Greens in Government
The Irish Green Party has found itself in Government for the first time during a very interesting but extraordinarily challenging period. Little did we realise when we optimistically negotiated the 2007-2012 Programme for Government with our coalition partners that we were about to face into the worst global, and domestic economic recession since [...]

I welcome this opportunity to make a statement on the recent flooding. I feel very passionately about flooding because in my eight years as a member of Wicklow County Council some of the most difficult planning situations I had to deal with or be involved with were cases in which flood plains were being zoned. [...]

I apologise for leaving earlier. There were several votes in the Seanad and I was unable to be present. However, I read the delegation’s document and, as the delegation is aware, the Green Party has been very concerned about the cutbacks in the past year to the budgets of the Equality Authority and the Irish [...]

I welcome the Minister and the opportunity to debate the Courts and Court Officers Bill 2009. Like Senator Walsh, I must admit to feeling at a slight disadvantage. I am not a legal practitioner and thus am not on the receiving end of some of Senator Walsh’s criticisms, but I have been a litigant once [...]