugees, including Tibetan refugees, in a number of different settings. I was doing work in this area as far back as 1995, when direct provision was first experimented with in County Clare. People were getting stopped at Shannon Airport, due to American immigration requirements, and they...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Sep 2020)

Róisín Garvey: We have spent 50 minutes debating the need for more time to debate the Bill, which is a joke. We need to focus on the Bill. If we have to remain here and work overtime - God forbid, we are paid enough to do that - we might get through it in one day. Let us not waste any more time asking for two days to debate it when we have not even started the debate on it. The Bill is very clear. I...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Sep 2020)

Róisín Garvey: I ask Senator Mullen not to interrupt me. He should also direct his comments through the Chair. We should show respect to our fellow colleagues, in particular the Clerk, Martin Groves, who is the wise man of the House. I say that with respect to the father of the House, Senator Norris. We should also respect the rules of the House. If we are not careful, we could bring about a situation...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Sep 2020)

Róisín Garvey: We have so much to debate, but let us first start the debate on the Bill before us.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Sep 2020)

Róisín Garvey: I wish to raise today something I feel passionate about and which has come up in many different Departments and realms. It started with us signing up to the UN Conference on Sustainable Development goals in 2015. We must now get our heads around these because they are in the Standing Orders for every departmental committee thanks to my colleague, Deputy Ó Cathasaigh, who got them. Our...

Seanad: Aviation Industry: Statements (1 Oct 2020)

Róisín Garvey: It is great to see another strong woman from the west getting up the ranks. I congratulate the Minister of State and look forward to working with her. I have a few points on the aviation industry and road transport while we have her ear. I am sure she is just as aware as everybody else in the room of all the problems so I will not waste time describing them. Instead I will focus on some...