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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Charter Treaty and Energy Security: Discussion (23 Nov 2021)

Alice-Mary Higgins: What I really I wanted to go to is not the mechanisms per sebut the fact that an enforceable order can be enforced in a local court in other places. We have seen cases of this. As Dr. de Boeck said, it is interesting that it is only in the case of New York state that public policy has been used as a defence and again, this is the defence by states or by public bodies that are being sued by...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Charter Treaty and Energy Security: Discussion (23 Nov 2021)

Alice-Mary Higgins: Would Dr. Saheb like to comment on how Europe approaches the Energy Charter Treaty? From a climate perspective, the treaty is a global issue.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Charter Treaty and Energy Security: Discussion (23 Nov 2021)

Alice-Mary Higgins: Apologies, I came from another meeting.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Charter Treaty and Energy Security: Discussion (23 Nov 2021)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I ask Dr. Saheb to comment on what an exit from the Energy Charter Treaty by Europe might look like and the implications for other countries that are parties to the treaty. EU companies still being able to sue would be a potential issue. Would a large-scale exit from the Energy Charter Treaty perhaps lead to either a full renegotiation or-----

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Nov 2021)

Alice-Mary Higgins: My colleague, Senator Ruane, spoke about the case of Seán Binder, which is being heard today. These issues were debated in the past two weeks. Ireland stopped its bilateral search and rescue in the Mediterranean Sea. Then we joined Operation Sophia, which then stopped doing search and rescue. We warned that would happen because the then Minister of State at the Department of Foreign...

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by An Taoiseach (18 Nov 2021)

Alice-Mary Higgins: The Taoiseach campaigned, as did I, for the retention of the Seanad. He will remember that the message in that campaign was "Open it; don't close it." While we have had discussion of the 1979 referendum, we have two referendums that need to be vindicated. It is vital that the 1979 referendum on the expansion of the university franchise be implemented. However, it is not acceptable that...

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by An Taoiseach (18 Nov 2021)

Alice-Mary Higgins: We need real leadership and for Ireland to take a stand. We should be saying not just that we will export vaccines but that we will allow people to manufacture them. This is a human rights test for our time, as indeed are the actions happening on Europe's borders. I ask the Taoiseach to show rights leadership at this time. Regarding all the vision we might have, I appeal to the Taoiseach....

Seanad: Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (16 Nov 2021)

Alice-Mary Higgins: That is not agreed. I think the debate today will be efficient. We have had lengthy discussion on it. I think that amendments Nos. 1, 2, 8 and 9 should be taken separately for policy reasons. They have a slightly different remit. There is also the pragmatic reason, that I know that a number of the Senators proposing them are on their way to the Chamber. The other factor is that...

Seanad: Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (16 Nov 2021)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I do not think I need a seconder for this. Is there a response to it? The proposal is from the Chair.

Seanad: Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (16 Nov 2021)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I am not agreeing to it. Is there any objection to that? Amendment No. 2 is a technical amendment on the name of the Prescription Act, to be clear about what we mean by the Act of 1832. Amendment No. 1 relates to rights of way acquired by prescription. Amendments Nos. 8 and 9 relate to what we have heard from the Minister on Committee Stage, which is the complicated intersection between-----

Seanad: Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (16 Nov 2021)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I am suggesting that amendments Nos. 1 and 2 should be grouped but that amendments Nos. 8 and 9 should be taken separately from Nos. 1 and 2, so not together in this grouping.

Seanad: Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (16 Nov 2021)

Alice-Mary Higgins: For efficiency of debate, I am happy to split them into two blocks rather than to have one block.

Seanad: Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (16 Nov 2021)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I will move amendment No. 1.

Seanad: Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (16 Nov 2021)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I am waiting for Senator Boylan. Is it possible for me to speak to the amendment?

Seanad: Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (16 Nov 2021)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I need a seconder for this. The Minister of State will be aware that the key issues here are issues that are probably-----

Seanad: Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (16 Nov 2021)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I can move it.

Seanad: Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (16 Nov 2021)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (16 Nov 2021)

Alice-Mary Higgins: It is grouped with amendment No. 3, so you have to speak to it at the same time.

Seanad: Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (16 Nov 2021)

Alice-Mary Higgins: You have to finish discussing-----