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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Oct 2022)

Pauline O'Reilly: ...further out of the city, thus increasing sprawl. For all kinds of reasons a road is not the best approach. The politicians have probably not been honest with people in Galway for a long time and that is why we are where we are. Thankfully, progress is being made with public transport and cycling options, in particular for Galway city. Let us celebrate that progress and advance these...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Carbon Budgets: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Jan 2022)

Pauline O'Reilly: ...said there were gaps. Professor McMullin has said there were gaps, especially around social justice. Those gaps are there because the data simply are not. That can be built on over time, but we are where we are and we have to act on it.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Oct 2021)

Pauline O'Reilly: ...the Bill as well and it is good to see that we have that cross-party support for an issue of this importance. Safe access zones should have been a part of the original legislation in 2018, but we are where we are. The Minister for Health, Deputy Stephen Donnelly, has acted on this issue. He told me that I could raise the issue and that Government legislation is being drafted. This is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Leaving Certificate Calculated Grades 2020 and Preparations for Leaving Certificate 2021: Department of Education (10 Nov 2020)

Pauline O'Reilly: ...the leaving certificate. It has been proven now to have been detrimental, I would say, to an awful lot of students and young people in terms of their mental health. Steps could have been taken but we are where we are now. That was not a decision for the witnesses and I appreciate that but I just wanted to make that point. In terms of next year and the issue of standardisation, all the...