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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 May 2024)

Rebecca Moynihan: I raise the issue of Mount Street and the hundred tents removed this morning. As far as we know, the people there were sent to two unknown locations. There is a crisis with accommodation for international protection applicants in the city. It is the result of a decision by the Government not to house single men. The response seems to be that we will barricade the city street by street as...

Seanad: Europe Day: Statements (9 May 2024)

Rebecca Moynihan: ...time before a general election. Hers is one of the better appointments made by the Taoiseach a couple of weeks ago. On Europe Day I want to highlight not the benefits of European integration and investment, which many Members have spoken about, but the idea and concept of Europe as a peace project, and where it sits now in light of the conflict in Gaza. The European Union is a project...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 May 2024)

Rebecca Moynihan: I wish to raise the issue of the childcare crisis which we are seeing around the country, particularly in my own area. Places are nearly impossible to find and parents are paying insane prices for childcare and deposits to reserve a place in a childcare facility that is far away from their home and workplace. Staff are in insecure employment because of the insecure and unaffordable...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

Rebecca Moynihan: ...for their presentations. It is clear where all the experts in this area who deal with local authorities every day sit. This is a case of taking a hammer to crack an egg. It is unworkable and provides for bad assessment criteria. I recall during the great snow of 2010 people were refused access to longer-term emergency accommodation over the two weeks because they did not meet the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

Rebecca Moynihan: Can Ms O’Reilly come back in? She just talked about returning Irish. Many people have been affected by the social welfare system, for example, and not meeting the HRC. How would that impact on returning Irish who may be impacted by low pay? Does she have any idea of the numbers of people who are currently applying for social housing when they return and going on the social housing...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

Rebecca Moynihan: I have some questions on HAP and the social housing list for Community Law and Mediation. As the witnesses will know, most local authorities will contact people and people may have to reapply for social housing to ensure they meet the current criteria. Does Community Law and Mediation see circumstances in which people who do not have social housing will be kicked off the social housing list...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Apr 2024)

Rebecca Moynihan: I welcome Senator O’Hara. That was a very powerful first speech to the Seanad. I know he will make a great addition and be a great voice in this Chamber over the next year. I also pay tribute to Niall Ó Donnghaile. His absence is a huge loss to this Chamber. I hope to see him back in political life in some form in the years to come. He has very important perspectives and I...

Seanad: Road Traffic Bill 2024: Second Stage (21 Mar 2024)

Rebecca Moynihan: I thank the Minister of State. I welcome the introduction of this Bill as a step towards achieving a reduction in road deaths and, I hope, greater public safety on our roads. The importance of the Bill cannot be overstated at this moment as we have seen a 19% rise in road deaths in the past five years. It represents 184 lives lost, 180 families affected and 184 communities devastated by...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Mar 2024)

Rebecca Moynihan: It would be remiss of me not to wish An Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar, all the best as he resigns and embarks on a new chapter in his life. It is always a big day in the Houses of the Oireachtas when a Taoiseach resigns, and we were all taken aback today by the resignation of Leo Varadkar. Even though he and I come from opposite ends of the political spectrum, he was always a politician of...

Seanad: Private Rental Sector: Motion (6 Mar 2024)

Rebecca Moynihan: ...because renters are often overlooked in the debate on housing. They have come to the forefront now because they are paying sky-high rent while knowing every day that they are living in insecurity. Landlords can evict them if they sell up. Renters must wonder whether that eviction will then make them part of the 13,531 people who sleep rough on our streets. Living in such insecurity is...

Seanad: International Women's Day: Statements (6 Mar 2024)

Rebecca Moynihan: I am sharing my time with Senator Flynn. I thank the Minister. I am delighted to see him and I welcome him to the Chamber. The statements on International Women's Day make me a little uncomfortable because, in the past few years, they have been very bound up in girlboss feminism or spend-money feminism. Listening to Senator Keogan, I was actually reminded of why the statements are so...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Homelessness: Discussion (5 Mar 2024)

Rebecca Moynihan: I thank the Chair. I am not sure I will have enough questions for the length of time everyone will be gone for. I would like to thank the witnesses for coming in and making the presentations and for the work that you do, particularly the Dublin Region Homeless Executive. My office is practically in weekly contact with the Dublin Region Homeless Executive and it can be very good and very...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Homelessness: Discussion (5 Mar 2024)

Rebecca Moynihan: ...units. What is the breakdown of people who exit homeless accommodation who need one-bedroom units? With regard to the progress on Housing First, it was based on a policy document from 2009 and was meant to provide Housing First tenancies and wraparound services. Has that all but been abandoned? I do not mean it has been completely abandoned but the Dublin Region Homeless Executive is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Homelessness: Discussion (5 Mar 2024)

Rebecca Moynihan: That is interesting. I thank Ms Hayes and Mr. Durkan.

Seanad: Community Safety and Investment: Motion [Private Members] (28 Feb 2024)

Rebecca Moynihan: I move: That Seanad Éireann: acknowledges that: - An Garda Síochána play a vital role in ensuring our communities are safe, law and order is upheld, and community well-being is maintained; - there is a crisis of morale within An Garda Síochána resulting in a significant number of Gardaí leaving the service; - there are real and growing concerns about safety...

Seanad: Community Safety and Investment: Motion [Private Members] (28 Feb 2024)

Rebecca Moynihan: Sorry, we will do six, five and five.

Seanad: Community Safety and Investment: Motion [Private Members] (28 Feb 2024)

Rebecca Moynihan: I welcome the students from west Cork and Zoe from the National Traveller Women's forum who is here with Senator Flynn. Across all communities and demographics, people are expressing a growing feeling of unsafety. People in working class communities feel unsafe in their neighbourhoods, the LGBTQ community reports increased levels of hate and related threats and violence and ethnic...

Seanad: Community Safety and Investment: Motion [Private Members] (28 Feb 2024)

Rebecca Moynihan: I thank Members for their engagement on the motion and their support of it. Most of them particularly recognised the focus on community policing in it, which the Minister referenced in her speech. Unfortunately, as regards how she referred to it, I do not think she got what community policing is. She talked about how, in policing, all police will be community police. While that may seem...