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

Róisín Garvey: I am just clarifying that it is open to any Senator to attend meetings of the Oireachtas joint committee on housing, not just Senators like Senator Boyhan, who did work hard on this planning Bill and contributed to amendments thereto long before the beginning of this week. I want to refer to section 51 and, in particular, amendments Nos. 186 and 187. The matter I wish to raise has been...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Rental Sector (11 Jul 2024)

Róisín Garvey: I thank the Minister of State for coming in. I would have loved if had the Minister, Deputy O'Brien, come into the House to deal with this issue. It is an ongoing issue because there is a lot of scaremongering and a lot of unknowns around the Airbnb sector. We have no sight of any exemptions or plans as what is happening with regard to planning permissions or exemptions to planning for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with the Department of Enterprise Trade and Employment (3 Jul 2024)

Róisín Garvey: ...he gets his head around a whole Department in 13 weeks, so I will not be looking for plan Bs or plan As from him. It is great we are at full employment in the country. It is something we have to acknowledge and be positive about. It is always easy being negative and saying what more we should be doing. It is great we are at a stage where there is full employment. If people want to...

Seanad: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Second Stage (27 Jun 2024)

Róisín Garvey: This is an amazing day. I think it is the biggest Bill ever brought to the House at more than 800 pages. These things do not happen overnight. Despite what people say about rushing legislation through, this is probably the most unrushed Bill we have ever had in the House. It is three years in the making. There was more than 30 pre-legislative scrutiny meetings. The housing committee has...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Building Energy Rating (19 Jun 2024)

Róisín Garvey: The bottom line is older people are living in older houses in the cold and spending a lot of money on heating their homes. Currently, the SEAI scheme looks like it suits everybody, but when older people living in older houses applied, the builders listed on that website - the only ones people can contact - came down and said they could do anything. While the Minister of State said, "The...

Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport (Arms Embargo) Bill 2024: Second Stage (29 May 2024)

Róisín Garvey: I move amendment No. 1: To delete all words after “That” and substitute the following: - “Seanad Éireann resolves that the Air Navigation and Transport (Arms Embargo) Bill 2024 be read a second time on this day six months, to allow for a full examination of the legal and policy implications of its provisions to be undertaken.” I thank the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Small Companies Administrative Rescue Process: Discussion (8 May 2024)

Róisín Garvey: In the short time remaining, I would like to clarify that Dr. Coates is going to email the secretariat information on the size of the 62 companies; whether data is being gathered on the biggest challenges facing those companies; what specific PR work has been done; the take-up from the LEOs; and what the Department's engagement is with the LEOs in general to make sure preventative work is...

Seanad: Loneliness: Motion (1 May 2024)

Róisín Garvey: I thank the Minister of State for coming to the House. He has an interesting brief – public health, well-being and the drugs task force. If you look at the Irish word for well-being, folláin, it is about being whole. As a nation I wonder how many people are getting that wholesomeness in their daily lives. Therefore, today we call for a commission on loneliness. As the...

Seanad: Employment (Collective Redundancies and Miscellaneous Provisions) and Companies (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (24 Apr 2024)

Róisín Garvey: Comhghairdeas leis an Aire Stáit in her new role. I am delighted to have her in the House as a Minister of State. It is a big honour. I am glad to be able to speak to her for the first time in her new role. I welcome the Bill. It is great. It was a long time coming. Some of it is to rectify Acts that date back to 1977. We are all overly familiar with the sad cases of the Clerys...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Relating to Road Safety: Road Safety Authority (24 Apr 2024)

Róisín Garvey: I thank the witnesses for coming in today. It is great to have them here and to have an opportunity to speak. There have been reports in recent months about the level of road traffic injuries being underestimated, given that analysis was being done on Garda records of collisions only. There have been recent reports that the RSA has completed research from both Garda and hospital records...

