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Financial Resolutions 2023 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (12 Oct 2023)

Réada Cronin: ...not at the optimum complement and capacity it needs to be to defend our waters as it wishes to, as it is tasked to do and as it does so well despite all the Government neglect, as we saw recently off the Cork coast. Seriously, in providing funding in this budget for 400 additional personnel when the Minister knows more people are leaving the Defence Forces each year under the...

Short-term Lettings Enforcement Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (24 May 2022)

Réada Cronin: ..., which means prioritising human and social need over market and corporate greed. As we know, figures that were released to my party colleague Deputy Ó Broin by local authorities in Dublin, Sligo, Cork and Galway showed an exceptionally low level of compliance with planning law when it comes to lets of under 90 days. It sticks in my craw, as a politician and a Teachta Dála for...

Gender-based Violence: Motion [Private Members] (19 Jan 2022)

Réada Cronin: My condolences to Ashling Murphy's family and to all who loved her. She certainly lit a fire in mná na hÉireann, from Derry to Cork and from Galway to Leinster House. To her family, Ashling was just their gorgeous young woman. They wished she had just come home. All of this must be very difficult for the family. The must be a before-and-after Ireland in the aftermath of what...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Reduction of Carbon Emissions of 51% by 2030: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Réada Cronin: ...to look again and co-create something such as in the Burren project, as opposed to always protecting the status quo but really protecting nothing at all? Turning to Mr. Sheehan, I have family in Cork who talk to me about the magic of Bride Valley. If a pocket of ancient Ireland remains, Bride Valley is it. He is a guardian, therefore, of something invaluable. As he said, responsible...

Finance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2020 [Seanad]: Second Stage (10 Dec 2020)

Réada Cronin: ...soup kitchens to be fed. The term "soup kitchen" cuts deep for us in Ireland. The soup kitchens, rack rents, evictions and bailiffs of a former generation feature again in this one. This time, the tent cities in Cork and Dublin do not arise via Trevelyan or Peel but via Bilderberg and Davos. Privilege meets power. Under the Government, privilege is power. It is also a question of...