Results 1-20 of 100 for long speaker:Erin McGreehan

Seanad: Agriculture: Statements (16 Apr 2024)

Erin McGreehan: ...an initial survey to examine the extent of the damage, and I am very grateful for the considerations that are ongoing in the Department. There are restraints, such as the sourcing of funding along with the state aid rules, and I look forward to hearing further updates from the Minister in the coming weeks. I know he understands it. He witnessed it a couple of years ago on the Inishowen...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Protection of Children in the Use of Artificial Intelligence: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Apr 2024)

Erin McGreehan: ...to verify ages, to ensure that young users are not getting racy content and not to send 13-year-olds, young vulnerable minds, straight to self-harm on their first day on TikTok? While it is a long time ago, I remember being a 13-year-old. It is a scary and lonely place. If someone had shown me self-harm and suicide, I fear what the 14-year-old Erin, as opposed to the 13-year-old Erin...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Apr 2024)

Erin McGreehan: ...can use an umbrella or decide not to go out but farmers are caught. I have never seen a time when so much land was unpassable. Sheep can hardly walk on a field without poaching it. I do not know how long it will take for a good spell of weather to come along to dry the land. Thousands of hectares of land are not ready to be sown which means there are no crops, potatoes and all other...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Enterprise Support Services (20 Mar 2024)

Erin McGreehan: ...are standing on the cusp of major technological advancement. Society is moving on. It is imperative that we harness the full potential of the talents and perspectives of our people. Women have long been under-represented in STEM fields. Initiatives like the THRIVE programme are instrumental in bridging that gap and creating a more equitable playing field. By investing in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Planning for Inclusive Communities: Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (20 Mar 2024)

Erin McGreehan: ...enough for universal design? It is State money that goes into building much of social housing. We have the biggest budget ever for social housing but if we do not build houses that have longevity to match the needs of a community, then we are putting good money into bad. In that case, housing adaptation grants will then be needed and constituents in social housing will call councils and...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Mar 2024)

Erin McGreehan: ...that for the first time, there is recognition that endometriosis is a very hard condition for many people. One in ten women have it. They are only the ones we know about, given it takes such a long time to get a diagnosis. With the better healthcare provision we now have in Ireland and the acknowledgement that women's healthcare actually should exist, I hope we will see great advances...

Seanad: International Women's Day: Statements (6 Mar 2024)

Erin McGreehan: ...watch all football. We sat down and watched the Women's World Cup. We watch football and sport and talented people at their best. Those advances did not exist when I was younger. We have come a long way in many ways. As a very proud nation, one with an awful lot of freedoms that we need to protect, we should always be cognisant that when we step up here, we speak for other women...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Feb 2024)

Erin McGreehan: ...I genuinely believe in it and in its bright future. Today's funding announcement highlights my belief and that of this Government in my region. It is a really proud day for me because for many a long year my area has been economically disadvantaged by being a Border county. It was economically disadvantaged because of the Troubles and the difficulties of lying along the Border. I have...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (31 Jan 2024)

Erin McGreehan: ...to a GP . I am calling for a debate on the matter and for the House to be updated on what the Department of Health is doing to increase the number of GP training places for 2024, as well as the long-term plan in terms of population surveys and the allocation of GPs on a per capitabasis. Those updates would be very welcome. Members would value a debate on the issue.

Seanad: Defence Forces Tribunal of Inquiry: Motion (30 Jan 2024)

Erin McGreehan: I very much welcome the opportunity to speak. I also welcome the inquiry. It has been long sought after. It is a signal of hope to ensure that our armed forces are held to the highest standards of accountability, transparency and justice. We all believe that our Defence Forces represent the pinnacle of bravery, dedication and selflessness. We all look up to our soldiers and respect them....

Seanad: An Bille um an Naoú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (An Teaghlach), 2023: Céim an Choiste agus na Céimeanna a bheidh Fágtha - Thirty-ninth Amendment of the Constitution (The Family) Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Jan 2024)

Erin McGreehan: ...from people thinking that it would be just to get the few pounds. That was the argument against that measure, because all young ones would be going out to get themselves pregnant. We have come a long way from that, thank goodness. Now we have to move a little bit further to say families are different. I was entertained by Senator McDowell's contribution and that this referendum is not...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Agriculture Supports (22 Jan 2024)

Erin McGreehan: ...was their fertiliser, and their fields were absolutely ruined. Do not tell me that there is no precedent for it. Some of that €9.3 million could go to it. The €300,000 in that figure would go a long way towards fixing a few farmers in north Louth. I think the Department of agriculture is in fairy tale land.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Planning for Inclusive Communities: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jan 2024)

Erin McGreehan: ...expect them to live in them for their entire lives. Where the principle of 30% universal design is not applied to social housing projects, is there a risk that more money will be spent in the long term on rectifying this housing, for example, to install appropriate toilets for older persons or creating downstairs bedrooms? Are we spending enough money to apply the principle of universal...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Wastewater Treatment (28 Nov 2023)

Erin McGreehan: ...any issues. By investing in additional inspectors and streamlining the inspection process, we can ensure that septic tanks are regularly monitored and maintained to the highest standards. This would go a long way in preventing the release of harmful substances into our water sources and improving water quality. This year, the European Commission referred Ireland to the European Court of...

Seanad: Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Agency Bill 2023: Second Stage (15 Nov 2023)

Erin McGreehan: ...Minister to the House. I am glad to be here on the day this Bill has been brought to Seanad Éireann. This is a really important Bill. Many people have been calling for an agency like this for a long time. I am very familiar with Safe Ireland as a member of Women's Aid Dundalk, which is affiliated under Safe Ireland. The policy direction, advice and support we get from Safe...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Issues Facing the Early Childhood Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Nov 2023)

Erin McGreehan: .... What can we expect from the timelines and what can we expect in that action plan for change? I would like to know a bit more about the Building Blocks capital programme and how it will work to meet the long-term needs. There was a group in here last week who spoke about modelling and how the Department of Education will look at birth rates and the projections for what is needed in a...

Seanad: Disability Allowance: Motion (11 Oct 2023)

Erin McGreehan: ...the issues, and that the feedback received will help to design and develop a new model of income supports for the Government to consider; - under the proposals in the Green Paper, nobody who is currently in receipt of long-term disability payments will be moved off a disability payment; - there is no proposal to reduce anybody’s payment under the Green Paper; rather it proposes...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Cancer Services (4 Oct 2023)

Erin McGreehan: ...-up questions that can be brought back to the Minister for Health. What is changing on the ground today? What has changed since the implementation strategy? How many women will be waiting and how long will they be waiting for elective procedures? How long will it be until it is not only the wealthy who are able to afford to be empowered by knowing their genotype? We want to know that...

Seanad: Road Safety: Statements (27 Sep 2023)

Erin McGreehan: ...not get the opportunity to live. We lost Caroline 23 years ago and I know it is exactly the same for many other people around the country. It is a desperate loss going into the winter with the long dark evenings, Christmas coming up and all the times they will think about their loved ones. I can only say that we will pray for them to get through this awful time. As the Minister of...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Health Services (4 Jul 2023)

Erin McGreehan: ...the country, but more specifically with regard to my own community health organisation, CHO, 8, which County Louth is part of. As the Minister of State knows, CHO 8 represents Laois, Offaly, Longford, Westmeath, Louth and Meath. It has a population of 592,388. There are no local teams, as far as I am aware, to support patients who are really in need of suitable therapies. The national...