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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 May 2024)

Garret Ahearn: The Order of Business is No. 1, report of the Committee of Selection, to be taken without debate on the conclusion of the Order of Business; and No. 2, Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Human Trafficking) Bill 2023 - Second Stage, to be taken at 11.45 a.m., with the time allotted to the opening remarks of the Minister not to exceed 15 minutes, those of group spokespersons not to exceed 12...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 May 2024)

Garret Ahearn: I thank Senators for their contributions. Before I begin, I wish to acknowledge that Senator Moynihan's mother passed away. I want to pass on all of our condolences to the Senator at this difficult time. I lost my mother a long time ago - it is 24 years now - and it still hurts. It is raw for the Senator at the moment, but I am sure the support of her friends and colleagues in the House...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 May 2024)

Garret Ahearn: I am not condoning it, and I certainly do not have one. However, there are many people using that facility to watch games at home, which is not what the GAA, RTÉ or anyone wants. It is not true to say that people are not watching at home, that is for sure. The Sisters of Charity National School in Clonmel is a wonderful primary school that caters for approximately 380 girls. It has...

Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Second Stage (14 May 2024)

Garret Ahearn: The Minister of State is very welcome to the Chamber. I firstly acknowledge the amount of work he has done on this incredibly important piece of legislation. There are so many addictions people can have from drugs, to alcohol, to gambling and to loads of things, but the one which can be hidden the most is gambling. We need to put in as many measures as possible to create as much of a...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 May 2024)

Garret Ahearn: Today, I had the wonderful opportunity of having more than 30 members from the Cashel retirement group come to Leinster House. The Cathaoirleach was kind enough to meet them. I promised I would raise two issues which they asked me to bring up. It relates to things important to them locally in Cashel and nationally for older people. The first is an update on the 60-bed nursing unit in...

Seanad: Employment (Collective Redundancies and Miscellaneous Provisions) and Companies (Amendment) Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages (2 May 2024)

Garret Ahearn: Next Wednesday at 12.30 p.m.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 May 2024)

Garret Ahearn: Can we contact the Minister for Transport, Deputy Eamon Ryan, regarding the N24 road from Limerick to Waterford? I have raised this issue numerous times. We are at a critical stage with this project.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 May 2024)

Garret Ahearn: Perhaps the request could be made in the context of her position rather than personally. On a serious note, there are only a few weeks left until the design group completes its work on the design for this route. It is being done in two phases. The phase relating to the part of the road between Cahir and Waterford is the one that has been shelved by the Minister. He has decided not to fund...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Mar 2024)

Garret Ahearn: Tipperary County Council has put forward two important projects for the town of Clonmel. It is awaiting a response and a decision by two Departments. The library in Clonmel has made an application for library capital funding through the Department of Rural and Community Development. This is a really ambitious project to redevelop the main library in Mick Delahunty Square, Clonmel. It is a...

Seanad: Private Rental Sector: Motion (6 Mar 2024)

Garret Ahearn: You would know that there was a poll at the weekend. Every time Sinn Féin slides, the only thing it seems to think it can talk about is housing. Yet, every time they talk about housing after a polling collapse, they make another blunder of some kind. What I hear most now in Tipperary is people saying how Sinn Féin does not have a clue what it is talking about. It does it week...

Seanad: Private Rental Sector: Motion (6 Mar 2024)

Garret Ahearn: Through the Chair, I actually welcome the interruption. The Senator said it would be because it would increase the price of housing. I do not agree with her but let us say she is right. Let us take an example of a house in Clonmel that costs €300,000 where someone wants to buy that house at the moment. Let us go with Senator Boylan’s argument. They are struggling, they...

Seanad: Private Rental Sector: Motion (6 Mar 2024)

Garret Ahearn: There is the desperation of interruption, the desperation of talking about housing and the collapse of support for Sinn Féin. They do not what to do. They do not know what to talk about. They think they know something about housing, but every time they talk about it, they now lose more support. We go on and on. People are looking at Sinn Féin now and are saying there is no...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Mar 2024)

Garret Ahearn: I second the amendment by my colleague, Senator McGahon. I too want to raise University Hospital Limerick. I concur with comments made by Senator Dooley about management of the hospital. At some point last year, Fine Gael had Private Members' business here with my other colleagues from the region, Senators Maria Byrne and Conway. Since then, nothing has got better. The Minister has put...

Seanad: EU Talent Pool: Motion (5 Mar 2024)

Garret Ahearn: I thank the Acting Chair. I am covering for Senator Ward today. The Minister of State and his officials are very welcome to the Chamber. I agree with the previous Senator in that we should have a debate on this topic. Even though this matter needs to be dealt with by tomorrow, it is important that we have a debate on it. From the Fine Gael perspective, we support what the Minister of...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Inshore Fisheries (28 Feb 2024)

Garret Ahearn: I thank the Minister of State for his reply, which was appreciated. It is the detail I am looking for. I acknowledge that the response states IFI will provide the detail.I am referring to the simple things. The IFI says it gets weekly calls to the hotline and that it responds to them in a timely manner, but there is no information about how many calls it gets per week. It would be good to...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Feb 2024)

Garret Ahearn: I also welcome Senator McGreehan's brother. If, as she claims, he is responsible for her having an interest in politics, then I blame him for the arguments I have with her in this Chamber, although we are meant to be on the same side. I welcome the news today from the Minister, Deputy Humphreys, and the Minister of State, Deputy O'Donnell, on the plans for the town centre first programme...

Seanad: Employment Permits Bill 2022: Second Stage (27 Feb 2024)

Garret Ahearn: I welcome the Minister of State, a former Seanadóir, back to the House. I thank the Minister of State and his officials for the work they have done on this. It is funny that for years I only knew of work permits as things that soccer players coming from abroad needed to be able to play in the UK. In the last number of years they have become a big thing in Ireland. The reason for this...

Seanad: Employment Permits Bill 2022: Second Stage (27 Feb 2024)

Garret Ahearn: Tomorrow at 10.30 a.m.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Feb 2024)

Garret Ahearn: I wish to raise an issue I have raised numerous times in this House, which relates to Irish Water and if we could have a debate with the Minister, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, about it. There is outage after outage of water services in Clonmel. People are at their wits' end. People are coming to and ringing our office the whole time. Sometimes, it might take four or five days to solve the...