Results 41-60 of 1,268 for long speaker:Regina Doherty

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Dec 2022)

Regina Doherty: ...but we continually look with envy on the social agenda and how well it has progressed in Finland. We continue to keep learning from its example. I thank him for being with us today. We have a long Order of Business today. The Order of Business is No. 1, motion regarding Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2022 (Appointment of Registration Body)...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Dec 2022)

Regina Doherty: ...involved with the 35 children. The HSE has agreed to give it and all we are dancing around now is about whether it will cost X or Y amount of money. I do not understand why we cannot have that argument and long debate, if that is what the HSE wants, after giving the kids the drugs which will have a massive impact on their lives. It is disingenuous. It is incumbent on us to keep raising...

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

Regina Doherty: ...and Clonan this morning raised the fact that Saturday is both European and International Day of Persons with Disabilities. I am very mindful that we use reports and assessments as a tool to prolong action. It is terribly frustrating. The time for assessing should be very close to being over and the time for action should start; not for talking about the assessments, which is what we do...

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

Regina Doherty: ...debate in this House after Christmas. That will be very welcome. We all know there have been some disingenuous practices with regard to pricing and transparency in the food supply chain over a long number of years. We will get to regulate that and have a proper debate after Christmas. Senator Murphy also welcomed the fodder scheme and the payments that are going to 70,000 farmers this week.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Peat Shortages on the Horticulture Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Nov 2022)

Regina Doherty: ...-operate. The witness's presentation talked about in-depth interviews that were held with Growing Media Ireland, Kildare Growers, the mushroom industry representatives and Bórd na Mona. It was a long list of people who co-operated. I would suggest that the questionnaire was flawed in some ways. Many of the questions on it did not relate to most of the people it was sent to. As a...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Nov 2022)

Regina Doherty: ...the years, there have been plenty of stories, similar to hers of that community going to Ethiopia, of Irish people going to build schools for the blind across most of Africa or south-east Asia. Long may it last. I thank her for raising that. Senator Maria Byrne raised the need for a long Covid clinic at the regional hospital in Limerick. I suggest we need a long clinic in every county....

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Nov 2022)

Regina Doherty: ...Boyhan for bringing them in. I congratulate Mr. and Mrs. Carey. It really must be the honeymoon period if they are in Leinster House during their honeymoon. They are very welcome. I wish them a long and happy life together. The Order of Business today is No. 1, Personal Injuries Resolution Board Bill 2022 – Second Stage, to be taken at 4.45 p.m. and to conclude at 6.15 p.m., if...

Seanad: Review of Allegations of Sexual Abuse at St. John Ambulance: Motion (17 Nov 2022)

Regina Doherty: ...in St. John's Ambulance, who absolutely knew what was going on and when it was going on, did nothing about it because nobody was actually making them do anything about it. I know they knew for so long because of this wonderful booklet that was published by St. John's Ambulance in 2003, covering a centenary of wonderful events that they have had. This book is on view in our National...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Nov 2022)

Regina Doherty: ...back to her. Senator Wall spoke about front-line workers, as it was the Labour Party who brought them in this week. He welcomed the Athy training and innovation hub and the investment in his home town that has been a long time coming; it started when he was on the council there. I congratulate Athy. More seriously, he also spoke about the lack of GPs in County Kildare and is looking...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Peat Shortages on the Horticulture Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Nov 2022)

Regina Doherty: ...for local government and planning; the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications; and the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. We will go around in circles for so long but what we are actually doing is killing the single most climate-friendly industry in this country by inaction on our watch. The people who are responsible for the demise of this industry are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Oct 2022)

Regina Doherty: ...pensions legislation. Are we at draft heads stage yet? If not, when can we expect to see them? My second question is around Judge Catherine Murphy's report on child maintenance. Despite the long delay in receiving the report due to Covid - Judge Murphy worked very hard during the Covid pandemic to try to get the report to us - the fact that it has not been published yet does not instil...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Oct 2022)

Regina Doherty: ...who looked after her. She is also looking for a response from the Minister of State with responsibility for the OPW on the matter of works on Moore Street that have been due for commencement for a long time now. Senators Lombard and Garvey both raised the response on school transport received earlier from the Minister of State. I did not have the chance to read it. Following the Order...

Seanad: Civil Registration (Amendment) (Certificate of Life) Bill 2022: Second Stage (20 Oct 2022)

Regina Doherty: I welcome some guests in the Gallery. The couple who originally came to me many years ago with this issue, Caroline and Martin Smith, are here. It has taken us this long to get a resolution. They are very welcome today. They are accompanied by Anne-Marie Murtagh, Sarah Behan, Georgina Culshaw and Mary Halford. They are all very welcome and I am glad they are here today. I am introducing...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Oct 2022)

Regina Doherty: ...for saying that we all support them. Senators Conway, Dolan and Carrigy spoke about the welcome announcement by the Minister for Rural and Community Development of community centre funding. For a long time, we in this House have spoken about how community centres are forgotten about, do not have money to fix roofs or install windows and must fund-raise themselves. I commend the Minister...

Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Oct 2022)

Regina Doherty: I thank the Minister of State for her acceptance of certain parts of the amendment but I want to ask some questions about the opposition she has. The Minister of State has rhymed off a very long list of stakeholders there and we could potentially have anything up to 100 people sitting around a large table in a large room, except we might not because we will not compel anybody to come and we...

Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Oct 2022)

Regina Doherty: ...and experts in the agency or organisation the Department seconded to do the work for it. What is very telling is that all that correspondence and interaction with regard to the drafting stopped long before we got to our amendments in this House and did not start again. Who were the experts in the Department who guided and advised the Minister of State, not only in responding to our...

Seanad: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Oct 2022)

Regina Doherty: ...would intervene to protect the pregnancy? Are we trying to determine that the word "pregnancy" actually relates to the life of the baby in the womb of the women? A pregnancy is an event, and a long period of growing and lots of other warm, fuzzy stuff women talk about, but it is distinctly different to the life of the baby in the womb. A pregnancy is a term of nine months, or however...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Sep 2022)

Regina Doherty: ...invite a debate on the topic the Senator has raised. Senator Maria Byrne called for a debate on equality, in particular around gender and disability in the context of supports from the State for lifelong learning and just progression within the workplace. I have the privilege of sitting on the Joint Committee on Gender Equality. We have this conversation every Thursday morning. This...

Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Sep 2022)

Regina Doherty: ...on it. The examination will be encountered every three years. At what point does the Minister of State expect to publish the Bill? Once the examination is conducted every three years, how long thereafter will it be until we see a copy of the report on the Government website?

Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Sep 2022)

Regina Doherty: ...because we finally have a Cork person on the board of the DAA. Not everybody in the country knows that the DAA also manages Cork Airport, which has been the left-out-of-the-room cousin for a very long time. I very much welcome the appointment of Ms Cogan to the board and thank the Minister of State for that. Regarding the Minister of State's response to the questions I asked earlier,...