Results 1-11 of 11 for cork speaker:John McGahon

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Cancer Services (22 Feb 2024)

John McGahon: ...and what happened in the past 24 hours after the issue was raised. The proposals came from the HSE. Currently, the approach is different throughout the country – in Meath, Louth, Donegal or Cork. There are different outcomes for different people based on their geographical area. In County Louth where I am from, currently a woman is entitled to two post-surgery bras, one...

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

John McGahon: ...by Alison and it is her job to fit people for bras following mastectomies. Until today, various parts of this country had different funding levels, depending on whether people lived in Donegal, Louth, Cork or Dublin. That was not fair. The Government is now trying to introduce a standardised approach which seems fair and makes sense. However, the approach the Government wants to take...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: School Textbooks (21 Jun 2023)

John McGahon: ...alone. No consideration is given to the sustainability of or the existing good service provided by local shops. For example, if a school in Dundalk has to go through a tender process and a place in Dublin, Cork, or Donegal offers bottom price, it is difficult to have to send the money there rather than to the local bookshop around the corner. That type of understanding of locality must...

Seanad: Media Report on Governance in Local Authorities: Statements (12 May 2022)

John McGahon: ...councillors. This is why overall reform is needed. I do not mean to be radical when I say this but I think we should see directly elected mayors in all local authorities, not just for Dublin or Cork. It should be done for places like Louth or the Minister of State's locality. The reason why is because we would then have an elected official who is running on a campaign pledge to...

Seanad: Budget 2022: Statements (12 Oct 2021)

John McGahon: ...see addressed in next year's budget. We already have a substantial network but we need a dedicated financial strategy to improve our charging systems, particularly in the major cities of Dublin, Cork and Galway. If substantial funding is put into the charging network, it will make the shift to electric vehicles easier. Today's announcement on the retrofitting scheme is extremely...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Transport Policy (21 Sep 2021)

John McGahon: ...about our climate commitments and the targets we have set for 2030 and 2050, high-speed rail has to play a part on this island. For me, that goes from Belfast, Dundalk, Dublin and then on to Cork. I would like an outline from the Minister of State and the Government of our views on high-speed rail, where we see it going and what we hope to achieve with it.

Seanad: Living with Covid-19: Statements (29 Mar 2021)

John McGahon: ...the opening of society on data such as admissions to intensive care units or really severe cases. Those decisions should not be based on the fact there are, say, 700 new cases in Dublin and none in west Cork and that results in the whole country being locked down. The reopening of the country must be based on a different form of metric and measurement. Cohort 4 is a brilliant idea. I...

Seanad: Covid-19 (Transport): Statements (26 Feb 2021)

John McGahon: ...gives them more money in their back pockets. I want to raise the issue of the bike share schemes and e-scooter schemes with regard to transport levels.Bike share schemes should not only be provided in Dublin, Cork, Galway and other highly populated cities but should also be provided in large and small provincial towns across the country. I am from the town of Dundalk, which has a...

Seanad: Mental Health and Covid-19: Statements (12 Feb 2021)

John McGahon: ...know how bloody hard it would be to secure it. This talk is nuts. Besides trying to achieve zero Covid that way, we have three major ports in Ireland - Dublin Port, Rosslare Europort and the Port of Cork. Freight gets into New Zealand via containers, with one massive ship bringing in 1,000 containers. In Ireland, we have what is called ro-ro, which involves approximately 1,000...

Seanad: Annual Transition Statement on Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2015: Statements (9 Dec 2020)

John McGahon: ...way to encourage people to do it. People see all of these financial aids and decide they will buy an electric vehicle. Then, all of a sudden, they realise they will struggle to get from Dublin to Cork or Dublin to Belfast because when they get to the charging points they are faulty or someone is parked in the space while inside having lunch. How do we change this? We do so by having a...

Seanad: National Oil Reserves Agency (Amendment) and Provision of Central Treasury Services Bill 2020: Second Stage (17 Jul 2020)

John McGahon: ...has already been trialled with them. The concept went very well and the investment will now be rolled out to all our intercity rail fleet. That will take anyone on a train from Dundalk, Wexford, Athlone, Cork or Limerick to Dublin. It will really reduce diesel use and greenhouse gas emissions and benefit thousands of commuters at the same time. The second project I really liked was the...