• Fine Gael Senator (Industrial and Commercial Panel)
• Entered the Seanad on 30 March 2020 — General election
• Email me whenever Micheál Carrigy speaks (no more than once per day)

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Seanad: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Jul 2024)

“I welcome the Minister. Senator Garvey mentioned battery storage. Unfortunately, the reality is that there are currently no regulations or safety framework for battery storage under any of the county development plans. Recently in counties Cavan and Kildare, planning permission was given for battery storage, and I think both cases are now before An Bord Pleanála. The reality is that...”

Seanad: Better Planning for Local Childcare Provision: Motion (17 Jul 2024)

“The Minister is very welcome. I commend my colleague Senator Currie on her Private Members' motion and the work she has done over the past four years, especially in the area of childcare, in providing a report that sets out a new way and new model for childcare. It is important to acknowledge the significant investment by the Government in childcare to benefit every single family in the...”

Seanad: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Jul 2024)

“I, too, support the amendment. It is a common-sense approach. All of us in our involvement in public life and our work in local authorities have come across situations where public representatives and the public are not made aware of licence applications. Section 254 of the 2000 Act list lists vending machines, town or landscape maps, hoarding, cables, wires, telephone kiosks or other...”

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• Has spoken in 63 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — above average among Senators.
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