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- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (31 Jan 2024)
Lisa Chambers: ...may be shared, all other Senators not to exceed five minutes and the Minister to be given no less than ten minutes to reply to the debate; and No. 128(7), Private Member's business, motion regarding family carers, to be taken at 5 p.m., with the time allocated to this debate not to exceed two hours.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (31 Jan 2024)
Victor Boyhan: I agree with and support the Order of Business for today. I commend Fine Gael, in particular, on its Private Member's motion on family carers. It will be an interesting debate, an active and robust one. I note that my colleague, Senator Tom Clonan, has submitted amendments to the motion, on which I will be speaking.I hope there will be good attendance in this House for what is a very...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (31 Jan 2024)
Mary Seery Kearney: ...pattern. It is disrespectful to this House, it is disrespectful to the Members of this House and disrespectful to the very serious issues raised by Members of this House addressing children on waiting lists, carers left without any care or support and people imprisoned in their homes in desperate situations with a HSE that is not answerable to anyone for anything. It is time we had a...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (31 Jan 2024)
Catherine Ardagh: ...and a modern political democracy. I was disgusted for her that this was allowed to happen. In Ireland over the next few months, we are facing an important referendum to widen the scope of families and carers, as well as local and European elections. There are dozens of challenges to democracies around the world in various countries. The proliferation of the use of AI as a tool for...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (31 Jan 2024)
Seán Kyne: I would like to acknowledge and welcome the announcement by the Minister, Deputy Humphreys, this week of the double payments for January on behalf of the Government to pensioners, carers, lone parents and people with disabilities. Some 66,287 people, approximately, in Galway will benefit from these double payments this week. The January cost-of-living double payment will benefit 1.3 million...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (31 Jan 2024)
Lisa Chambers: ...regarding a pedestrian bridge and signage along the blueway in Rathangan that will require €3.5 million to deliver. I would like to see that delivered. Senator Boyhan spoke about the family carers debate that will happen later on. He welcomed the debate and thanked Fine Gael for using its Private Members' slot to facilitate such an important debate. He also congratulated the...