Results 1-20 of 53 for going forward speaker:Sharon Keogan

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Elections 2024, Voting Rights and Combating Disinformation: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Mar 2024)

Sharon Keogan: ...are very welcome. I am sorry I missed their presentations but I read them very carefully. I have a lot of questions because this is a really important issue for freedom of speech and censorship going forward. I am aware Coimisiún na Meán has only recently been granted some powers with regard to illegal and harmful content. Has the commission received any complaints to date?...

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

Sharon Keogan: ...the case with Bills that give effect to EU regulations. It covers quite a lot of ground and contains a mixed bag of provisions that cover consumer protection and the regulation of advertising algorithms to content moderation and the combating of child sex abuse material. Some of these provisions are obviously deserving of our full support but others have the capacity to give rise to...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Road Projects (30 Jan 2024)

Sharon Keogan: ...coming to the House. I am disappointed not to see somebody from the Department of Transport here this afternoon but I thank the Minister of State for coming into the Chamber. Somebody from the Government coming in is better than nobody, I guess, so I thank him for coming in today to deal with this matter, which is of great importance to the people of Thurles, the whole of County...

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (24 Jan 2024)

Sharon Keogan: .... It is community representatives and it is the county councillors throughout the country so I implore the Minister and the Government Members to make sure county councillors are included going forward in these new policing administrations. I will leave it with the Minister. It is in her hands and only she can make it happen.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Nov 2023)

Sharon Keogan: ...they so choose? Would Mr. Harris welcome such a move? It would be a very good shared island initiative between An Garda Síochána and the PSNI. Would Mr. Harris welcome it? We need to find solutions to this going forward, have more recruitment and for gardaí to be better prepared. I want to talk about water cannons as well.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Healthcare Policy (21 Nov 2023)

Sharon Keogan: I appreciate the attempt at reassurance on where our health service is going to be going forward. However, it does not give me any comfort. The media has been entirely silent on this. If it were not for a few good people with their ears to the ground, all of Ireland would be ignorant of what is happening over on the Continent, where laws are being made which will drastically impact the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Nov 2023)

Sharon Keogan: ...of us to talk openly and honestly about this, the most important issue in the country today? Is it time for everyone to come together and hash out some semblance of a workable plan, a logical way forward or anything approaching a coherent and consistent approach to how this country, and the Government, is going to handle the unsustainable level of inward migration we have been...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Report of the Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)

Sharon Keogan: ...the likelihood of the provider identifying any coercion or domestic abuse. In her report, Ms O’Shea recommended that telemedicine for abortion should be retained as a staple of abortion policy going forward, at least in a blended form. As we know, telemedicine was introduced as a Covid-19 emergency measure and is still in place. I have concerns around telemedicine and how it...

Seanad: Disability Allowance: Motion (11 Oct 2023)

Sharon Keogan: ...Clonan has been an advocate since he entered the door of the House. I have been representing parents of children with disabilities for most of my political life, as I am sure everyone in these Houses has. Governments are slowly kicked into action, only when a Prime Timespecial airs. Parents have to go on TV to get action taken. That is wrong. It is an abuse. They should not have to...

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by An Taoiseach (28 Sep 2023)

Sharon Keogan: ...do not have room at this time. Let us get our house in order and put in proper accommodation for those we have here, look after the people we have here and then, when we have proper accommodation going forward, we can open the doors again. I ask the Taoiseach not to bring people into this country in these circumstances and not to set the bar that low. We are better than that.

Seanad: Broadcasting (Restriction of Salaries) Bill 2023: Second Stage (5 Jul 2023)

Sharon Keogan: I am supporting Senator Mullen’s Bill which, I am sure we all agree, could not come at a better time. As the ongoing revelations of multiple barter accounts, under-the-table pay deals and a pile-up of undeclared expenditure, a picture of RTÉ emerges as an institution which very quickly returned to its Celtic tiger ways - an unassailable monolith of an institution that was above...

Seanad: Gradam an Uachtaráin Bill 2023: Second Stage (14 Jun 2023)

Sharon Keogan: ...I tried to lock it. That is the wonderful thing about being an Independent. We can sit down and be mature about it and hopefully even he might contribute to making this Bill better and more fair going forward.

Seanad: Health (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (28 Mar 2023)

Sharon Keogan: ...Eamon Ryan, stated there were no plans to make public transport free as that would increase the number of unnecessary trips. Does the Minister have any similar fears about universal healthcare? We welcome the Government decisions to reduce prescription charges and increase medical card access for those aged 70 and over and, in 2022, to reduce the maximum monthly amounts families pay for...

Seanad: International Women's Day: Statements (8 Mar 2023)

Sharon Keogan: ...knives get sharper and they are not being held by men. It is not cat calls one has to worry about in Leinster House but cat claws. The sex-based solidarity of suffragettes seems truly dead and gone. It seems now that ideology is the only value of persons and that problematic women with the wrong ideas must be willing to go it alone. I, for one, am proud to represent the majority in...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Dec 2022)

Sharon Keogan: ...the briefings they give us. They are fantastic. I thank my staff, Grainne, Mark, Robert and Shauna, the staff in my Duleek office, Caroline and Vani, and my two councillors. They keep the whole show going. It is important we look after our people on the ground. I wish all my colleagues in the Seanad a happy and peaceful Christmas. We look forward to robust and respectful debates,...

Seanad: National Tourism Development Authority (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (6 Dec 2022)

Sharon Keogan: ...the future of tourism in this country is hotels. The Irish Hotels Federation warned that a return to the 9% VAT rate may be needed as the hospitality industry faces very turbulent times, with forward bookings from Britain and continental Europe running below 2019 levels. The contracting of hotels for use as emergency accommodation by Ukrainians has created unprecedented levels of hotel...

Seanad: Transport: Motion (9 Nov 2022)

Sharon Keogan: I am delighted the Minister of State, Senator Hackett, is here because I think a Green Party Minister will actually make this happen. I thank my Fianna Fáil colleagues for putting forward this motion, which is very important for many colleagues in this House. I felt it was so important that, a number of weeks ago, I contacted Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael, Labour Party and all other...

Seanad: Housing for All: Statements (8 Nov 2022)

Sharon Keogan: ...entail persons being forcibly downsized in their homes, or ordered to move out so that another larger family can take their place? It may seem like an out-there suggestion, but these are fears some people have today. Does this Government plan for a move forward to move towards rent-for-life housing as a solution? I attended the Respond briefing in Buswells Hotel approximately one month...

Seanad: Remediation of Dwellings Damaged By the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Committee Stage (13 Jul 2022)

Sharon Keogan: I thank my colleague, Senator Boyhan, for bringing forward this amendment, the purpose of which is to change the definition of “defective concrete blocks”. We believe that the definitions listed in the legislation and in the amendment proposed by Sinn Féin Deputies in the Dáil do not go far enough. The current definition in the legislation is too restrictive. Too...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 May 2022)

Sharon Keogan: ..., Senator Ahearn, for bringing in Ms Cara Darmody to shine a light on the brilliance of children who have autism. I say well done to Senator Ahearn and Ms Darmody. This week a site notice has gone up in the Laytown area regarding temporary planning permission for a period of five years for the development of an emergency temporary accommodation campsite on a site of 15.8 ha near the...