Is the Senator pressing or withdrawing?

Amendment No. 20 has been ruled out of order.

Amendments Nos. 21 and 23 are related and may be discussed together, by agreement. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Is the Senator pressing the amendment?

When is it proposed to take next Stage?

Is that agreed? Agreed.

When is it proposed to sit again?

I acknowledge the work done by Senator Boyhan and former Senator Terry Leyden. I can understand the passion because I am a former solicitor and sat behind a desk with a wills safe located right beside me. A safe is one of the most treasured possessions in a solicitor's office, partly because it is an asset but predominantly because, as solicitors, one sits down with families who are preparing for their deaths and one listens to them state their whole family's circumstances. One has a relationship with them in any c…

I welcome the Minister of State. It is important that we are having this discussion today. It is also important to recognise what I think is a really good aspiration from the Dyslexia Association of Ireland, that is, to create a dyslexia-friendly society. While it is absolutely appropriate that we would have the Minister of State, Deputy Madigan, in the House, this is a wider conversation beyond education and involves the way we treat each other as citizens in this country. The part that education has to play is th…

I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Noonan. As I sat listening to the debate, I realised the Ministers with responsibility for housing are the Ministers we see most in this House. As stated by Senator Fitzpatrick, that is an acknowledgement that the Government recognises that at every door we go to, housing is an issue. We are determined to fix this problem. The Green Party stepped up to the plate and entered into government on the key issues of housing and climate change because we want to make a difference in…

I welcome the Minister of State and thank Senator Ward for bringing forward this legislation. As others have said, no legislation we bring through in Private Members' time will address every issue but it is nonetheless very important to highlight this matter and attempt to address some of the concerns. In Ireland, we have one of the highest levels of online gambling and gambling losses per capita in the world. The issue is not just with those who bet but the families who see an impact through losses in money brough…

I second Senator Kyne's suggestion for a debate on childcare. One thing we have recognised as a result of the pandemic is just how hard it is to care for children and how important it is. Childcare workers have been front-line workers throughout the pandemic and have kept the show on the road. It is a matter of wages in the sector and also the lack of continuity of care because when people leave the sector it has an impact on children's well-being. This is a critical aspect. The Minister for Children, Equality, Dis…

I will not take eight minutes. I am in a part of the country in Galway West, the Minister of State's constituency, that does not have an airport. There is no part of the country that is not impacted by what is happening in the airline industry. This Bill is quite technical. Its objective is to address recommendations around regulation and it does that. People are quite rightly raising other concerns and matters they believe could be included in this Bill or will come before us in other legislation, which is correct…

The Senator spoke so passionately that it was hard to stop him at the end. Senator McGreehan is next. Does she wish to share her time?

Is that agreed? Agreed.

I extend my condolences to Senator Hoey and her family. It is a very difficult time for them. I am sure all our thoughts are with her. I thank the Deputy Leader for sitting in the Leader's seat today. It is appropriate because I am going to be speaking today about the Department of Education and one of her party's Ministers, who, as I said at the meeting of the education committee yesterday, is doing fantastic work. Looking forward, I would like to have a conversation on what the Department can do, in conjunction w…

Ms Walsh and Mr. Markey are both very welcome. It is fantastic to be surrounded by my colleagues here today. This gives us an opportunity not only to examine what it means to be European but also to work together on a regional basis, which we may not have done in the past. For both of these reasons, I thank the delegates for coming along. The meaning of Europe and the European project is about coming together to act as one in our mutual interest. The same can be said of our parliaments and MEPs when they go out to …

Time is running out so the responses will be brief, but I want to go back to my original question and thoughts on us as global citizens and our global responsibility. Mr. Markey has spoken very passionately about the comments by Ursula von der Leyen, which were of concern to me personally because of our history of pacifism. That has given me some comfort. I wish to address the TRIPS waiver. Several others here have signed a letter which was sent to the Taoiseach supporting a TRIPS waiver. What is the stance of the …

I move: "That Second Stage be taken today."

The Minister very welcome. This is a technical Bill, but it would be a mistake to think that it is not significant because it is. One of the first things I called for when I was elected was that some of these services would move back to the Department of Education. Having engaged, as a homeschooling mother for ten years, with some of the services in this area of Tusla it always seemed quite strange to me that things to do with education were put under Tusla. That happened in the 2013 Act. When Tusla was formed in 2…