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Seanad: Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (14 Jun 2022)

Pauline O'Reilly: ...overconsumption. A circular economy is about ensuring that we are not only consuming, but also putting things back into the system. If there was a 100% perfect circular economy, nothing would be destroyed or thrown away and everything would be reused. I am no under illusions that we will reach that point but this issue is part of what this Bill is trying to address. The Minister of...

Seanad: Local Government (Surveillance Powers in Relation to Certain Offences) Bill 2022: Second Stage (26 Jan 2022)

Pauline O'Reilly: ...complete disrespect for such an area. The question arises as to why one should continue to do clean-ups at a location when getting nowhere and if someone is going to dump there the next weekend. It is soul-destroying for the people affected. They have been calling for CCTV for years. The same old issue of GDPR comes up and really does tie the hands of the council. I believe it is also...

Seanad: Post Office Network: Motion (26 Apr 2021)

Pauline O'Reilly: .... For that reason it is investing in working hubs. It is taking a climate perspective but we also need to look at it from the point of view of building up our communities and town centres and not destroying them. Regional development would be the next step. We have seen that the north-west has moved back to being a region in transition. What is the reason for that?If we fail to invest...