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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Challenges Facing Businesses in Relation to Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility: Discussion (20 Mar 2024)

Róisín Garvey: I thank the witnesses for coming here today. I apologise for my tardiness. I had other things happening but I am here now. It is great to have the witnesses here today. This is one of the things I am very passionate about. I am the Green Party spokesperson for enterprise, trade and employment and for rural development. I have worked with many small companies and social entrepreneurs...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: The Circular Economy: Discussion (4 Oct 2023)

Róisín Garvey: I am thankful for this good opportunity to talk about the circular economy. It is a very interesting subject. The circular economy concept deals with everything. It has a huge remit, including talking about recycling and reusing. It is an extensive remit, so it is good we have a Minister of State to do this properly now, because we have been struggling for years while looking at Germany,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: The Circular Economy: Discussion (4 Oct 2023)

Róisín Garvey: I purposely did not name the company. I have another idea. I love the waste management sites. I am like a Womble. I have got bikes, food mixers and televisions from them. I have even made a bicycle-powered smoothie maker out of stuff I got from landfill sites. However, there is no setup there to encourage people to come onto site to reuse such things as timber and bicycles. The lads...

Seanad: Road Safety: Statements (27 Sep 2023)

Róisín Garvey: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit chuig an Teach. I was delighted to hear some of the announcements he made recently around speed reduction and I thank him for that. I worked full-time for 12 years on behavioural change around car use before I became a Senator. I have worked with town, city, and village schools, and those up the mountain and where nobody else is around. The...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Local Link Transport Services: Discussion (10 May 2023)

Róisín Garvey: To go back to the subject of bus poles, I hear what Mr. Gaston is saying, namely that capacity seems to be a huge issue. Has the Minister been asked for additional funding to get people on the ground? The local authorities are telling me they have new active travel staff but that none of their jobs requires them to have anything to do with bus stops. They are busy working on walking and...

Seanad: Rail Network: Statements (23 Feb 2023)

Róisín Garvey: I thank the Minister for coming in. I thank him also for being the first Minister for Transport to invest in rail transport in about 70 years. It has been going rapidly downhill for a long time. There had been little meaningful difference made, and I can say that as someone who has been using the train for the last 30 years to travel to Dublin, Limerick and Galway from Clare. I have been...

Seanad: Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Committee Stage (1 Feb 2023)

Róisín Garvey: I welcome the great work of ZEVI and the importance of working towards anything other than fossil fuels. It is important that the research from ZEVI is not just about e-cars. I may consider tabling an amendment on Report Stage. We should also research car-sharing of e-cars, not just sales. GoCar is working very well. I hope research expands into that area, and the fact that there is a...

Seanad: Election of Cathaoirleach (16 Dec 2022)

Róisín Garvey: Oireann an Cathaoir duit. The Chair is a good look; it suits the Cathaoirleach. I look forward to working with him. I remember coming in on, I think, my second day in the Seanad. I had no idea what I had let myself in for. I had no clue. Senator Buttimer and I discovered we had a mutual friend in common in Paul Linehan, the lead singer of the Frank and Walters, which was a very good...

Seanad: Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Second Stage (6 Oct 2022)

Róisín Garvey: This is a great day for road traffic in Ireland. This is badly needed legislation, especially given the increased use of e-scooters, e-bikes, etc. I congratulate the Minister and his team on the work to date. There are a few different points I wish to raise around the Bill itself. Section 56 of Part 15 relates to zero emission vehicles Ireland, ZEVI. I looked up the website and it looks...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Joint Meeting with Joint Committee on Disability Matters
Accessibility in the Built Environment, Information and Communication: Discussion (29 Sep 2022)

Róisín Garvey: There is a very important point on which we must be very careful here. I worked with active travel and people with disabilities for more than 15 years in my previous job dealing with children with disabilities in active schools. We must be very careful when we talk about cars and cyclists. The bigger issue as I see it is that we do not even design for able-bodied people. We have been...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Joint Meeting with Joint Committee on Autism
Accessibility in the Built Environment, Information and Communication: Discussion (29 Sep 2022)

Róisín Garvey: There is a very important point on which we must be very careful here. I worked with active travel and people with disabilities for more than 15 years in my previous job dealing with children with disabilities in active schools. We must be very careful when we talk about cars and cyclists. The bigger issue as I see it is that we do not even design for able-bodied people. We have been...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Youth Perspectives on Climate Challenges: Discussion with Foróige and Comhairle na nÓg (3 Jun 2022)

Róisín Garvey: ...Chamber. When I was 16 I won a debating medal about the hole in the ozone layer and I do not know if our guests would remember that issue as it was before their time. It was an interesting one to think about today as I listen to other 16-year-olds. That campaign was won in two ways. It was won by people like me and thousands of others all around the world saying that we did not want...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Recycling Policy (24 Mar 2022)

Róisín Garvey: ...now and we have new buzzwords coming in.The word “sustainable” is one, although it has been misused for years, and there is also "climate change" and "biodiversity". A newer buzzword that is coming to the fore is “circular economy”. I know the Minister of State has done much work done on that. I therefore thought it would be appropriate to invite him to the...

Seanad: Humanitarian Support for Ukrainian Refugees: Statements (23 Mar 2022)

Róisín Garvey: Laskavo prosymo.That is "welcome" in Ukrainian. Unfortunately, I have been saying those words a lot recently because we have had so many Ukrainians come into our county. Maybe we should all learn how to say those words for starters. I thank the Minister deeply because from the get-go he has turned on a sixpence and created systems that were never before demanded at such a scale and in such...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Feb 2022)

Róisín Garvey: The Minister of State and his family are welcome. I wish to raise an issue around the circular economy. The term "circular economy" will become one of those new buzzwords like "climate emergency" and "sustainable" everything. I want it to be explained in a very clear way so we do not think that if we keep mentioning the word "sustainable" it will make a difference. The circular economy is...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Feb 2022)

Róisín Garvey: ...duine anseo. Is é sin an Lá Fhéile Bríde deireanach nach mbeidh lá saoire poiblí againn. Finally we will have a public day of recognition for the first female saint in Ireland. It is about time because, to be honest, we are all saints. We need a lot of patience. I am sure I wreck some people's heads. I will give as good as I get. It is good that we...

Seanad: National Development Plan 2021-2030: Statements (30 Nov 2021)

Róisín Garvey: I do not know if I have had the pleasure of speaking to the Minister before but I am in awe of the challenges and the work that he has to do in his role as Minister. It is an honour to have him in the House. On paper, the national development plan is the largest and greenest plan we have ever seen.The Minister, Deputy Michael McGrath, has said that himself. It is most welcome. It is...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Nov 2021)

Róisín Garvey: I wish to express my delight with the funding announced yesterday by the Minister, Deputy Eamon Ryan, for communities to get funding for climate action projects. There is a commitment to €30 million over the next 18 months and another €30 million 18 months later. To break it down, it gives an opportunity for community groups or individuals who want to work with community...

Seanad: Public Transport: Motion (3 Nov 2021)

Róisín Garvey: It is great to see Fine Gael bringing this motion forward. I was involved in the programme for Government negotiations and I know that the Green Party fought hard for a major investment in public transport. For the first time in history, more money is going to be spent on public transport than ever before. I will claim that partly for the Green Party. We have been raising the issue of...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Jun 2021)

Róisín Garvey: Perhaps we need to have a proper debate in the House about people-centred design in our villages and towns. As I cycled to the convention centre from the Liberties, something I have done since last July, I noticed how much the city has changed from full lockdown to opening up again. I had to cycle around a couple of trucks and vans. Things have changed a lot. I noticed that the quality of...