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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Apr 2024)

Lisa Chambers: ...of Business today. Senator O'Loughlin was first. The Senator acknowledged the beginning of the Punchestown race festival this week and the major contribution the horse racing industry makes to Ireland. This is the case not just in Kildare but right across the country. The industry is worth €2.45 billion to the economy and nearly 31,000 people are employed in it. The industry is...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Apr 2024)

Lisa Chambers: ...matter, Senator Dolan raised the issue of Lough Funshinagh, which was also raised last week. Significant flooding is taking place at Lough Funshinagh, County Roscommon, involving homes and farmland. The environmental impact of the flooding includes the destruction of all the flora, fauna, wildlife, trees and shrubbery. Everything is destroyed because of that flooding. People there have...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Feb 2024)

Lisa Chambers: ...national broadcaster and restore public trust in RTÉ. The Government is committed to doing that despite some of the difficulties that have taken place. Senator Hoey spoke about AsIAm and Inclusion Ireland. The issue was raised last week as well. The percentage of children who are being restrained or do not have proper access to education is worryingly high. That is certainly...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Feb 2024)

Lisa Chambers: ...lost the room a long time ago. The interview was good in that it pointed out the clear holes in what she was saying. Ultimately, there are very few people in the room who can influence what Israel will do and that lands with the US. Hopefully, we will see a ceasefire there soon and, of course, the release of the hostages. It is important to always make that point as well. Senator...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Jan 2024)

Lisa Chambers: ...seaboard where there has been considerable damage to businesses and homes. I also acknowledge the points raised by Senator Dolan about front-line workers in the ESB, Irish Water and Electric Ireland working to get the faults fixed. I fully support the call on behalf of clubs such as the tennis club in Castlebar and the Galway Lawn Tennis Club, whose domes have been blown down. The club...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Dec 2023)

Lisa Chambers: ...further education. Things have changed and that is having an impact on our birth rate. That is certainly something to be addressed. With regard to brain drain, as somebody from the west of Ireland, there was always emigration. People want to leave to a certain extent, to get life experience and to work in other countries. I did it myself. I am sure many of the other Senators did as...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Nov 2023)

Lisa Chambers: ...say. Depending on the part of the country in which you find yourself, you will have a different view on the matter. Speaking as someone from a rural area of County Mayo, getting planning permission on your own land is a major challenge, particularly where the area is considered to be under urban pressure. There are many challenges, and we need to consider the types of plans we put in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: General Affairs Council: Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs (11 Oct 2023)

Lisa Chambers: ...referenced directly. For the avoidance of doubt, I said I welcomed the discussion around the mechanics of enlargement and that the position paper was kickstarting the discussion but was not the landing point. Nobody was welcoming the content of it but it gets things started.

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

Lisa Chambers: ...professionalism and skill displayed off the coast of Cork yesterday. What may have looked, from the footage, like an easy operation was far from it. In treacherous conditions, they managed to land on the ship and get hold of that large consignment of drugs, which, as somebody noted earlier on the radio, would have brought years of misery, given the quantity. I commend them on their...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Jul 2023)

Lisa Chambers: ...a personal interpretation but not quite her words. I wanted to clarify that point. The European Defence Agency has many positive projects. I think there is an acceptance that, as a small island member state, we do not have the capacity to protect our airspace. We rely on the UK to do that. We do not have the capacity to protect our maritime space, which is bigger than our land space....

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 Jul 2023)

Lisa Chambers: ...it should be paid without any further delay. The work of the association has been very good in this regard. I also welcome the dementia day care centre in Kildangan. I commend Alzheimer Society of Ireland, ASI, on the work it does. I know the Senator works a good deal with ASI. It does fantastic work throughout the country. Senator Joe O’Reilly spoke about housing and how...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó (Atógáil) - Order of Business (Resumed) (24 May 2023)

Lisa Chambers: ...be written through opinion pieces. There should be cohesiveness in the Government on how budgets are worked through and progressed. Senator Boyhan called for a debate on the residential zoned land tax. This comes under the Department of Finance but it is an agricultural issue. I am very aware of it. It has been raised with both Ministers. The difficulty is that town plans took in...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó (Atógáil) - Order of Business (Resumed) (28 Feb 2023)

Lisa Chambers: ...need to progress to a better approval process for those new drugs.We can include that as part of the debate. Senator Ó Donnghaile spoke about the Windsor agreement and the need for the Northern Ireland institutions to get back up and running. We all certainly agree with that sentiment. We hope all the parties in the North can now find agreement under the Windsor Framework and move...

Seanad: Wind Energy: Statements (25 Jan 2023)

Lisa Chambers: ...it is a long-term project that we want to plan for. With that in mind will the Minister outline to the House what the plans are for investment in Shannon Foynes, as that is where we will be landing a lot of the electricity? What are the plans for Galway, because there is also a port there we can use? How do we envisage encouraging investors to invest in the west and the north west? One...

Seanad: Statements on COP27 (8 Dec 2022)

Lisa Chambers: ...about reducing their stock or their herds. The overwhelming response was that many of them, especially older farmers, were certainly interested in reducing their stock but did not want to leave the land altogether. They want to maintain some farming and some connection to the land. Interestingly, and it was quite stark, one farmer said he would be ashamed to see his land lie idle. We...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Jun 2022)

Lisa Chambers: ...is still a mature age, if I can put it that way. The Senator stated there is a significant problem in getting young people into farming for various reasons, many of them to do with access to farm land. The need to facilitate farmers retiring and transferring land is one of those issues to be dealt with. We will request that debate with the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine....

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Jun 2022)

Lisa Chambers: ..., spoke about her attendance at the second national biodiversity conference in Dublin Castle. The Minister of State spoke about the need to work with farming communities and farm families. Two thirds of the land in the State is farmland. The Minister of State spoke about the need to farm with nature as opposed to against it. There were some very good comments in that regard. The...

Seanad: Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Building Control (Amendment) Bill 2022: Instruction to Committee (31 May 2022)

Lisa Chambers: ...amendments required to take account of such amendments; (ii) amending the Affordable Housing Act 2021, in Parts 2 and 4, in order to clarify the process for the registration of dwellings in the Land Registry, and in Part 4 to clarify the process and consequences of the sale of a dwelling, and to make other consequential amendments required to take account of such amendments.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 May 2022)

Lisa Chambers: ...amateur boxing. It might be worthwhile to have a debate on sport in the House, but perhaps a Commencement matter on that issue would be worthwhile at the outset. The Senator then spoke about Finland and Sweden's decision to join NATO. We note the implications of that. I have heard some Finnish politicians speaking about this. They have been far more aligned with NATO over the years...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 May 2022)

Lisa Chambers: ...the mother and baby homes redress scheme and the fact that written submissions are being accepted until Friday, 6 May at 1 p.m. I thank the Senator for that. Senator Martin spoke about the Northern Ireland elections. He made a very impassioned contribution about the change that is afoot. He urged all stakeholders to adopt a peaceful way of dealing with the potential outcome. Senator...