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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Jul 2021)

Lisa Chambers: The Order of Business is No. 1, motion regarding the arrangements for the sitting of the House on Friday, 9 July, to be taken on the conclusion of the Order of Business, without debate; and No. 2, Private Security Services (Amendment) Bill 2021 - all Stages, to be taken at 11.45 a.m., and the proceedings thereon shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion at 12.45 p.m. by...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Jul 2021)

Fiona O'Loughlin: I second the Order of Business. Members will remember my raising in the House the case of Mr. Pat Tinsley and his very difficult and debilitating disease, amyloidosis. I called for a debate on how the extra €50 million in the budget for battling rare diseases is being spent. This morning, Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan is launching a Bill that would address this matter. It is very...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Jul 2021)

Barry Ward: The bike-to-work scheme has been a major success and a number of people have availed of it, allowing them to invest in a bicycle and use it to get to work. We know that cycling is, in many ways, a far superior way of getting around. It can be faster and it does not cause pollution. There are health benefits. However, the scheme operates by alleviating the tax burden for those in...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Jul 2021)

Gerard Craughwell: At the outset, I wish to put on record my gratitude to members of the Royal British Legion in Ballymoney and Coolrain for their support of the Organisation of National Ex-Servicemen on this island when they raised more than £1,000 in a walk across the Giant's Causeway. Speaking of Defence Forces matters, I am aware that post-1994 contractees are still not aware of their future fate,...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Jul 2021)

Mark Wall: I wish to raise two issues with the Deputy Leader of the House. The first is a Defence Forces issue and one that could benefit the terrific Defence Forces families we have in this country. Since the withdrawal of the UK from the EU, the Permanent Defence Force Other Ranks Representative Association medical assistance scheme, PMAS, has been waiting on confirmation that it can continue to...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Jul 2021)

Joe O'Reilly: I support the words of my good friend, Senator Mark Wall, concerning gambling. The Deputy Leader will be aware that I have been raising this subject in my own right for many a day as well, as has Senator Wall. The important point is that President Michael D. Higgins has now come on side in this regard and made a very clear speech at a Tiglin charity event in Wicklow. He stated that...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Jul 2021)

Timmy Dooley: I welcome the opportunity to contribute. We all recognise that one of the positives from the pandemic will be the opportunity many people have had to work from home and to have the blended experience of working some days in the office and some days from home. It will benefit those who had long commutes and those who live in the west and mid-west. However, concerns have been relayed to me...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Jul 2021)

Tim Lombard: I wish to raise the issue about the lack of infrastructure and funding when we look at issues pertaining to roads. West Cork, in particular, has a population of almost 90,000. If it was a county on its own, it would be the eighth largest county in Ireland. It is on a par with County Kilkenny and places like County Westmeath. The lack of funding for infrastructure is a huge issue,...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Jul 2021)

Catherine Ardagh: I support my colleague, Senator Flynn, with regard to her call that a high-tech, state-of-the-art school be built in the new amalgamated school in Ballyfermot and for that to specifically include a canteen and sports hall. We know Ballyfermot is a very working-class area. The children there need every advantage to level the playing field in order that they have every opportunity, like the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Jul 2021)

Jerry Buttimer: I wish to raise to two issues with the Deputy Leader this morning. The first is in the context of attendance at championship matches. We all witnessed and welcomed the return of matches with crowds and spectators at the weekend. The pilot games were a success and we salute and congratulate Cumann Lúthchleas Gael on its successful handling of the matches in all the provinces. I ask...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Jul 2021)

Marie Sherlock: Last week, we saw the culmination of 80 years of work in the OECD with the reaching of an historic agreement for fair tax competition across the developed and developing world. However, the Government decided to stand apart from 131 other countries by not supporting the agreement in full. There are serious questions for the Government, to which we need answers in this House. We need to...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Jul 2021)

Eugene Murphy: I thank the Cathaoirleach for this opportunity to raise an issue on the Order of Business. It is always good in these times to speak about good news. I very much welcome the announcement by the Department of Education yesterday confirming, at long last, that an agreement in principle has been reached with the HSE on a four-acre permanent site at the Parkmore estate in Ballinasloe for St....

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Jul 2021)

Maria Byrne: I also want to welcome good news. I am chairperson of the board of management of Gaelcholáiste Luimnigh. The Minister for Education, Deputy Foley, announced the building project for the school can now go to tender. We have been waiting for this news for two years and it is fantastic. We will have a 26-classroom school for 650 students. While I am on the subject of Gaelcholáiste...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Jul 2021)

Denis O'Donovan: I ask the Deputy Leader to support the demand made my colleague from Cork, Senator Lombard, for extra funding to address the severe flooding we endured in places like Bantry and Skibbereen, not once but twice last year, and which cost millions of euro. I raise a matter related to fishing, which is close to my heart. It concerns an application for funding to carry out a development options...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Jul 2021)

Vincent P Martin: I read with some concern and alarm a report in yesterday's edition of The Irish Timesthat the Government intends to change the current judicial review court system in respect of planning applications. The speculation is - and I believe this idea was concocted before the formation of the current Government - that the intention is to deter people from objecting in planning related matters by...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Jul 2021)

Lisa Chambers: I thank all Members who contributed to the Order of Business. Senator O'Loughlin raised the orphan drugs Bill that is being launched today by Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan. I pay tribute to former Deputy John Brassill, who initiated this Bill in the previous term. We are now bringing it back again. It is important that we deal with the issue of drugs that combat and treat rare diseases....