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Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Issues Facing the Early Childhood Sector: Discussion (7 Nov 2023)

Erin McGreehan: What is needed per child? What does the State need to do? I favour a public childcare system and that is what I am pushing for. As Ms Duggan said, staff are educators providing an education rather than childminders. My children were the better of it after they left the ECCE years. I have a question on the better data. What does that look like? On the five-year plan, we have the census...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Issues Facing the Early Childhood Sector: Discussion (7 Nov 2023)

Erin McGreehan: It was on the €17 payment. Is that per day?

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Issues Facing the Early Childhood Sector: Discussion (7 Nov 2023)

Erin McGreehan: Is that with the core funding?

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Issues Facing the Early Childhood Sector: Discussion (7 Nov 2023)

Erin McGreehan: What about the fees on top of that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Implementation of Inclusive Education in Schools: Department of Education (18 Oct 2023)

Erin McGreehan: The witnesses are welcome to the committee. We often speak about education. Education is the great liberator, as we all know. It is a path for people to achieve or do whatever they want to. Going back to our topic, what is the Department's view of what inclusive education is? Different countries have different models. What is the Department of Education's inclusive education model? To...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Implementation of Inclusive Education in Schools: Department of Education (18 Oct 2023)

Erin McGreehan: I appreciate that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Implementation of Inclusive Education in Schools: Department of Education (18 Oct 2023)

Erin McGreehan: On that, I refer to accommodations for Niamh Kilcawley. She gave me permission to use her name today. Why is Niamh finding it so difficult to progress with the leaving certificate? Ten minutes extra are provided across the board. Previously, she was given ten minutes extra per hour. The provisions do not match those she had for the junior certificate. No training was provided for the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Implementation of Inclusive Education in Schools: Department of Education (18 Oct 2023)

Erin McGreehan: I am looking for advice that I can bring to the Kilcawley family.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (11 Oct 2023)

Erin McGreehan: The Minister of State, Deputy Butler, is very welcome to the Seanad this morning. Unfortunately, the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Deputy McConalogue, cannot be with us because he is at a press conference. Given Waterford's very fertile agricultural land, I know the Minister of State will have an interest in this matter. I seek a statement from the Department of...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (11 Oct 2023)

Erin McGreehan: I thank the Minister of State for her response. A lot of work has been done and I know the Department is behind me on this. I know it can be done because Devenish has done it. It has done incredible research in Dowth in County Meath just across the border from County Louth. By accurately measuring on-farm carbon emissions, we can capture and understand carbon sequestration and the power...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Mental Health Services (11 Oct 2023)

Erin McGreehan: I thank the Minister of State and did not want to stop her with all of her previews. I congratulate her on her work on the budget for 2024. The House stands suspended until 12 noon.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Oct 2023)

Erin McGreehan: I too welcome the announcement of the free travel for those who are medically unfit. Since I came into this House I have raised several Commencement matters on this issue on behalf of people with epilepsy or other conditions. Many people have worked on this issue over the past years. It is a real difference and will make a real change for a lot of people. It will help a lot of people. I...

Seanad: Disability Allowance: Motion (11 Oct 2023)

Erin McGreehan: I asked for it be changed-----

Seanad: Disability Allowance: Motion (11 Oct 2023)

Erin McGreehan: -----because a meeting of the Committee on Disability Matters was on at the same time. I apologise. I requested that, if possible, the time be changed because I did not want to miss a meeting of the Committee on Disability Matters.

Seanad: Disability Allowance: Motion (11 Oct 2023)

Erin McGreehan: Senator Clonan is a member of that committee so he is aware of that.

Seanad: Disability Allowance: Motion (11 Oct 2023)

Erin McGreehan: I apologise for interrupting but I wanted to-----

Seanad: Disability Allowance: Motion (11 Oct 2023)

Erin McGreehan: I move amendment No. 1: To delete all words after “That Seanad Éireann:” and substitute the following: “notes that: - the Minister for Social Protection has published a Green Paper on Reform of Disability Income Support payments for public consultation to provide an opportunity for disabled people and disabled people’s representative organisations an...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: UNCRPD and 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: Discussion (11 Oct 2023)

Erin McGreehan: The witnesses are very welcome to our committee meeting. I congratulate them on all the work they do because it is priceless work. It is for the most vulnerable in the most heartbreaking situations, so it is wonderful. Going back to what we are talking about this evening, it is fascinating how we transfer our goals under the UNCRPD and make sure that our moral and ethical compass here in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: UNCRPD and 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: Discussion (11 Oct 2023)

Erin McGreehan: What are the markers for disability inclusion in the mapping?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: UNCRPD and 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: Discussion (11 Oct 2023)

Erin McGreehan: Yes, do. I would be really interested.