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Emergency Budget: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (28 Jun 2022)

Gerald Nash: ...by a reference in a recent report from the ESRI that essentially, and I am interpreting this to a degree, stated that for many people on low and middle incomes the Ireland of 2022 is starting to feel like 2008 again. This is a comment and a reference that will resonate with many people. The difference, however, between 2008 and 2022 is that we have the resources now, if properly...

Seanad: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Second Stage (28 Jun 2022)

Annie Hoey: ...notice. The old argument is not a strong enough reason not to stipulate that one needs HEA board approval for all nine areas. In the past few days I spoke to representatives of different groups who feel very strongly about this matter. It seems that we have nearly gotten there with three areas and we should go the whole way with the remaining areas. As a former member of the HEA board...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Inflationary Costs in the Construction Industry: Discussion (28 Jun 2022)

Rebecca Moynihan: ...for builders, developers and home buyers. Do people have access to money? They could afford to pay back loans but they are not able to get them. Builders are having cash flow problems. Developers feel that the risks involved in certain developments are too high. What changes would the witnesses make? What proposals do they have on financing and cash flow to free up these blockages...

An Bille um an Naoú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Ceart Vótála ag Aois 16) 2021: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-ninth Amendment of the Constitution (Right to Vote at 16) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (23 Jun 2022)

Gerald Nash: ...of tax, depending on where the thresholds lie and so on, but they are paid less than the adult who might be working in the same shop, restaurant, office or factory. They are doing an equivalent job. Part of me feels that one of the reasons that is the case is those who are 16 and 17 cannot vote and, therefore, their voice is minimised and diminished. This is an issue we need to address...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Jun 2022)

Ivana Bacik: ...secure a secondary school place near him because he is autistic. His mother, Michelle, spoke powerfully about the toll that this has taken on her child. He has stopped attending class altogether because he feels that there is just no point. He is not alone. Some estimates indicate that nearly 270 children in Ireland are without school places for this coming September. We know many...

Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (22 Jun 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ...for in section 14 of the Universities Act 1997.” Amendment No. 15 inserts on page 16 between lines 3 and 4 "support and recognise the application of the principle of academic freedom", and we feel strongly that the principle of academic freedom needs to be implicit throughout the Bill. Amendment No. 17 attempts on page 17, line 4 after "frameworks" to insert “support the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Jun 2022)

Rebecca Moynihan: ...flagged with the Minister not to drag this on but to provide redress for these people. They are not in the public mindset in the same way as other campaign groups. This is for good reason. They feel afraid and unable to speak out. They are living in fire defective apartments through no fault of their own. It is important that they get 100% redress and not the loans that have been...

Special Educational Needs: Statements (16 Jun 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ...about SNAs. It is still regarded by the Department as a short-term scheme 20 years on. The question of recognising SNAs' qualifications and so on goes directly to the lack of respect that SNAs feel they are getting from the Department. This all feeds into the narrative. Every year, we discuss the need for SNA allocations to be made much earlier. We have spoken about how late they were...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 Jun 2022)

Duncan Smith: ...poverty report brings home to us that not only are we facing a crisis, we are in the midst of an economic and social crisis in this country and we must use every tool in our economic arsenal. We feel we should have an emergency budget or an early budget. Failing that, we think there is scope for the Government to implement targeted measures similar to those that have been implemented in...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Built Heritage Protection) Bill 2022: Second Stage (16 Jun 2022)

Rebecca Moynihan: ...and it will go some way towards tackling these problems. We are very supportive of the Bill. I know the Minister of State, who has been working hard on these issues and has a particular grá and feeling for it, will incorporate these elements of this Bill into the overall consolidation of planning legislation.

Annual Transition Statement: Statements (15 Jun 2022)

Ivana Bacik: ...mid-July. Our global climate and biodiversity crises are existential and fundamental to our capacity to live and to the survival of our planet, but it is not all doom and gloom and we should never feel powerless. That is always an important message. We must ensure that there is always some optimism and grounds for hope. Resisting despair does not mean ignoring the alarm bells, however....

Special Educational Needs School Places: Motion [Private Members] (14 Jun 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ..."No". On the list that was given to a woman in Donaghmede by the special educational needs organiser, SENO, there was a school in Drogheda. Already we have hundreds of parents around the country who feel that they and their children are second-class citizens. I want the Minister to cast her mind back to 18 months ago when we were in the Convention Centre Dublin and we had a discussion...

Garda Síochána (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (14 Jun 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ...of the problem. We need a robust analysis of how our District Court system is operating. I am heartened by the words of Deputy Ó Murchú when he speaks to how drug offences are dealt with. I feel that across the Oireachtas we have potential for great change here. As the Deputy said, there is a citizens' assembly due in the new year on the issue of drugs. Those who work in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education and Supports Provision for Displaced Ukrainian Students: Discussion (14 Jun 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ...system and among practitioners, it is a very troubling one. I have experience of being a Minister of State at the Department of Justice and Equality and I must say that I did not come away feeling that the Department was fit to deal with this entire area. I was extremely welcoming of the move by the current Government to take a lot of this responsibility away from that Department and to...

Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (1 Jun 2022) See 1 other result from this debate

Seán Sherlock: ...engagement with the process, it would be a first step. Although I have a few minutes left, I do not want to tarry for too long except to say that the members of Justice for Wards of Court feel that they have been jettisoned by the process and do not feel a part of it. If we ensured that they were included, it would be a good day's work.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Consumer Rights Bill 2022: Committee Stage (1 Jun 2022) See 1 other result from this debate

Seán Sherlock: I sometimes feel – I would have been accused of this in the past as a Minister of State – that we are perhaps hiding behind EU rules. However, I think there is an opportunity within the amendment not to fall foul of EU rules, because we are merely giving an additional right to the consumer to have that which they have purchased in good faith to be repaired. The amendment...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Provision of Education Supports for Ukrainian Students (1 Jun 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ...need come into that discussion? We previously thought that the child and the family may be moved elsewhere. Should we reconsider that? I hope my next point does not come across as unfair but I feel strongly about this issue, as the Minister will be aware. A Ukrainian child who is now trying to access a secondary school place will be disadvantaged by the fact that certain schools...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Delays at Dublin Airport: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)

Duncan Smith: I will finish on this point. I thought I had a good understanding of the staff culture. This weekend has shifted it. I know it is a crisis weekend but we have a staff body who feel very low and very battered and bruised. This is my final question. There is no upward ask in terms of the number of security staff the DAA wants to hire. Is the DAA going to go higher now in terms of security...

Transport, Accelerating Sustainable Mobility: Statements (31 May 2022)

Duncan Smith: ...not applied to Expressway or Wexford Bus and unfortunately many students and low-paid workers use these services to get to college or their workplace, be it in the capital or their surrounds. They feel disenfranchised and excluded from this. The Government has trumpeted this as a massively good thing. It is good for those to whom it applies, but it does not apply equally and those...