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Emergency Housing Measures: Motion [Private Members] (9 Feb 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

Duncan Smith: ...what the economic situation in the State. We need to build, continue building, and build some more, and continue to drive down the cost for citizens in paying rent or being able to afford housing. We need to continue to do that. We feel a million miles away from that. This motion does not capture the Labour Party's housing policy. This motion is an emergency housing motion for the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Benefits (9 Feb 2023)

Seán Sherlock: ...is made by a Department's deciding medical officer, very often it poses questions as to the legitimacy of that decision. Given the weight of the medical evidence that has been submitted, people feel understandably annoyed where their initial applications are turned down and, in many cases, the decisions are overturned on appeal. There are still quite a number that do not reach oral...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Welfare and Safety of Workers and Patients in Public Health Service: Discussion (8 Feb 2023)

Annie Hoey: ...There is a nurse here and I want to thank her for coming in and sharing her testimony. She has elaborated on the impact the assaults are having on her and her colleagues. Does she go into work every day feeling safe? I cannot believe that in 2023 in a committee, we are asking the question, "Do you even feel safe going into work?" I cannot believe that we are at that. We should not be...

Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (1 Feb 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

Seán Sherlock: ...scheme is flawed because we know there are so many who are excluded because of this legislation. We know that quite a number of people will not have access to healthcare. All we are seeking, in what we feel is a very reasonable way, is that the Minister shift a little bit towards the position the Opposition is promulgating. Within the very limited means we have, we want to at least...

Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022: Second Stage (1 Feb 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ...those of certain ethnic backgrounds. When the Garda Commissioner makes comments about every body cam having facial recognition technology, those are two major changes in one which we need to be careful about. Let me put the position of the Labour Party clearly. We are in favour of body cams on gardaí. We feel they would protect the member of the public and the member of An Garda...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Feb 2023)

Annie Hoey: ...else they are having themselves and it is quite simply organised thuggery. That is all happening in the milieu of a vacuum around this situation, whether that be from a Government or another level. I feel this is running away from us and the situation in some areas is already out of control. We in the Labour Party had a public meeting on Monday night in Drogheda which was invaded by...

Seanad: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: Statements (1 Feb 2023)

Annie Hoey: ...to reinstate this position, but recruitment for this position is not where it needs to be. There has been no national director for mental health since 2016. I was president of USI in 2016, which feels like a lifetime ago. That is a long time for us not to have that national director. We need to reform the Mental Health Act 2001 to ensure children's rights are protected when they access...

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (31 Jan 2023)

Brendan Howlin: ...on much more responsibility for its own security. The Council has called on the Commission to present a proposal for a European defence investment programme. Where does that leave us? There is a feeling that a European defence structure is being created by stealth. In fact, it is not a matter of stealth for the many countries that advocate for and want such a structure. We seem to be...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Disability Services: Discussion (31 Jan 2023)

Seán Sherlock: ...me if a child cannot communicate to a parent. I am a dad of three kids. One thing we all as parents work on assiduously is getting the child to communicate with us because we want to know how the child is feeling. If that service is denied to a parent, that is something we need to work on. Similarly, ophthalmology is another area coming up on my radar in a big way. The number of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Sale of Alcohol Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (31 Jan 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ...to that. My contribution is the wider education piece, the wider societal messaging and how we can balance that with a need for us to treat people like adults and be responsible. However, it feels like a war that we are losing. My direct question to Mandate is about how we can strengthen the workers’ rights within the Bill to ensure that anybody who takes on these licences for...

Forestry Strategy: Statements (26 Jan 2023)

Duncan Smith: ...Minister of State are present. We have seen, with the demonstration today and with the reaction from the public up and down this country to the proposed Gresham House deal, how strongly people feel about their woodlands, their ancient woodlands, which have been under pressure and under stress after centuries of mismanagement, and the woodlands that are yet to be. The previous Deputy...

Seanad: Emergency Department Waiting Times and Hospital Admissions: Statements (26 Jan 2023)

Annie Hoey: ...situation at UHL at the moment and very little has been done to correct these anomalies. It is important to recognise that there is a staffing deficit in UHL. Many people working in the hospital feel they are being gaslit to some extent by the suggestion that the situation is not too bad. I need only refer to my home area, between Meath and Drogheda, to highlight the impact of...

Seanad: Protection of Private Residences (Against Targeted Picketing) Bill 2021: Second Stage (26 Jan 2023)

Annie Hoey: ..., I am not entirely sure whether any of the protests I have seen outside the houses of politicians or others would be considered peaceful. Perhaps the protestors would disagree but I certainly feel those protests move into a different space of intimidation. As we mentioned here before, there are very often people living in the house targeted in addition to the politician or other figure...

Inshore Fishing: Motion [Private Members] (25 Jan 2023)

Alan Kelly: ...been let down. I have met people from west Cork and south Kerry, where I have many connections, as well as west Clare and further up the west coast. We are seeing negative change and you would feel for them. The inshore fleet comprises around 91% of our fishing vessels, employing close to 3,000 people in rural communities. What gets to me when I talk to these groups, as I have over...

Seanad: Transport Police Service: Motion (25 Jan 2023)

Marie Sherlock: ...drivers, have been calling for this for more than 20 years. I am delighted officials from SIPTU, namely, Mr. John Murphy, Mr. Paul Cullen and Mr. Stephen Millane, are present this evening because they feel passionately about getting the safety and security of drivers and, of course, passengers right. It cannot take a death or a life-changing injury before changes are made. I do not want...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tax Collection (24 Jan 2023)

Gerald Nash: I believe that because of the arguably short-term thinking of the Government, once the €4 billion in once-off measures melted away in January, families started to feel the pinch. We know that the families who are most exposed to energy poverty are those on low incomes, lone parents, older people living alone and people who are living in rural areas. The final electricity credit will...

Forestry Sector: Motion [Private Members] (24 Jan 2023)

Seán Sherlock: ...house from the UK could come in and acquire so much Irish land or have the potential to do so. It will walk away with the premia, let there no doubt about it. The foresters are the people I feel sorry for in all of this, because they will end up being price-takers even though we know they plant all of the forestry in this country at present. Once you start acquiring more land, you start...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Sale of Alcohol Bill 2022: Discussion (24 Jan 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ...be policed. The health service has its point of view as to how it will be dealt with. Those are the main criticisms we as Oireachtas Members will get about our evaluation of this Bill. The Labour Party feels it is beyond time that this legislation was changed and upgraded. From a Dublin perspective, Dublin city centre is dying and needs to be revitalised. We must treat people as...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Aviation Industry (19 Jan 2023)

Duncan Smith: ...has been a huge breach of trust and there is a collapse in trust in the communities there. All local and statutory bodies need to be out in the communities speaking with the residents because they feel they are being ignored and are being given the runaround. They feel that they are not being told the truth about what their lives are going to be like in the coming months and years ahead.