Results 21-40 of 1,268 for long speaker:Regina Doherty

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Toll Increases and Ongoing Projects: Discussion with Transport Infrastructure Ireland (28 Jun 2023)

Regina Doherty: To be fair, the people who are still spending €40 or €50 per week on the M50 some 30 years after it was built and a long time after the State bought it, would question where the benefit for them is. They are not interested in spending money to build the Macroom bypass. They live along the M50 and wanted the benefits of a road that has been paid for. That is all I am...

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by H.E. Maura Healey, Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (27 Jun 2023)

Regina Doherty: ...talk about the change that has taken place in our lives over the past decades, one piece of progress that has been made is the growing freedom to identify as a member of the LGBT community. For a long time, as the governor knows, people in this community lived in fear of persecution and prosecution in both Ireland and America. Because of a small number of very brave people, enormous...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Jun 2023)

Regina Doherty: It is a beautiful sunny day; long may it last. The Order of Business is No. 1, Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022 [Dáil] – Second Stage, to be taken at 11.45 a.m., and to conclude not later than 1.15 p.m., with the time allocated to the opening remarks of the Minister not to exceed ten minutes, group spokespersons not to exceed eight minutes and all other Senators not...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Jun 2023)

Regina Doherty: It is lovely to hear an area that is so often maligned spoken about so beautifully and eloquently. We should all be delighted that an area that has been disadvantaged for far too long under successive Governments is finally getting what it deserves, which is to have its community live with dignity and supports so every child can have the equality of opportunity that we all espouse so much....

Seanad: Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Second Stage (15 Jun 2023)

Regina Doherty: I welcome the establishment of the agrifood regulator, which is long overdue. I welcome this draft Bill and the measures included in it that will improve protections for farmers and all of our other food providers in the agriculture sector. It is essential because when you are looking at the agrifood chain it is the farmers in the supply chain that are consistently squeezed. They are the...

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Ms Mairead McGuinness, European Commissioner (9 May 2023)

Regina Doherty: I welcome Commissioner McGuinness to the Seanad. We all know, and it is testament to her career, that the Commissioner is a very proud European. She has had a long and successful career in the European Parliament and now in the Commission. It is testament to her dedication and commitment to the European project. It is also a testament to her authenticity. I wish her continued success....

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

Regina Doherty: ...consultation is definitely needed. Senator Ward also raised the very bizarre issue where legal aid practitioners is the only ones not have their FEMPI restrictions unravelled over the years. That is long overdue and I thank the Senator for raising the issue. Senator Blaney spoke about the absolute need to progress the A5 route from Dublin to Derry and mentioned the deficit in the...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Environmental Policy (3 May 2023)

Regina Doherty: ..., Storage and Disposal of Vehicles) Regulations 1983.It is on the Statute Book, but it is nobody’s responsibility. It is falling between a number of stools. I am not just talking about how long it takes to get rid of an abandoned car, and it takes an awful lot longer than it should or than anybody would like it to. I am talking about the co-operation between the relevant...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Apr 2023)

Regina Doherty: ...for a circular economy to all households, particularly the brown bins. The cynic in me tells me that given there are some companies who will try to start to charge for brown bins, it will not be too long before this is rolled out to all households. However I take Senator Kyne's point and will certainly raise it with the Minister. Senator Craughwell brought to our attention the reports...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Apr 2023)

Regina Doherty: ...while it is fine if you want to charge someone and there is a case for doing so, you get on with it and the person is found guilty or not but in his case, he has been illegally detained for such a long time with no prospect of any court case. I do not think we are doing enough in this regard. I will ask for a debate to be held on it but I am not sure anybody will see this as being the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Mar 2023)

Regina Doherty: I can say only that Noel looks far too young to retire. I thank him for all his service and dedication over the years and wish him and Fiona a long, happy and healthy retirement. I hope he enjoys it. The Order of Business is No. 1, motion regarding the Employment Equality Act 1998 (Section 12) (Reservation of Vocational Training Places) Order 2022, back from committee, to be taken on the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Mar 2023)

Regina Doherty: ...will have an opportunity to ask questions and get answers. I will write to the Chair of the Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence, as I am sure the Senators also have or will. There is a long way to go on this issue. When we consider some of the revelations, such as the report on St. John Ambulance that was released in the past ten days or so, it is clear we have historical...

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

Regina Doherty: .... It is really no mean feat, therefore, that the Minister, Deputy Foley, has got it over the line now in such magnitude this year. I have no doubt, however, that the cost-of-living crisis helped us along the way. It is very welcome and I think it is long overdue. Senators Gallagher and Cassells asked for a debate on the interconnector report very quietly released yesterday evening. I...

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

Regina Doherty: ...Women's Day. Personally, I have enjoyed the support of my male colleagues not just in this House but in the other House and on committees. We work in a wonderful environment but we clearly have a long way to go. Today, I ask the Leader for her support and that of colleagues again for an issue I have raised here previously. We passed a motion on the matter last November. In what is one...

Seanad: International Women's Day: Statements (8 Mar 2023)

Regina Doherty: ...in the last number of months. The 42 recommendations that came from the citizens' assembly detail, line for line, what we need to do. We have known an awful lot of these things for an awfully long time. I am asking for people not to share my frustration but to make this realisation. I do not want my two beautiful daughters, who are young women at this stage, to go through the tripe my...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Feb 2023)

Regina Doherty: ...atrocity of the shooting of Detective Chief Inspector John Caldwell last night and the attempt of some people to drag the current generation back to a time we all really genuinely thought we had long since passed.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Feb 2023)

Regina Doherty: ...and Science on expanding the criteria used for the HEAR programme. We could probably use a debate on the HEAR and DARE programmes. Both are valuable but they have not been reviewed for a long time. They probably need to be updated, so I will try to organise that. Senator Keogan spoke at length about the worrying information that has come to light in the past couple of weeks, not just...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Feb 2023)

Regina Doherty: ...how we communicate with people, how we address the system and how we look at people who are genuinely in need of help and make sure we give them the most decent setting or environment to live in for as long as we can, until they either become Irish citizens or get to the end of their process. We need to look at the length of the process. I had a conversation with an ambassador who more...

Seanad: Election of Leas-Chathaoirleach (16 Dec 2022)

Regina Doherty: ...Daly proactively ensures he looks after people and he is right about spotting talent. While our business is to scrutinise legislation that comes to us from Dáil Éireann or from the Government, long before he was ever Cathaoirleach Senator Mark Daly extended himself to national issues. I refer to his love of the Irish flag and of the Irish language. There is not a town or...

Seanad: Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (7 Dec 2022)

Regina Doherty: ...the Seanad. It is fair to say that Terry was one of those Fine Gael people who ate, slept and drank politics. It was his whole life and he really loved it. Other colleagues have spoken about his long dedicated and illustrious career at local government level, at the European Council of Representatives, which I know he loved, and here in the Seanad and their plaudits are so well...