Results 1-20 of 53 for speaker:Garret Kelleher

Seanad: Housing Finance Agency (Amendment) Bill 2025: Second Stage (21 Oct 2025)

Garret Kelleher: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit, an Teachta O'Sullivan, agus gabhaim buíochas leis as teacht isteach inniu. Tugaim mo tacaíocht don leasú tábhachtach atá os ár gcomhair anocht. As the Minister of State outlined in his opening remarks, what we are doing here is legislating for an increase in the statutory borrowing limit. If we do so, it will be the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Healthcare Provision: Discussion (21 Oct 2025)

Garret Kelleher: I thank Professor Heenan for a very common-sense answer. I appreciate that. On Professor Matthews's comments on midwifery-led care as opposed to what we might be more used to, which is the consultant-led model, I have a few questions specifically on home birth, an area that would be primarily midwifery-led. Does Professor Matthews see scope for co-operation between the two jurisdictions in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Healthcare Provision: Discussion (21 Oct 2025)

Garret Kelleher: I thank Professor Heenan and Professor Matthews. Prior to becoming a Member of the Oireachtas, I worked for a private healthcare company. There was certainly huge co-operation between clinicians in the North and South. The company I worked for was focused primarily on respiratory care. The North-South co-operation between clinicians and east-west co-operation between clinicians on the...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Schools Building Projects (2 Oct 2025)

Garret Kelleher: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Leas-Chathaoirleach agus leis an Aire Stáit as ucht teacht isteach maidin inniu le héisteacht liom an todhchaí Ghaelscoil an Chaisleáin i mBaile an Chollaigh a phlé. Tús maith leath na hoibre a dheireann phobal na Gaeilge i gcónaí, agus is fíor é sin i gcás Gaelscoil an Chaisleáin ar an taobh iarthar de...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Schools Building Projects (2 Oct 2025)

Garret Kelleher: I thank the Minister of State for his understanding of the issue. His points were spot on - why wait when the demand is already there? I appreciate the Minister of State coming in and that he was given notes by the Department but I dispute that there is adequate accommodation in the school at the moment. We as a school community need to address that to ensure the correct decision is...

Seanad: Global Sumud Flotilla: Statements (2 Oct 2025)

Garret Kelleher: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit as ucht teacht isteach, go háirithe nuair nach raibh sé ag súil leis an díospóireacht thiubh. Chomh maith le mo chomhghleacaithe eile, tá imní orainn faoin méid atá ag tarlúint. Like Senator Kyne, I am deeply concerned about the interception of the flotilla. As my colleagues, Senators Comyn and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: General Scheme of the Criminal Law and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2025: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)

Garret Kelleher: Gabhaim buíochas le gach éinne as ucht na scéalta atá cloiste againn istigh anseo. Like my colleague, Deputy Butterly, I also have concerns about the use of counselling notes. That was excellently articulated by the courageous contribution of Ms Behan, and also by Dr. Leahy. One of the quotations that Ms Behan gave in her evidence about somebody who felt stripped bare...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: General Scheme of the Criminal Law and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2025: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)

Garret Kelleher: That would be great.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: General Scheme of the Criminal Law and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2025: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)

Garret Kelleher: I want to take up some of the answers to the questions that Ms Behan raised rather than her opening statement which I found very stark. I thank her for the contributions she has made throughout the meeting. She spoke about how crucial counselling and therapy was to her survival and that she would not be here today if was not for that. She also said that she would not have gone to therapy...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with Institute of Public Health (30 Sep 2025)

Garret Kelleher: At the outset, I commend the IPH on its great work. It is a fantastic example of cross-Border co-operation and the fact it was established prior to the Good Friday Agreement shows it was done proactively rather than in reaction to the agreement. Its work should be commended. Following on from some earlier questions related to the UK's withdrawal from the European Union, I have two...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with Institute of Public Health (30 Sep 2025)

Garret Kelleher: The health inequalities have not been referenced. Presumably, there have not been any obvious ones that have manifested themselves or been exacerbated since the change due to the UK's withdrawal?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with Institute of Public Health (30 Sep 2025)

Garret Kelleher: I was going to ask a couple of other questions but in the time that I have left, I will say this. A long time ago, I worked in the directorate general for health and consumer protection and on the task force that examined the co-ordination of European Union member state responses to the possibility of chemical, biological and nuclear attacks within the European Union. This is unlikely to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: General Scheme of the Criminal Law and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2025: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)

Garret Kelleher: I thank Ms Behan very much.

Seanad: Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza: Motion (25 Sep 2025)

Garret Kelleher: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit, an Teachta Smyth, as ucht teacht isteach. Cuirim fáilte roimh an rún atá os ár gcomhair tráthóna inniu ó Sheanadóirí Fhianna Fáil. Is tábhachtach an rud é gach iarracht gur féidir linn a dhéanamh ón tír seo teacht ar réiteach ar an gcoimhlint sa...

Seanad: Migration: Statements (23 Sep 2025)

Garret Kelleher: Cuirim fáilte an Aire Stáit, an Teachta Brophy, agus gabhaim buíochas leis as ucht teacht isteach chuig an Seanad inniu. Mar is eol dúinn tagann sé isteach chugainn go rialta chun ábhair éagsúla a phlé agus is fíor-thábhachtach é an t-ábhar atá os ár gcomhair inniu, ábhar a bhfuil an tAire Stáit freagrach...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: ACT Smartphone App: Discussion (16 Jul 2025)

Garret Kelleher: I echo the sentiments of previous speakers. It is massively impressive. As somebody who worked in the healthcare industry, the storage of patient information and moving on from pen and paper to more centralised data storage within hospitals is key to making progress and delivering better outcomes for our patients. Your app will play a role in that regard, hand in hand, as Deputy Daly said,...

Seanad: Transport Policy: Statements (10 Jul 2025)

Garret Kelleher: Ba mhaith liom buíochas a ghabháil leis an Aire Stáit, an Teachta Buttimer agus an Aire, an Teachta O’Brien as ucht bheith i láthair sa Seanad inniu chun cúrsaí iompair a phlé linn. Mar atá déanta ag Seanadóirí eile, ba mhaith liom fáilte a chur roimh an mbeirt acu. I have listened with interest to all the contributions to...

Seanad: Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (9 Jul 2025)

Garret Kelleher: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire, an Teachta O'Callaghan, atá ar ais sa Seanad chun an leasú seo don Bhille um Chlúmhilleadh a mhíniú dúinn agus a phlé linn. In broad terms I welcome this amending Bill. As the Minister has outlined, it includes many necessary and progressive provisions that will improve the laws and legal proceedings in the area of...

Seanad: Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (9 Jul 2025)

Garret Kelleher: Were the comments withdrawn? Can this be clarified?