Seanad: Cost of Doing Business: Statements (17 Apr 2024)

Róisín Garvey: I welcome the Minister and congratulate him on his promotion. It is great to have him on board the enterprise, trade and employment challenge. I worked with his predecessors. I will focus on a few matters as the Green Party's spokesperson on that portfolio and also its rural development spokesperson. Both of these briefs tie in nicely with the importance of small businesses. Not only are...

Seanad: An Bille um an Aonú Leasú is Daichead ar an mBunreacht (An Comhaontú maidir le Cúirt Aontaithe um Paitinní), 2024: An Dara Céim - Forty-first Amendment of the Constitution (Agreement on a Unified Patent Court) Bill 2024: Second Stage (21 Mar 2024)

Róisín Garvey: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire Stáit as teacht isteach. I thank the Minister of State for the work done on this Bill. Ours is a small country but it has always been a country of innovators and original thinkers. We always come out on top. The Government has done so much in the context of investing in digital hubs. I meet small business owners and inventors. This Bill is about...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Challenges Facing Businesses in Relation to Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility: Discussion (20 Mar 2024)

Róisín Garvey: I wish to raise a couple of points. I spent 12 years working full time on behavioural change in regard to climate and human rights issues in the school and college environment. What I discovered is that it was the lecturers, parents and teachers who needed the education piece far more than the children themselves. In some ways, it might be the same in Ireland when it comes to the IDA,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Challenges Facing Businesses in Relation to Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility: Discussion (20 Mar 2024)

Róisín Garvey: I thank the witnesses for coming here today. I apologise for my tardiness. I had other things happening but I am here now. It is great to have the witnesses here today. This is one of the things I am very passionate about. I am the Green Party spokesperson for enterprise, trade and employment and for rural development. I have worked with many small companies and social entrepreneurs...

Seanad: Situation in Palestine: Motion (21 Feb 2024)

Róisín Garvey: I thank, in particular, Senator Black because I suppose the first time I heard about Palestine was approximately 20 years ago thanks to her work. Most people know the Senator for her songs but I knew her for her work on Palestine. I got involved in a Palestinian support group to fundraise many years ago, thanks to the Senator. This did not start on 7 October. Far from it, it has been...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Energy Poverty: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Feb 2024)

Róisín Garvey: I am going to focus on talking to Mr. Boland and Irish Rural Link. I think Senator Wall has spoken enough to EnergyCloud Ireland. They are two good organisations. It is great to have them at the committee. I was wondering about a couple of things. In Clare, we seem to have many community workshops happening to inform the public. Active age groups and many individuals in rural areas have...

Seanad: Digital Services Bill 2023: Second Stage (31 Jan 2024)

Róisín Garvey: I thank the Minister of State for his time today. I welcome the Digital Services Bill. It is a pity Senator Keogan has left. Each provision in the Bill is necessary for Ireland to fulfil the mandatory requirements on member states under the EU regulations. I do not know what the big debate about it is. It just has to be done. We are in the EU and these are EU regulations we have to...

Seanad: Hypothermia Scalp Cooling Therapy: Motion [Private Members] (13 Dec 2023)

Róisín Garvey: I thank the Minister for being here today. This is very straightforward. I have many male friends and they get very depressed when they start to go bald. It can occur naturally as early as in their 20s, and up to their 50s. It is upsetting for them even though it is natural for men to go around being bald despite them not perhaps always loving the idea. If that is upsetting, then how...

Seanad: Ban on Dumping New Products Bill 2022: Committee Stage (8 Nov 2023)

Róisín Garvey: I welcome this Bill. It is like something the Green Party would have written 30 years ago. We are a small party in government. It is great to see other parties, including Sinn Féin, finally bringing forward improved policies, or indeed any policies, on climate or the circular economy. It is also great that this Government, for the first time ever, has a Minister of State with...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Skills and Supports Required for Businesses to Meet Decarbonisation Targets: Discussion (8 Nov 2023)

Róisín Garvey: ...from the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications. I think enterprise received funding from the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications before it was given to Skillnet. There seems to be some overlap. Have the various organisations met to figure out how not to waste resources, including time and energy? If we want to streamline it to get businesses to...