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

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: 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: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Feb 2022)

Erin McGreehan: ...Energy Authority of Ireland in Dundalk years ago. I have since been interested in, and have worked on, a State-backed loan system. Green-energy, low-interest loans have been talked about for a long time. I am looking forward to hearing the details of the scheme when they are announced in the autumn.The Government is moving in the right direction in working to help lower income families....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Equality and Non-Discrimination: Discussion (3 Feb 2022)

Erin McGreehan: ...ensure people are believed? What are the best steps to take? Are there any countries that have "shone brightly", for want of a better phrase, in looking after people with light sensitivity? How long did it take for Ms Dennehy's condition to be acknowledged? I can imagine many people said it was just her imagination. That this was a real issue for her was not believed for an awfully...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: National Action Plan for Childminding 2021-2028: Discussion (25 May 2021)

Erin McGreehan: ...all our witnesses for appearing. Their presentations were interesting and informative. We all recognise childcare has been underfunded, misunderstood and insufficiently respected for far too long. To have this conversation and an action plan is, therefore, very positive. We are looking at the pitfalls. I know childminders and I have needed them. From living in a rural area where...

Seanad: Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (14 Jul 2022)

Erin McGreehan: The Minister is welcome to the House. I will not speak for too long but I really welcome the Bill. It is important we work to enact this Bill to address the significant inadequacies outlined by the Minister. Fantastic effort is made by so many of our GALs around the country in looking after children who need that care. It is important to empower both the child and the guardian ad litemto...

Seanad: Local Government (Surveillance Powers in Relation to Certain Offences) Bill 2022: Second Stage (26 Jan 2022)

Erin McGreehan: ...colleague, Senator Malcolm Byrne, on bringing forward this important legislation. As a councillor and active citizen in my community, I have wanted this type of legislation brought forward for a long time. I live in probably the most beautiful part of Ireland, namely, north County Louth and the Cooley Mountains. We are scourged with fly-tipping and illegal dumping. Every weekend I go...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Architects of the Good Friday Agreement (Resumed): Mr. Bertie Ahern (20 Oct 2022)

Erin McGreehan: ...vote but people rowed in because it was the only game in town. It was the only path to the future. On a very personal level, my granny was in a hospital bed next to Mr. Ahern's mother. They had long conversations about the peace process before the Good Friday Agreement was signed. She was so proud of him and granny as a Fianna Fáiler and a republican would ring home every day and...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Social Welfare Benefits (14 Jun 2021)

Erin McGreehan: ...we must look again at the scheme. We can see how much has changed on a range of issues since the arrival of Covid. We should not do something just because it has been done in the same way for so long. Let us look at the situation and see how we can provide free travel or more opportunity for people and make their lives easier. We all agree that there are hidden costs attached to...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Hospital Services (13 Jul 2022)

Erin McGreehan: ...life-saving service. There is excess demand for it, so it is important that the service is expanded without delay. People with a higher risk of cancer due to their family history have to wait far too long for genetic testing in the first place. There are long, stressful waiting times for preventive mastectomies due to overstretched services and due to delays caused by Covid. Inherited...

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: 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: Animal Health and Welfare (Dogs) Bill 2022: Second Stage (14 Dec 2022)

Erin McGreehan: ...comes to the fore. It is all over the media and in the papers and then it goes. I genuinely believe that each Department then breathes a sigh of relief that it can sit in the mess for a wee while longer. We have been delaying change for so long. I think of the most recent case of that poor gorgeous wee boy, Alejandro Miszan, who was savagely attacked by a dog. Unfortunately, he 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: UNCRPD and the Optional Protocol: Discussion (10 Nov 2022)

Erin McGreehan: ...found to be wrong, what financial or legal consequences were placed on that state thereafter? I believe our Government and State are afraid of court cases being seen as a panacea, when we have a long way to go before we get to use of the optional protocol, even when we do ratify it. Even if we were to ratify it tomorrow, what were the situations in other countries that had ratified and...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Jul 2021)

Erin McGreehan: ...regard to the recommendations for Drogheda published last March in the Guerin report. As we know, Drogheda has experienced serious drug crime and serious problems with drug feuds. For far too long, the people of Drogheda have been left behind, ignored and failed. Drug crime in Drogheda, as well as the heartache, tragedy and hardship the entire town has been put through, is a symptom of...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Oct 2022)

Erin McGreehan: I wish to highlight an issue I have been raising in the Seanad for a long time now, together with lots of other people, namely, the number of households living in fuel poverty in the State. It is now at pandemic levels. We have a serious issue where people living in very vulnerable households are moving into and staying in fuel poverty. I ask the Seanad this morning to support me in my...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Jun 2022)

Erin McGreehan: ...days. These days do not happen by accident. There are many emails, arrangements of sponsorship and time spent organising the day. Dundalk Agricultural Show goes back to the 1890s. It shows the long, proud tradition of agriculture in our county. I want to highlight the strong support for the Government for our agricultural shows, announced by the Minister, Deputy Humphreys, last week,...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Jan 2022)

Erin McGreehan: ...system, a system that we need to trust and which we go to at our most vulnerable to seek help and care? I speak from a personal point of view. I went for care and was let down at every step along the way. There has to be reform of the entire system in order that all of us can trust in the system when we get an appointment after many long months of waiting and that we can trust in our...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Feb 2023)

Erin McGreehan: ...to move on that very quickly. We have 35,000 sheep farming families in the country and it is about time that both of these Houses started to stand up and listen to the sheep sector. It has been ignored for too long.