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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Public Transport (21 Sep 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ...who are overseeing it just do not really care. We need to find somebody who does care to take it over because there are children, wheelchair users, people with mobility issues, elderly people and people who feel vulnerable and afraid who are not utilising that stairwell. Therefore, their access to the public transport network is being curtailed and nobody is a winner in that scenario. I...

Affordable Housing: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (21 Sep 2023)

Duncan Smith: ...career opportunities. I asked him what he wants in life and he said he just wants to be able to afford his own home. It is as simple as that. Ask any young person at the moment. It is what they want and what they feel is furthest from their reach. The housing system as it exists at the moment relies on the voluntary and charity sector. In a question to the Minister of State with...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: RTÉ (Resumed) (13 Sep 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

Marie Sherlock: ...of everything that has been spoken about involves changing the culture and building trust. The report was produced in March 2020. It referred to serious issues in current affairs, women not feeling valued and respected, staff feeling defeated, women not getting the same opportunities as men and a lack of transparency with regard to the appointment process. Obviously, individuals were...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation and Expenditure of Public Moneys by RTÉ (Resumed): RTÉ (13 Jul 2023)

Alan Kelly: I think many of us are more confused than we ever were. Seriously, the public are looking in. We are trying to do a job. It feels like as committee members, we are nearly living together given that we have been at this for so long. It is actually more confusing now than it ever was. I have gone through every piece of documentation, up and down and in and out. Six or seven members of the...

Seanad: Care Payments: Motion [Private Members] (12 Jul 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

Marie Sherlock: ...paid employment and the impact on their household finances and sense of independence.As we know, the reality is that, by and large, it ends up being mostly women who step back from their paid employment or take on that caring role. There are of course many men as well. I am very conscious that there are many men in caring roles who do not feel able to talk about it but, by and large, the...

Housing and Homelessness: Motion [Private Members] (11 Jul 2023)

Gerald Nash: ...eviction ban ended, we anticipated a surge in homelessness, and these figures regrettably confirm our concerns. It is terrible to see a 30% rise in family homelessness since this time last year. It feels as if the shocking monthly increases in homelessness have stunned the country and left us unable to take action. However, we cannot be fatalistic about this. We have to hope there are...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jul 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

Marie Sherlock: ...for him in 2020, pay cuts for RTÉ staff were back on the table. Mr. Tubridy is one person and is part of a team for both his radio programme and his television programme. How did Mr. Tubridy feel about those pay cuts, knowing he had a guarantee that he would not be asked for any pay cuts for a five-year period?

Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: From the Seanad (5 Jul 2023)

Seán Sherlock: ...dealt with in the scheme, such as the six-month period, the role of pharmaceutical companies and the issues surrounding jurisprudence or litigation in respect of those people who sign up for the scheme. I feel strongly that these are issues that this State will be revisiting again. I make that humble prediction now. I wish to speak on behalf of those people who are now, even though we...

Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Second Stage (5 Jul 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

Ivana Bacik: ...pregnancy each year and the many hundreds who are still having to travel abroad years after we voted to repeal the eighth amendment and so long after we voted for compassion in a crisis. This is something I feel strongly about, having been involved in pro-choice campaigning for as long as I have. If I had been told 30 years ago that it would take so long to achieve a position where women...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Priorities of the Spanish EU Presidency: Discussion with Spanish Ambassador (5 Jul 2023)

Brendan Howlin: ...values of the EU? How is it proposed to do that? We all talk about delivering for citizens, and in many ways it is an in-house discussion, which we do not communicate well to people who do not feel the impact. Is there a strategy to build on Spain's declared and real support for the broadening and deepening development of the EU? My second question is linked to that. It is about what...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Driver Recruitment: Discussion (5 Jul 2023)

Duncan Smith: ...services on bus services. Toilet services used to be provide on long-distance routes. I have heard from Deputies in my party who travel long distances, maybe for hospital appointments, that they feel they are unable to use Bus Éireann because of that issue. It is not so much an issue with Dublin Bus because of the short journeys. Disability access is available on Dublin Bus and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Legal Protections and Sanctions: Discussion (4 Jul 2023)

Annie Hoey: Professor Huxtable might be able to answer this question. I am still trying to get my head around the concept of morality and right and wrong in different countries. Unfortunately, it feels rather pressing on this particular issue that we somehow get this right. I do not know how we come about that. In some countries this has been deemed permissible and then in other countries it has been...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Patronage (29 Jun 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ...know what to say, and they know about information and disinformation. They know how to shrug their shoulders when questions are asked. They know about timelines being truncated so that people feel under pressure to make a decision. They know that the issue of the mixing of genders is being overlapped with the divestment from one patron to another. Again, I state bluntly to the Minister...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Jun 2023)

Ivana Bacik: ...It is essential. It is simply not enough for those employees who believe they may be on bogus contracts to themselves have to go to the Department about it. That is simply not a reality for those who feel vulnerable. Again, yesterday, at the NUJ protest, we heard from Trevor Keegan, a so-called "evershed" employee, one of those who had to fight tooth and nail for decent conditions. The...

Culling the National Herd: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (28 Jun 2023)

Seán Sherlock: ...that 10%, if we are really serious about restoration of biodiversity in a way that ensures that we can maintain the viability of the farm, that the payment comes inside the farm gate and that people feel they can switch over? They will have to reduce the burden in respect of beef, in particular, but it is a matter of allowing people to transition easily into those schemes and, where some...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Services for the Treatment of Endometriosis: Endometriosis Association of Ireland (28 Jun 2023)

Annie Hoey: ...Lee asked about the training that is available and what we know about that. In terms of that gatekeeping, outside of the high level work in terms of engaging with the national GP body, do the witnesses feel there is potential for a shift there, or is it part of the old style of medicine where there is that gatekeeping anyway? Do the witnesses feel there is potential for a shift in GP...

Energy (Windfall Gains in the Energy Sector) (Temporary Solidarity Contribution) Bill 2023: Second Stage (27 Jun 2023)

Seán Sherlock: ...have struggled to keep their houses warm over the past two winter periods. Thankfully, in the summer months, that issue is not quite so acute but the fact remains that consumers are still feeling the pinch on energy bills. I doubt there is a single one of us in this House who has not heard from our constituents on how it is affecting them. They continue to be charged very high prices...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Jun 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

Ivana Bacik: ...RTÉ is due to issue a statement at 3 o'clock but it seems we are all in the dark until we see that statement as to the answers that we await concerning the issue of secret payments. Everyone will feel immense solidarity with the staff of RTÉ who are on ordinary employment contracts and who are trying to get on and do their jobs to the best of their abilities in keeping with the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Jun 2023)

Marie Sherlock: I express my solidarity with the workers of Iceland Foods, some of whom have had to stage a sit-in at the Talbot Street store. I was with them late last night. It is shameful that they feel they have to stage a sit-in in order to get the wages that are due to them. Some are owed more than €1,000. These are minimum-wage jobs. The staff are owed holiday pay. It is shameful that...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Jun 2023)

Annie Hoey: ...be a safe family of friendly and fun events. It will be filled with colour, laughter and joy. For a huge amount of the community we are almost separated from those dark times when people did not feel safe to walk down the streets and when people could not stand up in their national Parliament and say they were out. Other members of the community are still facing harassment daily. They...