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Seanad: Loneliness: Motion (1 May 2024)

Pauline O'Reilly: ...Swanick, which showed that loneliness is the public health crisis of this generation; - the 2021 study by the UK Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution, which noted that younger farmers were less likely to confide in anyone about poor mental wellbeing and more likely to report feeling lonely; - research conducted by Calor and Macra na Feirme (2016) which found that 27 percent of...

Seanad: Loneliness: Motion (1 May 2024)

Pauline O'Reilly: Every time you put forward a motion or a Bill, you worry that people will not get it and will not understand how vital it is to bring forward an issue and to bring solutions to the surface. I thought at the start that I might be standing here alone, a Billy No-Mates, but everybody, from all political groupings, has been passionate about this issue. It does require a little thought. I...

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

Pauline O'Reilly: It gives me huge pleasure, on behalf of the Green Party, to welcome our colleague, Mal O'Hara, who is chair of our all-Ireland party. I have worked closely with Mal for a number of years. On behalf of the Green Party, I negotiated our foreign affairs and Northern Ireland policy and Mal joined me in those negotiations along with former leader Clare Bailey. We negotiated with the Ministers,...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Citizens' Assembly (14 Dec 2023)

Pauline O'Reilly: The Minister of State is very welcome. I am raising the issue of the citizens' assembly on education this morning. I am failing in my efforts to find a date for this citizens' assembly.That is why I, unfortunately, have had to call the Minister of State to the Seanad. Under this Government, a number of successful citizens’ assemblies have been held. I am passionate about the...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Citizens' Assembly (14 Dec 2023)

Pauline O'Reilly: With due respect to the Minister of State, when I last raised a Commencement matter, it related to his Department, yet it was the Minister of State, Deputy Madigan, who took it. Today, I am raising an education matter and the Minister of State, Deputy Ossian Smyth, is taking it. Neither situation is desirable. It sounds like the Minister of State’s response was written by...

Seanad: Hypothermia Scalp Cooling Therapy: Motion [Private Members] (13 Dec 2023)

Pauline O'Reilly: I thank the Minister for being here today. I also thank Bríd McGrath who is in the Public Gallery. She raised this issue with me and since then we have been working together on it. We have discovered that a large number of people in Ireland have benefited from cold cap treatment in hospitals. In some ways it is quite straightforward. Much research have been done and in over 50% of...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: School Transport (6 Dec 2023)

Pauline O'Reilly: The Minister of State's response has outlined numerous other problems with school transport which highlights the absolute urgency in getting this report. We are now in December and we will be lucky to get sight of it before Christmas. It will end up having taken more than two years to get a report to tell us what we basically already know which is that school transport is a bit of a joke....

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Renewable Energy Generation (22 Nov 2023)

Pauline O'Reilly: As already outlined, we need these projects to go ahead as soon as possible in light of the debt and financial issues associated with their not proceeding in a timely manner. One of the issues I have is that there is an enabling grant of up to €180,000 per project through the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland, SEAI. No community project of which I am aware is in receipt of that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Future Licences and Contracts to Connect Data Centres to the Gas Network: Discussion (15 Nov 2023)

Pauline O'Reilly: I thank the witnesses for staying to answer our questions. We really appreciate it, as we know it is late. I am trying to get my head around this. What Ms Donnelly is speaking about is dealing in reality, rather than the idea that we can just change all of these things overnight but in time, with regard to the kind of usage people have for data. If those policies come on stream around...

Seanad: Public Health (Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2023: Second Stage (14 Nov 2023)

Pauline O'Reilly: The Minister is very welcome. This is a piece of legislation we have all been looking forward to in the Seanad. The real reason vapes are so much in our face and that we smell them when walking down the street is due to a cynical attempt by the tobacco industry to find new markets for itself. Our children are the people who not just the industry but, indeed, governments have been letting...

Seanad: Provision of Free HRT Treatment: Motion [Private Members] (18 Oct 2023)

Pauline O'Reilly: I will say at the outset how lovely it is to see the Minister of State in the Chamber for this really important day. This is World Menopause Day and it is kind of coincidental that I am bringing forward this motion, which is about free hormone replacement therapy, HRT. However, it is also a really good opportunity for us in this House to speak about the importance of women's lives and the...

Seanad: Budget 2024 (Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform): Statements (10 Oct 2023)

Pauline O'Reilly: The Minister of State is very welcome. It is great to see him here. Overall, this is a very positive budget. It is no surprise that we were all a bit concerned and worried, as we would be, because we meet constituents all the time who are worried about their futures, their families, and about the cost of living. This budget very much aligns with Green Party policies and principles, which...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Current and Future Plans of the School Building Unit: Department of Education (3 Oct 2023)

Pauline O'Reilly: I thank the witnesses for coming in. The fact that we have such a full membership today and that we have other members waiting shows that people are very frustrated with the system. The first thing I want to bring up is the issue of solar panels. It is the Department’s responsibility to roll out solar panels across all schools. As the witnesses know, the climate action fund has...

Seanad: Rights-Based Care Economy: Motion (27 Sep 2023)

Pauline O'Reilly: The Minister of State is very welcome today. I am delighted to have her in the Chamber, and I wanted to thank the caucus for putting care to the forefront of the activities of our parliamentarians. It is really important and as we have said many times in this Chamber, the Seanad being made up of 40% women, and having women at the table, makes a difference. That is the first thing I wanted...

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by H.E. Maura Healey, Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (27 Jun 2023)

Pauline O'Reilly: I welcome Governor Healey. It is a mutually emotional moment any time we have somebody here with us to speak about their connection to our country. As the Governor outlined, it is the same in return. In September next, I will have members of my family, my own mini-diaspora, coming back to Ireland, from Australia, Canada and the US. This will give us an opportunity to visit places I have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: General Scheme of the Research and Innovation Bill 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2023)

Pauline O'Reilly: I thank the witnesses and we are honoured to have them because they have such a deep knowledge of research. It is important that it is not only the organisations that are coming before us, but that the people who have been working in the area for a long time are also coming before us. With legislation, there is a temptation to put everything in and therefore all kinds of suggestions come to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: The Future of STEM in Irish Education: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Mar 2023)

Pauline O'Reilly: I thank the witnesses. I will focus on the equality aspect. The reason there had been a gender focus on STEM was because of those working in industries based on STEM subjects. However, as Professor Looney quite rightly said, we are in a different phase now. We are somewhat through a digital revolution and we are into a green revolution. That means that every single human must have that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: The Future of STEM in Irish Education: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Mar 2023)

Pauline O'Reilly: I have a few points about educators of our young STEM potential. A few things struck me. Thirty years ago, I ran a course across Europe for career guidance teachers at second level, which was run completely by female engineers, to try to address some of the gender bias that may have been there around the options students took. We are still talking about that. The informal set of...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Feb 2023)

Pauline O'Reilly: I am going to speak about Rare Disease Day, which was mentioned by previous speakers, because it is important to do so. Even though 300,000 people in Ireland are obliged to deal with rare diseases, it is very difficult for individuals to advocate for any kind of intervention on their behalf. An alliance of the organisations involved is important. I am involved with Addison's Ireland. Very...

Seanad: Moving Towards Zero Tolerance of Violence against Women: Statements (9 Feb 2023)

Pauline O'Reilly: I welcome the Minister. I came back from Brussels this morning. I was there yesterday to help launch an atlas on contraception for Europe. Ireland has jumped significantly, by 15%, to make it into the top four. This has happened quickly because of small measures but, in some ways, it has taken quite a while to get here because the likes of the Irish Family Planning Association has been...