Without a home, there is no where to start from: Housing needs to be seen as a home and not an investment. Following on from Rory Aherne and his book, Gaffs, we can get inspiration and a strategy to prioritise the needs of younger generations so that they/we can see a future here and we can build Ireland - three generations together, for the first time in a very long time.

I am writing to express my strong support for the inclusion of Community First Responders (CFRs) and other emergency volunteers in the national Road Traffic Legislation, granting them the same parking and operational exemptions that are currently afforded to official emergency services. Community First Responders are often the first individuals on the scene in emergency situations, providing critical care before the arrival of official emergency services such as ambulances or fire brigades. However, under the current legislation, CFRs and other volunteers are not provided the same legal protections, particularly when it comes to parking in designated areas during emergency response. This creates unnecessary barriers and delays for these vital volunteers, who frequently operate under time-sensitive conditions. Recently, Kildare County Council considered a proposal by Social Democrats Cllrs Pat Balfe and Chris Pender to implement a local parking pass scheme for CFRs and other volunteers in the Newbridge Kildare Municipal District. The council highlighted that there is no national legislative provision allowing CFRs to be exempt from parking penalties, as is the case with official emergency vehicles. The council’s response underscores the urgent need for a legislative change at the national level to ensure that CFRs and emergency volunteers are able to perform their life-saving duties without hindrance. Therefore, I urge the Government to act swiftly to amend the Road Traffic Legislation to include CFRs and other emergency volunteers in the same category as official emergency services. This legislative amendment would: 1. Provide CFRs and other emergency volunteers with the same parking exemptions as ambulances and fire brigades when responding to emergencies. 2. Remove the need for temporary parking passes or cumbersome appeal processes, ensuring consistent and fair treatment for all emergency responders. 3. Empower local authorities to easily accommodate these changes, supporting swift and unhindered emergency response at a local level. Community First Responders and volunteers are an essential part of our national emergency response system, and they deserve to be recognised and supported by the law. By making this amendment, the Government would ensure that these responders can carry out their duties without fear of penalties or delays, ultimately helping to save lives and protect communities. I kindly ask that you consider this request and take the necessary steps to amend the legislation as a matter of priority. Thank you for your attention to this crucial issue. Yours sincerely,

APPROVE SPINRAZA

To all the pupils in school all over Dublin. Please fight strong to prove our point, that for young pupils in school should resort to online education from homes due to COVID-19. We all know as pupils from school ,that schools are not being treated with 100% sanitation as needed. This makes it difficult for students and teacher to fight the virus and to stop spread of COVID-19. We all stand by here to first resort to online education during this period of lockdown (level 5). For everyone who votes for this petition is one person that agrees to re program education to online. Now days we all have technologies at home to catch up on social media’s. We all know we can use our devices to smarter good for educational purposes. Please help spread this point that we need to change our tactics and remove to online school to safe not just our life but everyone else’s.

Calling on the said Minister to seriously consider the Recognition of Irish Sign Language for Deaf Community Bill 2016, which is to be discussed in the Seanad on the 19th of October.

Children should not be exposed to alcohol advertising at a young age. I want my local Centra to stop placing alcohol close to the check out. This problem could spread widely if nothing is done. Centra have over 450 branches in Ireland and have recently become part of the huge Musgrave group. If they find this layout to be profitable they may well decide to implement it in all their stores. Profit margins are no excuse for exposing our children to the risks of alcohol marketing. Please act so that shops are not free to thrust it in front of families who are buying their groceries or visiting their post office.

Grant an extension today for Shellybanks Sandymount Educate Together school regarding student number directives. Stop us losing a teacher this Friday!

Remove the requirement for religious faith-based oaths in written affidavits and oral testimony presented to courts and replace these with a simple secular statement of truth that can be completed remotely and electronically.

Publish information on their website regarding the ethics of their clothes sourcing, answering these questions: 1. Where are your clothes manufactured? 2. Are you using sustainable fabrics? 3. Are your suppliers independently audited? 4. Do those manufacturing your clothes receive a living wage or even a minimum wage? 5. What are the maximum working hours of the garment workers that make your clothes? 6. How are you making your supply chain more sustainable? 7. What is your ethical code of conduct?

I would love to see every pre shcool have access to mental health therapist or counselling I think awareness should be brought to kids at a younger age it's the only way to save our children from suicide if we teach our kids self awareness and make them mentally stronger I believe its the biggest and most important part of any child like it should be first and most important your kids mental health is more important then any grade in shcools we should foucs more on that we focus way to much on the small stuff in the education system I believe self-awareness and self-esteem self-confidence and mental health is more important to any child.