Results 121-131 of 131 for long speaker:Mary Fitzpatrick

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Sustainable Development Goals and Departmental Priorities: Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (3 Nov 2020)

Mary Fitzpatrick: ...in the future. I voted for the legislation. I voted to protect the database so survivors could have access to their own information and so the report for which they have all waited so long can be published. I did so very deliberately. I heard all the arguments but, for me, the survivors are paramount. It is paramount that their voices be heard and that their needs be met. That must...

Seanad: Residential Tenancies Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Oct 2020)

Mary Fitzpatrick: ...supply, the provision of public and affordable housing and security of tenure, of which Senator Higgins spoke. I welcome the Minister's commitment on the cost-rental model. That legislation is long overdue. As a city councillor, I and my colleagues have been pushing for that for a couple of years. We need to get to a point where people can have a reasonable expectation of having...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Oct 2020)

Mary Fitzpatrick: ...single people are homeless in the city. I commend the Government for the action it took this week in announcing the largest housing budget in the history of the State, and €3.3 billion will go a long way. Some €1 billion will be spent on social housing. More than €200 million will be spent on homelessness. That is to be commended and I support it. In August, I...

Seanad: Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and certain related Matters) Records, and another Matter, Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Oct 2020)

Mary Fitzpatrick: .... This is not how I would like us to do our business. A matter of this seriousness and importance should not be rushed in any way. The survivors and everybody involved have been waiting far too long for justice and reparation. As we have already had a few hours of debate on it, I will not rehearse those lines. I welcome that the Minister has listened to some of what we said on...

Seanad: Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and certain related Matters) Records, and another Matter, Bill 2020: Second Stage (14 Oct 2020)

Mary Fitzpatrick: ...thank the 4,000-odd people who sent me emails. I have no doubt they are all heartfelt. Most important, I want to speak for the survivors and their friends, families and supporters. It has been a long, lonely road for them. It is important that this House is taking the time, and that politicians in the Lower House also take the time, to consider these issues. I come from Dublin Central...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Committee Work Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Oct 2020)

Mary Fitzpatrick: ...are two items in particular that come under heritage that I would like the committee to pursue. The first is the national monument site on Moore Street. It has been talked about for nearly as long as we have been talking about 1916 and it is shameful that the national monument on Moore Street is left in the state it is in. It is adjacent to a contentious, privately-owned site on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Committee Work Programme: Discussion (6 Oct 2020)

Mary Fitzpatrick: ...to deliver homes, ranging from emergency accommodation to the rental accommodation scheme, RAS, the housing assistance payment, HAP, homeless HAP, public private partnerships, PPPs, turnkey and long-term leases. From my experience, we always look back and ask whether something was good value for money. An exercise needs to be undertaken to examine the various models from a financial...

Seanad: Residential Tenancies and Valuation Bill 2020: Second Stage (31 Jul 2020)

Mary Fitzpatrick: ...support those renters to avoid homelessness, rent increases and evictions. In that respect it is very welcome. From my experience, knowing how many people who have come to me who have been renting for a long time like the family I described earlier and faced with a notice to quit on the basis that the home is going to be sold, it is very important that the Residential Tenancies Board is...

Seanad: National Oil Reserves Agency (Amendment) and Provision of Central Treasury Services Bill 2020: Second Stage (17 Jul 2020)

Mary Fitzpatrick: ...which is very important. Employment is at an all-time low and youth unemployment is at a critically high level. We must take every action possible and be radical and ambitious to ensure that youth unemployment and long-term unemployment do not take hold. The climate action fund can support the protection of jobs and the creation of new jobs, as well as the upskilling and retraining of...

Seanad: Financial Provisions (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Second Stage (16 Jul 2020)

Mary Fitzpatrick: ...people put their careers and work lives on hold and showed real solidarity in the heat of the pandemic. The State must show solidarity now with them. We must make every effort to ensure that long-term unemployment does not take hold among young people. Long-term unemployment is very damaging for the individuals concerned. It robs them of their self-esteem and self-worth. It isolates...

Seanad: Election of Cathaoirleach (29 Jun 2020)

Mary Fitzpatrick: We have known each other a long time, a Chathaoirligh. I was first elected as a councillor in 2004 and I know that any member of any local authority in this country worth their salt has your number. You are a tremendous campaigner, a tremendous worker and I think you will be a tremendous Cathaoirleach. Apart from being a local authority member, I grew up on the Navan Road and in Cabra and...