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Seanad: Employment (Collective Redundancies and Miscellaneous Provisions) and Companies (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (24 Apr 2024)

Róisín Garvey: Comhghairdeas leis an Aire Stáit in her new role. I am delighted to have her in the House as a Minister of State. It is a big honour. I am glad to be able to speak to her for the first time in her new role. I welcome the Bill. It is great. It was a long time coming. Some of it is to rectify Acts that date back to 1977. We are all overly familiar with the sad cases of the Clerys...

Seanad: Smartphone and Social Media Use: Motion [Private Members] (24 Apr 2024)

Róisín Garvey: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire go dtí an Teach. I commend her on all the work she has done to date on this. I commend the Fine Gael party on bringing forward this motion. It is a very serious matter of mental health and social health. The phone has taken over many people's lives. Many parents are not even sure how to manoeuvre them and control what appears on the phone, not to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Relating to Road Safety: Road Safety Authority (24 Apr 2024)

Róisín Garvey: I thank the witnesses for coming in today. It is great to have them here and to have an opportunity to speak. There have been reports in recent months about the level of road traffic injuries being underestimated, given that analysis was being done on Garda records of collisions only. There have been recent reports that the RSA has completed research from both Garda and hospital records...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Relating to Road Safety: Road Safety Authority (24 Apr 2024)

Róisín Garvey: Yes, I am sorry. The RSA gets funding from the NCT and driving licences. I wonder is that swaying its priorities? It does seem that it is all about driving, and not just about other modes of transport.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Relating to Road Safety: Road Safety Authority (24 Apr 2024)

Róisín Garvey: I know that, yes. It is not in every school in the way the driver theory test is.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Relating to Road Safety: Road Safety Authority (24 Apr 2024)

Róisín Garvey: That is my point.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Relating to Road Safety: Road Safety Authority (24 Apr 2024)

Róisín Garvey: It is not just about them cycling. If you drive a car, you are not aware of what it is like to be a cyclist-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Relating to Road Safety: Road Safety Authority (24 Apr 2024)

Róisín Garvey: -----whereas if you cycle a bike, you behave much differently as the driver of a car. Personally, I think you should have to do cycle training to get a driving licence.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Relating to Road Safety: Road Safety Authority (24 Apr 2024)

Róisín Garvey: I can tell Ms O'Connor.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Relating to Road Safety: Road Safety Authority (24 Apr 2024)

Róisín Garvey: Action 41 says that the RSA has part of the responsibility for the modal shift. It is not just the RSA's job to talk about driving but under action 41, it is also its job to promote other things. If the RSA is getting driver theory tests into every school, please get the cycle training, the Leap cards and the use of public transport in. It is part of the RSA's responsibility under action 41.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Relating to Road Safety: Road Safety Authority (24 Apr 2024)

Róisín Garvey: This is the whole thing. I said to the RSA 15 years ago that it needed to broaden its scope. Increased car use is causing fatalities and injuries. The RSA is practically encouraging everybody to drive but not encouraging everybody to cycle or use public transport.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Relating to Road Safety: Road Safety Authority (24 Apr 2024)

Róisín Garvey: I know the programme.

Seanad: Cost of Doing Business: Statements (17 Apr 2024)

Róisín Garvey: I welcome the Minister and congratulate him on his promotion. It is great to have him on board the enterprise, trade and employment challenge. I worked with his predecessors. I will focus on a few matters as the Green Party's spokesperson on that portfolio and also its rural development spokesperson. Both of these briefs tie in nicely with the importance of small businesses. Not only are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Impact of Means Testing on Farm Assist and Other Social Welfare Schemes: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Róisín Garvey: I am sorry; I have questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Impact of Means Testing on Farm Assist and Other Social Welfare Schemes: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Róisín Garvey: Yes, it is.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Impact of Means Testing on Farm Assist and Other Social Welfare Schemes: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Róisín Garvey: Means testing is very important.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Impact of Means Testing on Farm Assist and Other Social Welfare Schemes: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Róisín Garvey: Farmers are losing land to flooding because of soil deposition in rivers as well. This is all linked in. Means testing is very important.