Results 21-40 of 1,958 for speaker:Sharon Keogan
- Committee on Children and Equality: Engagement with Office of the Ombudsman for Children (26 Jun 2025)
Sharon Keogan: It is a question I am asking the Ombudsman for Children.
- Committee on Children and Equality: Engagement with Office of the Ombudsman for Children (26 Jun 2025)
Sharon Keogan: As the Ombudsman for Children, can Dr. Muldoon tell me what his position is in relation to children changing their sex?
- Committee on Children and Equality: Engagement with Office of the Ombudsman for Children (26 Jun 2025)
Sharon Keogan: Reach their potential. So Dr. Muldoon believes that every pathway should be given to that child. If a child says, at five years of age, "I do not want to be a girl, I want to be a boy," Dr. Muldoon believes that the State should intervene and go along with it.
- Committee on Children and Equality: Engagement with Office of the Ombudsman for Children (26 Jun 2025)
Sharon Keogan: That says it all.
- Committee on Children and Equality: Engagement with Office of the Ombudsman for Children (26 Jun 2025)
Sharon Keogan: That is fine. Thank you.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Jun 2025)
Sharon Keogan: Today I rise to speak for the voiceless, those 200,000 Irish citizens, many of them in their 40s, 50s, 60s and 70s, who were sold out by their own Government and financial institutions. These are not reckless borrowers; these are neighbours, pensioners and parents trapped in a nightmare of missold mortgages and are now preyed upon by vulture funds operating in the shadows of our financial...
- Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Bill 2025: Committee and Remaining Stages (19 Jun 2025)
Sharon Keogan: We have to wait for the Minister of State.
- Committee on Children and Equality: Engagement with Children's Rights Alliance (19 Jun 2025)
Sharon Keogan: I thank Dr. Feely and Dr. Corbett for coming here this morning to our committee. The role of the civic organisation is to act as a voice of conscience that forces the Government into action. The alliance represents more than 160 organisations. The Children's Health Alliance is before the health committee. Some of the groups come from the disability sector and the inclusion sector and the...
- Committee on Children and Equality: Engagement with Children's Rights Alliance (19 Jun 2025)
Sharon Keogan: I thank Ms Ward for joining us today. On online age verification, there is a Bill before the Dáil and Seanad at this moment, the Protection of Children (Online Age Verification) Bill, which was brought in last July by a number of us Independent Senators. That legislation is there and I hope it will see the light of day. It puts the obligation on the Internet providers and app store...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Jun 2025)
Sharon Keogan: As a member of the industrial and commercial panel, I wish to speak about a total farce and affront to democracy and the business community that took place earlier this week. I am speaking about the national economic dialogue. I do not need to remind anyone that our country is currently trapped in a state of total policy inertia. It is not the inertia of a broken down car stuck on the road...
- Seanad: Enterprise Matters and Business Supports for SMEs: Motion (18 Jun 2025)
Sharon Keogan: I second the amendment.
- Seanad: Enterprise Matters and Business Supports for SMEs: Motion (Resumed) (18 Jun 2025)
Sharon Keogan: I rise today in support of the motion and in defence of our small and medium-sized enterprises, which are the lifeblood of our communities. The SME test, as outlined in the programme for Government, is a tool meant to protect these businesses from the unintended consequences of legislation. Tools are only as good as the hands that wield them, however. Right now, I fear we are not wielding...
- Seanad: Enterprise Matters and Business Supports for SMEs: Motion (Resumed) (18 Jun 2025)
Sharon Keogan: Open one in Taiwan, please.
- Seanad: Enterprise Matters and Business Supports for SMEs: Motion (Resumed) (18 Jun 2025)
Sharon Keogan: I second the amendment.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Jun 2025)
Sharon Keogan: I also extend my sympathies to the Fitzgerald family, and indeed the Fianna Fáil family, on the loss of Liam Fitzgerald. I welcome to the Gallery Councillor Jason Murphy from Waterford and his fiancée, Nicola. They recently got engaged. They are welcome as guests of Senator Ollie Crowe. I rise to highlight two stories from the United Kingdom that are of relevance to us in...
- Committee on Children and Equality: Priority Issues Facing the Department: Minister for Children, Disability and Equality (12 Jun 2025)
Sharon Keogan: What is the back to school allowance at the moment?
- Committee on Children and Equality: Priority Issues Facing the Department: Minister for Children, Disability and Equality (12 Jun 2025)
Sharon Keogan: I am sorry. That is okay.
- Committee on Children and Equality: Priority Issues Facing the Department: Minister for Children, Disability and Equality (12 Jun 2025)
Sharon Keogan: The Minister and the officials are very welcome here this afternoon. Fostering is something I am very passionate about. I was a foster parent for very many years. I literally gave it up about two years ago. I have a number of questions, mostly to do with the foster care system and the children in aftercare. My first questions are to do with the deaths of children under Tusla care. In...
- Seanad: Delivering a World-Class Education System: Statements (12 Jun 2025)
Sharon Keogan: I support what the Senator said 100%. Gender ideology should be kept out of education, particularly primary and post-primary education. There is only one thing I want to raise and that is the education of children in foster care and the disadvantage they face. Many children who go into foster care may not go into an emergency placement within their own jurisdiction. Very often, they are...
- Seanad: Delivering a World-Class Education System: Statements (12 Jun 2025)
Sharon Keogan: Please do.