Results 1-20 of 109 for speaker:Eileen Lynch

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Jul 2025)

PJ Murphy: I express concerns about what is coming down the track soon with the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Act 2023. From 1 September, the new regulations will deem all antiparasitic veterinary drugs to be prescription only. These are a large number of remedies used on farms on a day-to-day basis, such as sheep dip, dry cow mastitis tubes and ivermectin...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Ash Dieback and Other Forestry Issues: Discussion (16 Jul 2025)

Eileen Lynch: I thank the Minister of State and his team for being with us today and for his patience during what has been a very informative but lengthy session. Many of the issues have been raised but I want to touch on one issue that has already been addressed. With regard to the afforestation plan, we are not at delivery and we delivered just one fifth of the plan for 8,000 ha of forestry last year....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Ash Dieback and Other Forestry Issues: Discussion (16 Jul 2025)

Eileen Lynch: I thank the Minister of State. It provides great clarity. It is no harm to call it out in the manner in which he did. It is important that is done. What the Minister of State said about the graph and the way in which it actually works in reality makes perfect sense. It is important that message gets out there in light of the statement in the Irish Independent today. On ash dieback, I...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2025: Committee and Remaining Stages (15 Jul 2025)

PJ Murphy: The Minister of State is very welcome. I thank him for coming to the Seanad this afternoon. Despite what has just been said by the Opposition, I stand here and compliment the Minister of State on the amendments before us. They will do exactly as intended: enable development. I will go to the bones of the amendment: "The holder of permission for residential development may apply to the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Issues Facing the Residential Rental Sector: Discussion (15 Jul 2025)

PJ Murphy: I am from the south Galway area of the Gort-Kinvara municipal district, which is rural rent pressure zone within commuting distance of Galway city. In recent years, there has been a noticeable trend in the area regarding accident landlords. I refer here to people who came into ownership of houses as a result of family bereavements. Some of these people rented their properties to a single...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Issues Facing the Residential Rental Sector: Discussion (15 Jul 2025)

PJ Murphy: Does the organisation have any proposals to improve the situation for these accidental landlords to which I referred?

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Disability Services (10 Jul 2025)

Eileen Lynch: I thank the Minister of State for being here. I raise this matter because I believe it is incredibly important. It is the need to provide ring-fenced funding towards transport for those in receipt of adult disability day services. Currently, children in special schools who are in receipt of disability day services can receive transport to and from their service until they turn 18 years of...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Disability Services (10 Jul 2025)

Eileen Lynch: I thank the Minister of State for his reply and appreciate that this is not his Ministry. I find the reply incredibly disappointing. As the Minister of State has noted, there are transport services available on a limited and discretionary basis. There are no guidelines. There is not even a means test in place. I have thankfully worked closely with some of the fortunate recipients and...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2025: Second Stage (10 Jul 2025)

PJ Murphy: I welcome the Minister of State and his officials to the Seanad. Having studied this legislation over the past number of days, I believe it to be a real common-sense and very necessary Bill that will facilitate the building of more homes and streamline extensions to planning permission timelines during this current housing crisis we are all experiencing. Of the 17 sections in the Bill, I...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2025: Second Stage (10 Jul 2025)

PJ Murphy: Next Tuesday.

Seanad: Teachtaireacht ón Dáil - Message from Dáil (10 Jul 2025)

PJ Murphy: Next Tuesday at 2.30 p.m.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Jul 2025)

PJ Murphy: I rise to speak about the blue badge parking scheme or what would be more correctly referred to as the disabled person’s parking permit. This permit allows persons with severe mobility restrictions to park in disabled parking spaces in our towns, villages and cities throughout Ireland and is issued by the Disabled Drivers Association of Ireland or the Irish Wheelchair Association....

Seanad: Post Office Network: Statements (9 Jul 2025)

Eileen Lynch: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire Stáit as a bheith anseo inniu. I am delighted we are discussing this issues and ongoing concern, namely, the future of the post office network and the critical role it plays in the life of rural Ireland, particularly in rural regions such as my own in Cork North-West. In communities across the country and especially in rural parishes, the local post...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Farm Safety: Discussion (9 Jul 2025)

Eileen Lynch: I thank all the witnesses for being with us today and for their comprehensive statements. As my colleagues said, this is an incredibly important issue and affects every farm family and every farm, whether they have been directly affected or just from the perspective of the importance of safety on the farm. It was mentioned - this is not a phrase that should be associated with this - that it...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Jul 2025)

PJ Murphy: I wish to draw attention to the condition and structural stability of Ireland's tallest and possibly most iconic monastic round tower, namely, Kilmacduagh in Tierneevin in south County Galway. In documents dating back over 250 years, a slight lean in that round tower was documented. Local archaeologists and local people monitoring the tower have noted a major increase in the lean of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Priorities of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage (8 Jul 2025)

PJ Murphy: I thank the Minister for coming in. I am sorry I missed the earlier part of his address; I was engaged in the Seanad. I will start off by congratulating the Minister on the guidelines that propose to reduce the minimum size of apartments. I fully agree with this proposal. As he just pointed out, viability and affordability are key. Apartments that are not being built, irrespective of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Priorities of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage (8 Jul 2025)

PJ Murphy: We are on the same page. I fully agree with the Minister about oversight from Uisce Éireann. A specification would have to be provided by Uisce Éireann. The plant on completion would have to be taken in charge by Uisce Éireann. It is very important that whatever specification is provided by Uisce Éireann would be financially viable for the developer. My fear is that...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Jul 2025)

PJ Murphy: I wish to raise a topic that has been mentioned in the national media in recent days, which is the issuing of online sick notes in the State through websites that require no consultation whatsoever with a registered medical practitioner. A number of websites are offering a service where people can go online, submit their personal details, submit the details of their employer, select the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Jul 2025)

Eileen Lynch: I wish to address a matter I have raised before, namely, the need to provide ring-fenced funding for transport for those in receipt of adult disability day services. Currently in my county of Cork, there are 242 users of adult disability day services across 25 providers. The issue is that there is no transport provision or funding for a child using the services. These are provided until a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Dog Control and Sheep-Worrying: Discussion (2 Jul 2025)

Eileen Lynch: I thank all the organisations for their briefings. It has been very informative. I did not realise the number of non-microchipped pet dogs there was in the country. With regard to my background, I keep greyhounds. It is an incredibly regulated sport. We have to microchip our dogs if we want to register them and if we want them to compete. It is incredibly lax that the same does not...