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Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Former President Mary Robinson (12 Jun 2024)

Róisín Garvey: ...makers, whether it is local authorities, people in this House or people in the Dáil, to realise that this is no longer a game? It is too important to use as a political football to try to destroy the green voices of those who have been genuine about this for 30 years. It is affecting our children, our homes, our food and our land. All my neighbours are losing land every year to...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Jan 2024)

Róisín Garvey: ...all-Ireland debating medals as Gaeilge. The art of debate is fading and people like Senator Norris inspired me to go on with that element of debate because the United States has been completely destroyed thanks to this polarisation. I fear that similar things might happen here when I see political points scoring. The Senator is the antithesis of that and is exactly what we need in Irish...

Seanad: Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (25 May 2022)

Róisín Garvey: ...see the legislation updated. It has been there since 2014. The Bill is very important. Of late, we have lots of experience of whistleblowers, what they can and cannot do, and how their lives are destroyed. Sergeant McCabe, of course, comes to mind, as well as others. I really welcome the Minister of State's work on the Bill. It is very important. We have seen the huge importance...

Seanad: Flood Risk Management: Motion (19 Oct 2021)

Róisín Garvey: ...experienced kayaking down Parnell Street in Ennis a number of years ago. The plan at the time was to raise the wall parallel to that street along the river bank. Lo and behold, two years later the flooding had moved to Abbey Street. Instead of repeatedly destroying the same businesses year after year, we have just moved the problem further down. This was due largely in part to bad...

Seanad: Biodiversity: Motion (5 Nov 2020)

Róisín Garvey: ...the ongoing emergency; acknowledges that: - nature and biodiversity, meaning the diversity of living things within ecosystems, are deteriorating globally at rates unprecedented in human history, thus steadily destroying the essential basis for our health, sustenance, prosperity and quality of life; - scientists have warned that a sixth mass extinction event, labelled the 'Anthropocene...